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I think Dr Matthew Weiner can help you. I went pescetarian for 6 weeks and it was terrible. I was hungry all the time, my carbs were higher than normal, weight loss stalled and I was overall miserable. I can't imagine doing this as a vegan or a vegetarian. I went pescetarian because I was playing with the idea of going vegetarian, but those 6 weeks convinced me it is impossible for me to do. There was one vegetarian that post here. They don't post often and never got anywhere near goal. They could tell you what proteins are okay but I haven't seen them in months.

Some Drs in Mexico will bypass more of your intestine, and some will tighten your pouch. You are better off just eating dense protein than risking another surgery when you probably have scar tissue from the last one. Look at this Lady's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ZLTY6f9v_YrH7FqVUn7Mw You can't really revise from RNY, not safely anyway. RNY is a one shot thing. This lady has revised and tried to revise with nothing but problems. She always talks about revisions but doesn't focus much on food, well not as much as she should have.

My teeth are better post op because I am no longer diabetic. I never had periodontal disease but if you take your vitamins and eat your protein there is no reason why surgery would make you lose teeth.

I know people are judgmental. I have prevented that by not telling people my business. People can't judge what they don't know. I think you should push for surgery as soon after HS graduation as possible. Early June. ASAP. You need a lot of time to adjust. You need time to get your food and strength up so you can walk around campus. You need time to adjust to your new lifestyle so you can resist temptation at college. You want to be at least 6 weeks post-op when school starts, 10 would be better. My insurance approved me in less than 5 business days. I went from first visit to surgery in 8 weeks. Unfortunately we live in a world filled with sociopaths, trolls and idiots. As a young woman who will be living away from in a college environment where people can be evil and petty. It is important to guard yourself from the outside world. I'm not ashamed of my surgery at all. I talk about it all the time with the people that love me. The people that love me know all about my surgery. The rest of the world doesn't. Strangers are not entitled to know your medical issues.

I think men do so well with surgery because a lot of them are heavy meat eaters anyway. If they have to give up the potato but can still have the steak, they don't mind. Most men seem to thrive on a high protein diet. My dr asked my how I eat before surgery. I told him I didn't snack and I liked to have 2 big meals a day. He said I would be successful with surgery since I wasn't a snacker/grazer like most women.

It is probably that nickle taste you can get with ketosis. Try drinking more water.

Yeah it is basically true. Look at all the "will I lose my boobs", "will I lose my hair?", "how can I prevent loose skin!??" There are most posts like that than, can I reverse my diabetes? Will my knees stop hurting? Can I repair my enlarged heart by losing weight? I wanted to lower my blood pressure, and get off diabetes meds, If I didn't have those issues I would still be fat, and I could be eating Steak and Shake right now

I live close enough to the South they have it in the grocery store. I started buying it because it was the only main stream Mayo in the grocery store that was just mayo without a bunch of other trash in it. People don't realize how simple the ingedients for mayo really are...

They do follow up with them, but they start the show on their road to surgery and most of them take a long time to qualify so that is most of the show, getting them to buy in. People on 600lb Life are the worst representation of WLS patients because they are severe food addicts. Most of them lose weight post-op with terrible, trash diets, They perpetuate the myth that you can lose weight with WLS eating anything. 75% of the people that post on this and other WLS forums have trash diets too, Which is why the general population doesn't think that WLS is hard work and that everyone regains.

I love most of the Walden farms stuff. It is just water with Xanthum gum and flavorings. It is rather clever but its fake. So it is better for rare use. The pancake syrup is mana from heaven. That mayo is trash though. It doesn't taste like mayo, it tastes like miracle whip and miracle whip is gross. If you like miracle whip you will like it. It isn't thick though, its thin. You can't use it for stuff like chicken salad etc. I use Duke's Mayo. I have the calories to spare, and I need the fat.

@CrazieConnie You are doing research and asking questions which puts you ahead of most people. I did a ton of research and that is how I made my decision, although for me RNY was never an option, but my research helped me decide that WLS was my only and best option. Good Luck!

But those people are huge and they only lose 30 pounds the first month. Most people that post here feel like they are going to hit goal in 3 months too. I used to think it was sad, now I just think it is comical.

I have lost more weight than everyone I know personally that had RNY and most of the people that post on forums that had RNY around the same time I had my sleeve. How much weight you lose is really all on you after about 6 months. The type of surgery doesn't matter. If you are an active person, meaning you are willing to move and you already do things for yourself, then the Sleeve will get you where you want to go if you work with it. I suggest trolling forums, not just this one but other, look for people around the 2 year mark and see what their losses look like long term. You won't find much difference, even the official stats aren't that different.

When men have WLS people are more likely to assume that a man is having it because he is really in a dire health situation and it is necessary. When women have WLS they are taking the easy way out, doing it for vanity, and a trillion other little petty middle school thoughts. Most women are weight/size/looks obsessed, and they hate the idea of someone else getting some place they can't or even are, easier/faster/better. Men really don't understand how petty, and competitive women are.

@Deactivatedfatgal I worked from when I was immediately post op so I never had to deal with people commenting on how I eat. When I started a job outside the home, it was around the new year and everyone was on a diet, so no one paid attention to me. People are so nosy, but I suggest you tell them as little as possible. Tell them you are on a Dr supervised diet, and make it seem like its life of death that you lose weight. Also one good way to shut people up, they have no response for it, is tell them you don't eat your feelings. Since most people are emotional eaters. BOOM you blow their mind. It is fun to see their face. In general I believe in being polite to rude people but sometimes you need to be rude right back so they get the message. Live a few years as a woman and get back to me on how this works for you.

Well, you are only one year. You can easily keep losing in year 2. I have continued to lose without really trying that much. Just eating healthy the weight is still coming off, just slowly which is fine by me, I'm sick of buying clothes. In your second year you will probably easily lose those other pounds as long as you keep your eating on track. I would like to weigh less, but I am happy with my physical size. I'm still going to strive for losing another 20 pounds because I am way too close to 200 for my tastes.

No one asks me anything. Resting B$#%^ Face for the win. I talk about healthy eating, but I don't talk about the physical stuff with people at all. Most people are clueless about nutrition so after like 3 sentences they have zoned out anyway.

Surgery won't fix you and if you are unhappy now you will probably be just as unhappy if not more after surgery. Surgery magnifies all your emotions and you end up doing a lot of reflecting on yourself. I suggest your start working ASAP on coping with life and your feelings or life after surgery is going to be pure hell. You just trade problems with surgery, not solve them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton-pump_inhibitor You should be on one after surgery. Your body doesn't understand it has a smaller stomach yet.

Carbs will make you hungry. So will acid. Pineapple juice is a bad bad choice. The hunger you are feeling is probably more acid than anything else. Are you using a PPI and an antacid?

It isn't bad it doesn't matter what the temp is. I couldn't tolerate ice water, it felt like daggers in my stomach.

I had problems like this at night. It had to do with the position I was sleeping in. The way I sleep post-op is completely different than pre-op. I was basically sleeping weird and cutting my circulation off. I had to learn how to sleep again and how to sit again. My blood pressure is at the bottom of normal, and dips lower. Most of my family is like that. If I am going to be active I have to really keep my fluid intake up and I can pretty much have unlimited salt. There is nothing wrong with my blood work. I just lost weight and turned delicate.

It is genetic for the most part and how much weight you carry in your face. I had a round fat face, but i didn't have a fat neck (I could wear normal necklaces and chokers) or fat jowls. I don't have wrinkles, hell my mom barely has wrinkles and she is in her 60s. So I didn't have fat filling in my wrinkles and I didn't end up with a lot of loose skin around my chin/jaw line. Overall to not look like a corpse, upping your calories and eating enough fat are going to be the most beneficial to your skin, along with exceeding your protein goals. I'm 40ish and people assuming I am 26-28 sometimes 30. It is super annoying but that is another topic.

Just tell them you need to have surgery sooner. I needed to have surgery within a certain time frame so my friend could come. I told them and they gave me the date I wanted. They work for you. You are paying them, be pushy.

Not the end of the world. Just don't drink anymore, and move on.