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I am really surprised your doctor suggested you could have any type of ice cream. We were lectured on and on about that type of food - no matter if it's zero fat zero calorie - being a no go. Not trying to jump on you at all- just very interesting how different doctors are

Don't they use a bougie to measure during surgery?

Hi! Well... before surgery I had a very flat butt- have had one all my life really--- I have been doing pure barre for about a year now and I have a butt now that I love ! ( it's all muscle ) my arms look pretty good too from that class ( los of push-ups ) ... one my inner thigh when I am standing looking has a little extra skin and there not a thing outside of surgery to fix that ( I don't think) .... so I will just live with that part.

I dropped weight until
About 15 months- basically eating whatever the crap I wanted too. Literally. I mean very little of it but still-whatever I wanted . It stopped at 18 months. I gained 5 pounds then - enough to freak me out

I am very sorry for your struggles . Try to stay positive! Lots of help on here

Sounds like you have a ton of restriction. Drinking is not going to make you feel a lot of restriction- the further you get out from surgery the more you can drink. If applesauce makes you feel full then there is no problem.

I wish I had known that the first five months would be terrible. I was a special case in that I was super nauseas for that time and no meds worked so I really just didn't eat - but I would still do it again- but I was not prepared for that

I did it at 39 and man I wish I had done it earlier .

This seems like a fad. Like going and getting a wrap to make you lose five pounds. I know what they are and what they do- but we just all paid 14000( or I did ) to make a real change and get a tool that is majorly effective. One of my fav things about this surgery to me is that I am not Falling for and spending money on things that more than likely won't be a lasting answer

I don't know that is a good question. More info needed
I am 14 months out- down 63 and think I am done . I am in the 140s and think it is where I am supposed to be.

I have always had this problem. Usually have a bm
Once a week - if I am
Lucky. I started started taking a generic laxative from Walmart- it is literally 84 cents- anyway- I take two and the next day it works - very well

Lettuce does not do well for me . I am 14'months out and I can only eat about 5 bites and my stomach hurts . I still do it/ just when I have salad as a meal- I don't eat very much [emoji106]🏻

My general doctor was actually the one who said he thought it would be great for me... that was so shocking to me- I never thought anyone else saw me as really large until that day!

Oh they will!!!!! I lost 50 lbs before anyone noticed then once they did notice it was out of control. Then the feedback was too much. Lol. So enjoy it. Soon it will be all anyone talks to you about.

Exactly what they said. No one at all noticed the first thirty five pounds of mine but as soon as I hit 50 pounds it was all anyone talked about and made me veryyyyy uncomfortable. Not I have to lost about all I am
Going to probably - 62 and am almost at goal
Weight and no one says a thing anymore and that bugs me. Ha! So no comment or lack of comment ever made me happy. Go
Figure . Make your own happiness I guess is my advice to myself. .

All very good and wise points!!
The sleeve actually does seem a little bit magical to me- in that I don't care about food too much anymore-- ha! Seems pretty magical

I drink carbonation

I don't usually do the drinking thing

I eat more than three meals a day because those three meals are so tiny

Oh I am 14 months out

I am Caucasian and had no hair loss!!

I was 5'4 - 212 and had zero weight related issues ( cholesterol but since losing almost all my weight it actually went up - hereditary) A my doctor told me I was about as "small " as he would do surgery on but that my BMI fit the criteria. My insurance didn't pay but it was worth every penny. Good luck to you.

I didn't get the required Protein or calories for a several months due to severe nausea- never lost any hair. I just think it's genetics .

Wow you look awesome!!! I am 151 and I don't feel as skinny as you look! Wow!! Way to go[emoji1316][emoji1316][emoji1316][emoji1316][emoji1316]

The first month it was INSANE- like I would
Open the fridge and smell every smell- I could smell people's breath all the way across the room! I cooked something in a pot and could smell the Lima Beans I cooked in them weeks before--- it read really gross and made me eat. Very little -- but IT DOES PASS

I could never lose my weight and if I did- it would come back. My doctor told me there was about a 5% chance that I would be successful ( i had 70 to lose total)
So that stat really opened my eyes
Anyway- no when I go out to eat I marvel at how little I care!!! And how fun it is not to eat everything!!! I always leave at least half my plate- it's wonderful.
And I personally can eat Pasta if I want too- so don't worry about that. I work out a lot so that helps too.
Not one regret ( except during the beginnings when I was so nausea but that eventually passed about six months in )

Eggs hurt my stomach till about month six. Keep trying every now and then. Keep them moist.


[emoji1312][emoji1312][emoji1312]what she said--- every smell made me sick until like 6-7 months out and then I started liking food again . You might love the mm again later . Just do a Protein Shake instead---- they have way more Protein good luck

I eat lots of little meals. I know that this is not totally Recommended- but I still have such little room for food a year out. I am hungriest in the am and always eat eggs or Cereal . Then eat a few nibbles for lunch- again at like three - and then small dinner