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I was sleeved on a tuesday and home friday morning. I could have driven that afternoon if I wanted. I drove Saturday to my mom's for a family lunch. Your seatbelt doesn't even touch your incisions (or atleast not mine). I did stay in the house a lot the few weeks following because it was difficult to socialize with my friends when I couldn't eat or drink. I'm 29 and live downtown Seattle, so you can imagine my social life evolves around happy hours, restaurants and sports bars! Ive been out a few times lately (even had a few drinks, despite not being 30 days post op :-0 )

Try taking an antacid. I forgot to take mine one morning and felt hungry all day.

Also, if I put a lot of ice in my Water it seems to taste better AND go down easier. For some reason it seems like I can take larger drinks, almost gulps without problems when its super cold. Could be just me though. Everyone is different, you're gonna hear that a lot!!! Good luck!

SOOOOOO COOOOOOOL! I am ecstatic for you! You look great and I bet you feel amazing! I am five days post op and I hope I do half as good as you!!!

I am six days post op, didn't have a bowel movement until yesterday and since it's been TOTALLY liquid. Nothing solid about it. Anyone else have this problem. I am thinking it's the 80-100g of Protein and nothing else. I am drinking Isopure to get my Proteins and it has zero carbs or sugar.
Anyone else have a similar experience?

SOOOOOO COOOOOOOL! I am ecstatic for you! You look great and I bet you feel amazing! I am five days post op and I hope I do half as good as you!!!

SOOOOOO COOOOOOOL! I am ecstatic for you! You look great and I bet you feel amazing! I am five days post op and I hope I do half as good as you!!!

Hi Rebecca! I'm going down to get sleeved by Dr. Aceves on Monday! Do you have any tips/words of wisdom for me? Did you have any pain?

THANK YOU ALL for your responses. I feel really good about this now. I especially liked BunnyK's bit about watching the scale drop and that giving her motivation! I think that is going to be huge for me. Also not being able to drink. That's my biggest downfall, the late night after bars drive-thru. Not to mention destroying a McDonalds menu when hung over. Sometimes I would wake up (still drunk) at 6am just to go to McD's for two egg mcmuffins, two sausage biscuits, two burritos, and 4 hash with milk if I didn't ha e any at home.
Again, thanks you guys!

For me its more of what I CHOOSE not to eat because so far Ive been able to tolerate everything Ive tried. I find that I dont crave sweets nearly as much and if I do, a big chocolate covered strawberry does the trick. I dont do fast food unless its an emergency and even then I make sure to choose a non-breaded whatever with the most Protein. When I started seeing the numbers on teh scale go down and my clothes getting bigger and the compliments coming, I did not want to do anything to sabotage that by eating fast food or falling into old habits. This coming from a girl that was a closet eater. Id have 2 big macs at lunch in my car by myself where no one could see me or even stop at McD's for 2 double cheeseburgers on the way home before dinner. Those days are LONG gone! Size 10 pants, medium (almost in a small) yoga pants and being fit/healthy have trumped any crap-ass food I could shove down my throat.

I am kind of late to the party here, but I will offer what my personal trainer told me a few weeks ago. She suggested to try and just balance the macro nutrients before a training session. If you also supplement with amino acids from a pre workout drink or capsules, then you will be much stronger and faster during your workout. It works every time for me. Back to pre workout food. A good meal I have before my cross fit sessions is 3 oz chicken and 2 apple quarters with 2 tbsp of nut butter. It gives me a lot of good energy for cross fit, which is intense. The apples also give me good restriction so i feel "full" without wanting anything else. your body requires good carbs and fats to optimally break Protein into the amino acid chains for your lean muscle. If it is another workout like a run or strength training at home, I may have a couple energy squares from nuts.com (also a good balance of good carbs, fat and protein). Remember to always eat/drink a good protein based food such as a bar or shake after your work out in order to benefit from the rapid transport of nutrients, including amino chains, into the muscles.

First off, this is normal at your time. Second, it's not like you can go backwards. The great thing about the sleeve is that it can't be reverse.
I'm about 2.5 years out. I can eat about half a panini slowly now, even the bread. And save the rest for later. It takes time to learn how your sleeve works, but after just a few months, you won't really notice it.
And after a couple of years like me, your new eating arrangement will seem normal, and you won't be able to understand how regular folks eat such absurd portions and meals. This way is way better, it just takes some time.
Keep your head up!