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Dub

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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  1. Dub

    Diet Pepsi

    I drank Diet Dew right up until the day prior to my VSG surgery. I haven't had it since due to the carbonation. I truly don't miss it. There are many flavors of Diet Snapple that are excellent.
  2. Dub

    Keeping it a Secret?

    Telling or not telling can be a stressful decision for some folks. How about just keeping it quiet for now.....have the surgery.......begin losing a good deal of weight.....find your stride with your new life and then decide whether or not to tell later on....once you are on course towards your goal weight.
  3. Dub

    Sex?

    @@WLSResources/ClothingExch My anxiety wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I cried before going back to the holding area, but once they gave me anti-anxiety meds, I was feeling great, and I barely even remember anything after being brought into the OR. I gotta admit, the first 24 hrs were pretty brutal. The vomiting/nausea was awful, and they tried 4 different meds for it. The day after, it was a lot better, and now I just have awful acid reflux which I'm on meds for, and I know it's normal to suffer from it. So, would I do the surgery all over again? ABSOLUTELY! I'm not even a week out, and I already feel a huge difference. I guess there's other things my fiancé and I can do lol. But seriously, I'm definitely not feeling up to it just yet. Sent from my SM-N910P using the BariatricPal App Don't worry........you will most likely be tapping into a whole new level of animalistic urges as the weight falls off. Your fiancé may wake up thinking his member was used as a scratching post by the neighborhood cats. Rest up and recover. It'll be Game On soon enough.
  4. I really appreciated my program's simple approach. It was very, very simplistic and effective. 3 meals a day at that point. 1/4 sized meals of protein growing to 1/2 cup in size those first 4 months. chicken, steak, fish other seafood. No Snacks. Lots of Water in between meals. Vitamins. It allowed me to lose weight and not be food focused. Some of the plans I see people suggesting or living with would have me thinking about food all at the time.
  5. Whenever I think about hunger and my association with it.......I feel that I've truly never experienced true hunger in my life. Real hunger is what people who have no idea where there next meal.....if there is a next meal.....is coming from. That's hunger. Anything I've ever experienced in my life is simply mild discomfort. Perhaps some occasional real hunger would do me some good.
  6. Dub

    Spasms

    what type of spasms were these ?
  7. Dub

    How to quit sugar ?!?!?!?

    Getting the stuff out of you system makes it easier to keep out. The sugar cravings ease off soon. Upping your Water intake helps, too. Not sure why....but it did for me. When the sugar cravings would hit hard....I'd have small cup of coffee and it helped a great deal, too. After a few days you'll be on more stable ground. I found it much easier to cut out all carbs at the same time as the sugars.
  8. Dub

    Spasms

    I'm confused, too. What med for spasms ? What spasms ?
  9. Surgery was around 9:00am on a Tuesday and I was released Wednesday afternoon around 4:30pm. Took 3 weeks off to allow the simultaneous umbilical hernia repair to heal.
  10. Dub

    Wedding ring too loose

    why not have it resized ?
  11. Dub

    NSAIDs or no NSAIDs?

    My surgeon allows them. He urged me to consider sleeve vs bypass for this reason. He did say to take with food.
  12. I agree both @@jintycb ..........@@steph_anie you have absolutely done an amazing jobs of rebuilding yourselves. Great work, ladies.
  13. I use biofreeze on my knees and back. Great product but careful around sutures
  14. ah......um..........yes. Spend a minute and read up on the posts here. Virtually everyone experience a bit of "looseness" of the stool.........
  15. Dub

    Peanut butter

    Peanut Butter and nuts in general will betray you. Calorically dense........beware. Also they have high potential as grazing foods......beware.
  16. Most recent "during" photo. Just made it home from gym.....old dude tired but pumped up from the werk done.
  17. My back only hurts when I drink..........too much tequila. I wake up the next morning with the craziest pains and bruises but a big old grin on my face. Could be worse.....at least you don't wake up with strange and unexplained itches and rashes when you drink. That would be gross. Sorry, I couldn't have been of more help.
  18. Dub

    Tail bone pain

    So true !!!! Around the three month post-op time period I was having sciatic pains that would simply explode from nowhere....I could be walking, sitting, sleeping, etc and wham......bang....pow....snap.....dayum that stings. Went on for a few weeks and I asked my doc about it. He said to give it time and keep moving..... It went away. Strange things are amiss in our bodies.....change is constant.....weirdness is ongoing. I learned to embrace the wild ride and not to worry about much at all.
  19. Dub

    Tail bone pain

    Look back and say, "Slow down, Tiger". Perhaps this will ease your tailbone pain. Sorry, couldn't help myself. I'm in one of those goofy moods. Everything is a base level humor topic for me this morning. I'm mentally drained from the workweek and looking forward to some puberty-level fun this afternoon, evening up until my old arse turns back into a pumpkin as the play energy runs out...... You are simply losing some of your padding. That's all that's happening. The good news is that you'll find yourself sitting down less and less. You'll be wanting to move, move, move all the time. It's your body changing and giving you new superpowers. Roll wid it, child, roll wid it.
  20. 55 hrs worked in the last 4 days.....nursing sore knees and other sore parts. Morning coffee down the hatch and feeling human. Day off today, tonight and gonna werk some extra shifts tomorrow & Sunday nights. Time for r & r today. Gonna hit the gym and then meet a buddy at the pistol range.....grocery store to get some tasty protein to toss on the grill. Maybe a movie later on when I get lazy. Exciting stuff. Hope you all are well and have a great weekend.

    1. Noname22

      Noname22

      Mmmmm limeorita

    2. Dub

      Dub

      Yup.....while floating back. Very relaxing.

    3. Noname22

      Noname22

      That was a nice reward after your hard work! I think I need one after cleaning house all day lol

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  21. I love serving juicy meat but it is a very hands-on process and not instant. Can't help it......grillers do it slower............
  22. At ten days, my plan didn't involve eating anything. I was on 3 Protein shakes a day.
  23. Simple plan is a good plan. Boring is good right now. Keeps you from concerning yourself with thinking about food or eating plans.....just have the shakes when you are supposed to and drinks tons of Water in between. It'll pass very quickly and you'll be losing at a great rate by the end of that first week, too. You are well on you way to getting into the shape you've wanted. You got this.
  24. Ten months out from VSG surgery. I feel much better in many ways. At the time I had my surgery, I was having lots of back pain that was seriously impacting my ability to work and to enjoy my time off with family. I was also being treated for high blood pressure and taking lots of anti-inflammatory meds for joint pains. I was a couch potato....minimal movement due to my pain. I was really just a miserable feeling dude. I'm no longer on the blood pressure meds. My back issues are seriously improved and remain that way as long as I continue daily pt stretches and use very careful lifting techniques. Spending some time every day or so in the gym. Feels great. Surrounded by motivated folks. Before surgery, one of the things I really enjoyed was to cook & grill for my family. I had concerns that I'd lose this fun aspect of my life. I did lose it during my two week pre-op and for the first two months post op. Then, one day at around 8-9 weeks out I had the strong desire to fire up the coals and let it ride on the grill. I went to the grocery store and bought several types of meats and the sides for my tribe. During my stroll around the grocery store....I had to pull my pants up near constantly. My clothes were hanging loose on me and it was hilarious. Came home and had a blast in the kitchen and on the deck.....and haven't stopped since. Grilled food and my sleeve are a harmonious fit. Now I'm adding in some crunchy vegetables and life is good !!! Emotionally........in a much better place. Tremendous difference, bro. Tremendous. That being said.....I did go through a "crazy period" while the majority of the fat was burning off. Hormones and Lord knows whatever else that was stored in that fat was released and I felt like I was 18 all over again. I went with it and it was a wild ride. The "crazy side" is still there but I've learned to control it......at least on work days, lol. Sorta like Spiderman learning not to walk around and shoot webs impulsively. Controlling the web slinging now. Now...I'm in need of a shoulder repair, two knee replacements and have a hernia that's being monitored and will need repairing as well down the road. Add to that a tricky back. I still weight train and do cardio when my knees aren't screaming. The other day I took a kayak and put in at the river.....and went a few miles upstream. My goal was to make it ten miles to the dam, however, the Corps of Engineers began releasing Water from the dam and forward progress became impossible. still I was there....paddling my arse off....going nowhere. After I was spent....I turned around and drifted back downriver. What a cool workout. Opportunities like this come along and I jump at them. Looking forward to hunting seasons coming in.....I'll be out there climbing trees or wading into the swamp. Ducks and deer will be chased. I'm enjoying life and looking forward to the future in a way that I couldn't imagine prior to surgery. Life is great, boss. Come grab a seat on the Loser's Bench an mix up a pre-workout drink and get ready to do something fun that you've always wanted to do. Hell, you may even find yourself outdoors one night....and go with the feeling to howl at the moon and be a werewolf. Nobody will judge......go with it.

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