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I was drinking soda and beer 3mo out. I have no problem at all with carbonation. I'm losing about 10 lbs per month so it hasn't affected my weight loss.

I was drinking soda and beer 3mo out. I have no problem at all with carbonation. I'm losing about 10 lbs per month so it hasn't affected my weight loss.

Mine hurt so bad I turned white and almost passed out. By far the worst part of my entire sleeve experience and maybe my entire life.

My advice to all of you having this craving and urge is to actually go back and understand what the sleeve was created for. Some assume the main reason was to stop eating junk. Not saying you'll do but some people I crossed path with did.
The sleeve = Portion Control
So you don't have to feel bad about have junk food if it is in moderation. Just don't over do it. I actually implement the half rule. Eat half of everything and either save or throw out the rest lol.. Trust me it works and limits caloric intake...
So indulge just don't get arrived away! Lol

Your surgeon should tell you what pre-op tests you need. From what I've seen, most people have a sleep study done if you haven't already had one. I have sleep apnea already, so I didn't need another sleep study. I just had to bring my CPAP machine to the hospital. If someone has undiagnosed sleep apnea, they can die any time with or without surgery, but the surgery probably enhances the apnea, especially while on pain medicine. Many people who have sleep apnea due to obesity are able to come off their machines once they lose weight. If it was because of sleep apnea, that's understandable if she wasn't using a CPAP, but if it was other kinds of complications, like a leak or something she should've felt pain & checked with her doctor.

Your answer lies in whatever the scale tells you. Someone who goes to the gym and burns 300-400 calories in a workout and is consuming 1200 calories is really only taking in 800-900 calories per day. A persons activity level is directly related to how many calories you should take in. If your losing weight then your on the right path. If your not then it's time to drop your caloric intake.
You have the nutritionist telling you one thing.... the doctor telling you another, and now everyone who answers this post 30 other things. Time to turn the voices off because only you can figure out what works for you.

Your answer lies in whatever the scale tells you. Someone who goes to the gym and burns 300-400 calories in a workout and is consuming 1200 calories is really only taking in 800-900 calories per day. A persons activity level is directly related to how many calories you should take in. If your losing weight then your on the right path. If your not then it's time to drop your caloric intake.
You have the nutritionist telling you one thing.... the doctor telling you another, and now everyone who answers this post 30 other things. Time to turn the voices off because only you can figure out what works for you.

I try to be careful and eat as healthy as I can but I also don't deprive myself. That's how I got fat in the first place by constantly crash dieting..avoiding anything that was "unhealthy" and tasted "good... eventually I would go back to my old habits and eat triple the bad stuff because I'd miss it sooo much. I had and probably still have emotional eating issues but I was a volume eater. Since eating a 1/4 or less of what I used to,,I can eat what I like and still lose weight. I've eaten at alot of restaurants and either share my meal or save left overs. I've lost slowly but steady. I'm also excercising regularly and that makes a big difference. Don't beat yourself up over a chicken wrap. I've had them several times,,even with the tortilla. Sleevetta doesn't like carbs that much,,makes the stuck feeling and sometimes I can't keep them down. meat does very well in my tummy so it's become easy for me to not eat as many carbs..but if I want something like a cupcake,,I'll have a few bites with no guilt.

I had the honey mustard grilled wrap today, I unwrapped the chicken, took of Half the shell scraped off some sauce and wrapped it back up. About 200 calories 13 grams of Protein. I just ate lower fat stuff the rest of the day. Everything in moderation!

"Light" mayo has 35 calories per serving of which 32 of those calories comes from fat. Like I said mayo is all fat. "Light is a marketing gimmick.

I was sleeved on Tuesday March 13. After the 2 hour surgery in recovery I was in a lot of discomfort on my left side. I was taking 2MG of IV dilaudid every 4 hours. I felt good enough with the pain killers that about 5 hours after surgery I did 5 laps walking around the floor of the ICU. I had no problem doing that except that it hurt to breathe deeply on my left side. I stayed in bed and rested the remainder of the first day. I ate a cup of broth and a spoonful of Jello for both lunch and dinner. I felt no nausea and was actually hungry and it felt good to get something in my stomach. I drank about 16 ounces of Water that day in addition to the Soup. I rested comfortably that night but did not get much sleep.< /p>
The next day the pain actually felt a little worse. I was taken off the dilaudid IV and given liquid Loratab to prepare to be discharged that day. I did 10 laps around the nurses station after Breakfast. I again had the cup of broth and the spoonful of Jell-O. No issues with the walk either but still the discomfort with the deep breaths. I was discharged Wednesday after lunch to go home. My surgical drains were starting to get lighter in color. I still had experienced no nausea or discomfort of my stomach. But the drains are really uncomfortable.
Today, 8days later, I had my drains removed. I swallowed some methyl blue before drain removal which would have showed up in my drains if I had a leak. Removing the drains hurt like hell! By far the worst part of the whole experience. It's the most pain I have ever been in. I almost passed out while he was pulling them out.
I am now eating mush 7 days out and taking it well. I buy Campbell's Chunky soup and puree it in the blender. It's tastes really good. I am drinking skim milk and taking my Isopure drink. Apple Melon is pretty good. I also ate some canned tuna, I pureed some chili with Beans and I had a fried egg on top of my chili for breakfast. I am keeping fat low and carbs very low. It seems to be working as the weight is dropping off quickly.
I am having bad stomach spasms any time anything pureed hits my stomach. I hope these spasms stop soon. It's uncomfortable but not painful. Anything but liquid that goes in my stomach I get bad spasms. I am down to 358lbs from a pre pre-op diet weight of 378. I am back to my old daily routine and feeling 98%. My insulin use had dropped in 1/2 since surgery. I am off all BP meds.