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Less than 12% of my calories for the day. I try to stay under 30 net carbs. It pretty easy and i have a big salad every afternoon as my snack.

Some people have a lot of muscle mass and need a lot of Protein. Even at 110 per day, I am not eating the max recommend protein. Those of us that started at a much higher bmi, have more muscle mass and need more protein. I think there are so many "new" people on here straight trolling that I skip a lot of threads, they are getting really ridiculous

Quest makes protein powder. I hate the bars.

Syntrax nectar, Quest.

My Dr told me vitamin E. I only have one you can really see. I am using bio oil on my stomach now, but I used vitamin e and scar away strips for the first 3 months and they faded and flattened.

@@vcarrick Get an attorney, one will be all over this.

@@cberryspo.wa 120lbs, a zillion inches, and a whole entire wardrobe.

@ The difference for me has been, I am able to lose weight without stress. In the past diets stressed me out and I felt like I was missing out on things. Now I have a small stomach I can satisfy with very little food. I have the safety net of knowing if I eat something off plan, I can only eat a little bit. I also find that if I eat something off plan, it is a one time thing, not a binge and I go right back to eating how I normally eat (because I actually enjoy how I eat now). I low carbed and Keto'd before surgery but it was hard, I would consume too many calories and I felt deprived all the time. I don't have those feelings anymore. I can eat healthy and in the correct portions and it feels natural to me. I could never get to that point prior to surgery. Don't discount the hormone removal issue of the sleeve, I feel it is really the biggest part of it, more than the restriction. It makes a massive difference.

I started with a BMI of 60. I had the Sleeve 10 months ago, and life is awesome now.

@@Christinamo7 I totally agree. I made a post around 4-6 weeks about my Dr handing me off to his PA. I am still pissed about it but at the time I was totally irrational about it. Hormones are a bitch.

Plastic surgeons do peels also, but a Derm is going to be more affordable than the plastic surgeons office, but you might call around to both. Edited to add. I use these peels http://www.makeupartistschoice.com/At-Home-Chemical-Peels_c_53.html I have done them to even out my skin and correct hyper pigmentation. If you have the cash, I suggest starting with a pro, but if you tolerate them well, and can follow directions, you might want to start doing TCAs at home. The people at Makeup Artist Choice are very knowledgeable and helpful. you can send them your pictures and they will make a recommendation. They might have something less dramatic than TCA for you to start with. Also this cream is a miracle worker. I put it up there with LaMer, except its better. http://www.makeupartistschoice.com/BellEvolve-Advanced-Repair-Cream_p_232.html Check out their customer submitted before and afters. A lot of them are acne, but when you get to mature skin, the results are always dramatic. http://makeupartistschoice.blogspot.com/

@@VSGAnn2014 No, not microdermabrasion, that is a baby measure. You need to find a good Derm that does all the fancy skin stuff and has a trained esthetician on staff in the office. TCA Peels.. Those will get you dramatic results. They require downtime, you will want to avoid the sun and you can't wear makeup while your skin is peeling, and all your skin will peel. https://www.realself.com/tca-peel/before-and-after-photos You can google for more results. TCA Peels are a good place to start, you can see how much you improve with those, then if that doesn't help I would move to surgery. I am thinking your face isn't in bad shape, since you haven't talked about it before and TCA Peels, strong enough and done with the right professional should get you results. @@Christinamo7 My skin hates Philosophy, with a passion.

Your intestines have to wake up from all the narcotics. When they are all out your system and your intestines can function normally it will stop. If you are on pain meds, it won't stop until you after you stop them.

I would say first start with a good derm and chemical peels. A series of chemical peels will remove fine lines and plump your skin. Then go from there.

I had coffee the whole time. I needed something or I would have turned into a mass murderer. I had black iced coffee.

I live and work alone, so I am alone most of the time. My solution was to get a dog. My rescue took away my loneliness and being a pet owner helped me meet people in my neighborhood. When we walk, we talk to everyone. Most social events involve food and alcohol. You might as well learn sooner rather than later how to be a skinny girl. Show up and drink water. Don't dodge life just because there is temptation.

When you lose weight and have more room in your torso, your bladder will be able to hold more. I am shocked at how long I urinate for now. Sometimes in the morning I get almost bored waiting for it to end. Anyway it will probably be hard for you to get to 64 for a while anyway, and the Fluid in your food and Protein counts too. We get hydration from everything we eat and drink, even coffee.

I always had big breasts when I was young and at a normal weight. It runs in my family and most of my female family members have had reductions. I never gained in my breasts, just in band size really. I have lost a 120lb and gone from a DD to a G, my breasts are the same size, I never gained in my breasts. My back and side fat is almost all gone, I lost a lot of upper body weight (except my arms, sigh). I have a friend that recently had a reduction and was told if you really have a lot of breast tissue, it can continue to increase as you age. If you are up to an H, you will probably still have really large breasts.

Too many carbs too little Protein. Try Halo top ice cream. Look at eatmeguiltfree.com Also research splenda, its basically poison.

I have an old college friend that had WLS 10 years ago. They didn't follow any of their post-op instructions and had all kinds of complications. I followed all my post-op instructions, no complications. Everyone I know that had issues was either already in really terrible health or didn't do anything they were supposed to. That isn't to say that complications don't happen, but the way surgery is now, and the way it was in the past are really different, and the sleeve, is very different from bypass and the lapband. I would be more concerned that your friend it telling your business to people, than what the people had to say.

There are people here that drink diet soda. I don't think any of their doctors are okay with it though. Drinking diet soda isn't going to kill you but if you have to drink soda, at least drink the good stuff sweetened with Stevia. Also if you haven't had surgery yet and you are already thinking of ways to eat around your sleeve, well, good luck.

I work from home. When I got home from the hospital I went to my desk and started responding to emails. I worked basically every day after surgery, but I work from home. When I got tired I took a nap. If I worked in a typical office, just walking from the parking lot of my desk would have worn me out. If you don't have complications and you feel well, you will have energy, but you will get tired really fast without a lot of warning. If you can go back to work and work 1/2 days, I would say go for it. It is just really hard to predict pre-surgery how you are going to feel.

My experience might be skewed just by the fact I am a STEM major and almost all my friends are STEM majors or are married to STEM majors ( a lot of my friends are married to doctors or are doctors). We are science junkies. We read journals for kicks. I don't have many fat friends and all my friends that know about my surgery and have been supportive are all slim and have always been slim. We are of a generation that there is less stigma to surgery than in the past. And yes I am totally stereotyping, but it is also based on my personal experience and we stereotype on here all the time. There are several people that post here frequently that think all fat people are miserable just because they were.

@@anthonyb It also depends on what you are eating. If you go from 1200 low carb calories to 1600-1800 carby calories, you are going to gain weight, just because your liver is going to be larger. Are you drinking alcohol? Did you exercise and stop? Are you going through a stressful time in your life? There are so many factors to weight gain.

Once you get it cut off, buy some of these to flatten the scar out. http://myscaraway.com/