Bob2013

Its ketosis. Its your body detoxing off of the carbs.

I have been seeing many threads on here about people keeping their surgery a secret and it really puzzles me. I understand its a personal choice but whenever someone makes a post about it they never really give the reasoning behind it. I personally do not hide it. If anyone is curious I gladly tell them and when the questions pop up I am pretty well versed as to the facts behind the surgery so I educate them. The way I look at it is if it wasnt for people being open about it I would have never looked into making one of the best decision I have ever made. To me, it seems that keeping that secret would be more harmful mentally than whatever benefit keeping it a secret would do. So what are the reasons? Is it being embarrassed that you had to have the surgery to lose weight? Do you want people to think you did it on your own? Is it being afraid of "What if it doesnt work"? Or is it "I just like keeping secrets" I am not judging anyone, I am just curious.

While hearing things like this is hard, for all of us here it is/was the truth. I had a doctor years ago that his main solution to many of my complaints was losing weight. While it was hard to hear it, I knew it was the truth.

December 23, 2013 here. down just over 90lbs since surgery. 100+since pre-op diet. By the way, there is a Guy Room forum if you scroll down a bit. Some pretty good conversations down there.

The hot chocolate is probably fine. But Peanut Butter,, nope, it is very, very high in calories and sugar. Not worth it. I really would not mess with peanut butter at all during your weight loss phase. There is a product called PB2. Its a powdered peanut butter that you add Water and stir. For me it satisfied the peanut butter crave and has a fraction of the calories. I get mine at walmart. If you prepared it with a little extra water, small bites of this would probably be ok on full liquids.

Wait a second, This is the guys room. We dont worry about scars.

The one and only reason for the pre-op diet is to shrink the size of your liver which lies directly over the area being worked on and can easily be damaged when being moved out of the way. Maybe some surgeons are just confident that they can do the job without damaging the liver.

Bob, Clarification request ... are you saying you think there's something inappropriate about being in "the closet" about WLS? No not at all. But when hiding the fact you had surgery is becoming more stressful than being open about it, it can be detrimental to your overall mental health, and possibly cause someone to make bad decisions just to keep it hidden. I never said it was inappropriate.

It seems to me like the trouble your going through trying to hide the fact you had WLS is more trouble than coming out of the closet, Maybe re-examine your reasoning as to why you want to hide the fact you ad WLS.

For me , yes. I definitely get buzzed quicker. But as someone said it seems to go away quicker also. Since surgery I have picked up what could be said is a bad habit. Me and the wife have really gotten into craft beer. I usually only have 1 to 2 beers a week so it has not affected my weight loss at all. I usually stick to Stout beers so the carbonation isnt an issue. stouts dont have very heavy carbonation, plus i drink them so slow much of the carbonation dissipates by the time I am done.

It probably has more to do with your old diet than anything. Soda and antacids(Tums, Rolaids) will do it to ya

7 months out and still eating 1/2 a cup of 4 ozs per meal. So ya, if you take big bites then 4-5 bites could be realistic.

I took my pills whole with no issues. Just go slow and dont take them after you eat

I buy them. Most grocery stores carry them. Exact same nutrition as regular hard boiled eggs. I like them due to the convenience. I hate peeling eggs. Plus they are pretty awesome. I never had one til about 5 months ago. I even made some develed eggs out of them. Was pretty interesting.

We make it. Usually use 3lbs lean Jenny-O ground turkey. The wife uses a mix of mccormick chili seasoning and I forgot the other one. 1 to 2 cans of red and kidney Beans, and a few other things. If anyone is interested I can get the wife to write out the recipe. We make a pretty big pot once a month and I freeze about a dozen 4oz servings for use the following weeks.

Great looking snack, too bad they are only available in the mid west.

This is what I typically pack for my workday. My day usually starts off with a 2 egg omlet with half a serving of cheese (190 calories total) The content of my lunch bag is dannon light and fit yogurt (80 calories) Premier Protein shake (160 calories) single serving beef Jerky (100 calories) 4oz of turkey chili (120 calories) but can vary, morning star black bean burger or turkey or chicken breast pickled egg (great snack) 70 calories Many days I cant eat it all when I get home I may or may not have a serving of some sort of dense protein, depends of the day this usually brings me well over 80+ grams of protein and keeps me satisfied all day long

Now and then I walk through the grocery store and pass by the bakery section. For me its the breads/bagels that catch my attention. I think to myself how I use to love these, then I look down at the new slimmer me and realize I love that more.

Yup lots of guys here. 7 months post op.

Talk to the priest and explain the situation. If they cannot make some arrangement, you may want to rethink where you go to worship. God wouldn't make you go through a ritual that can make you sick.

It took me two weeks before things turned and then I had a week or two of constipation. One thing to watch out for is fats. The mayo your using could be a trigger. I used kraft fat free mayo. Give that a shot. And pay attention to the fat content of anything else you eat. Also yogurt is good for digestion.

Dumping is when undigested food passes into the small bowels. Gas and diarrhea is the result. For the most part sleeve patients dont usually have to worry about this except when you eat foods you should be keeping away from. Fatty, greasy oily foods. So if you eat what you are supposed to dumping should never be an issue. It can happen to sleeve patients, but its as likely to happen to normal people as it is to sleevers.

4ozs or 1/4 cup max. I am almost 7 months out and 4ozs is still just the right amount. Get use to weighing out your portions right away. It is really easy to eat too much before you realize it. Whenever I eye out my meals I always prepare too much. Our stomachs may be small but our eyes are still bigger.

No restriction except for clear diet phase. I was actually given coffee with my Breakfast tray the morning after surgery. and since then I use splenda and fat free half and half.

I technically didn't have to lose any weight during the 6 month supervised diet, just had to make the doctors apoitments. The only requirement was the last 2 weeks prior to surgery. The surgeon gave me 2 weeks to lose 10lbs which was pretty easy on the pre op mostly liquid diet