sherisleeve

Last night I pureed carrots, I had to contain myself to keep from shoveling it in...lol, it was great to have something more like food. I had a boiled eggs blended well with a touch of lite mayo and mustard...for Breakfast, IT WAS AWESOME. Going to start looking for some good lowfat nutritious cook books for when I am off of puree, I am NOT going to blow this just because I love food, I am going to enjoy it, be creative with it. I CAN DO THIS.

Thanks everyone! It seems like the general consensus is most docs say no....but most do it anyway and don't have a problem. I can live with that lol (aren't we all such rebels )

Good attitude. I can start puree foods next wed. Can't wait!

Last night I pureed carrots, I had to contain myself to keep from shoveling it in...lol, it was great to have something more like food. I had a boiled eggs blended well with a touch of lite mayo and mustard...for Breakfast, IT WAS AWESOME. Going to start looking for some good lowfat nutritious cook books for when I am off of puree, I am NOT going to blow this just because I love food, I am going to enjoy it, be creative with it. I CAN DO THIS.

It is amazing how different all our experiences are, now for me, I had a drain tube, and had to keep it after I went home. Had it for 10 days after surgery. For what we are going to gain I guess it was tolerable...but honestly, it did get sore for me, and boy was I glad to get that baby out last week. lol.

Last night I pureed carrots, I had to contain myself to keep from shoveling it in...lol, it was great to have something more like food. I had a boiled eggs blended well with a touch of lite mayo and mustard...for Breakfast, IT WAS AWESOME. Going to start looking for some good lowfat nutritious cook books for when I am off of puree, I am NOT going to blow this just because I love food, I am going to enjoy it, be creative with it. I CAN DO THIS.

I find I take smaller sips with a straw, don't use one all the time, I used the one that came with the jug from the hospital, and noticed no difference.

It's good to know I'm not the only one with low energy levels. I'm 6 days post op and I walked for 30 mins today. My legs felt like spaghetti :-(

LOL. I've haven't been back to work yet. I have a lot of time on my hands!!

THAT IS A PRETTY COOL POINT SLEEVE MASTER

This morning I was at the grocery store in the check out line, I began to unload my groceries onto the conveyor belt and the lady in front of me kept glancing at the items that I was putting on there. I was a bit self conscience at first because it was normal occurrence in the past for people to take a second look at the full buggy of food that I was purchasing. It was "normal" for me to be piling up the conveyor belt with things that aren't good for me and that helped to get me into the position I was 9 months ago right before I had my surgery. It was normal for me to have Cookies, chips, prepackaged foods like chicken nuggets, pizzas, lasagnas, then ice cream, candy, hamburger helper meals and a TON of sodas.
But now, I am one of THOSE people that I felt self conscience around (although they didn't do anything to make me feel this way except for to make better choices in the food that they purchased) Today, my purchases consisted of fresh fish and chicken, lots of fresh veggies and yogurts. I chose to skip the chip, cookie and soda aisles and I am not missing a thing! (And as an added bonus, my grocery bill has gone down!)
Woo-hoo!!!!

I think (and no offense to anyone) that it's easy to be kind of cocky about how easy it all is and how you'd have to be deliberately eating around your sleeve not to achieve goal.
And I say that because I used to think that, too.
The reality is much more complex and it's unfair that we, as people that have struggled with our weight our entire lives, are so quick to criticize or shout diet! exercise! to anyone that's struggling post sleeve. It's as if we're applying that same logic our family, friends and doctors had prior to our surgeries - it's not working because you're failing or it's not working because you have no willpower or it's not working because you're lazy. The end result being the message that of course losing weight is easy and if you really want to do it the weight will just fall off and you'll be on your way to happily ever after.
Not so. The issue is something not even fully understood in the medical world. If weight loss were simple restriction and willpower, the very first time you tried a 1,200 calorie diet you would have lost that weight and made it to goal and you would not be here missing 85% of an organ.
I have friends here that struggle and have struggled for years to either shed weight or stay on track for various reasons. It is not all willpower. I know folks that are the strictest eaters and most diligent exercisers that CANNOT reach goal and are still fifty or sixty pounds overweight.
Naturally, some of these people might feel less than thrilled with their results.
Now, for the original question: I am three years out. Today, I can say I am fully satisfied and love my life post sleeve. Six months out or nine months out you would have heard a different story. I struggled to lose at the pace I felt everyone else was meeting. I had two nine week stalls - one at six months and one between nine and twelve months. Now, I was still happy for my sleeve but I was also frustrated. I think you'll find very few people here (though you will find some, particularly those that had bad complications) that regret their surgeries even when things don't go as planned.
And yes, the biggest hurdle most people that are disappointed have is that their initial expectations were not realistic, usually because they either thought they would avoid complications of any sort or because they simply did not research the sleeve diligently prior to surgery.
Best of luck to you, whatever you decide. The wonderful universal of this surgery is that even those that are disappointed, frustrated or stalled have lost weight. Not as much as they'd like in some cases, but we all lose.
~Cheri

I think its nearly impossible for the sleeve to "not work", however how you are using your tool will determine how well you do.

If the sleeve doesn't help you lose wieght then I don't know what would.... You have to follow the sleeve life style though and eat protien first, then veggies. You won't have room for anything else after that and lose!

You are going through the dreaded 3 week stall, do not worry it happens to most people. Everyone gets over it and goes on to lose more weight. One your journey you might have a few stalls, for some people they last days and for others weeks! They are frustrating but have patience and perseverance and you will be fine.

Hi, my surgery was on june 10th also, I lost 12 prep and only 6 after surgery.. So I decided to remove the scale from the bathroom and ask my daughter to hide it. Every one that does not know about my VS is surprise about how thin I look ,so I just take the complements and pretend I just doing this by myself, hahaha. I will wait to my next doctor's appointment on July 24th to get in to an scale again.. I do not want to torture myself with it...

hey welcome i was sleeved 5 days ahead of you i know how you feel i been liquids for a month , haven't really looked at the scaled too much but i get to start soft foods today im still getting to used to all my newfound family but im liking it can't wait to see what happen 5 - 6 months out

Dr Choban is my doctor too!! I can imagine Sheila getting on to you about weighing too much.
I am still preop (for a few more days anyway) but from what I have heard, a stall in the 2-3 week period is normal. I agree though about how past failures cause us to worry about the future and the potential to fail there too. But as they say- they operate on your stomach, the head work is up to us!
I would love to chat more, since you are straight from Dr Choban and MCW. I'm getting ready to go there really soon!!