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This question is for those who have had the sleeve and also carried a lot of weight in their lower belly. How long did it take for you to start losing inches in this area??? I'm 6.5 weeks post op and I feel like I am losing from everywhere except there which is where I want to lose the most!!!! If anyone could share their personal experiences with this I would really appreciate it!

Congrats! Time will fly and the 26th will be here before you know it!

I'm doing good, I just went back to work yesterday. I'm on soft proteins now and I haven't had problems with any foods. It's nice to eat some real food now!

Great job! I know that they usually try to estimate when the insurance approval will come through and use that to choose a surgery date. I would guess your surgery will be either late March or early April depending on when the info was submitted. Once you do have a surgery date you will have one more day of pre op appointments where you meet with anesthesia, nutrition, and the nurse practitioner Martha. She is really great and will explain to you everything to expect on surgery day and the days after.

It was about 2 weeks for the insurance approval once I finished all of the insurance required appointments... I have BCBS. After that the doctor is scheduling about 5-6weeks out because he's fairly busy. My first consultation was 10/2/13 and surgery was 2/5/14 so it was about 4 months total start to finish, it would have been quicker but the holidays pushed everything back a little for me. You also have to make sure you meet the goal weight they have you before surgery otherwise McCluney won't operate!

Dr. McCluney did my surgery on 2/5/14 and everything was perfect! I was evening sleeping on my stomach the day after I got home from the hospital!

Try heating the Atkins Shake... Makes it taste 10x better! Just like a cappuccino! For me I like to have an inside out omelette, egg and cheese rolled in turkey slices!

Puréed chili isn't bad. And people always think I'm crazy but mashed potatoes with cottage cheese is really good!

And thanks for the review about the Julian bread!

Thanks for the website! I'm sure it will be very useful when I'm ready for real food!

Thanks for the input! The more I read about it the more convinced I am to just stick with the deviled eggs

You can make some homemade chili and purée it if you're still in that stage!

I started looking for something when I was thinking about all of the egg salad there is going to be at Easter in a couple of months! I'm not a big fan of eating egg salad or even tuna salad just by itself.

I found it on julianbakery.com... It's made specifically for high protein low carb diets. It's also organic and sugar free so I thought it sounded pretty interesting!

I was just curious if anyone had tried any of the high protein bread and if so, how does it taste? I found one with 16g of protein per slice and only 4 carbs so I thought it would be interesting to try once I can eat anything again.