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It’s been a while since I’ve updated this! My bad [emoji847]. I’ve lost 98lbs so far. Weight loss has been much slower the last few months but I’m still plodding along. One thing I’ve learned about the vsg, it doesn’t stop you snacking if you want to. I find nuts, crisps (think you Americans call them chips?), chocolates etc easy to eat. They are slider foods for a reason. Be aware! However, if you stick to dense real food, the sleeve is a great tool. It keeps your portions small.

Hi Cass. Me neither! I'm good thanks. How are you? I've lost 81lbs as of this morning. Coping with my tiny portions better. Still miss a big meal now and then. But looking at my smaller belly, bigger muscles and finally being able to feel my tubs when I lay down Is quite nice. Feel a whole lot better in myself. Much fitter. Exercising 3 times a week and that makes me feel stronger. So how are you doing?

Hi Sleevers. Hope you are all good out there. Quick little update. Been a while. so I'm 14 weeks post sleeve operation. I'm down a total of 62lbs from my surgery day. 63lbs to go till target.

Hi Sleevers. Updating as I've been a bit lax! Sorry Week 11. Another 2lb lost. Getting there slowly. I make that 54lb's lost (but I've lost another couple of lbs since my weigh day on Monday). Hope you are all good out there

I'm right with you on this! I'm 10 weeks post sleeve and I too miss a good meal. I don't miss aching knees and a huge belly but I miss sitting down to a good dinner. It's now all over in a few mouthfuls and I don't usually feel satisfied. More like a passing necessity than something to look forward to. But the health benefits are coming and I do feel much healthier already. As others are saying from further in the journey, I hope it's a passing thing and I'll look back on my prior indulgence as something never to be repeated.

Week 10. 4lbs lost.

Hi Cass. Good thanks. How are you keeping?

Thank you 👍

Hi Sleevers. Week 9 update. Another 3lbs lost. Kind of lost this weight early in the week and been the same for the last few days. I weigh every morning as part of a post sleeve routine. I know I shouldn't but it's become a habit. Food - Good. Enjoying sauce type dishes like chicken in a white sauce, minced beef in gravy, stewed steak in gravy, casserole, curry etc. Usually with a little mashed potato, pasta or rice (but rice is hard to eat still as it seems to get stuck, mash is better). My Brie on a thin slice of baguette has become a staple of each day. Usually just one slice but I sometimes have one slice for breakfast with a yoghurt and then one for supper. Lunch and dinner have kind of become interchangeable. I'm having a treat type meal on a Friday. Usually a small Chinese takeaway. Still a tiny portion and it lasts me 2 or 3 days as lunch or dinner to finish my full portion but it's nice for a change. Taking a multi vitamin every day and drinking a protein shake now and then (maybe every couple of days). Exercise - Good. Doing about 35-45 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Mixture of cycling, elliptical cross trainer, light weights and playing table tennis. My wife and I enjoy a game of table tennis. Burning around 300 calories per session so all good to reduce my nett intake. Mental health - I'm still missing larger meals 9 weeks in. I'm never really hungry but the small portions don't really satisfy me (mentally I guess). I've tried eating from a side plate or a bowl but that doesn't really make any difference. I just miss a good chow down I guess. Chewing everything for ages and slowing down my meals feels unnatural somehow. Guess I'm changing the habits of a life time. Slowly, slowly. Hope you're all good out there and doing well with your sleeves.

Hi Sleevers. Think this is my week 8 update. Another 3lbs off! Wish it was more but 3lbs, is 3lbs. Kind of settling on 3lbs a week. I'm no longer in the class 3 obese category. Now class 2. No idea what that really means but sounds good. Evening meals are still a hassle. This was when I did most of my eating in front of the tv and now, I just can't eat quantity. Good job really but it does piss me off! We had steak last night with a potato salad. I managed two bites of steak and that was me done. I left it for an hour or do then ate the rest of my tiny steak cause it tasted so good. Breakfast, lunch are ok. I do get hung up feeling guilty on eating a snack. Even if it's a little ham or chicken. I know I shouldn't but I do. I've found a slice of bread from a baguette about 1/2" thick topped with some Brie or Camembert is a great little snack. Around 100 calories but so worth it lol Hope you've all had a good week x

Hi Cass. Awww wow! Little Stevie is gorgeous!! Big hug from me. France was a real tonic for me. We lived there for a few years before returning to the uk a few years back. I miss it and the friends we made a lot. Hopefully retire there one day. Great that you're doing well. I like the eating smaller and more often thing but I'm worried that I'm storing trouble for later. Will it just end up large meals more often?! 😧 I feel for your uncle. My knees ached like hell mist days before the op. Loosing just 40lbs has made such a difference. Knees no longer ache. It is hard to become the great advice giver. Heres a photo of my baby four legged girl and my better half in France.

Hi Sleevers. A bit of a late update as we've been on a little holiday to France to see friends. Managed to kind of stick to programme over the holiday. Lots of small snack type meals. The food there really does taste good [emoji4]. So I weighed this morning and I'm 5lbs down. Result! Total lost since op, 41lbs!!! In just over 6 weeks!!! Food - Finding eating smaller meals but a little more frequently much better for me. I'm finding I get kind of hungry a few hours after eating so I eat something small and I'm fine for another few hours. Still drinking plenty of tea and sugar free fruit drinks. Mental health - The holiday and seeing friends did me the world of good. It took my mind off the food pretty much for a whole week. I shared about my surgery with my friends in france and talking about it helped I'm sure. They were very supportive. Exercise - no dedicated exercise as I was doing before the holiday but I walked quite a lot and felt pretty tired. Speaking a little french and concentrating more was hard work! Back home and back to programme now. Hope you've all had a good week or two.

Hi Sleevers. Week 5 update. Weight loss thus week, 3lbs. Not as much as I'd hoped but it's still a loss. Food - this week has been much better food wise. I keep trying new foods and pretty much everything is fine. Portions still small (thank god) but I'm finding myself getting hungry quite often. So I eat more often. Calories probably up to 800-1000 per day. Exercise - doing 25 odd minutes a day on elliptical trainer and on stationary bicycle. Burning about 200-250 calories. Mental attitude - besides a few regretful episodes,I feel like I'm getting a handle on this. Less food sure but I feel so much better. Healthier, lighter, fitter! Hope you've all had a great week

I'm four and a half weeks post sleeve and I must admit to having lots of the same feelings as the original poster and others on this thread over this time. I too miss food. I've been thinking about this long and hard as there's no way back. Would I really want to go back?! I guess it all boils down to why I did this and took this extreme measure to change my weight. For me, I was literally heading for an early grave. I had a BMI of over 45 and I smoked around 30 cigarettes a day. I know, giving up smoking and my food addiction as well as surgery - crazy dude!! So fast forward a month and I've lost 35lbs and not had a single cigarette since surgery. That has got to be worth the loss of stuffing my face on a regular basis. I'm learning to live with this new stomach. Food and eating have kind of lost their appeal recently. Tiny portions and the full (more like pressure from the gut up) feeling kind of spoils most of my meals. So I eat cause I have to. Soup, soft stuff, yogurt. Not my first choice before the sleeve but it kind of works now. The trade off - I feel better, lighter, fitter already. Started exercising again which is a plus. Weight keeps dropping. No more cigarettes. Has to be worth it right?!

Hi Cass. I think of this thread as my weekly therapy lol 😂 Good to jot down what I've been doing and feeling in the last week. thanks for the keto idea. I've read a lot of people seem to be following this kind of eating plan on here. High protein and fat, low or no carb. Reminds me of Atkins. I'm mostly happy to follow something like this but I'm a carb kinda guy as well. Probably what sent me down this journey in the first place. Don't think pasta will do you any harm. Done most of its swelling in the pan. Glad you're doing well. Sounds like a fun time. Cheesecake! I need to get on some of that!! 😂