cherisenoir8

I don't have any major back problems but I did have problems with sciatica at least twice each year. Now that I've dropped some of the excess weight I haven't had sciatica in the past two years. Hope the surgery helps with your pain and back issues.

I mean, objectively, factually, Fluid is Fluid, and as long as the fluid doesn't contain something that is a diuretic (makes you pee out MORE), then it *should* count. Milk, for example, is mostly Water, and therefore, from a *factual* standpoint, drinking 64 oz of milk is very close to drinking 64 oz of Water.
However, it's clear that some nutritionists (and a few doctors) want to put plain water in a separate category. Okay, whatever. That's not fact, it's not science, but in that case, they're creating a category -- 64 ounces of WATER -- and saying that 64 ounces of WATER can only be reached using water. (And let's not even get started on how the 8 glasses/64 ounces is an arbitrary number that became enshrined in traditional nutrition...)
So, I personally think it would be more correct of NUTs with that opinion to say, "I would like you to drink 64 ounces of water *in addition to* any other fluids you are taking in, just to be extra sure you're good and hydrated." It just seems like instead of saying that, they say, "Protein shakes don't count!" or "Juice doesn't count." When they say that, they're not stating medical or scientific fact; they're just shortcutting saying, "I want you to not include those other fluids in your count of water."

My recovery was so uneventful that at my first post op appointment, I "accused" my surgeon of not operating at all and just marking my belly with a Sharpie and putting little bandaids on and calling it quits. Three years out and I have a hard time finding the little scars from my sleeve.

I am guilty of using my body as a trash can. My problem with obesity started with the birth of my son 9 years ago. He has always been a very picky eater, which is quite the opposite of myself because I love almost all types of food. The rule in our home is that he has to take at least one bite when presented with new and different types of food. Only 20% of the time will he keep eating past that first bite. There would be times that I put the rest of it in the fridge for leftovers, however, sometimes it gave me an excuse to have a 2nd helping and overeat. I was raised to think that dumping perfectly good food in the trash was some kind of character flaw. Even though I grew up and realized it wasn't true, I still had a hard time doing it.
Just this week, I gave my son a Cereal bar to eat and he didn't like it after taking one bite. I had my sleeve Oct. 6 and have stayed on track throughout my pre op and post op liquid diet. I've even lost 30 pounds already.
When he handed back the uneaten Cereal bar, I almost had a knee jerk reaction to start munching on it. I realized that I needed to throw it away immediately. I tossed it on top of the pile in the trash can and realized that I might as well push it further down the pile into the coffee grounds so that there would be no way of recovering it. It was then when my hands were deep down in the trash that I had a moment of deja vu. I actually did the same thing 13 years ago with prescription Vicodin that I had become addicted to after 14 months of use. It made me realize that I am now overcoming an addiction just like I did 13 years ago. I did it then and I an do it again. I just have to make my next addiction a healthy one.