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Lol a few days ago. I know you're not supposed to drink for a year but my nutritionist said that's mostly due to them not wanting us to get dehydrated, I would have waited except my 21st bday is on the 6th and I wanted to make sure I could drink before I tried in front of my friends - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

The reason I gained so much weight is vastly due to how much I would eat in one sitting. I had a bottomless pit of a stomach and would eat until it was physically painful. Now that I'm almost 2 months post op and have been cleared to eat whatever (other than starches/carbs/sugar of course) I'm starting to have those "eat until you're full" tendencies again. When I eat I don't really want to stop. Granted to get me 'full' I only can eat 4oz of food now but regardless of how little it takes me to get full recently it doesn't change the fact that I'm still doing to same bad habit. I have trouble eating slowly now, most of the time I can't take 30 minutes to eat my food whether it be because I literally don't have the time to eat that slow or I hate it (have always been a fast eater) I just want to keep eating and don't know how to not care so much. I don't want to stretch out my pouch but am never happy/satisfied until I'm stuffed - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

I originally wanted the sleeve (because you only need a small portion of the medication and supplements and I felt it was less unnatural) but my insurance wouldn't cover it. I'm happy that I got the bypass though, because it has a much higher success rate and I needed the most drastic surgery to be successful - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Only you can know what's best for you and your health. When I asked my dad (who os also morbidly obese) why he didn't consider getting the surgery too since it's obviously covered under our insurance he said "because I know if I get my fat ass on a treadmill that i'll lose the weight instead of taking the pussy way out" So yeah. Family aren't always the best support system. But look who's a lot healthier and happier now versus my dad who still morbidly obese, a smoker, has high blood pressure and is borderline diabetic. - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Lol finally someone who asks the same questions as me. I'm almost 2 months post op and have been smoking on the daily since my infection healed (about a month ago) so far I have not had any problems but want to buy a vaporizer to help prevent ulcers. I tried drinking and needed 5 shots to get drunk! Drinking has been very odd for me post op - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Who'd uh thunk it

Like 2 weeks (waited till I wasn't sore) DO NOT SWALLOW IF YOU GIVE HEAD - I made an entire post about how I did and dumped (15g sugar/tbsp) - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Ps - I also never drink decaf. My nutritionist said the reason they didn't want me drinking caffeine in the beginning is because they didn't want any foreign stimulant in my body immediately post op. I've been cleared to drink all the caffeine I want since about 2 weeks post op - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Lol I work at Starbucks. I can stomach coffee/espresso/tea just fine. Only problem is I prefer my americano with half/half and I really have a hard time stomaching milk... so a grande coffee with cream/equal takes me all day to drink. What sucks even worse is I LOVE soy milk but am allergic so I'm shit out of luck no matter what I do. Trying to learn to drink it black - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Wow, that's pretty deep. Very inspirational. I wish you nothing but success. You should be so proud that you were able to get out if that hole to do something so positive - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Soooo speaking of alcohol, I have a few concerns. I was told that I could have a 1/2 shot on my birthday (my 21st bday is aug 6) and that I would get super drunk from it. I tried drinking prior to that (a few days ago) to make sure my body could handle it and that I wouldn't barf on all of my friends. How many shots of 70 proof rum did it take for me to actually get drunk? 5 shots. I took 1 at a time to see what would happen and spread that out 20 mins apart. Every shot (until the 5th) got me kinda sorta tipsy for 5 minutes then I was stone cold sober again. Why didn't I get drunk off a 1/2 a shot like I was told? My alcohol tolerance has not changed AT ALL post op. Rather concerned. - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Damn so your life basically surrounds around the gym. How's the loose skin situation? I'll be 21 in a week and am hoping that my age will help to prevent too much loose skin. (Pre-op weight 263) - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

108 lbs a few days post op is damn impressive - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

I had to stay an extra day because my heart beat was elevated when they took my vitals. The rest of the day: perfect heart rate. Why? Because having my vitals taken makes me anxious. I explained this but no go, I was so upset at the time lol - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Pretty sure that shit is crazy high in carbs and sugar yo - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Want to know what liquid I live on? Trenta (30oz) iced passion tea with 3 equal (my personal favorite artificial sweetener) and no Water from Starbucks. It's one of their cheapest items since it's tea and well... it's tea so it's not bad for you! It's so delicious and makes getting in a big chunk of my daily liquid in so much easier. - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

Omg these posts are making me nauseous I don't want to lose my hair. - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

I've heard of your tastes changing post-op I've heard of people stomach's being able to tolerate some food some days and other not Has anyone experienced your taste buds enjoying certain foods sometimes and other times not? It's happening to me. A few days ago I tried some kale chips and thought they were gross, today they taste great. Awhile ago I was eating brie and my eyes were rolling to the back of my head because it was so delicious, 2 days later I ate it and it tasted like a dirty diaper. - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

The idea is not to necessarily find something in lower carbs - it's to find a healthier yogurt with high Protein and not eat all of it at once so it still stays under your limit, you know? Like don't eat the serving size - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

I'm allowed 6 carbs and 6g of sugar per serving, but on things like Beans and yogurt (which are higher in carbs) I'm allowed to "cheat" with because they're healthy, unlike bread or Pasta or sugar carbs - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12

I didn't fart until like 2 days out, same as bm - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgiversary: 6/11/12