manueljlg73

I also had my surgery done in Mexico (well, I live here), it was performed by Dr. jaime Ponce de leon, I'm almost 4 months out and I have lost 90 pounds.

MGB GROUP on Facebook. I am the admin and welcome all pre-surgery and post-surgery MGB folks. We are gearing up for our annual MGB University in Orlando, FL in April. I will post details here soon.

I also have a 9' bypass. When I talked about it with my surgeon about this subject he asked me "What percentage of what you use to eat are you eating?" Yes, it's a lot less, but I feel if I didn't eat healthy I could easily gain weight.

Djmohr
That it's a great answer, I won´t eat past the 30mn mark. I have also red about fluids before and after eating. I'll stick to your advice!!

I had my MGB done by dr. Ponce de leon in Tijuana. My experience is positive. He really is an excellent surgeon with lots of experience.

Dr ponce de leon does.

I am completely obsessing about potential/pending surgery and ignoring my other "task". If I run across anything I will definitely let you know! I hope it gets better!!!

I also have a 9' bypass. When I talked about it with my surgeon about this subject he asked me "What percentage of what you use to eat are you eating?" Yes, it's a lot less, but I feel if I didn't eat healthy I could easily gain weight.

At 18 months out, the most I can eat of anything is one cup in about thirty minutes. But.....if I don't space myself out with Water in-between meals, it would be too easy to eat again in another thirty minutes, like djmohr just said.

Djmohr
That it's a great answer, I won´t eat past the 30mn mark. I have also red about fluids before and after eating. I'll stick to your advice!!

This is a great topic.
I am 8.5 months post op. In the beginning I was lucky if I could get 1/4 cup in. As the swelling in my tummy went down i noticed I could eat more depending on what I was eating. For example, if I eat Soup, yogurt or soft foods I can eat 3/4 to 1 cup at this point. If I eat meat like chicken, fish, beef, pork I can eat maybe a half a cup.
My nut actually cleared a lot of this up for me as well. She mentioned and continues to tell me this. You have to think about the amount of food you are ingesting after it is chewed up because that is actually how it enters your tummy. the volume of food you eat post chewing is actually more than if you just measured it.
which if you think about this it makes sense.
I no longer measure my food. I know what my stomach can tolerate and I have learned over time to eat slowly (no more than 30 minutes) and pay attention to whether or not I am satiated. If you do that, all the measuring stuff which I did religiously in the beginning won't be necessary.
I never take longer than 30 minutes because your pouch begins to empty at that point. If you continue to eat past that point you could in fact be over eating. This was one of the rules my Bariatric team drilled into my head and I follow religiously. You could literally eat all day and eat around the new tool you have.
I also steer clear of any fluids 30 minutes before and after eating so I don't flush my food before my body has a chance to absorb the nutrients.

@@manueljlg73 loss of hair comes from rapid weight loss and particularly not getting enough Protein.

My (very competent) nut. from the bariatric clinic says I have to have 1500 mg of calcium citrate a day, taken in three pills, morning afternoon and night. Otherwise, taking a good bariatric multi with Iron and B-12.

*First of all, let me make it perfectly clear that this post is not a slam on people who choose to smoke marijuana*
I have recently been interested in the driving forces surrounding the stigma of WLS. I was doing some research on which states exclude WLS as part of their ACA insurance exchange programs. My state is one of them and that is why I ended up going to Mexico for my VSG (great decision, BTW!). What I was surprised was to see that Colorado is on that list. So in other words, the wise elected officials in Colorado feel that marijuana is a medical necessity, but helping it's citizens to lose weight is not. Neither WLS or weight loss programs are covered. And as "open minded" as marijuana supporters may appear to be, they also don't cover acupuncture.
Does this mean the potheads are better organized and have more savvy political skills than us fatties? (And this last sentence is meant to be a joke...Please don't construe it as name calling and I apologize if I anyone found it offensive)