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The absolute best resource I've found is the FREE MU guide http://www.muhealth....Booklet VSG.pdf I read it many many times before and after my surgery. It may not follow your doctor's recommendations exactly, but it will give you a very good idea of what eating will be like after surgery. All doctors give different advice so there's no one "bible" of what you must or must not do.. some docs say no soda ever, other's say diet soda is fine, some say no NSAIDs ever, others say taking them with food is fine.. some say chewable Vitamins only, other's say pills are fine.. some make you be on liquids for weeks after surgeries and others have patients eating soft foods within days... And of course hang out here and learn from those who have had the surgery.. I started coming to this forum four months prior to my surgery and learned soooo much just from the members here during that time.

EXACTLY... I will NEVER agree with those who insist that WLS is the EASY way. None of this is EASY.... but it DEFINITELY makes things LESS HARD! And LESS HARD is good... Why would I want to keep doing things the MORE HARD way when there is a LESS HARD way?

Assistant professor Vance Matthews says that three to four cups a day does still decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes, but more than five or six cups a day could reverse the process." The problem is EXCESSIVE coffee consumption. Many things are healthy in small quantities and unhealthy in large quantities. MOST people aren't drinking more than six cups of coffee a day.

Deal a meal The Diet Center weight watchers Physician's weight loss LA Weight loss center can't remember the name but it had you eating almost NO fat Whatever Covert Baily's plan was called.. was that fit for life? Atkins South Beach The 17 day diet Honestly of all these diets, the only ones that I felt at all OK on were Atkins and South Beach.. I'm currently doing LCHF and the very low carb approach seems to work best for my body.

LOL and I was told pills are fine, just no gummies.. I wish these guys could agree on SOMETHING!

you lose more than just regular weight.. you will lose a lot of water weight and also ... well for lack of a better term , "poop weight".

I'm 2.5 months post op. I lost 25 pound from my highest weight.. then decided to have WLS. I lost 45 more pounds between the day I decided to have surgery and my actual surgery date and I've lost 31 pounds since my surgery for a total of 101 pounds. I'm nearly to my midpoint hoping to lose 109 more pounds to make it to my goal by my one year surgurversary.

FANTASTIC RESULTS! Congrats!

The sleeve is a strange strange thing... I'm now suddenly opposite.. I'm putting Louisiana hot sauce on EVERYTHING. Even when I was newly sleeved I started putting hot sauce in my chicken soup.. I never wanted it before but the hot sauce just seems to feel so good in my belly. WEIRD.

My doctor had me focus on breathing in a really deeep breath and then he pulled it out as I exhaled hard.. I didn't feel a thing. As for the leak test.. tasted less gross than pepto.

I'm pretty used to my portion sizes of 4-6 ounces at a meal at two and a half months out. Sure there are times I wish I could eat a bit more of something really tasty.. but it's not overwhelming and I just tell myself I can have it again at my next meal! BTW, I do have a longer than average sleeve so I can eat a few more bites than many sleevers... maybe that's why I don't really struggle with portion size? I think things would be different if I was only eating a few spoons of something... but being able to eat a little more than a half a cup is mentally quite satisfying to me.

It's the Pacific Natural foods brand.. They might have more kinds, but the last time I was in WF, they had the pacific natural chicken broth and it is Kosher. As far as where specifically to get broth, I have NO idea.. I just figured dearborn has tons of halal options!

I TRY to focus on chewing my food well.. then I play on the the internet for a minute.. take another bite..chew.. internet... wash, rinse, repeat. I am a SUPER fast eater.. I NEVER even chewed my food previously.. even meats would receive maybe two or three chomps and get swallowed. It's been the hardest thing to get used to!

Wholefoods has an organic chicken broth that's kosher too.

I sure hope so! I need to lose 215 from my highest weight... I know the next hundred will come off slower than the first hundred.. but I'm patient. It's a lot easier for me to be patient now that I'm sleeved and feeling satisfied with the amount of food I'm eating.. before my sleeve surgery, I was SO impatient with weight loss because it was so much torture to be eating such low calories and then not see the scale move.. Now, I'm like "eh, if it doesn't move this week, It will move eventually"..... and it always does!

OK, well if you don't want the frozen stock, then I think it's worth the trip down to Dearborn to get yourself some broth... seriously, broth saved me in those early days when I was sick of all the sweet drinks, and Maggi cubes are "ok"... but the broth is so much nicer!... And pick up some halal gelatin if you don't already have some.... just steer clear of Shatilla's bakery!

The cubes don't add the nutrition that the "real" broth has, but honestly, it's such a short time and you'll be taking a Vitamin anyway so I don't see the harm if there is no alternative....though, I will tell you.. I had the same doctor as you (they're AWESOME by the way) and when I was discharged, he was very clear that I should use REAL chicken stock and not the cubes...Dr's cabrera/valenzuela keep you on Clear liquids for a full week after surgery. One thing.. I know you mentioned that making your own is not an option... but you CAN make in one huge batch and then cook it down and freeze the stock into cubes then transfer to a ziploc freezer bag. You can make ONCE and then enjoy homemade stock cubes for WEEKS.. just pop one out add Water and microwave! Good luck with your surgery.

I was told strictly rest for two weeks (only frequent brief walks to prevent DVT) and then after that walking only for six weeks. I was recovering fairly quickly but my surgeon was very serious about this point so that's what I did. I'm two and a half months out now and walking 4-5 miles a day... and just started TRYING to do C25K..(which is WAY beyond my abilities by the way)

100 pounds down and my feet are still the same length...I've been wearing a size 10 since 6th grade so I don't think they'll get shorter at this point! My feet are a bit narrower and my instep is not as full so I can more easily fit into shoes... I used to be a "wide" width in many shoes.. I went to the shoe store last week to get fitted for some new athletic shoes.... and he came out with a MEDIUM WIDTH!!!! After I bought the shoes, I wandered over to the Dansko section and tried on a pair of danskos in medium width and they fit perfectly.... SO AWESOME because in the past, I was limited to only the plain shoes because those were the only ones that were offered in wide.. But now I can wear any cute pattern I want... I ordered a patent leather floral design... YAY for NSVs!

Discovering I am wheat intolerant has been a blessing in disguise. (I am wheat intolerant but not GLUTEN intolerant.. I DON'T have celiacs and I can have other grains containing gluten.. weird huh?) Cutting out the wheat has left SO MUCH room for so many more nutritious foods! Now for someone who is Celiac, it's a bit more complicated since you have to be careful of even the tiny amount of gluten sneaking in .. you'll have to learn to read labels all over again, and be careful of cross-contamination, etc... My recommendation would be not to fall into the trap of buying a bunch of "gluten free" processed foods and rely on them for your daily intake. They're typically very high in sugars and they're very refined (potato starch, rice starch, tapioca starch) Fine for a treat, but maybe not high in nutritive value. There are MANY resources out there now for learning to eat wheat free or gluten free (NOT the same thing by the way) I would recommend joining an online community for celiacs so that you can really learn how to get a handle on it.

Mine closed by the next morning when I woke up, but the doctor told me it could take a few days. Just follow doctors instructions.. my instructions were the same as yours and no issues at all!

For me it means full-fat dairy, non-starchy vegetables and low glycemic fruits and berries... also perhaps a small amount of legumes and starchy vegetables. I don't consider Cereal grains, whole grain or not to be quality carbs.. just too many carbohydrates and not enough micronutrients.. and the nutrients that they DO offer, can very easily be had from a less carb dense source. This is just my PERSONAL view.. You'll probably get many different answers and I doubt any of them will be wrong.

WHAAAA? I'm doing the WRONG program, mine is run 60 seconds walk 90 seconds.. repeat EIGHT times. I just got back from attempt number 3 and I was able to do FOUR repetitions. I did two repetitions then walked through the next minute run, then did one more and walked for the next one and then one more and then walked the rest. My total time running was only four minutes.. but then again I'm only 5'5" and I still weight 259 pounds so I'm hauling a hundred extra pounds on my small frame. OH and to all you frady cats out there.. I went out in a form fitting TANK TOP and my lightweight cellulite and pannus enhancing bottoms....and did this in a very popular public area and I didn't die of humiliation.

I use real half and half in my coffee.. I eat real pork bacon.. I eat at least half an avocado a day. I make buffalo sauce with real butter.. I make full fat yogurt.. I eat the chicken skin. I eat a LOT of fat.. today I am on schedule to consume 72 fat grams. BUT I also only net 20 carbs or less a day so it balances things out. I'm at 800-1050 calories a day with 70-80 grams of Protein, no more than 20 net grams of carbs and the rest from FAT. I tried the diet foods route but I find that using real full-fat foods and limiting my CARBS works better for me. Also, my blood lipids are abnormally low.. go figure.

What makes you think it's too soon to be stalling? SAYS WHO? I was sleeved in mid-march and stalled for the ENTIRE month of APRIL.. even had some gains.. it is NORMAL and it's ok.. I'll still get there and so will you.