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The only thing constant in my diet is chicken. I eat grilled chicken every day in different ways. I grind up grilled chicken, cook it with taco mix and it with refried Beans and salsa - sometimes with shredded cheese, or dip grilled chicken chunks in some bbq sauce, or put Adobo seasoning on it. Since my sleeving, I don't ever get a desire for a certain "flavor". food has become pretty much just something I need to live. So I eat the same old thing pretty much every day.

Thanks for the video update. I'm only 7 days behind you on the surgery date. So what's up with all you ladies taking videos and photos in the bathroom? Are you shy?

Here ya go, a long list of things you might need. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/10081-the-official-what-you-will-need-for-your-gastric-sleeve-surgery-thread/

I haven't really run across any bloggers that didn't eventually stop blogging. I think the best place to get that kind of info is on this forum.

I got around the head hunger by eating more Protein or low carb sweets like the atkins bars. Also I told myself, "I'll eat the high protein low carb stuff first, if I still want the ice cream, I'll have some." Most of the time, I didn't get around to eating the ice cream, other times I did. It got easier the more I did it. And I did like vjslim suggested, remove the temptations from your house. If I really wanted something so bad, I'd have to get in the car and drive down to the store. It worked really well, I have to really really want something to get dressed and drive to the store at 9 at night! But I'm sure there is surveillance footage of me buying a cherry pie at Wal-Mart late at night.

I am just the opposite, I'm looking forward to losing my man boobs! Congrats, you are looking sooooo hot! You deserve 2 snaps up in a Z formation - with sparkles!

My doc told me I could shower the 1st day I was home post-op.

I can definitely see a big difference between month 1 and 2. Your bed is definitely less messy! Keep up the good work, you are looking thinner, I can see how baggy your shirt is getting. Keep pimpin that sleeve.

BrandNewMe17, Welcome to the board. Good luck at the seminar.

It could just be your body replenishing glycogen stores in your muscles. It takes 4 oz of water for each 1 oz of glycogen stored. Or it could be like in my case (this has happened twice in 8 weeks), a REALLY BIG poo. Seriously, I lost almost 2 lbs after going each time. So keep in mind how often your going to the bathroom, that could be the extra weight.

I wouldn't worry about it this soon after surgery. Your stomach is still swollen. I didn't eat more than 4 or 5 sugar free popsicles the 1st 5 days after surgery and drank almost nothing. Then things started getting easier, my food and water intake increased as my stomach healed. It was almost 2 weeks before I got close to the recommended protein and water intake.

Real men tak'em off with a Black and Decker Dragster Belt Sander.

I wasn't always lucky. I had to go back in for more blood tests pre-surgery and they couldn't find a vein, and the day of surgery, they had trouble finding the vein again. I was feeling like a pincushion after a while. :-P

Thanks Momonanomo, I am a closet comedian. And going through the sleeving process is so stressful, I try to lighten the mood. Hopefully no one takes it the wrong way.

I know the feeling, I was sorta in denial that the whole thing was real - until they wheeled me into the pre-op waiting room. Then it really hit me.

I'm in Beaumont, got sleeved in Dec. over in League City. Good to find a fellow Golden Triangler. Kinda strange, but it made me feel better just knowing there were fellow sleevers in my area.

Did you bring enough for everybody?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=1&hp&_r=0 - MICHAEL MOSS

I had a similar internal dialogue and actually backed out on my first attempt to see the doctor. What turned the corner for me was this question - Can I continue to live this way and do I want to be in this situation a year from now? I realized that I couldn't do it on my own and I could only see my quality of life going downhill.

I tried pistachios toady - in the shell. Yummy! And being in the shell means it takes longer to eat them. Lots of fiber and viskamins (insert Popeye laugh here).

Congrats on your weight loss. I know where you're coming from. When I was at my heaviest, I could look in the mirror and know that the image I saw wasn't the real me and I wasn't suppose to look that way.

Don't back out gman, wifey will oogle your buns!!

I refuse to answer that question because it may tend to incriminate me, and my personal interest in preserving my dignity.