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Trust me! I won't be. I intend on going back to Soups and scrambled eggs. This has spooked me!

Real roast beef is too tough for a fresh sleeve, eating stuff like that makes your sleeve work over time and it can twist. Google twisted sleeve. That is one of those complications that does show up until later on, but your actions now can create complications later on.
Post-op diet is a prescription to prevent complications, this is a serious diet, not a time to experiment, you have the rest of your life for that, control yourself for 3 to 6 months. Your life is worth it.

My book for soft solids say lean, shaved deli meats. Perhaps you ate too much? Everybody is different. Maybe you weren't ready? When I was bumped up to soft solids I was told to go home and have a scrambled egg with a little cheese grated in. I got so sick that night, I was sure something was wrong. And I found out that the diet foods that have artificial sweetners don't agree with me either. I was told if something doesn't agree, put it away for a month or two and then try it again.

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Medical care in the US sure sucks sometimes.

I mean you can basically eat whatever you want. I know I can eat a whole large thin crust if I wanted. The crust crumble to mush like crackers and I know that pizza toppings are a slider for me. It might take me a few hours but I could totally do it.
You made a mistake one time, learn from it and don't do it again.
Losing weight after WLS is all about the food choices you make post op. You can easily eat around any surgery.
If you just follow people on IG, I suggest you stop, unless you are look for what no to do. I follow a lot of people on Instagram, their diets are bad, they lose weight in the beginning just because they are healing but they never get to goal or even close and they end up yo-yo dieting and worse.

The Big Book on the gastric Sleeve!
Read it all and it's better than good. It's a must read and I'd recommend it for everyone from the Very Start of the process. While I need to go back and Dive Deep into the book, I have two first suggestions based on a lot of questions that I've seen on our VST board.
1. Please consider expanding the Pre-op medical preps. Here's what I mean... go into more detail about what exams and tests "might" be required for insurance or the surgeon. Descibe them from the patients perspective. Might need to be a page for each test.. Consider including:
Pulmonologist examination and clearance: Exam, Pulmonary Function Test, Methacholine Challenge, sleep study (and what if you are positive for OSD (sleep apnea) and require CPAP.
Cardiologist examination and clearance: Exam, Resting ECG, Stress Test, Pharmacological Stress Test, BNP.
GI evaluation and clearance: Colonoscopy, Endoscopy
I am SURE that there is/are more but at least it's a start.
2. There are SO MANY questions about what Protein suppliments are out there. Consider adding a comparison table or nutritional values and costs, (maybe the results of a member poll re taste) etc. of as many of the "acceptable" ones as you can. Shoot, might even allow products to pay for a One Page ad/information sheet. (If they were smart they'd send free samples to folks who bought the book).
This is just a start. Let me know if I can help!
Art Spencer
(Sleeve Date 6-4-13)

Dear BariatricPal Staff,
I've noticed that there is a forum titled "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Sleevers" and I take issue with this since the word "transgendered" isn't a word because "transgender" is an adjective, not a verb.
I can raid your fridge (though I shouldn't), that fridge was raided.
I can weigh myself in the morning after going to the washroom, I was weighed.
I can post a topic on BariatricPal about how "transgendered" isn't a word, that topic was posted.
I can defrost some chicken for dinner and serve it with lentils, that chicken was defrosted.
No one can be "transgendered" because transgender is an adjective, not a verb, in the same sense that no one can be "blacked", "gayed", "Asianed", etc.

How? That's simple. You chose to eat the pizza. You chose to eat piece after piece knowing that every bite was a bad idea, yet doing it anyways.
Totally lost your journey? I don't even know what that means, but drop the melodrama. Wallowing in useless emotion does no good. You made a mistake. Own it. Make a decision now; will you take the surgery seriously from now on or will you let the desire for simple food rule your life at the expense of your health.
The surgery is only a tool. How you choose to use that tool will determine how successful you will be after the honeymoon phase.

Ok, so it happened. Whether anyone else did this really doesn't matter, because you need to focus on you.
Do you have a psychologist that is part of your journey? You need to get control of this immediately, or the surgery was for nothing. Your head needs to be in the right place, and you need help getting it there.

You ate an entire box of pizza? I think you need to really remember why you had wls & understand the negative impacts you can have on your body by doing this. I don't understand how it's humanly possible to eat an entire box of pizza with a small tummy. You already ate the pizza so that's done, but I've not heard of anything like this before.

Thanks a heap.

It's been corrected. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

Dear BariatricPal Staff,
I've noticed that there is a forum titled "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Sleevers" and I take issue with this since the word "transgendered" isn't a word because "transgender" is an adjective, not a verb.
I can raid your fridge (though I shouldn't), that fridge was raided.
I can weigh myself in the morning after going to the washroom, I was weighed.
I can post a topic on BariatricPal about how "transgendered" isn't a word, that topic was posted.
I can defrost some chicken for dinner and serve it with lentils, that chicken was defrosted.
No one can be "transgendered" because transgender is an adjective, not a verb, in the same sense that no one can be "blacked", "gayed", "Asianed", etc.

You gained 10lbs in 3 days? Did you mean to type 245 instead of 255? It's probably just a difference in scales.
I'm struggling on my pre-op diet too but as everyone says, just keep at it.

Considering how many times I've flipped from fat to thin, I feel compassion mostly.
But it seems that we are most critical of traits we see in others that we dislike in ourselves. So I guess his disdain is a reflection of his fear of going back to being that fat guy again.
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If a medical professional ever freely admitted to having more faith in a higher power than his/her own science-based medical training, I would rip out my own IV and RUN out of the hospital. Then I'd sue for malpractice.

I admit, some of you definitely have valid points. Positive energy is better than negative energy. But I should probably clarify my thoughts on the matter.
When I made my initial post, I was thinking of family members only. I'm actually only telling about 4 family members, and they're all very deeply Christian. They regularly tell me they're praying to Jesus to speak to me so that I'll finally "grow up" and start believing. As if that's the inevitable eventuality and I have no choice in the matter. So I suppose that, for me personally, it can sometimes feel like a very subtle attack on my way of life for one of these family members to tell me they're praying for me. Of course, I always just reply "thank you, I love you too"and then try desperately to change the subject, haha. (I think I was also mad at them when I posted this because I had only told TWO family members and told them to keep their traps shut, but then suddenly two more family members know, surprise surprise. Dang busybodies.)
This absolutely doesn't apply to strangers or co-workers or anybody else who doesn't know I'm an atheist. With them, I accept the face value positivity of their statement, and move on.
I hope that clears things up, haha.

Hahahaha. I think it's a trite & often insincere phrase. I knew another nurse who said it all the time to patients& I know she couldn't remember anything about them later. I understand the phrase is usually well meaning, but people need to be a lil more genuine.

Why couldn't they have prayed for me when I was eating all those pepperoni pizzas?

I can't stand that ridiculous statement either. I sure do appreciate the positive thoughts and wishful thinking.

The best response to an unwanted 'I'll pray for you' is 'Thanks, I'll think for you!'

Ok. I see now. I hate the "I'll pray for you" bit sometimes too. Cuz you know they will never do it. If I tell someone I'm praying for them, I actually do it right then so I don't forget.
My sister's an athiest too. Each to his own. I don't get it, but you don't get why people believe. We're all different (thank God!) (Pun intended!)
Marci

Because I believe it's useless. I know they mean well, but they all know I'm an atheist - it's no secret. I know someone praying for me doesn't *hurt* anything, but it sure doesn't help either. I guess I'd rather they do something practical to show their concern, like send me a care package (they've all had surgeries before and I never have, so I assume they'd know what little things I'll treasure afterward) or just take the time to talk with me about my fears, etc.

Ugh, I'm gearing up to hear a lot of that from family members prior to my surgery. I know I'll have to play it nice and just thank them because they mean well, but ughh. I'll just mentally grimace, lol.