meamo

Thank your for your post, I have been a little discouraged this week. Ever since I started the soft foods moving from week two full liquids, the scale stopped moving. Today it dropped a lb. So it's moving again hopefully. It was my 40th birthday last week and the whole week was full of celebration. I did have a bite of sugary stuff here and there, and maybe that is what threw me off. I am starting at the basics today.

Before the sleeve, I constantly craved sweets, now, nothing! Occasionally, now my head will remember and I have decided that it has to be something of really good quality, i.e., homemade, fabulous, etc. I absolutely refuse to eat anything that is just so so anymore. Today, at the elementary school where I work, there were sweets everywhere for the Valentine's parties going on. The only thing I ate was a mini homemade red velvet cupcake and it was the perfect size, 3 bites and I was completely satisfied. Before my sleeve, I could have eaten 6 mini cupcakes and not be satisfied what so ever!
The things I really miss are bread products, but it is just not worth the problems that I have experienced with bread. Hopefully one day I will be able to enjoy a small piece of a great bagel again.

This was a one of the greatest descriptions of what you can expect to feel about food after surgery that I have read so far! Thank you for sharing this. I pray that my recovery is the same and I feel the same way you do about food after I have my surgery. It really give me hope for a more "normal" life after vsg.

this is supper awesome!! i really hope i feel this way after surgery. this is the perfect example of how i want to feel... way to go girl... what an victory!

I guess in a way i'm happy that my insurance doesn't pay for this. I had to quit smoking too, but luckily, I was tired of it. I don't have to wait around, but I do have to go to Mexico to make it affordable. Surgery is next Tues. so i'll keep looking for your updates.

Just load the car. I see your surgery is coming up soon. These clothes won't fit you after the first 2 months. Shopping is so fun after. I gave over 100 lbs to st Vincent DePaul and started afresh. Now I am outgrowing some of the newer things and had to buy smaller again. Just enjoy the trip. I also am tight but I still got rid of everything and started over. I will never be in those large sizes again. Have fun, it is a once in a life time experience.