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Bwa Ha Ha!!! Sounds like a comment that I'd make...

Nooooo!!!! Sorry GM!

we are with you Donnaboss!

I do think that people felt I was "funner" when fat. I wonder if it was just 'la belle indifference'. I just "did" and did not think. Now I am quiet and I think a lot... but am happier INSIDE.

I see the loss in you (and PS, you loot cuteilicious) (in ALL the pix) I have lost 100# and it is rare that I can see the loss in me... Yesterday I thought that MAYBE, I MIGHT POSSIBLY notice some difference... My wife says I look VERY different and that I am crazy. I remind her that that is a different issue entirely. My fat brain 'Skippy' says, have a cookie.

OK, if she can't have the surgery (and the cardiac issues might rule it out anyway!!!) Just do it together and "forget" the sleeve... Just eat strictly and be active. YES, the sleeve is important (at least for me) but since she can't have it, you can play it down and focus on the things you can both do together.

I've been reading, a lot! This book might explain it: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=why%20we%20get%20fat&sprefix=why+we+g%2Caps%2C181 I am avoiding simple carbs (processed), sugars and starches. For me, they seem to be addicting!!!

Hey SpringHill... Maybe just avoid tuna for a month. We all have "some foods" that seem to cause early issues, but that may get better with time and as you heal!

" If only losing weight was a simple as ‘just eating less and exercising more.’ Of course, if it was, we would not have the obesity plague that we’re faced with currently. The truth is that most people know precisely what healthy eating looks like. Moreover, they want to lose weight, but something sabotages the process." Our Fat Brain! "For many people food and eating was the most meaningful part of their day-to-day life. If you are going to put somebody, for whom food is the high point of their day, on a diet, please do not be surprised by the inevitable failure that follows." Oh Yes!!!

Great thread (again)

Yeppers. I had a HH diagnosed DURING surgery. MAYBE added 10 minutes to the procedure (per the surgeon) and added NO pain or recovery time. He was in there anyway!!!

Great thread!!! The burps, hiccups, or runny nose are real and are likely caused by the irritation of the vagus nerve after the sleeve. I am a runny nose guy. Sometines I even sneeze. And I have tried to check my references on this and I admit that I am having difficulty in corroborating what I say. But at least I am a runny nose guy when full...

Heads Up... DO check with your HR. Likely can not get Social Security disability since that program requires an impairment so severe that it keeps you out of work for 12 continuous months. 5 states, NY, NJ, RI, CA and I think HI have state run short term disability programs. For the rest, bo paid benefit unless your work provides or unless you bought a private ST policy. FMLA does not pay benefits but, as said earlier, does protect your return to work!

Lots of great responses! Maybe they can set at a 'middle range (5 or 6) and let you move forward. BUT if you do have sleep apnea, it's GOOD to get it "treated"...

Virginia's big. Where are you? What hospital, etc! :-)

MAYBE also post in reseach?!

And I am stalled for 5 weeks, but keep on keeping on. The one this a stall is NOT: It is NOT an excuse to quit. So I'm with you Claire, let's go!!!

B UT, I'd skip crackers (as a carb addict). How bout veggies?

just puree, and DON'T push. Stop before you are full. Your Tummy is Healing from a BIG insult!

Welcome love! Please explore and feel free to ask any questions and share your thoughts and ideas. We are all friends (in the same boat) here!

Laura, earlier you brought up "Dead Horses" As a government executive, I need to elaborate on my earlier thoughts: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/09/the-dead-horse-theory-of-bureaucracy.html ten days post op your stomach is still very numb and swollen... Please be careful as to what you eat because you may not "feel" much until it is too late.. There is a reason why they have you measure and weigh food and eat the appropriate types of food

Until you are on "solids" you might not feel full. Remember, liquids are pushed through pretty quickly. As to the amounts, if you can eat it and it satisfies, I think you are fine. I'd suggest eating and then no snacking till the next mealtime (between is Water time)...

Do what your surgeon and program says. Don't make it up. I use Unjury's bariatric Vitamins.

Puchy, where are you in your journey??? Things to suggest are kinda based on where you are! But if more than a couple months post-sleeve I am with PDXMan and Ballermon 100%. Protein first, non-startch veggies second, and drink Water between. If I eat sugars or simple carbs I get MORE hungry!!!

NuMe... You said: "it will feel SO GOOD not to be able to overeat ANYTHING!" Start working on the fat brain (that we all have). If you really work on it, you CAN "eat around" the sleeve and regain the weight. BUT, YOU are more powerful than your fat brain (My fat brain's name is Skippy)...