OutsideMatchInside

I've lost all over but I have an hourglass shape. Everything is the same just smaller, except my boobs which seems 10 times larger. MY RNY friend that keep using as an example of everything not to do... She said she didn't want to lose her curves, but that is like the dumbest idea ever. Smaller women still have curves. I have enough boobs for 3 women. I still have hips and a butt but I am 1/2 my size. If you really have a shape, you will still have a shape. If you won't you can make one in the gym or the surgeons office.

What do you eat?

Yeah I will be honest. I was prepared for him to be a quack just by the setup, how he looks and I hate facebook live. He reminds me of my surgeon though. Young, charming, skilled and confident. If you hate the gym and the trainer just don't do it. You don't want to do something that makes you feel bad about yourself. If you are rehabbing, try Yoga, there is restorative Yoga etc. My studio has a variety of classes to address a variety of needs. the stress relief from yoga is amazing and you use muscles in yoga you did not even know you had. Aerial yoga is also a great place to start.

I think RNY might be a good option for you because of your size and the risk of another surgery later on if the sleeve isn't enough, maybe even the DS might be a good option for you.

@char3672 Is it working for your sister? I guess my question wouldn't be if it works but if it lasts. I like most people that post here, could lose weight before surgery, but I couldn't keep it off. If I lost weight on my own starting when I started this, I would have already regained all the weight I lost and be higher than I started by now. I don't think you want to wait 5 years and see how her results are. Also for me, the big plus of the sleeve was it was a one and done. As long as you don't have complications it doesn't require a lot of additional long term maintenance. Almost everyone needs to take a multivitamin, I took one before surgery for basically all of my adult life. Most people have a blood workup at their yearly exam. There is nothing out of the ordinary to maintain a sleeve long term. That appealed to because that makes it low cost and not subjected to the whims of changing insurance rules.

It wasn't until I was a 12 that my WL really hit me hard. A few things that helped me accept my size... Taking my measurements, and comparing them to size charts. Numbers don't lie. Trying on clothes every week. For a while even if I wasn't going to buy something I dedicated 2-3 hours a week to trying on clothes, trying on clothes in various sizes and brands helped convince me of my size. I still have a hard time just picking clothes by looking at them. It doesn't help that in normal sizes there is more size variation in sizes than with plus sizes. There are fewer plus size clothing makers and fewer size variations. In regular clothes not on do you have brand variations, but I also shop in juniors a lot and that is whole different thing too. Lately I can look at dresses like sheath dresses and know they will fit. I wear a 10 in Calvin and Ralph Lauren and I know what that looks like, so if a dress looks that size I have a good chance of fitting it. I wear a G cup so my boobs are an issue. If something has stretch and I don't have to go up to fit my breasts in I can wear an 8. I can eye ball that too. Still this has been like 5 months in the making. I always shopped in normal stores for accessories or with my friends so I don't feel like a fraud. I was a shopaholic before so I feel comfortable in any store. Plus I look like a shopper so sales people love me.

Nope. I don't vomit. I take my vitamins, I blow my protein goals out the water. I also had nice teeth to start with, and have always gone regularly to the dentist. I use a Sonicare and brush my teeth 3 times a day and I floss. A lot issues people have post op are self created, and I am going to leave it at that. Actually I'm not. People act like taking vitamins is optional. They act like getting your protein is optional, if it is too hard you can just skip it. A lot of the people you see blowing their early weight loss out the water are doing it because they are slowly starving themselves and suffering from malnutrition, which why comparing yourself to other people is not only foolish, it is dangerous. One of the people that used to post here bragged about her 6 month weight loss to newbs. What the new people that she was telling about her fast pace to goal didn't know is the first 6 weeks she had no protein because her Dr had her on a plan with no protein and she was starving. Basic dental health and overall nutrition are not mysteries. Your body will suck all the nutrients and minerals it needs out your bones if it is not getting them from food in an effort to survive. The same thing happens when women are pregnant and not taking vitamins. You take pre-natal vitamins for yourself, not the baby. The baby will pull all the nutrients it needs right out your body. Post-op plans are pretty clear, people ignore them and blame the Drs and the plans, instead of taking personal responsibility.

Faster muscle recovery and in my case, holding my loose skin in place so I don't hurt while being active. http://www.mensjournal.com/gear/sports/the-compression-sportswear-craze-20131108 Also as a female, compression leggings last longer and are not see through.

It isn't loaded with sugar, they sweeten it with Splenda which is basically rat poison, but Splenda isn't sugar. I loved the diet lemonade pre-op, but post-op it burns my throat, maybe because I never have acid. Not sure. ChikFilA is the best fast food option post-op, I eat there all the time. Just not at 2 weeks.

@PatientEleventyBillion That is the exact test I am talking about. Very powerful experience.

^^^^^^ Basically. That is what life is like post-op you eat all day every 2 hours to get your calories and protein in. If you are having planned meals, it isn't grazing. When you can only eat small amounts, that is the only way to meet your goals, eating all day.

First it depends on the brand and the fit. I used to buy a lot of male compression shirts for the guy in my life and they have different fits and vary by brand. Find a real athletic store, and ask the guys in there, they can tell you. If you have loose skin, go down a size it will hold you better. If you are still losing, go down a size, it will fit right soon.

I feel like seeing my new stomach live on screen during my swallow test was a really powerful experience. Those few seconds answered and explained so much about how sleeves work and gave me a greater understanding of my body. I wish it was the standard that everyone have one. And mentally, seeing it on screen made it very clear I really had surgery, my anatomy was different, and it made me very protective of my stomach. I knew those stitches were real.

@New Me 31317 Drop the yogurt and the cottage cheese. Not enough protein, and too many milk carbs. Have another shake mid morning. I caution you against adding any nut butters back into your diet. When you are healing they are relatively harmless, but long term they are super calorie dense, easy to snack on and match or exceed carbs to protein. Bad long term choice. Whole nut when you we cleared for them are a better option. Protein shakes count as fluids. I would have a shake for breakfast, one for a mid morning snack, lunch meat or whatever for lunch, another shake in the afternoon, and whatever for dinner.

So your specific question is should you wait until your joints are ruined and your organs are damaged by metabolic syndrome and you have an enlarged heart before you have surgery? The answer is no, but you already know that.

They never do.

That sounds like a lot of stuff your stomach can't handle at 2 weeks. Slow down, you should be focused on healing right now. Grilled chicken is one the of hardest to digest, for me still and I am almost 2 years out. That isn't a soft food. I can't drink the lemonade at ChikFilA, the acid in it kills me.

I'm just going to say this. If you go to a Dr that is "the best DS" doctor then he is going to recommend the DS because that is what he does and that is what he likes. Just like a lot of Drs still do RNY because that is what they have the most experience with. There are still Drs that do the band even though there is tons of medical evidence that the have all kinds of complications because at the end of the day they know the band is a lot of residual income for them. WLS and medicine in general in America if a for profit business. A DS is a lot more profitable than a sleeve, You seem to have your mind made up between your Dr and seeing your Mom. So, I think you are just having cold feet. If your Dr suggests DS and you want a DS, have a DS. Losing weight sooner rather than later only benefits you.

If you wait until you are entirely broken down, even though you have surgery it will be too late and you will have damage that surgery/weight loss won't repair. Like joint damage I still wouldn't have the DS unless I was old or in a wheelchair. Hopefully one of the like 3 people that had the DS that post here once a month will respond to you, eventually. I am sure they can paint a better picture.

No one that responded actually read what OP wrote, she even bolded her question and still ... A bunch of generic responses about WLS not her specific surgery which is what she asked about. @jessgnc I think the DS is extreme to lose 130 pounds. Why did they recommend DS and not the Sleeve? My Dr didn't want to me as a young person to have to deal with a life time of malabsorption and the malabsorption with the DS is extreme, a lot more than RNY. So unless they havea good medical reason, not just that it has better weight loss, I would decline and ask for the sleeve or switch Drs. ETA: Yes, DS is definitely the nuke option. I got the sleeve knowing if I didn't lose enough with it, I had a lot more to lose than you, that I could get the DS down the road. If I regained in my 50s or 60s, I could revise to DS down the road. If you go this route, later down the road, you have no where else to go, this is it. I don't believe revisions are the solution to WLS regain, but if you go down this path, this is your one shot. I've lost over 180 pounds with my Sleeve. I don't see DS in my future.

I saw mine live after surgery. The shape is banana, the diameter is not.

Even though I knew I was smaller and my body was changing I never felt a big difference until I was in normal sizes. I started at a tight 28, it was until I hit a 12 that I really felt small and successful. Just keep losing.

Don't eat food she can't have in her face. Have a thick skin. Losing weight is like having PMS 24/7

Try broth with unflavored protein powder. You might have to try a few unflavored protein powders to find one you like. You can swallow puree why can't you swallow pills? Bariatric pills and chewable are nasty if you can't stand fake sweeteners you don't be able to take them. Just take a normal high quality vitamin. Are you talking a PPI and antacid? You should be. You should not be hungry. Try pure stevia like the Stevita brand, in liquid form. It is hard to find but very high quality and pure stevia. Those blends are trash, don't use them. Life long term postop for me is very normal. Post 6 months I didn't really feel like a WLS patient, I really don't now. Give up that baked potatoe in your puree, it has no nutritional value and your focus should be on protein. You need to exceed your protein goals everyday if you want to heal and you need to take your vitamins. The are not optional things they are required. I have exceeded my personal goal and I am getting close to my stretch goal. I'm not unhappy about my weight loss. I have different problems that no one really prepared me for but they are good problems. I'm sick of buying new clothes, it has killed my love of shopping and I can't get attached to anything I own. All my other problems that I had before surgery were not solved because I had surgery. I still pick emotionally unavailable men. I still have issues with my business. My parents still suck. A lot of people blame everything wrong in their life on being fat, when thin people have the save problems. Those people are always going to be unhappy. People that are severe food addicts especially the cry baby carb addicts, they are miserable post-op. They can't binge and eat all the trash peasant food they love and they whine about it all the time. Those people are bad candidates for surgery and should have never had it. They are going to be miserable forever because they feel deprived like they are on a diet forever. That is a terrible way to live. I ignore those people, they are in a prison of their own making.

I wouldn't have your Dr contact him. I would have your Dr document everything then sue the living hell out of the other one. And report him to the state board.