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@@Mrs.Snipes I had Water all day non stop my first 3 months. Only stopping before and after "meals", but I sipped water all day. That is pretty much the only way to stay hydrated. When I wake up, then and now, I drink 18 ounces of water. Wait 30-45 minutes, eat. Wait 30-45 minutes, start drinking water. My meals were planned. Protein shakes, or whatever, every 3 hours to meet my protein requirements. I never had calorie requirements or outlines, just protein first, and a protein minimum. What does your plan say?

If you carried one thing from them, I would suggest this. http://slimpressions.com/product/the-have-nots/ All the other places and brands that sold something with arm control, have discontinued it. That is the one thing I would buy regardless of cost.

I get the normal hot wings from wing stop once and a while. They are fried but they are naked. I don't have issues with eating fat, I usually am short on fat each day so fitting wings into my macros isn't an issue. At home I slow bake them to render all the fat off (you keep the flavor). I bake them like this http://www.recipetineats.com/crispy-oven-baked-chicken-wings-honey-garlic-sauce/ I don't use the sauce in the recipe. Then I just drown them in hot sauce and a little melted butter. Hot sauce alone has no calories... The Franks Red Hot Wing sauce doesn't have calories either. If you order wings out, make sure they are naked, and ask if the sauce has any sugar.

This site has some low carb instant pot recipes. http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/?s=instant+pot

@@abbey 123 Stalling at 6 months isn't uncommon. Are you losing inches? Do you know what your resting metabolic rate is? Have you had it tested? If your RMR is 1500, and you are already eating a calorie deficit and then you are burning 1000 calories on top of that calorie deficit, you are in starvation mode. You don't have any wight or height information so it is hard to tell.

Nope, not one second. This year has been one of the best years of my life. I would say I regret not having it sooner, but I had it at the perfect time in my life.

I have never tried slimpressions. I wear Maidenform because it offers more control than spanx at a lower price point.

I haven't had any since surgery, only had maybe 1 in my life. I hate yogurt and don't touch it. We have a ladies only forum that you can post in for your feminine needs

Because they are going to give you anesthesia and they need to know what is going on with your body.

Eating slowly takes practice. I learned to do it early on because not eat slowly hurt. It just takes time. Take a bite, put your fork/food down, wait 30 seconds, take a bite.

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@@greeneyedgrrl24 Now that I am further out, I realize that having a sleeve is kind of like having strep throat. If you stop drinking when you have strep throat your throat swells to the point you can't swallow at all. The sleeve is kind of the same, if you keep drinking it keeps it open. If you stop is swells. Even know if I cut back on how much I eat, like I am sick so I don't really eat, I go back to a lot of restriction, so try to drink all day. Tea and broth, warm things help so much.

If you are confident men don't care. I swear.

@@SimplySheavon You have a lower BMI, expect slow weight loss.

I never thought a made a mistake after surgery. However like you, the pain meds did more harm than good. I stopped taking them right away and felt better. Swallowing hurts but it is easier on you if you drink all day, even if it hurts, not drinking doesn't help you. The first 2 weeks are rough but the 3rd week is better.

Find a therapist to working on your emotional eating. Have surgery. You have less than a 5% chance of losing that weight on your and maintaining it at over 300 pounds.

Are you seeing a therapist? You make almost the exact same post every week. Maybe you need someone you can discuss all the changes you are going through with that will support you and offer you advice on managing your new life and feelings.

The macros on almost every panera soup are terrible. Unless you are adding protein powder to it, it is basically empty calories.

@@sleever54 I keep my carbs low because I have always liked eating low carb and most of the carby things that people like (Pasta, popcorn,crackers,chips,rice), I do not like at all. So it is easy for me to cut them out since I never really ate them. If you follow your plan, you end up being low carb by default. I am always amazed how people get so many carbs in. I have to eat my veggies as "snacks" to get them in because if I eat my Protein I am full. 3-4 ounces of dense protein fills me up and there is no room for anything else. I think keeping your carbs low matter just because it makes sure you aren't eating junk, and by junk I mean things with little nutiritional value and things that don't meet your dietary needs. The main dietary needs post-op are protein and Vitamins and that means meat and green veggies. The carbs in veggies are Fiber for the most part and don't count. The only way you are eating high carb post op is if you choose to do so on purpose.

@@Beck90 I'm glad you are offended, hopefully you will pay attention. My intention wasn't to pat you on the head and say good job. You know you are making questionable and poor choices which is why you wrote a whole paragraph in your maximizing your money at the buffet thread telling people what NOT to tell you, because you already knew the whole idea was a disaster. Most of the vets won't touch this thread with a 10 foot pole because they just don't care but you are self sabotaging and you need to stop it.

You can absolutely revise from sleeve to bypass. I revised on 7/1 to control out of control acid, not to aid in additional weight loss but it can definitely be done. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App You can absolutely revise from sleeve to bypass. I revised on 7/1 to control out of control acid, not to aid in additional weight loss but it can definitely be done. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I didn't say you couldn't but that isn't the normal route, and it definitely isn't how the sleeve became a WLS surgery instead of just one for cancer and ulcers.

@@MayMarie If someone can't accept you as you are then they are not meant for you. You can't force people to accept and like you. The right guy won't care about the skin, he will be there for you as a person. The one thing I liked about being fat was I knew that guys were really interested in me as a person. Men used to compliment me on my personality and other attributes as well as my face. Now I just get compliments on my looks and it is harder to know if they are really interested I me as a person or me as an acquisition. Don't let the skin hold you back from dating, just be cautious about who you date and when you choose to be intimate.

@@MayMarie I know what you mean. I was confident naked at my largest also, because there was no hiding really what was underneath. Now in clothes I look on the larger end of regular sized but under the shapewear and flattering clothes there is a different story. Still men don't complain. Like I said they will comment on how I eat not how I look naked. Luckily everything on me is shrinking except my boobs so they take most of the attention. Men don't care about some things as much as we think.

Yeah the BBQ sauce sucks. The pancake syrup however rocks, it is the best thing they make. This is the best sugar free bbq sauce I tried. Tastes delicious http://guysbbq.com/

I don't talk about it. Men don't disclose their flaws, I'm not going to start off handicapping myself for no reason. Never received a comment on it. It just isn't an issue. I get more comments on not stuffing myself at dinner, or from the cheap ones the implication I am wasting their money.