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I'm really sorry to hear that you're having such a difficult time right now. 3 weeks out is still very, very early in the game. Yes, things will change, and yes, things will get better.
My first suggestion would be to speak with your surgeon and express your concerns about being hungry. If you have one, you should also speak with your nutritionist. They hopefully can guide you into a much healthier eating pattern. If seeing other people eating is really affecting you, then you may have to remove yourself from where they are eating until you can get your situation under control.
Hopefully you have a team of medical professionals that you can turn to. Whatever you do, don't try to do this yourself. Express what you are feeling and what you are dealing with to them. That's what they are there for.
Wishing you the best of luck on this very difficult journey.

Were you sleeved in December 2014? Come join us on our 1st year surgiversary cruise to the Bahamas!
Our December 2014 Sleevers Facebook group is having a 1-year surgiversary get together! We are going to do a 3-day cruise to the Bahamas. Below is the information:
Departing: December 4, 2015
Returning: December 7, 2015
Departure location: Miami, FL
The cost is based on double occupancy, however you may chose to have a room of your own, but you will still be charged the double occupancy rate.
Itinerary: Miami --> Coco Keys (cruise line's private island) --> Nassau (8 hours) --> Miami
Ship: Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas
Cabin Costs: (total cost for cruise per person)
Interior - $358/pp
Porthole Ocean-view - $341/pp
Portrait Window - $348.50/pp
Jr. Suite - $641/pp
Grand Suite - $941/pp
Payments - A $50 deposit is due, per cabin, within 21 days. Another $150 is due within 120 days of cruise departure, and the final balance is due within 75 days of cruise departure. We have been assigned our own personal group agent that will send everyone a copy of the agreement with all payment due dates, etc. If you are not able to make the entire cruise payment at one time, you will have the options of making payments payments toward your final bill as you like as long as they are made by the appropriate dates. All payments are made to the travel agency organizing this cruise. No payments are made to me.
Required Documents - For this particular cruise, the documents required are Passport OR Certified copy of your birth certificate and your state ID.
We are also inviting a spouse or significant other should they have a desire to go, and it makes your participation easier. There are quite a few people in our lives that have been through quite a bit since we started our journey, and I feel strongly that their love and support should also be celebrated.
If you want to join us on this cruise, please send me a message with your name, contact information, and how many people you are bringing so that I can confirm your participation and make sure you get all the necessary information from the travel agent.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me.

I had my surgery on December 12, 2014 and I couldn't stand Protein shakes after my surgery. I forced myself to drink them during my first month post-op, but once I started eating real food, I stopped drinking them completely. I too struggle with getting Protein in on a daily basis, but I just do the best I can.

I asked my surgeon if she thought that I should purchase a Bracelet, and she told me that people who have been sleeved really don't need one. The only folks that really need them are bypass patients.

OK, well I guess I'll set myself up as the VIP jokester….
Age: Old
Sex: None in a very long time
Location: Sitting at my desk at work
Ok, now that the funnies are out of the way…. 55/F/Silver Spring, MD by way of Cincinnati, OH

I had my surgery on December 12, 2014 and I couldn't stand Protein shakes after my surgery. I forced myself to drink them during my first month post-op, but once I started eating real food, I stopped drinking them completely. I too struggle with getting Protein in on a daily basis, but I just do the best I can.

It was a very easy decision for me. I just felt strongly that I did not want a foreign object permanently placed in my body.

Congratulations! I'm looking forward to the day that I hit 100# down. I've got less than 20 to go!

I'm really sorry to hear that you're having such a difficult time right now. 3 weeks out is still very, very early in the game. Yes, things will change, and yes, things will get better.
My first suggestion would be to speak with your surgeon and express your concerns about being hungry. If you have one, you should also speak with your nutritionist. They hopefully can guide you into a much healthier eating pattern. If seeing other people eating is really affecting you, then you may have to remove yourself from where they are eating until you can get your situation under control.
Hopefully you have a team of medical professionals that you can turn to. Whatever you do, don't try to do this yourself. Express what you are feeling and what you are dealing with to them. That's what they are there for.
Wishing you the best of luck on this very difficult journey.

I'm really sorry to hear that you're having such a difficult time right now. 3 weeks out is still very, very early in the game. Yes, things will change, and yes, things will get better.
My first suggestion would be to speak with your surgeon and express your concerns about being hungry. If you have one, you should also speak with your nutritionist. They hopefully can guide you into a much healthier eating pattern. If seeing other people eating is really affecting you, then you may have to remove yourself from where they are eating until you can get your situation under control.
Hopefully you have a team of medical professionals that you can turn to. Whatever you do, don't try to do this yourself. Express what you are feeling and what you are dealing with to them. That's what they are there for.
Wishing you the best of luck on this very difficult journey.

Congratulations! I'm looking forward to the day that I hit 100# down. I've got less than 20 to go!

Why do so many feel like they have to "explain" to someone that you've had WLS? Because we no longer eat like a pig at meals? Because we have some saggy skin?
I am 55 years young, and do not feel like I need to reveal everything that I've done prior to meeting someone, or my entire medical history to someone that I might be dating. So what that you eat very small meals, so what that your skin isn't as tight as it was when you were a teenager.
If this were a procedure that I was thinking about while in a relationship with someone, then yes it would be something that I would want to discuss with them. But when someone comes into your life post surgery, in my opinion all my personal information is on an "as needed to know" basis, and just like many other things in my past, this is something you don't need to know.
Now if you're the type of person that feels that someone you're dating needs to know everything about you in order to know the "real" you, then you'll have to figure out when you tell someone just as you would with anything else that occurred in your past.

I purchased the variety case which has 2 bottles of each of the flavors. I tried a couple of them and they were just totally disgusting to me. However, my 24 year old daughter (who isn't on a weight loss problem) thought they were amazing and she drank all of them.
I think Isopure is just one of those things that you have to try it for yourself to see if you like it. I definitely did not!

I purchased the variety case which has 2 bottles of each of the flavors. I tried a couple of them and they were just totally disgusting to me. However, my 24 year old daughter (who isn't on a weight loss problem) thought they were amazing and she drank all of them.
I think Isopure is just one of those things that you have to try it for yourself to see if you like it. I definitely did not!

Why do so many feel like they have to "explain" to someone that you've had WLS? Because we no longer eat like a pig at meals? Because we have some saggy skin?
I am 55 years young, and do not feel like I need to reveal everything that I've done prior to meeting someone, or my entire medical history to someone that I might be dating. So what that you eat very small meals, so what that your skin isn't as tight as it was when you were a teenager.
If this were a procedure that I was thinking about while in a relationship with someone, then yes it would be something that I would want to discuss with them. But when someone comes into your life post surgery, in my opinion all my personal information is on an "as needed to know" basis, and just like many other things in my past, this is something you don't need to know.
Now if you're the type of person that feels that someone you're dating needs to know everything about you in order to know the "real" you, then you'll have to figure out when you tell someone just as you would with anything else that occurred in your past.

Why do so many feel like they have to "explain" to someone that you've had WLS? Because we no longer eat like a pig at meals? Because we have some saggy skin?
I am 55 years young, and do not feel like I need to reveal everything that I've done prior to meeting someone, or my entire medical history to someone that I might be dating. So what that you eat very small meals, so what that your skin isn't as tight as it was when you were a teenager.
If this were a procedure that I was thinking about while in a relationship with someone, then yes it would be something that I would want to discuss with them. But when someone comes into your life post surgery, in my opinion all my personal information is on an "as needed to know" basis, and just like many other things in my past, this is something you don't need to know.
Now if you're the type of person that feels that someone you're dating needs to know everything about you in order to know the "real" you, then you'll have to figure out when you tell someone just as you would with anything else that occurred in your past.

I purchased the variety case which has 2 bottles of each of the flavors. I tried a couple of them and they were just totally disgusting to me. However, my 24 year old daughter (who isn't on a weight loss problem) thought they were amazing and she drank all of them.
I think Isopure is just one of those things that you have to try it for yourself to see if you like it. I definitely did not!

8 - 10 would be perfect for me. I doubt that I'll see that small though.