erica_ozzy73

U make it yourself.. bullet proof coffee you could have to "break" your fast depending on how long your fasting for. Other then water or herbal tea you can't have anything during your fast. It defeats the purpose

I'll be following too Fat is awesome and has fantastic benefits for fullness and fat loss and won't spike your insulin I use mct oil in my coffee and maybe a salad it's too darn expensive to use elsewhere lol so I use coconut oil instead I also do intermittent fasting of 16:8 and try and eat hflc but stuff up a bit lol I can't find anyone that does it with a vsg and so I'm very limited with the exact knowledge of doing it correctly. I eat full fat everything and no added sugars although I still have sugar substitutes [emoji53] I eat avocado and cheese and all sorts I hate doing the calorie counting things so worked out my macros and it's too much for me food wise. Today for lunch was tuna and egg and cheese and I can't get through it Yesterday was 1/3 avocado tuna and 1 egg and had no problem getting that down. Lol

Nearly 11 mths out and I suffer from apathetic feelings and anhedonia which are both in the same kinda group as depression. Never ever had it before my surgery and bam it was here two days after. Surgeon and gp honestly thought it would go away. Maybe it was from the anaesthetic etc or from having the surgery itself... but unfortunately looks like it's here to stay It's ****!!!!!! ....

I know of two people that have.. obviously it's through going back to bad ol habits But why wouldn't we want precautions in place for this Good for others to read thanks

Huh.... it's nothing remotely like the lapband. The minimiser has nothing to do with restriction like the band or how tight your sleeve is lol It had everything to do with done the track when some people will push the limits with eating and over do it.. this won't allow me to stretch my sleeve. Not saying if u don't have it you will stretch it but it's a precautionary measure. The Lapband is nothing like it at all

Also you won't hear of many having the ring as well as the sleeve. I'm in Perth and I know of a few that have had it here. We are few and far between lol If u wanna know anything I'll be more then happy to answer if I can... hope your op goes well and good luck on your journey [emoji108][emoji4]

Hey I'm 10mths post op and have the minimizer ring in as well. I've had no problems thus so far. I haven't heard of anyone else having any issues. Don't worry about if you've buggered up on the pre op phase, as long as u have mainly stuck to it I wouldn't worry. I had to do two weeks of opti and hated every minute lol Good luck with your journey

Do you track what your eating?.. just to give u an idea.

I was on 75mg of Zoloft before my sleeve. Two days after my sleeve I began to feel apathetic and just not ok. It felt like no matter how funny something was I couldn't laugh or feel the happy feeling. I went to my normal gp for others reasons and I mentioned this to her .. she then decided to reduce my meds cause it felt like I was in a fog or something. She really had no clue what to do...I had never felt so strange. Seeing my surgeon and explaining this to him he wasn't sure either. My dr shouldn't of reduced my meds and he said don't worry it will get better. Nearly 10 months post op I feel no different! In fact I have taken myself of the meds and feel no different as to when i was on them. It's extremely annoying and sad that I have to force my happiness and laughter. This has only happened since just after my surgery. With no explanation as to what the hell is going on.

Im a sleever with a minimiser ring .... I'm not a year out but around 9.5mths out. I eat two or three times a day with my first meal being at 1pm as I do intermittent fasting of 16:8. My meals are quite small and depending on what I eat will depend on how much I feel full. I avoid fruit unless it's berries and avoid any carbs that are breads, rices , pastas , starchy veggies , anything that's packaged with too much sugar in it (over 5gm per 100), milky stuff but I'll have cream . I eat predominantly a hflc. I would be lying if I said I don't eat some crap. I sometimes track my food but with my IF I don't have to.. I lost my weight in around 3-4 mths and have stayed the same up until 3 weeks ago where I have lost a couple more kgs. I'm a low bmier as well lol

My highest weight was 85kgs or around 188lbs and my bmi was nearly 31. I had the sleeve last Dec and my weight is now around 63.5kgs - 64.5kgs or around 141 lbs.. I'm 166cm or around 5ft 6.. I eat hflc and for the last 2 weeks have started intermittent fasting or 16:8. To lose some more fat etc. I carried the majority of my weight around my waist and have high blood pressure and hypothyroidism. I have an extremely strong family history of heart issues and diabetes. Im def not too light and struggle with NOT eating food as I still have a good addiction. I'm going good apart from getting full on dense protein real fast and I get annoyed quick lol.. I don't enjoy food anymore but I still want to eat . I don't regret it though one bit.

What's dr alveraz's snap chat name ?

Ahhh ok I'm doing 16:8. 7pm to 1pm the next day ... So my first "meal" or calories which is always a keto style or hflc isn't until 1pm. I do have a cuppa tea in the morning but no milk as it would break the fast.. all good sounds interesting though.. I'll have to look it up

If u have bullet proof coffee instead you are breaking your fast... sort of defeats the purpose lol