thebionicbroad

Puja, Saturated fat (cheese) causes HDL to go up. HDL keeps the arteries clear of plaques. Plaques start with vascular inflammation from a high-carb diet, and the body trying to repair the arteries by using plaques as a bandage. Our bodies make cholesterol, because it's the building blocks of hormones, cell walls, and the brain itself. Unless you have a familial problem where your body over-generates cholesterol, cholesterol does NOT cause heart attacks.

​If you took your pill right before bed, there's a good chance that the pill was still in your esophagus, and dissolved there. You should take pills about 30 minutes before bedtime, to give them a "head start."

My sleeve and I have only been friends for about 4 weeks, but my band and I were always enemies. My band hated eggs, chicken, and cottage cheese. My sleeve loves them. My band loved Peanut Butter. My sleeve hates it. They both love(d) cheeses and spicy foods.

Rosy, I'm less than four weeks out with the sleeve, so I am not qualified to make assumptions about anything. What I am questioning is the amount of Protein that you are getting. If you are getting 70 - 80 grams a day, and are still feeling true hunger, I'd say eat a small protein snack. I've been all over these boards since November, when I found out that I was going to be sleeved, and NOWHERE have I encountered one person whose doctor said no Protein drinks, or SF Jell-O, etc. To me, your doctor is setting you up for failure. Personally, I don't know how you are still sane, and I hurt for you. You sound like a neat lady who deserves better than to be starved.

There are two types of LDL: Big fluffy particles, and particles small and hard like BBs. If your HDL (good) cholesterol is high, your LDL is fluffy. Those are benign, and do no harm. If your HDL is low, then the LDL particles are BBs, which cause vascular inflammation, arterial plaques, etc. If your ratio is good, your doctor isn't worried, because your HDL is high enough to indicate that your LDL is the fluffy kind. Sometimes it's good to be fluffy.

Per doctor's orders, I use a baby spoon, a baby bowl, and a 5" plate. It's part of his training program to teach his patients what a bite size should be. I go back to work on Monday, and I will have these things with me, even if my co-workers give me garbage about it (a few will). Without these, I know that I would be taking too big a bite.

I'm almost 4 weeks post-op, and like most obese people, I don't know the difference between hunger and thirst. When I feel that I'm hungry, I drink water for about 15 - 20 minutes, and if the feeling persists, I assume that I'm hungry, and I have 1/2 c. of a protein food. I get most of my protein from Isopure mixed with unsweetened almond milk. When I haven't taken in at least 70 grams of protein a day, I get hungry. I can't imagine being told to not drink protein shakes! My surgeon recommends them. Your sleeve isn't failing; your body needs fuel. Carby foods trigger insulin, which not only makes us store fat, but triggers hunger. Protein keeps us full, and triggers glucagon, which allows the body to burn fat.

Peacequeen, you have a great attitude, and my prayers are with you. Heal quickly!

I use cottage cheese, Greek yogurt (Fage), and poached eggs with about 1/2 oz. of shredded cheese on top. I like refried beans, but I can't eat the whole can before I think it's too old to finish. Pureed meats, Light Babybel and Laughing Cow Light cheeses. Last night, at my mother-in-law's, I had 1/2 c. (total) of mashed potato, roast beef shreds, and a bit of gravy, chewed to applesauce consistency. Most of my protein still comes from Isopure Dutch Chocolate made with unsweetened almond milk.

Cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, Light Babybel cheese, Laughing Cow Light Swiss, and Isopure Dutch Chocolate made with unsweetened Almond Milk. I figure that I'll be eating enough baby food when I'm 110 that I don't need to start now.

I'm glad that my revision was done in one surgery, too, plus I had my gall bladder out. My surgeon took pictures and gave them to me, and how he knew where to cut to dissect that overgrown Band, I'll never know. It looked like something from "The Blob."

The gas settled a bit in my left shoulder, but I made sure to walk as much as I could, and that reduced the pain quite a bit. Walking cures a host of ills.

musolissa, Welcome! I'll be a month post-op on Tuesday the 10th, and I don't regret a thing. You've done really well, and with your self-discipline, you'll do well with the sleeve, too. I stay low-carb with my sleeve.

I was in shock for a few days when I got my surgery date. Congratulations!

You're not babbling! It's an exciting life event. Wishing you well on your new life.

Manage your pain with the meds (the body will fight pain first before it heals), keep sipping, and walk often. It does get better.

Keep up the good work! Your day will be here before you know it.

Yippeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm with youuiuuuuuu!

Sorry, rosey. "Scrumptious" and "zucchini" together is the ultimate oxymoron.

Yesterday was three weeks post-op, and the scale hasn't moved for a few days. I figure that this is (insert dramatic music here) the dreaded 3-week stall. If it weren't for you wonderful people on this forum, I would've been convinced that I was eating too much (600 calories a day?), had already stretched out my sleeve, I was a complete failure already, I would be the only one the sleeve wouldn't work for, and the Earth was falling into the Sun. But no. Because of you all, I knew what to expect. Last week, I took measurements, I've put away the scale until next week, and I'm going to keep plugging away at following the rules. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

My mother gave me my favorite Christmas treat. I threw it out. Just because she gave it to me, doesn't mean that I have to eat it, right?

Canned zucchini would make me hurl, too.

Walk, walk, walk!

Congratulations, Crawford! (I'm a Crawford, too, by marriage.) Sounds like you are doing beautifully. Blessings on your new life.