No game

I take these to mean on feast days you still eat under your maintaining calories...

You still have to have some self control because some foods are sliders and you can eat large quantities still.. Think chips or cake, junk food.

Once you are totally healed most people can eat everything.. Some have a hard time with pasta, rice and bread the first year but it gets back to normal at some point.

When I click on it, it said I need to log in?

Hey feed what do you think about artificial sweeteners? I was reading one of the books today and it said none on fast days!! I suck down calorie free drinks everyday.

I am not the owner of the group, but i will tell her pm you.

And the 5:2 method doesn't really yield more than a pound a week for most people.. It's just helping some of the girls get the last few pesky pounds off.. I really feel bad about people feeling excluded and I have noticed several threads since yesterday talking to that effect.. I'm going to ask the owner of the group to perhaps make it a group that does not show up on The main page and current threads section.

I would imagine that being 5 months out you are not eating much more than 600 to 800 calories a day anyway? I think your guys weight loss is awesome by the way

I make an easy chili for my family: 1pound ground turkey 1 red or yellow bell pepper chopped 1 green bell pepper chopped 1onion chopped 1 small can tomato paste 1 can diced tomatoes 2 cans black Beans 1 can chicken stock a handful of chili powder to taste And garlic powder, salt, pepper..or if I'm feeling even more lazy I just use a packet of chili spices and disregard the directions on it! Brown the turkey in a big pot Dump the rest in and cook until peppers are tender Of course if your on purée you will have to blend your portion...

This is from the groups front page... This is a group of us who are trying a new way of eating, called the 5:2 plan, otherwise known as intermittent fasting. it seems to be a good way to lose those last stubborn pounds, or lose those pesky regained pounds! Welcome, to the 5:2 group. We consist of members that are AT LEAST A YEAR OUT out and almost at goal or have reached goal and put on a few pounds while in maintenance. We are not trying to exclude anyone, but this method is not for the newly sleeved.Please talk to your nutritionist and try the diet first to see if its something you can do. You must TRY INTERMITTENT FASTING FIRST and then if you want to make a commitment to it, send us a message and you'll be invited in. http://thefastdiet.co.uk/ http://the5-2dietbook.com/ http://thefastdiet.c...sked-questions/

I'm not a doctor but I think once you get past this hurdle and everything is healed you should be risk free for another leak.

That's a hard decision to make! I know I went into my first consultation thinking I wanted the band also... I left unsure, it took me a week (only) of research on both procedures side by side to make me realize how little I knew!! Truthfully I had never heard of the sleeve before my first consult with the bariatric surgeon. I would say go to the band forums and read their experiences....and most definitely read the band to sleeve revisions here! Good luck to you. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/forum/13-band-to-gastric-sleeve-revisions/

Latest one I could find... http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/87716-im-a-leaker/page__fromsearch__1 And http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/76187-back-to-hospital/page__fromsearch__1

I'm so sorry for your pain and rough (understatement I know) start! Leaks are a very scary and very real possibility with this surgery no matter how great your surgeon is and how well you follow aftercare instructions. I know we have several members that have gone through similar experiences, I hope that one of them will see this and answers.

Wishing you good luck, and easy recovery

Yes good stuff Lynda! ! That was so nice of you to take the time to put that all together

Most definitely everyone is different, or I should say their stomachs are different. Example a taller mans stomach will be larger than that of a petite woman's stomach after surgery. Even if the same surgeon preformed the surgery using the same size "bougie". In the beginning you really want to measure out your portions (did your surgeon give you amounts?) the full signal is not really reliable until its to late sometimes because your stomach is swollen and numb..

I think that a good rule of thumb in the very early stages is to to measure out 1/4 cup at meal time The difference between 1/4 and 1/3 is enough to have painful consequences.

An interesting observation.. All of the friends and relatives that told me I was to "small" for surgery? When they see me now the are the first ones to say how much better and "healthier" I look now