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Yes, I had tea on my tray in the hospital

This article has been posted a few times. We talked about it in this thread.

@Ba02 You could be suffering from GERD or you might have a hital hernia. You need to see a DR ASAP.

I got the sleeve knowing if I wasn't successful that I could get the DS as a revision to lose the rest. I have been very happy with my results from the sleeve and the DS isn't needed for me. If I was going to revise to the DS from the sleeve I wait until after the 2 year mark. I lost another 50 plus pounds so far after the 1 year mark. I would also look at how you are eating. What are you daily protein and carbs?

You weigh 200 pounds though, you aren't going to lose 30-40 pounds the first month after surgery. Most of the people that do lose that much in the first month are men, or they had issues with getting fluids, protein in. I was 358 on day of surgery and I "only" lost 21 pounds my first month. And I didn't diet pre-op either, besides the surgery liquid diet and I "only" lost 7 pounds on it in 10 days.

I took my gel polish off night before, and put it back on when I got home. I was at the hospital like 26 hours. @pvechiola I used to spend about 2K a year on gel manicures. So it does matter, especially if you put a lot of time and effort into your appearance, you don't want to break your nails in a 24 hour time period and ruin months of hard work.

I used BCBSIL when I had surgery and they didn't require 6 months of anything if your BMI was high enough, and I think that was anything over 40. I went from first visit to surgery in 8 weeks.

The reason we are asking is a hital hernia has nothing to do with needing a revision. Why can't they just repair the hernia? It just sounds like they are trying to get more money. The hernia is giving you GERD and making it hard to eat. Fixing it alone will solve your problems. You haven't posted anything about why you need a revision. It doesn't make logical sense. Also being 4 years post-op with your particular issue, you are going to be hard pressed to get a response from a Vet. Most of them don't post here anymore.

I don't think you need a revision, you need the hernia repaired. I would get a 2nd opinion. Sleevers don't have pouches, and a properly formed sleeve does not stretch. You said nothing about how and what you eat. A Bypass won't help you lose weight if you eat around it.

2nd month was less than the first, that is pretty normal.

If you can't keep food down, call your Dr right now! Most of the powders in GNC are crap. Try https://www.unjury.com/products/unjury-protein/chicken-soup-flavor.html

When most people think of exercise they think of being in the gym. I hate being indoors. I hate gyms. I walked 2 to 10 miles a day outside almost all of last year, averaging 5 miles a day. I think if more people considered other forms of activity besides the gym they would be better off. Exercise and activity are great for mental health and physical well being but exercise is not necessary for weight loss. Exercise can be counter productive because it stimulates the appetite and in some people strenuous exercise triggers stress and stress hormones. I used to kill myself in the gym and barely ever lost any weight. Just walking the weight melted off.

I have never had a crushed pill. I took whole pills within 24 hours after surgery.

I never see people that track their food come back years later talking about regain. All the people that come back looking for help because they have regained, don't track or stopped tracking. Yes, some people can be successful not tracking, but even you just admitted that you track your food. You track it by eating the same things. I can eat a pound of pork chops a day, not track my food and know my protein, carbs and calories. I dont have to track that because it is simple, but I track it anyway. You have almost the same surgery date as me, we aren't even 2 years out, we are not long term sleevers. I have never seen a long term 5 year plus Vet that tracks, regain. Which is why I track.

@mylighthouse Get your net Carbs to 25 or under and watch the weight melt off

The faster you can get to 1000 calories the better. 800-1000 is good at 3 months, at least to get enough protein in.

There is no way that at the 10 weeks you can eat enough to support an hour of cardio 6 times a week. If you took a week off the gym or just switched to weights only you would probably start losing. You need your calories in 1000 to 1200 a day at least for that. Like someone else said you need 100 grams or more of proteinew a day. You didn't mention what your carb intake is at all...

Try it for a week and see if it helps.

I never had any GERD issues so I didn't take a PPI either. Then around 6 months I did. I took a PPI from month 6 to month 9 and it resolved itself. What you are describing is kind of what I felt around that time. It wasn't all the time , but too often.

You shouldn't have physical hunger after surgery so pills shouldn't be needed. Any doctor that is advising you use them post-op, I would be very cautious of.

Are you taking a PPI? Are you weighting and measuring your portions and not over eating?

I lost weight with just walking. I didn't go to the gym. Did the odd yoga class. I have regular DEXA scans and I lost very little muscle, like 3 pounds, which the Dr told me was normal just because you don't need as much muscle to carry less weight around. I kept my protein over 100 grams a day though, if you are living off 60 grams of protein and not working out, you are going to lose muscle. If you just want to drop weight fast, you drop weight faster not exercising. There are a lot of studies on the lack of effectiveness of exercise for weight loss. Google and do your own research.

You might surprise yourself and never get to wear them. I dropped weight and skipped sizes. A lot of the stuff I wanted to wear was too big by the time I tried it.

I trash or donate my clothes as soon as I drop a size. No going back. I also pretty much only wear fitted clothes. Stretchy clothes are for fat people (because they help you become and stay fat).

They are all trash.