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@@Ebony Rose Welcome back! Glad you are doing well. Pain and nausea will go away, so will excessive burping. Awesome that you love your decision! Happy recovery to you

Good luck with the process and the journey. Yes, stalls happen ..... my last one was close to 4 weeks too, annoying but it finally shifted. Now, I am devastated re Santa Claus! I thought he lived in South Pole , as everything is upside down where I live

@@Pamcake40 All the best to you! The months went rather quickly for me, and I hope they will for you too. It takes 6 months for the stomach to heal fully, and I really noticed a difference then. I even got off my PPI Nexium, as I suffered the worst reflux early on. Now I am OK. Yes, so far so good with dumping and throwing up. It was and still is a journey of discovery for me re different foods. I am happy with my weight-loss and just plodding along ..... Wishing you a smooth journey with great results

@@ginabee38 I use MFP, My Fitness Pal, and my food Diary is set to Private, so only I can see it. My dietician set the goals and percentages for me, and I recorded them under goals. Yes, when I occasionally over-indulge on ice-cream, I can really see the enormous amount of calories, sugar and fat that it has. It hurts, but I am honest and record my falling off the wagon episodes. I track daily. Took a while to set it up, but once the regular foods are in the system, it is easy to add them. It tracks Protein, carbs, calories, Water drank, and it is easy to see at the end of each day how I went.

That they are currently online?

@@akreese02 You look great! The great player ! Don't you just love phone/iPad typos? LOL

@@Ebony Rose Woohoo! Only one more sleep! Best of Luck and Best Wishes to you. May you have a smooth recovery

@@iloveorganicmilk1 I travelled the world, and spent lot of time in South Korea, as well as other Asian countries. Yes, I agree re cultural differences. I don't remember seeing overweight people, let alone obese. Everyone is slim to super slim. I just wonder, with you being a student and not getting help from your family, how can you afford such huge monetary outlays for the procedures you had? Plus the hospital stay. Has your surgeon explained to you, that once the stomach heals, appetite comes back and you can eat larger amounts of food? Are you seeing a bariatric psychologist? What support structure/people do you have?

I'm jealous! Hunger came back 6 months post op, have to eat every 4 hours. My capacity has also increased, so I am still measuring 1/2 cup per meal.

@@iloveorganicmilk What sort of foods do you binge on? You mentioned watermelon (a whole one), yes it is fruit and healthy, but is full of sugar, so I can understand the cravings to have more. You also mentioned you can eat 2 large steaks. If you have a large steak, do you then have a diabolical craving for another, straight away? What other foods create cravings for you, like once you start, you have to have more and can't stop? For me, ice-cream is like that, even 7 months post sleeve. I really have to watch it, and over-indulge 1-2 per month, then I am good and just have fruit for dessert. Have you had your hormones tested, and your thyroid, as abnormalities there can create cravings and weight-gain. I don't know how old you are, but my guess is 20s to 30s. If after 40+, then hormones definitely should be tested, although thyroid disease can occur at any age. So, please let us know what type of foods create cravings for you. Thank you.

@ Bear sausage? From a real bear, like grizzly? We have kangaroo steaks here. No bear sausages though ....

@@Pamcake40 In my case, pre VSG, I vomited if I had gastro, together with the runs and awful nausea. This would happen hours after eating the offending food. After VSG, I hardly had any nausea, the vomiting was immediate, followed by many hours of feeling extremely tired and headachy. Also felt dizzy, and my pulse was racing. Certain fatty foods (beef, plus hard to digest), eggs and fatty/sugary foods were the culprits for me. Apparently they were to rich and emptied too fast to the small intestine. Most VSG sleevers don't dump, but few of us do. Thankfully, it does not happen much these days.

I don't quite understand though... if the sleeve does not stretch much (or so i have heard) how will I be able to binge? it just doesn't seem physically possible Slider foods can be eaten in large quantities, such as ice-cream, chocolate, cakes, biscuits, chips etc. Also,even though the sleeve does not stretch, after it is completely healed (6 months) the hunger and capacity to eat more returns. If this is not controlled through strict portion sizes, like 1/2 to 1 cup max at a meal, the weight will come back on. Put "Weight gain" or "Regain" in the Search button, and you will read stories of people who gained or even regained weight. Another slider food/drink is Alcohol, full of sugar and calories. I can't give you scientific explanation why people can eat more after the sleeve, but it does happen if they stray from the diet guidelines. As someone mentioned earlier, yes you can eat around the sleeve. I can have a big bowl of ice-cream now, being 7 months post op. I can certainly eat more now. Some foods I had issues with early post op, I am fine now. I choose to eat healthy, because I want to reach my goal, and maintain it. Show me a person who binges on Protein ..... As far as I know, the binge foods are sugary, fatty, sweet and salty carb processed foods. Easy to binge on after sleeve as well.

@@iloveorganicmilk I am concerned that if this is a true post, that you are looking for a short term solution to a long term problem. Sleeve may work for you in the first 4-5 months, you will be forced to eat less, have bad reflux if you eat wrong foods, or keep throwing up. Then stomach heals, and as was mentioned before, you can binge on any food, and you will Gain weight back! Really, you need lot of counselling and even OA - Overeaters Anonymous. The binge eating needs to be under control Before the sleeve. Otherwise, surgery will be for nothing, and you could possibly damage your sleeve, spend all this money, be sick, re-gain weight and have life-long complications. Sleeve is Not a magic wand!

Hopefully lesson learnt. At 8 weeks you are still healing, up to 6 months. Earlier post op, when I forgot and ate too fast, I always ended up with terrible reflux. So, not liking to suffer, it taught me to slow down. These days, 7 months post op, reflux free, I was really hungry once and I ate too fast, and bit of reflux came back. So, I have to be mindful to eat slowly always. The only time I threw up, were my few dumping episodes, where I ate very slowly (20-30 mins) but my new stomach did not like beef, scrambled egg and chocolate. No nausea, just feeling of food coming up, a quick run to the bathroom, then felt extremely tired for hours later. Enjoy your delicious haddock another time, slowly

Hi @@leeka, Another March Sleever, Yay! Congrats on your weight-loss. Yes, I know how it is like to one day get to goal .... Seems to take longer now, but still works providing I stick to the basics. Good Luck to us both

Good vegetables to get moving are: cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts. They are low carb with plenty of fiber. Oh, and apples are a good fruit, loads of fiber as well.

@@lowbmi65 Good Luck and best wishes!

Awesome results! You are doing so well Congratulations!

@@lowbmi65 Wow, your op is coming around very soon. Good Luck! So far I have lost bit over 70 Ib, and I can notice some loose skin in my upper arms, bit in the groin area and my boobs are flatter (but smaller, thank goodness!). Everyone is different, it depends on age and genetics, how quickly one loses weight, amount of resistance type training, and other factors that I may not know of ...... With 50Ibs you may not end up with much loose skin, but you won't know until you are closer to your goal weight. Type " Loose skin " in the Search button, and see the threads and posts on this topic.

I feel literally lighter ! I am Not dragging 2 heavy suitcases with me everywhere I go Oh, and getting noticed and turning heads again ..... LOL

Ha Ha ! Love it Those eyes, those hypnotic eyes ...... Wow !

@@heidiboo You look beautiful! Congratulations !!! Yes, 6 months can really make a difference. I am over 6 months post op, and people who have not seen me for months, now don't recognise me Mega Congrats !

@@cbonet For sure ! OK, maybe money ? LOL

Lmao that would be me and I love my little kangaroo pouch. It beats the hell outta my preop stomach that was larger than when I was 9 months pregnant! Sent from my XT1565 using the BariatricPal App @@losergrl75, Love it that you love your little kangaroo pouch Good for you and Well Done !!! Here is one for you, but this pouch is lot bigger