Everything posted by Sophie74656
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Alcohol
You can actually celebrate without alcohol. You don't actually need it to enjoy yourself
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Breast size
Well you will loose fat...boobs are fat so you may loose some size. After 10 months I have lost inches in the band size bit my cup size jas stayed the same. But they look...different
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Help find good restaurants that are not fast food
I go to fast food and restaurants when i want. I get chicken nuggets nuggets at fast food places or a small hamburger without the top bun. At restaurants I get an appetizer or some chicken and I just eat a little and bring the rest home. I have been out with people who don't know I had surgery and nobody has evee mentiones anything about what or how little I was eating
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taste good?
I don't like any. What I found tbat tastes pretty good is actually the high protein carnation breakfast shake. That has 15g of protein. I mix that with a scoop of chocolate premiere protein and some frozen banana and it's good
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Protein, hmmm
Well try the isopure. I thought they were HORRIBLE but some people like them
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Protein, hmmm
Without the shakes it's pretty impossible to get y Protein when you are on a liquid diet
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Is this normal?
hahah, yep. I had some avocado as my first non liquid. Best avocado ever!!!!!
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After surgery
I really wasn't interested i food at all until the end of my 2nd week. It was enough of a challenge just getting my water and protein shakes down
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Butter chicken after gastric sleeve
I don't know what butter chicken is but after you are healed you can technically eat ANYTHING. Some things are just worse choices than others
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Is this normal?
yes. Think about it, most of your stomach was just removed and after that kind of trauma everything is incredibly swollen inside. For a while you will feel extra restriction. 6 or 7 months post op for most people the last of the swelling is gone and that is the true size of your sleeve. Many people find that at that point they can suddenly eat more and worry that they stretched their sleeve (which is not actually possible)
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What happens when you eat too much?
For me if I eat to much I feel like i have to throw up....then I throw up. But this hasn't happened in a while
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How long is the procedure?
Call your surgeon and ask
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Body jewelry....
Call them and ask
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Is my BMI too low for the sleeve?
I wouldn't do any permanent life altering surgery at that bmi.
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So many questions
Every timeline is different. Some require 6 months of supervised diets, some have othee requirements. It all depends on your insurance and surgeon. For me my consult was in June and my sleeve was in September
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Ready to start mushy food this week
Start with measuring out 2 oz and see how you feel after. Even if you think you could eat more it would be a bad idea. You are still healing, you don't want to push it
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Fast weight loss?
I was loosing a pound a day after surgery. After 33 years of nothing but gaining weight, loosing too fast or too much was never anything I ever thoight about
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I need help!
You need to talk to your surgeon about what to expect, what they will do
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I went protein crazy!
Don't go too crazy. Many people find their taste changes post op
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I'm wondering if my sleeve is small enough?
Yes every plan is very different. And honestly when ai was in my soft food stage I had some pizza...but only the cheese. Having said that, would bet a large amount of money that no plan ever has said that pizza is ok less than two weeks aftef surgery
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Scary noises
NJ has more than just 2 major highways. Have you ever been here? Beyond just driving on the crappy turnpike?
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Coffee
Every plan is different. Check with your nutritionist
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Scary noises
LOL it definately wasn't my sleeve talking. I know very well what that sounds like and this was nothing like it. Honestly my initian reaction was that it was a person screaming and that the Purge had begun
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how much weight to lose in a week
Any loss is good My first month or two months I was loosing about a pound a day. Now 10 months out I'm averaging about 2 lbs a week
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Pre-Op Diet.... Feelings of "Hanger"
Look over the plan they gave you and see what you are allowed to eat. The preop diet is hard but it is important to stick to it