Bryan Graeve

Depends on where you go. If you're doing to a nice supper club, look to share a plate with your hubby or order from the kids menu. Or maybe order a small appetizer (e.g. chicken wings).

Same here, 3 months post op and I eat what I want. Most important is to stay hydrated and focus on your Proteins.

I've dumped a few times in the last 3 months post-op: it's triggered when I eat something high in sugar or if I drink more than one beer... both of which I shouldn't be doing anyway!

I've been drinking wine and gin-tonics starting at 2 months post-op (yeah I'm a bad boy). Haven't had any issues at all, other than a lower alcohol tolerance

I'm about 2 months out. I travel alot and eating out at restaurants all the time, starting 3 weeks post op. At first, I felt very limited with the restaurant menu. For Protein I looked towards tofu and turkey/chicken, which I found easier on my new pouch. If you end up at one of Vegas' buffets, consider telling the restaurant manager about your recent WLS and see if you could eat there at kid's prices. Surprising, alot of them will allow that. At typical restaurants, you can try ordering off the kids menu or small ("petite") plates. Apps and Soups work too. If all above fails, either share a meal with your husband or order a full meal and ask them to package it to go. Hope this helps!

Don't worry, weight loss can stall at times. Just make sure you're getting your required protein and water.

No problems here with lemons

What an interesting post! I never thought of toes and noses shrinking.

Not sure how popular my advice will be. But

I didn't really have a pre-op diet until the last week when I was only able to have Protein shakes and low calorie drinks, and that diet was to help shrink my liver down to give the surgeon more room to work. Post-op is when the diet plan became rather intense. They explained to me my new pouch took about a month to heal, so in the first few weeks I was on Soups and blenderized foods. After the 6th week I was able to eat "normal" foods again, but even then I'm seeing I have to make adjustments to what foods I choose to eat. Since the pouch is so small, I'll start with the Proteins first and then some vegetables; and I'll get full off of that and end up skipping any carbs (rice, bread, etc). Carbs fill you up pretty quickly, and Protein is the most important anyway.

Yep. GasX and walking. Eat slower. After a couple months I experienced less gas issues, maybe I've learned how to avoid?

Thanks for all the great suggestions! Doxie good point with the kids buffet, I wasn't sure how to approach that.

Yeah, I agree. The thrift shop and sams club is where I've been shopping so far for clothes during my weight loss. At sams they have those hidden elastic waistbands in their dress slacks that work pretty well, I'll buy a size down from what I'm actually at and they will fit fine for me. At the thrift shop I've bought a few dress shirts for a few bucks each. The thrift shop will probably get alot of business from me over the next year, both donations and purchases. But all in all I'm not complaining!

I chose to tell my hiring manager about my WLS, along with only a few other close relatives and friends. I guess I wanted to impress my manager, let him know I was committed to a healthier lifestyle .. so the new me will be deserving of a big raise and promotion right? I can keep dreaming My manager was very cool with the news and was very supportive of it. No problem with the 1 week off for WLS + 2 weeks work from home to recover. As a sidenote, I chose not to tell my coworkers; although after losing over 50 lbs since August some may know what's going on.

I've heard the same thing others have been saying. Occasionally I'll have very small swigs of Water just to help with the eating, but otherwise avoid drinking 20 mins before and after meal time.

I would tell him too.

Congrats! You look mahvelous!

I can relate to that, but I don't want to play games to get a free meal. I was once a server, it's tough work!

Some restaurants do but they are probably called something else. I was recently at Ruby Tuesdays and noticed on their lunch menu they have a section called "Petite Plates" - basically a half portion of their healthier full lunch plates. For example there's a chicken Fresco - a 1/2 chicken breast in balsamic vinegarette with mashers and steamed veggies. If not, there's always the kids menu! Sometimes you even get crayons and toys to play with. Woot!

Yes cupcake, this food waste is what bothers me. Last night I ordered some six chicken wings from the restaurant appetizer menu and could only finish half of them.

Amy, that's a good point. Some of my coworkers may suspect I've had WLS and aren't saying anything out of respect. Noone has asked me yet! I bet not all of them know it.

Hey Greg. My doctor cleared me for travel three weeks after surgery, enough time in case post-op complications would arise.. which they didn't. So starting week 3 for the past 5 weeks, I've flown with no problems. In fact, I'm sitting just fine in those small airline seats without a belt extension now which is a great victory in itself. Good luck with your surgery!

My surgeon told me it was ok to travel after three weeks. You don't want to travel before that in case you have complications from surgery

Failure to lose weight and maintain all my life was the biggest reason I chose to have a bypass. I am almost two months postop now, and I'll tell you the weight loss hasn't been quick since. Rather its a slower but consistent loss, about 1-2 pounds a week. At that rate, it will take me about 9 months to hit my goal. That's fine with me.

First of all, congrats on your upcoming date. So yeah, I was more excited at first.. more like 'well its about time' because I was getting impatient with the exhaustive pre-op checklist. But the morning of surgery, as I was being wheeled into pre-op, that's when it hit me. I was like 'what in the hell am I doing here!' and 'I'm not sick, do I really need this?'. A moment later, the anesthesiologist came in to give me my "cocktail", and the next thing I knew I was waking up in post-op! Best gift I've ever given myself. Good luck to you!