No game

Use the second one it will have a tdee in the beginning part. And just leave it on the pre picked formula..

It's growling because its pissed and taking crap right now for chopping it in half!

Well.... I'm 6 months out and down sixty pounds. I guess you would see that as a failure.. I had surgery not a miracle. I do not cheat I do not live off of slider foods. As a matter of fact up until just now at dinner I've only eaten 403 calories today (mostly protein) and for dinner right now I'm having tuna (100 calories) salad of cabbage and carrots with 45 calories worth of salad dressing. Yeah. It is what it is. I guess it just different for everyone..

Scaredy cat!

Hi Dean!!!! How you doing? I'm baking bread for my sons class and its killing me!

You know I'm going to say a chicken to boil And I go to the deli counter and get low sodium sliced turkey breast. Plain Greek yogurt, tomato basil string cheese (watch out the kids love that one)

And some kids stick forks in and because of dumb luck don't get hurt, and then go and tell others look I messed up and I'm still alive! Really I get "cheating" because none of us are perfect especially when it comes to food.. But I would be careful about enabling others just because you lived through it or weren't turned away after the doc opens you up and finds a mess.

It's not real until you post pictures!

Yay Molly!! Advice? Umm.. Don't cheat? Hehehe.. Your going to do great just remember to be good to yourself. The pre op is tough the first few days but it does get better

Yo Amy, how's the jeans situation?

Real funny.......

Somebody needs a smoke and a cupcake

It's really a personal decision that you can only make after discussing it with your surgeon.. When you ask people here they usually end up fighting because some where told by their doctors NEVER to drink again and don't. Some people were told to wait 6 months. And some don't care what they were told and just drink when they want after several weeks out..

Girl where's that lighting bolt now

They do happen a lot more often than more serious complications like leaks.. But for the most part they are very easily fixed.

STRICTURES (VSG gastroduodenal anastomosis) Symptoms: persistent nausea /vomiting, inabilty or gradual inability to keep anything down including liquids. Post-VSGrs w/ strictures also report: liquids backing up in their esophagus, foamies, heaving, fatigue. Causes: When a surgeon inadvertantly narrows the entrance from stomach to pyloric canal because of misalignment of bougie, "misfiring" of stapler, staples your stomach to small intestine (duodenum) Scar tissue begins to adhere to staples within 72 hours post op. Scar tissue/adhesions tighten the opening to the pyloric canal/sphincter further. Akin to a clogged drain..over time forcing food/drink to 'back up'. Occurrence: usually from 3-6 weeks post-op, but have read of cases 2-6 months out due to scar tissue build up gradually narrowing the already narrowed opening to the pyloric canal (**see below). Diagnosis: upper GI, abdominal CT scan , and/or Xray. Treatment: hospitalization, cleared with endoscopic balloon dilation providing mild stretching at site, dilation treatments may need to be repeated before resolution.

Stricture.....

Sorry!! it was hard to tell with that profile picture

What's wrong with you??? Nothing! You are going through all of the emotions that most of us went through when this became "real" And for most of us it became real when we got that date to anticipate, obsess and worry about. Now is the time to take a few deep cleansing breaths... You've worked hard to get this far, but the reality is that most of the hard work is still to come, I know that can be daunting but going into it knowing there are going to be challenges will help you when they come. I think what you are feeling is good, it's part of the process of really preparing for the major life change you are about to make. In others words, I would worry if you weren't feeling all these things

Amy your right it's like they dropped of the face of the planet!!