maggie409

I am cash pay and going to Mexico saved me about $10,000. On top of that I got excellent care.

I don't have health insurance so I also went to Mexico. Reasonable price and such a wonderful experience. I booked through BariatricPal and used Dr Jesus Martin Lopez.

I also use gnc total lean. I will mix the vanilla half and half with other flavors. It seems to tone them down a bit. I have also diluted them with water. Just tell yourself that this is a very short phase of a long journey!

Days like today are the days that previous diets have failed me. It has been a busy day where everything that can go wrong does. I was getting bombarded from all directions. Work was so trying and stressful, house is a wreck, teens with last minute plans, trying to squeeze in time with grandkids, friends needing my help, husband pretty much nonexistent as always. If I didn't have my sleeve, I would have pulled right into McDonalds tonight as I headed out for yet another late night work call. But I'm very proud of myself. I walked my first full mile at the gym without stopping, I got in just under 750 calories, 85 gr of protein, and 64 ounces of water. The only thing I forgot was my supplements. Thank goodness for my Sleeve!!! I am so glad I made this choice. I will not fail even when the world is going crazy around me!!!

I did go ahead and eat. I don't want myself to go hungry. After I ate it dawned on me that I could have changed directions and had me a protein shake on the way. Hind-sight.

I wake up every morning and drink a bottle of water. After the water We have to wait 30 minutes before we can eat. I got called out early for work this morning. I don't have time to wait 30 minutes. The question is, do I wait 30 minutes which means I do without or do I eat despite having just finished a bottle of water?

I think it would depend on what company you booked your surgery through and if anyone is going with you. I used BariatricPal and they were great and all of my belongings were safe. But I will say that you will be very focused on your surgery and recovery. It would be ok if you were going a few days before or staying a few days after.

I was in the hospital two nights and in a recovery center 1 night

I take a 5000 mcg liquid sublingual that I purchased at United Supermaket.

I was sleeved 6/15. I did two weeks on a pre-op diet. I am 5'1" tall and my high weight was 268. Surgery weight was 254 and my current weight is 238 so I am down 30 pounds overall. I have also lost 19 inches. I am currently getting in about 60-75 gr of protein a day and 64 oz of water and approx 700 calories a day. I have struggled to make walking a habit so I joined a gym today by my work. I will start going before work each day. I am still on soft foods but I am adding more foods each week. I am very pleased!

I wish I had been prepared for how the small amount of calories and effects of the anesthesia would affect me mentally. I own my own business and my brain just wasn't working properly for about a month. I officially know what it feels like to be stupid and I didn't like it!! Otherwise everything was as expected.

I am five weeks post op and consistently getting around 700 calories a day. Some days (like yesterday) I get less (around 600). But if I am getting my protein, water and supplements, then I don't worry about it too much.

MyFitnessPal and Nike Runner

If you use the word "addicted" then that in itself is not healthy and you may want to consider eliminating it just for that reason.

My protein shakes were included in the clear liquid stage. You must get your protein. I was on clear liquids for one week. Went to full liquids the second week and then soft foods the next week.

I don't have that. And I didn't have that at 3 weeks post op. Maybe you need to get it checked just in case.

Gnc Total Lean. Comes in many different flavors and has 25 gr of protein.

Three weeks before surgery.

My weight today 238. Thanks

Check with your NUT but for me I was not getting enough carbs. We are supposed to get closer to 40% of our calorie intake from carbs. Make sure they are healthy carbs and not sugar filled. From what I was told, carbs are our main source of energy and when we have not carbs to burn our body starts to burn up our proteins. You may not feel comfortable with such a large increase in carbs but talk to your NUT about upping it to maybe 50 gr a day. I know as obese people we learn that carbs are the devil but keep in mind that before WLS we all probably got the majority of our calories from pure carbs. This was my experience and it helped me. Mind you I am only 5 weeks out but I had a period of extreme weekness and it was associated with dehydration and not enough carbs. Good luck!!

I chose the sleeve over other types of WLS simply because I didn't like the idea of them re-routing my intestines. Also I knew I wanted something permanent. I wasn't comfortable with the malabsorption that came with the bypass and I didn't choose the band because I didn't want the maintenance involved with getting fills. I was sleeved on 6-15. I have lost 30 pounds and I am very pleased.

I am 5 weeks post op and when I went into Home Depot the line closest to my parking space was LONG so I walked to the other end of the store to the self-checkout and out the delivery bay and the long trec to my car by the garden center. Pretty sure I would still be waiting in line and it felt great to walk and not feel like the weight of the world was on me!!! Oh and I didn't lean on my basket the whole time! Yay for me!!

I am guessing that included time for me to recover from anesthesia. He said it was that long from going in to them bringing me back to my room.

My dad was the biggest Monty Python fan growing up. In the States it would show late in the evening on PBS and he would let all four of us kids stay up to watch it. I remember my mom constantly saying "this isn't appropriate for kids." And he would say "oh it's funny". I don't know what was better. The show or watching my dad nearly wet himself he would laugh so hard.

Maggie is my nickname as a child. My grandfather named me after his favorite dog.... She was a good dog. And 409 is a creepy number that appears everywhere in my husbands life. We can be flipping the TV and stop on a basketball game and there will be 4:09 left on the clock. We go into the dmv and get a ticket and it is 409. Driving down the road and look at the license plate in front of us and the last digits are 409. When we went to get our marriage license, it was issued at 4:09 pm and we were married on 4-09 and the pastor waited until 4:09 to start. Also when looking for a house to buy, the only one available in the rural school district we wanted was on county road 409... So that is where we live. And so many other examples. I think it's just creepy.