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You should be measuring things like meat using a scale. 3 ounces is probably all the meat you will be able to handle for quite a while, if you can even handle that much. Note that other things will be heavier. I can eat 50 grams of lean protein but 90 grams of Greek yogurt, for instance. The total volume of your sleeve is probably not more than 1/2 cup so even if you measure things by weight, keep in mind that the whole meal needs to fit in the space of 1/2 cup. Also you may not be able to finish such a meal. Just eat as much as you can, but not to the point of extreme fullness.

I have heard from several vets on here that your face may fill in again given time. The fat in your body can redistribute and the skin of your face can firm up a bit. Me? I'd trade my fat ass for a thin face, personally.

I was pretty food obsessed but I wasn't actually hungry. You can have some splurges when you are on liquids (ice pops) and purée (ice cream, cream cheese) since you don't have much at all. I was just so ready to have some salty foods and that was my main struggle. I'm back from India and today we are on a boat at Tangaluma for my husband's company Christmas party. I just went for a swim and I'm drying off. He is snorkeling. I feel so much more confident this year in a suit!

It's time to move this thread to the monthly support forum so you all can get even more support. I will make the change for you.

If you go to your profile in the website and set your surgery type, you will only see forums for your surgery type and general forums that are not divided by surgery type. I'll move this thread to the monthly support forum and you may get more replies there.

At some point you will. You can get your metabolism tested too. Just remember to stay at a calorie target for a couple weeks to see what happens before moving up again. It seems like most people have a pretty narrow maintenance range. It's not possible for you to keep eating more and keep losing forever. If it was then you wouldn't have needed surgery. Just be patient. You won't waste away.

Please share in the Recipe section!

The hangover was not the worst but I was feeling rough until lunch time. I just kept drinking Water. Anyway it is definitely not something I plan on doing often. I'm actually at Changi now flying home!

Not ideal at all but I just had two donuts from Dunkin Donuts. So don't binge on donuts before surgery thinking you won't be able to have them again.

When you have questions about medications, talk to your surgeon. The internet is not the right place to get medical advice.

So much bourbon. I must have had three doubles. I will regret this in the morning! LOL

Do you guys mind being merged into the other Northern California thread?

You guys mind being merged into the NM thread?

Merged two before/after threads into one. I hope the merge went ok!

I have seen recommendations to add 100 calories from good fats and monitor weight for a few weeks, add 100 more and repeat until you find your happy place calorie-wise. 100 calories is not much and good fats won't add much bulk so you can still get your Protein. Peanut Butter, avocado, cheese, switching to 2% milk, having the occasional ice cream or chocolate are some suggestions. Just track, weigh, measure, and be honest with yourself about trigger foods and sliders. By the way, a BMI of 22 seems right in the middle of the healthy range. Maybe your body likes it there. I hear that it can take a while after your weight stabilizes for your face to fill out again since most people lose in their faces first. So consider that you might be at your body's happy weight now and hopefully you will be able to stabilize. It is unlikely that you won't be able to stop if you can just add a few calories at a time.

I would ask in the threads who wants to be merged. Support groups tend to bond over time and not want to be separated or inundated with "strangers" sometimes.

Remember how long it took you to gain the weight and how fast it has come off, take a breath, have patience with yourself and work your program.

And I was prescribed and given fairly large tablets in the hospital the day after surgery and had no trouble. Always best to go by your own surgeon's guidelines.

I bet your partner is happy! Please start another thread for this in the Powder Room so this one stays on track. I'm moving this one to the Powder Room too.

Barring a specific recommendation from your surgeon, NSAIDs are just fine for sleevers. RNY patients are the ones who shouldn't take NSAIDs.

It's called a productive burp if there is only food and no acid. Eating too much or too quickly, and/or not chewing well enough. If it tastes like stomach acid, probably not agreeing with you.

I just want to put it out there that the supposed evolutionary basis for paleo is bollocks. I know you probably know that since you are very research-minded, Fiddle. And it is a way of eating that seems to work for a lot of people so that's fine. But if you are sticking to it because of the evolutionary biology aspect, please re-evaluate.

Nope I will do it. I have a long plane trip ahead of me and I now have room to use the damn tray table and I have a lap for the laptop!

Oh Susan. You have really been through it. I'm a cancer survivor too. Let me know if there is anything I can do to support you. I imagine those 6 kg feel like a real control thing for you right now since you can't address any of your other health issues. Don't lose too much, just in case. I hope you are finding time to exercise. Good for your moods as well as building up strength for later.

Interesting. I bet that those of us who gained weight primarily for emotional reasons are the ones who have the hardest time taking it off. We also seem to be the primary ones who can't succeed without a big boost like WLS. And we are most successful when we are obsessive about researching and managing ourselves post-WLS. I hope there are more studies and scholarship about these issues in the future now that some of the stigma seems to be easing.