SusanB55

Omg, this was too funny! I needed a chuckle so thank you!

I agree with you 100%! Not all post op diet plans are created equal and many many doctors like to make everything seem black and white and talk in absolutes. For the most part it is all BS. In most cases your sleeve can tolerate most foods once fully healed. There are a couple things I don't tolerate but my doctors allows it. It is our choice to make smart choices. I am 7 months out and I could eat almost anything if I wanted to.

Lol I agree with you 100% too! I have to admit I lived a little today! Even had a little popcorn!

I went into the OR wearing only a paper gown. When I woke up I was wearing a cloth gown. Hmm...how did that happen?

I am a very covered type girl. Never shorts, long sleeves. 12hrs after I got to the hospital I didnt care if my butt was flashing every horrified onlooker. I hurt, felt dirty from oozing out of my big incision leeking on my hospital robe, being poked, examined, couldnt sit for long and on and on. You wanna see my vajayjay? Hanging boobs? Have at it. ????
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Yeah, no, you're nekkid. I tried keeping my undies and the pre-op nurse was like "Oh no, those come off, too" and I was like "but whhhhyyyy" xD

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49 lbs in 10 weeks is SLOW? Please tell me you are joking. I am 5 weeks post op today and have only lost 14 pounds. Now THAT is slow!

I'm from tucson getting sleeved this friday. 6/24.
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Is it getting hot in here? Or is it just me? Whew!

There have been some great posts to this topic. I think it'll be in everyone's best interest if it's locked for further discussion. Let's try to all get along, please!!!
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one of the things I love about BP is that it is not "overmoderated" I have left other groups due to the fact that you couldn't have a decent debate on a topic (and there *are* some sticky wickets with this WLS process worthy of a hearty debate) without being asked to only say nice things.
I just don't think I am capable! although I do for the most part know how to behave in public - I don't want to be all "nice" all the time.
Be thankful for the ignore ability. it takes a lot for me to put someone on ignore. but It would be a shame for anyone to leave this forum because there was a group of people they didn't like. just ignore them officially if you can't just pass them by and go sit by the people you like! I promise you will learn a lot more than if everyone in a group was just like you or their plan was just like yours.
and, I will always give anyone the grace to correct or clarify themselves because there are times when any of us does not come across well online. or in person. yeesh. and some people will only make it worse when they try to clarify! but the truly awful ones, who you think might be trolls? they don't usually even come back to the drama they started.
we who are newer have a lot to learn from the veterans. they've tried all the recommendations and they are living it out one messy day after another. with varying degrees of success. but recommendations and plans change over time. the practice I used? what they recommend now has had some changes from when I went through early this year. so the vets have a lot to learn from the newer folk too about what the practices are thinking now. I hope we can all continue to hang together.
end of the day - to make a friend, be a friend.

I got "yelled" at on here once for asking a question that could have been answered if I had "read the whole thread." So after getting reprimanded I scrolled through the entire post and still didn't really find the answer. I don't ask questions any more. I already feel judged for being overweight and don't need to be judged in a forum.

I myself come to these threads for the entertainment value! Wouldn't miss em for the world!!!

Is it getting hot in here? Or is it just me? Whew!

Is it getting hot in here? Or is it just me? Whew!

I only just got it..."master baiters"... harhar
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It feels a little anticlimactic to say that sarcasm is my native tongue.

No such recipes, my friend.
However......spent 5 weeks in Japan and while there I went native.
Thank the Lord above that the weekends were mine....all mine....and I could hop aboard trains and get back to Tokyo & Kyoto for some menus that were more in line with what I was accustomed to in the states. Hard Rock Cafe spared my sanity on those weekend getaways. The weekdays were spent further out in the "country" areas where I was working. The stuff I ate was.....well....by our standards here.....vastly different.....but everything was perfectly prepared and tasty.
Funny story is that one of my co-workers was dead set on sticking with KFC, Wendy's and McDonalds while we were there on one of the trips. He contracted a bad stomach virus while there. I'd chose to go all in with their food....their culture.....had a blast and came home no worse for the wear.
And as far as the skewering comment goes........I've been working a long string of consecutive workdays with a few more to go.
Trust & Believe that I'm ready to do some skewering. It's becoming an undeniable need that must be met. I can't wait until my next day off when I can skewer my back out !!!!!!!!!!!!
Kampai !!!!!!!!!!!!

I simply don't weigh. At my one month check up I was down 29 pounds from 277 to 248. I won't get on another scale until my next doctor appointment. scales can be the enemy if you rate your success that way. To each his own I guess. I love not worrying about weight day to day. Then I become pleasantly surprised at weigh in, or not. Lol
Good things come to good people.

I'm sorry we are in the same rut. Wish something would happen to speed things up for us. It's so depressing thinking of how much money, time, and pain I spent for this tiny amount of weight loss.

I had lost 17 pounds in 12 weeks (also following my plan perfectly) I'm now sitting 12 pounds below goal and have been for over 1 1/2 years. The rate that you lose has absolutely nothing to do with your ultimate success. Just stick on plan, sit back and enjoy the NSVs. And stay off the scale if it upsets you so much.

I could have written this exact post. I've lost 13 pounds too. It's so frustrating but I've discovered I can't compare myself to anyone else and if I'm doing everything right the weight will eventually come off.
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49 lbs in 10 weeks is SLOW? Please tell me you are joking. I am 5 weeks post op today and have only lost 14 pounds. Now THAT is slow!