jtease01

Hi! For me personally I haven't had any trouble with vomiting and no trouble with GERD. My transition was fairly easy and enjoyable. I'm becoming more active with each passing day and I feel the fire in my soul stoking back to life. I'm so grateful for having done this. As for cons I wasn't a fan of the clear liquid diet but that's such a tiny fraction on the journey it seems incredibly insignificant to even mention. Gas pain is rough too but again these things are a tiny fraction of the benefits I've experienced in doing this. I'm so happy I made this leap for myself. I was sleeved November 7th And I am down 35 pounds definitely not too shabby. I wish you the absolute best in wherever you go in life. You are beautiful!
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It has been so empowering for me to see other people especially young people who have done this and had success with it. Everyday I am going more towards the decision to get the sleeve. I am excited and happy to begin this new journey. I can't wait for my seminar on Jan. 10 to learn more.
FutureFitGirl

I agree with Bufflehead 1000% GREAT POST Bufflehead. My advise is use this tool to get healthy. It's definitely a life change. My major set back was like Bufflehead states, you have adjust to your new lifestyle food will not be your comfort, entertainment and/or stress relief. I was 300lbs prior to surgery which was Oct 12th of 2016, im now 55lbs down. Oh forgot to mention, two week liquid diet i lost 19 lbs... then my body went through what is called a stalling period where as i was losing on average 12 to 15 lbs a month, but when reintroduced to food, i lost about 5lbs last month. Exercise and healthy food choice is DEFINITELY what you have to do. GOOD LUCK!! I say GO FOR IT! overall i'm HAPPY with my results.
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Bufflehead Thank you so very much. I agree with you that this is a life change and I have to be serious about changing my way of living and relationship with food but that is what I want. Thank you very much for your response Im just happy to learn more about the sleeve. I want to know as much as possible before my surgery.
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Vomiting and GERD -- I haven't had any
Pro's and con's -- first time in my life I am at a normal weight, which means my life has changed entirely. No real cons except (1) it's major surgery, so that does mean a period of pain and tiredness after as you recover; and (2) some people find themselves unable to tolerate certain types of food after. I can't/don't eat bread anymore or anything carbonated.
Advice -- you have to be ready and want to build an entirely new relationship with food. Food will no longer be your comfort, your entertainment, your stress relief, your way of celebrating holidays or family. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it though. You have to be willing to work hard at weight loss and weight maintenance for the rest of your life (I'm deadly serious about that). You have to be willing to accept the possibility that you radically change the kind of food you eat for the rest of your life. Don't kid yourself into thinking this surgery means you eat three bites of pancakes for Breakfast, one mini-cheeseburger for lunch, a Snickers fun bar for a snack, and a twinkie for dinner with a side of a couple french fries. Doesn't work like that. If you are like most of us, those types of foods are either entirely or very largely excised from our lives completely if we want to be successful in losing weight and keeping the weight off.
Small portions for the first month? I didn't have any "portions" for the first month. My plan called for liquids for the first month post-op.
After that I was allowed to move to pureed high Protein foods for four weeks. Portion size there was 1.5 ounces weighed or 3 tablespoons measured. This was more than enough, believe me.
After that I moved to soft foods for four months and my mandated size for each of my three daily meals was 3 ounces. I could rarely eat that much though.
I am now 3.5 years post op and can eat about 5 ounces per meal, depending on what is in the meal. I still focus on high protein, low carb eating in order to maintain my weight loss (over 200 lbs).
I don't know that there are stats or averages for weight loss in the first month. The first month post-op, your body does some insane things trying to recover from the trauma of surgery. Healing and getting used to a new way of relating to food should be your focus in the first month post op, not how fast you are losing. All that said, I would think anywhere from 8 - 25 lbs is a reasonable expectation for first month loss for someone your size. Focus on the lower end of that and if you lose more, let yourself be surprised and happy. Good luck in your decision!

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Congratulations!
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