Walter.Sobchak

You are losing more than normal. My dietician said to plan on 1 to 2 pounds a week. You are doing much more than that. This is a marathon not a sprint. How much would you be losing without the surgery?

Just close this f**king thread already for f**ks sake.

I am in the same boat as you. I have hit a stall and I have fallen back into old habits. I have started drinking diet soda again, although trying to get away from it again, I am addicted to it again. I have been taking in WAY too many calories and I am not following the diet guidelines. I have been neglecting my protien intake and have introduced carbs again. Flour tortillas and bread and rice. I do notice my sleeve feels tighter in the morning after a nights sleep. I am hoping to reel things back in and trying to make better choices. I am down 80 pounds but need to lose another 75 to hit goal weight.

Man you look great. I can’t believe the change. Tell your wife I said “nice rack”

Just throwing my two cents in, I would NEVER go to Mexico for surgery.

I am sorry to hear this, don’t give up. You have come this far, the sleeve will still create significant weight loss. My wife had to have her hiatal hernia repaired and then had the sleeve like 2 or 3 months later. Just hang in there. What’s another two months? If you are like me, then you were obese for the better part of a decade. What will it hurt to wait an additional 2 months? Perspective my friend.

Hello everyone. I had my VSG on 08-31-17 and I am down 80 pounds. I am happy the weight is coming off but things have been very hard. My wife and I got sleeved together and we have had lots of issues these past few months. We have come close to divorcing. Also, I am in recovery and had been sober for 9 years. I relapsed two weeks ago and I think not being able to abuse food anymore played a huge part in that. I am back in AA but the relapse just caused more issues for my wife and I. Don’t expect the surgery to fix all of your problems because it won’t.

I wasn’t permitted to try purée until 3 weeks out. Your surgeon is allowing it in week 1? Seems kind of rushed, but I am not a doctor.

I sent you a PM. I am pretty open, but I don’t like putting too much out there for everyone to see.

I am here to chat. I need a buddy as well. I am falling on hard times.

I will PM you. Don’t want to put too much of my business out there.

Go Bucks. I am from Ohio, live in AZ now. Sleeved on 08/31/17 down 70 pounds.

Sounds like a stall. I have hit the 3 month stall. Stay off of the scale it will only upset you. Is your body changing? Did you take measurements? How are your clothes fitting? Are you counting your calories? Drink lots of water. Don’t get discouraged the weight will come off.

You have already stretched it, you are screwed. All kidding aside, I don’t know. I am pretty sure I stretched mine. After 9 years of continuous sobriety, I relapsed on weed. I got f*cking baked and ate like a hog two days in a row and then thanksgiving. I had heard about alcoholics and addicts relapsing after WLS and I didn’t take it seriously. Back to counting the days of sobriety.

That is such a good point. I am down 70 pounds, but my lower back still hurts pretty bad on some days.

Because I am tough as nails. Of course I am joking. Why would I burn my drain site shut? It was an attempt at humor.

Move. Keep moving. A blood clot is serious and can be fatal. The gas will work itself out and the shoulder/chest pain should go away. Sip,sip,sip, water. Once the drain is pulled you should feel a little better too.

What others have said, you have to shrink your liver. If your liver is too swollen the surgeon could abort the procedure out of safety concerns. I am sure you do not want that. Stay focused, stay strong, keep motivated, focus on the goal. I had to remind myself that I had eaten enough pizza, fast food and China buffets to last a lifetime. Had to get it together before my surgery.

I have never heard of one and obviously didn’t use one. However, I am so hardcore I didn’t take any pain meds post surgery and I pulled my own drain and branded the hole shut with a hot fire poker.

As the weight is coming off my sex drive is coming back as well. My wife had her surgery 2 months before me and she has been super horny.

I am 12 weeks out and feel hungry every two hours. Dense protein seems to keep me full longer, but I am essentially hungry every two hours.

Cute. May I have your chihuahua?

Looking good. Doesn’t look like your breasts have been affected much. My wife’s titties are all but gone. She went from a Double D to like a B

Excellent point. I do tend to want to eat out of boredom.

Looking good my friend. Pretty sweet THO in the before picture. Keep up the good work.