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I talked to my surgeon briefly during the seminar and he said that basically if you've ever had problems with GERD or reflux he would recommend the bypass vs the sleeve because the sleeve can lead to worsening GERD. I was thinking sleeve pre seminar, but post seminar, I am firmly convinced based on my starting weight and history that the gastric bypass is the better option for me. I'd find a way unintentionally to defeat the sleeve, but the bypass would be greatly harder to mess up.

I understand what you mean. The moment I decided that this is the direction I'm going, all the sudden I feel fatter and hungrier and my body hurts more. But then I'm also excited and find myself wondering if I can really be a normal weight for once in my life. I've never been a normal weight(since I was 4 anyway) so the idea of being skinny is still such a foreign concept I don't know what to do with it. I look at my teen daughter and wonder "will I look like her?" "Is that even possible?!?" I cannot fathom it yet.

I'm just starting too. I have my consult this Fri. The one thing that has helped me through my million diets is fiber. Like when I make a sandwich, I measure out my meat and/or cheese, grab lettuce and tomato and use sprouted bread vs "diet bread" or that nasty whole wheat mush crap. The high fiber and living whole grains really fill the belly. Carrots or just blanched broccoli also help mean knuckle it through. The great part about carrots is you could literally eat a whole 1lb bag and not really add up a lot of calories as long as you leave the ranch alone.

Aspartame gives me horrific migraines, so I will be asking at my appt what alternatives they could offer or recommend. I do use Splenda without any problem, but I don't know of too many products made with Splenda that would be good for pre op or post op diets.

Hi! I'm new too! I have my first consult appt. this Friday! So excited to get this going. I've been waiting for years to do this. Mentally I wasn't there, but physically I've been there for years. Now my mind has caught up and I'm really ready.

Hi everyone! I'm new to mybariatricpal and just starting my journey. I have my first appt. Fri. For my first appt. and consult with the nutritionist. I'm so excited to start this journey. I have struggled with my weight since I was 4 yrs old and look forward to the first day in my life I can walk into a room(any room) and not be the biggest person in the room.

I'm just starting my journey. I have my first appt. with Dr. Chae and the fine ladies at National Bariatric Friday to get started. I'm so excited to get this started.

I have tried soooo many bad diets, but the cabbage diet was definitely one of my least proud moments. The run around the perimeter of the house between bites one was bad too. Basically you had 15 mins to eat then done or not you had to get up and run around the house before coming back to eat. I ended up shoveling and then puking every time. Didn't curb hunger at all. ????Also the Eat this not that diet. Instead of eating ice cream for example, you were suppose to see you could eat up to 24 low cal Popsicles for the same calories and fat. Somehow it turned into us eating an ungodly amount of Popsicles and still wanting ice cream when we normally would have had a little ice cream and been happy. nutrisystem was definitely bad though not the worst, sadly.