KristyNicole

I was 8 weeks post op. It took me 4 hours to finish a glass of wine. I was fine with it...didn't want to get sick. But make sure you have heartburn meds on hand

Omg! I am 3 weeks post op and there has been nothing easy about this. I'm not even loosing weight as fast as others. 11 lbs in 3 weeks...25 total. But I'm loosing. This is the hardest "diet" I have ever been on. I don't tell people I had the surgery for the reasons you listed above. We've all lost 45 lbs before...just didn't keep it off. I've lost count of how many lbs I've lost. Those people are not your friends.
Ask them why they think having someone cut out 80% of your stomach, going liquid diet for 4-6 weeks, soft mushy foods, reflux, lactose intolerance, Constipation and diarrhea, bad breath, low energy, is "the easy way?" What exactly are they doing that is more difficult than all of that???

as of this morning, I am down 10 pounds from the day I went in for surgery

The Unjury website has quite a bit of Protein options. There is a starter kit with small packets of all the different kinds they offer. I am thinking of ordering this. There is a Soup broth that looks good. They also have a protein cheese sauce, but it is out of stock. I am a cheese lover and I am thinking of a whole lot of ways to incorporate the cheese sauce when I get on soft foods.; eggs, broccoli, etc. sounds good! ???? I am getting my protein in, but I don't look forward to it. Hopefully I can find something that tastes better than what I am using and that will change.

Yes I've had soda. It didn't cause any problems but it did make me feel very full for hours. It was like the bubbles just sat in there the rest of the day. Some people tolerate it very well though. My suggestion would be to just have a couple sips here and there, for no other reason than to avoid the full feeling that may keep you from eating real food.< /p>
Oh - and good for you having the very nerve to ask a question that our die-hard forum members will consider a "rule breaking" behavior:) Get ready for all the preaching that will most likely follow your question. Just go ahead and read it all while having a taste of your favorite carbonated beverage.

Had my surgery May 6th. Probably going to stay at the hospital one more night. I had severe naseau and quite a bit of pain..walking and sipping. I don't regret it but this was a lot harder than I imagined.

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Hello everyone!!! I am sleeved and at home. Kind of sore but other wise feeling great!!!!

A lot of the things that cause us to be obese aren't really about food. It's not about always sitting down and overindulging in a massive meal, though many of us do that prior to surgery. It's more about our emotions and our heads. The issues many experience post op with head hunger, cravings, binges, grazing, emotional eating, etc. are all head issues - not stomach ones.
The sleeve is a tool. It's a tool that will help you control your hunger (most likely - very few people still struggle with hunger post op but some do) while you fix your head. You'll lose weight in the process. If you do your job and shed the emotional triggers and baggage and build new habits, you'll find that maintenance isn't all that hard.
That said - we are who we are. We have, in most cases, spent most of our lives building bad habits, coping poorly and hiding our feelings in food. We have fallen back on eating poor choices in times of stress and eating far too much. We love food. It's our addiction. It's particularly difficult to control that addiction and "stay clean" so to speak, during hormonal times and stressful situations.
And while we can learn to control it and while it really does get easier, that part never goes away. I'm not saying you're going to crave pizza a year out. Goodness knows, I hardly crave anything any more and when I do it's something off the wall like chickpeas or lima beans!
I'll be three years out in July. My hunger hasn't come back. But while I've maintained very easily (I just had a baby five weeks ago and need to shed the final nine pounds but otherwise have stayed in my "maintenance window" without issue) I can say that it would be easy to slide off track. No, it's not the constant willpower struggle for me that dieting was, but for some people it is a constant struggle. It's all in your relationship to food and how you redefine it - because everyone's journey is different and we can't speak to how you'll experience yours.
I still have to make the right choices. I really do best on a Protein coffee every morning. I still need to eat Protein first but I have to incorporate enough good carbs and grains or I feel the urge to graze. It's a balancing act. I'm pretty firmly centered and not likely to fall over, but I worked hard to get here.
We are not fat because of food. Accept that and make an agreement with yourself to work on it and you'll have a much better chance at long term success. Goal isn't a number on the scale. Goal is getting to a healthier size and weight and maintaining it happily for life.
And for goodness' sake - everyone comes out of surgery unable to eat and it's easy to treat the sleeve like part B of your Atkins diet for the first six months. But after that point I urge everyone to really explore their eating choices and learn how to eat more normally and in moderation. A huge issue you'll see in your time here has to do with people that fly to goal in half a year on a seriously low calorie, low carb diet...but then they disappear and flounder on their own, because all they learned to do was diet. They didn't learn how to live in maintenance, eating moderately and making healthy choices when happy with their body. It's far harder to maintain than it is to lose the weight, I promise you, and most people fail to see that. Getting to goal is the easy part. Staying there and being happy and doing it without a lifelong diet - that's the tricky part.
Good luck. Do your research. Accept that you will hit hurdles and stalls and maybe you won't lose as quickly as you like and you might even still want a dang Snickers bar when you're stressed. Don't let those things toss you off the wagon forever (stumbling and picking yourself up again a time or two is pretty normal) and you'll make it.
~Cheri

Hello everyone...im post op day 2...surgery went
well didn't have a lot of pain just discomfort from
the gas...I had great nurses who had me up and
walking 4hrs after surgery...the doctor told me he
was proud of me for how well my liver had
shrank...yesterday I had to keep down 96 oz of
fluids and walk 20 laps to be discharged...so by
the grace of God I came home yesterday...haven't
experienced any nausea yet but I have been
sleeping a lot and trying to get these fluids in!!! I
lost 14lbs pre-op so i'll weigh in again nxt
week...the only thing I wish is that I could've
brought the hospital bed home lol...but thanks for
all your prayers and well wishes they're greatly
appreciated...so continue to pray for a speedy
revovery and ill keep you all posted!!! Im a sleever
now!!!
CrimsonDiva

I am May 6th too!! Very excited but nervous :/ Good luck to you!! This pre op diet sucks

Hi everyone!! Just started my pre op diet this morning!! Getting very excited but nervous too. Realization is starting to settle in and I hope I am making the right choice. I do have one question. What do you tell your children (that are old enough to know you are going to the hospital) what you are going in for? In addition to every part of this life changing event? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

I wanted to share this with all my May sleever buddies...Its from Joel Osteen
Today, declare that you will overcome every obstacle, outlast every challenge, and come through every difficulty better off than you were before.

Soo I just got my call from the hospital confirming that I need to be at the hospital at 5:30am because
I'm first!!! Well I'm not going to lie I AM NERVOUS but hey God didn't bring me this far to leave me!!!
CrimsonDiva

May 6th!! Super excited and ready for a fresh new start of a happier healthier more confident me!! Good luck everyone!! )