LittleLizzieLilliput

I mean, I don't see a problem with this at all as long as you don't substitute it for drinking water. I'm confused on what the OP would be skipping by doing this besides water. OP: How much water are you getting in a day? I think this sounds great! I do Vitagene and it's AWESOME, they give me my monthly vitamins based on how my last blood test results were. It's so great to know my Vitamins are covering me completely and evaluated every 3 months.

Oh good, I'm so glad you called! I know it seems like you don't want to bother them but it's important to reach out when you are in physical distress. I made a total nuisance of myself but I didn't care because in the long run me being healthy and safe was my end goal - and theirs too. Good luck! I hope you are feeling better soon!!!

yes, contacting your surgeon's office is the way to go. WIth this kind of physical issue you should always ask your surgeon's office.

when you say constantly active, what do you mean? Do you have an exercise regimen or do you just move a lot during the day? Exercise is the main thing, besides eating a ton less calories and mostly protein/veggies, that burns the fat for me. It's my engine. I'm run/walking about 5-7 miles a day, doing power yoga 3-4 times a week and then being very active on a daily basis. So adding in a ton more exercise is important. Once I an a maintaining I'll slow down but right now I need to work as hard as possible when in weight loss phase. When I say I'm working out, I mean I dedicate at least 2 hours a day to hard working out/sweating.

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I love everything about your reply. WELL DONE! You are a freaking warrior and hero. I love it!!! Good for you, good for your husband. You are gonna do great on this journey, you are FIERCE.

I was looking for any reason to cancel my procedure up till I they gave me the happy drugs. I hope you get the information you are looking for to make the choice you need. Good luck! I was terrified. I was scared before, wanted to cancel, didn't want the surgery, afterwards I had 4 weeks of real scare and regret. I'm 10 months out now and wish I had done this 20 years ago. But my story and journey is different. I haven't had other producers. But what I DID do was 16 months on an all liquid diet. I lost 160 lbs. That was 5 years ago. I gained 60 back over 3 years and then my body went into medical crisis and I came out the other end with no gallbladder and 20% of my stomach. lol! When I was doing the liquid diet I was informed that the starvation aspect to it causes the metabolism to slow down enough that it takes 5 years for it to get back to where I was before. True? False? I don't know, I haven't read up to find out if that is real or not but it would explain why people who are already on a calorie restrictive regimen/procedure wouldn't have the same overall efficacy as someone who's eating 2000K plus unrestricted for unknown periods of time. You might want to call your surgeon back and ask him what the data is behind those statistics. Does it have to do with the calorie restriction/metabolism changes that effect us for about 5 years? What are these numbers and how do they really apply to you? Also, we are so much in charge of our own destinies here. Part of why it isn't successful for people is because they don't commit to this enough, they don't eat the right things or don't do the exercise and work that's needed on the front end. I think it's important for you to understand what story that data is really telling and I'd recommend calling your surgeon's office rather than try to get anecdotal based "evidence". Peer review data might be more what you are looking for to answer your questions. Do a search on the phrases "peer review article" "band to sleeve conversion patients" "less overall weight loss" "40-50% less","greater than 50% chance of developing medication resistant GERD". Search these things with PEER REVIEW articles, that is the real data you are going to want to review. Confirmation bias is the problem with using anecdotal evidence to support a theory.

Hey girl!! Ok, so I want you to know that you WILL get your life back! OMG I was in fear and crying and scared before the surgery, and a little afterwards too. I was afraid my life was over as I knew it, that I would not get to be like "normal" people, etc. #1 - those are all normal, healthy, regular fears!! It's healthy to be afraid and scared and nervous. Humans hate change and this is a BIG one. #2 - For the first 8 weeks things ARE going to be weird and you won't eat normal food and it will feel like this is your forever now. It's NOT. I promise, promise, PROMISE. #3 - This is (i mean, most likely, I don't want to jinx anything, lol!) , hands down besides having your babies, the best decision of your life. Your life in 6 months from your surgery will be one of so much more happiness, movement, wonder, life, joy, etc. You aren't even READY for how great things are gonna be!! Good luck, You are gonna do amazing. I know your fear, I felt it. And that's part of what makes us so god damned AMAZING. We are terrified...but we do it anyway. Anyone that says it's the easy way out has no idea what they are talking about.

Woah, that's fucked up. Your MIL said that??? Damn, I'm not even sure what I would reply with. IMO that's a reason to cut her out of everything. Ice the b***h out. I'm kind of not even kidding. I would have been so hurt and angry in that moment. And your HR person?? You should go to the person over their head and tell them what they said. Again, I'm not kidding. One of the many things I run at my small office is HR. That was inappropriate and a reason to tell their superior. If only to help the next person who has to go to them with something so personal and sensitive. That is grounds for a formal warning. I guess the bottom line here is that I feel like people are willing to speak to you in a manner that is not only hurtful but inconsiderate and rude. And these are two people who should be speaking to you in the antithesis of that. Maybe you need to access some of those repressed feelings and words that feed into our obesity (It's what I've been doing for 10 months. As i tell people, I don't have the luxury of eating away my pain and feelings anymore so b*****s better be ready. lol!). Stand up for yourself and tell them, at the VERY LEAST, if they don't have something kind and supportive to say, than say nothing. And what does your hubby think? Ugh, maybe I'm just in an emotional spot today but this would have upset me greatly.

I laugh whenever I hear that, which is very rare - only once in 10 months to my face and the rest is just reading people's accounts of their experiences - to me it's just so ignorant. The one person who said it to me, when I said it's not the easy way out and chuckled, said "I didn't mean it that way, just that I want to do it on my own." I said "I just want you to recognize that you used the term 'way out' which implies you feel you are in a situation you are struggling to figure out how to not be in that situation any more. I understand wanting to do it on your own, just remember, you used the term 'way out'. Think about that."

I avoided lying or not telling people for just this reason. If you want to be really mysterious and keep folks at bay just tell them it's a personal medical issue. That should shut them up right quick. For me, I'm upfront about it. I lived with so much shame surrounding my food, my body, my choices, eating, etc. I felt that not telling people what I've had done just perpetuates that shame. And now that I've dropped 8 sizes in under a year...it would be very hard to keep up the story. lol! Good luck! My advice to you is to tell the truth to one or two who you know will keep your confidence. But ask them to help you with dealing with others. But you know the old adage about how to keep a secret...(No, I'm not advocating you kill someone. ahahahahah!!!)

oh, also, you look like you are barely out of your 20's now!! I don't know your actual age but you lookin young girl!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds to me like you might have lost closer to 290 lbs....lol! CONGRATULATIONS!! You look amazing. I hope that you feel so much better as well. I can't imagine living with a spouse who cheats constantly and then blames you and lies. Great job on getting your life fully on track! You look SOOO Great! I hope I look that good when I'm done.

Oh man, so many things have changed!! Please note: I apparently suffer from a very rare side-effect from the sleeve that is much like dumping syndrome. Please don't let this scare you, I'm like in the 6% group. And I had my Gallbladder removed and other medical issues which make me very sensitive to things now. So for any newbies, please don't be scared off by this BUT please do use it as a precautionary tale and something to motivate you to avoid bad foods. You don't want to deal with the physical discomfort of dumping syndrome. I can't eat beef anymore. Not with any kind of regularity. I don't digest it well at all and puts me into a dumping-like stage. Also, all spicy food is out. Donzo. It makes me feel ill very quickly. I can't eat mayonnaise, that makes me sick now. I can't eat apples or nuts very well, hard to digest maybe? I haven't tried many fruits as I'm not a huge fan but I'm sad about the Apples. Apples and peanut butter have been a lifelong favorite but when I eat it it doesn't go well now. I can't eat cereal, either I don't do well with milk or all the carbs in cereal or whatever but no milk and cereal for me any more (Plus it's a slider food at this point so good riddance to bad rubbish I say! lol!). I try to take hard to digest skin off of fruits and veggies now. No cucumber skin. Part of that is due to digestion ease and part of that is to reduce the acid in my stomach. It's actually the same issue. My stomach produces too much acid trying to break down the skins. THen I have heartburn and have to double up on my meds for 2 days. No Spaghetti. It doesn't make me sick but it's pointless to eat. No pasta. It's all carbs very little protein. Had a ravioli a month or so back. It was good but I got full off of ONE ravioli. Pointless. Junk Food - again, almost no point except in its emotional value. I've had chips a few times, dips, etc., at parties I've been too or once during a movie night. I very easily will get dumping-like syndrome so anything more than a few chips or crappy things and I'm down for the count for at least a half hour and up to 6 hours. I can eat cheese but not too much. I'm not sure if I don't do well with Dairy now due to my gallbladder removal but I'm fine with mozzarella and provolone - so as long as i can still eat the tops off of a pizza I'm good.

This makes me so happy to read!! I love it!! Congratulations!! I'm on a much similar path, I'm at a size 10 right now and it's blowing my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOmetimes I can't believe it's my body in the mirror. Does my lower back really look that sexy??? are my legs really that thin?? HOly crap!! AND, and, the best part, the more weight I lose the less upset I am about the loose skin!! I have a waterfall of skin on my abs and stomach, thighs and arms. I hated it, I was ashamed of it, but now, the more I lose the more proud I am of them!! Sure, it does look ugly but all that skin shows me how amazing I'm doing! How I'm beating the odds, how I'm living like I never have before, how I'm focused and determined and successful! Yes, I have skin that hangs down 9 inches when I lean over, when I lift up my arms my stomach folds in like an accordion or fan, it looks hilarious! But I'm starting to LOVE it, love what it means. And I'm starting to realize that even though I plan on getting the skin removal surgery I am still feeling so happy with my body because it's telling me everytime I look at it how well I'm doing.

Ok, just wanted to make sure, the way you said it made it sound like I called you an idiot. lol! I like to reserve that name for me. hahahah!!!!!!

Oh god!! DId I call you an idiot?? OMG!! If I did I am so sorry!! Holy ****, that was so rude of me and I'm sorry, I'll go delete that if I did. Damn! I don't think you are an idiot at all, I was just debating. I don't do personal attacks, this is all about helping and encouraging. I'm so sorry I've made you feel attacked!!!!!!! Edit: lol! Ok, obviously you were talking about someone else calling you an idiot. WHich is so f**king rude for someone to do I can't believe it! But I'm glad I didn't call you an idiot. Please know that I don't want you feeling bad, I was just debating on the topic. I think folks are way too rough on the posters that express any kind of lapse. Having watched people in my group fail over and over due to self-guilt, self-hate, etc., I get worried for OP's when they are piled on with people condemning them and telling them that is the road to failure. I always try to encourage with positivity not with fear and doom.

congrats! Were you able to eat even close to all of that?? I'm still barely able to get in my 4 oz.

I think it sounds like you are extrapolating that the OP only eats junk or has continuously binged on junk food. The OP stated this was a highly abnormal day. It is highly unhealthy to expect to never eat any junk food again. You (the plural You not you-you) are setting yourself up to fail. I say that as a person who lost and maintained that loss of 120 lbs. Unfortunately I was still obese and had to do more but I did 16 months on a full liquid diet and then went off that and maintained without gaining for 3 years until I had my medical crisis that kicked off the bariatric surgery. One of the things I learned quickly was that totally denying yourself and punishing yourself when you've made a mistake is actually the quickest way back to our old habits.

All was well for me up to about 2 months ago. Now I just had my first cycle in 8 weeks and it seems it only lasted 3 days. I'm about to go to the GYN cause of it. I mean, I know it's from the surgery but I had several people die from ovarian cancer in my family so now I have to get it check. Ugh!

I think people are talking about two different things. One, folks extrapolating and addressing the OP as if reverting to binge eating and sabotaging their entire life/process. Two, folks extrapolating and addressing the OP's statement that they understand they over-ate and trying to find their balance. The OP specifically said they are not looking to punish themselves but acknowledged portion control as an issue they need to keep working on. I think admonishing or guilt/shaming a person or trying to scare them is not the way to support our process. I believe in encouraging people to accept and recognize they made mistakes or missteps, using that to learn and grow, and not making ourselves feel so bad that we have guilt (Which, to be honest, is one of my BIGGEST food triggers. Guilt over my own food choices) because that leads to self-hate which leads to sabotaging.

I'm 9 months deep into this and I've allowed myself a donut now and then, some ICE CREAM!! lol! Yes, Ice Cream. And other treats. But I can only eat such small quantities at a time it's almost irrelevant. I get Dumping Syndrome so I keep my sugar intake very low. Even when I indulge. I reject ANY notion or thought process that doesn't allow for us to live our lives to fullest and enjoy treats from time to time. I had this surgery so I could go back living my life, not so I continued to live in chains.

Mine isn't nearly as curly as it was!! I don't know if that's a function of the protein issue or vitamins (all my blood work numbers are fine) but it IS different now.

I don't think there is any reason to discourage someone from doing something like this. Of course you can't pinpoint down what the experience will be like for each person, but you can convey what the experience was like for some and that can help inform people. It doesn't have to be so precise. I think bariatric surgery is still a mythical thing for a lot of people. The "It's the easy way out" mythos needs to be killed. So yeah, I think it's a good idea and would help people. I don't know if I would have attended one myself but I know many who would.

OMG Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! That is fantastic! I love hearing this. I'm 9 months post op and am in the last home stretch I think, I'm guessing maybe another 40 to lose. It feels amazing!! I'm so happy for you, congratulations, That blood work coming back must make you feel like a million bucks!!

I wasn't allowed to take a pill for 12 weeks. Had to crush them.