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I was told NO STRAWS FOR FOREVER, its a very small thing to give up really and frankly so far it has been worth it.

After surgery your stomach is a lot smaller than when you went into the hospital. Normally your stomach has a lot of air. Sometimes if you have too much you will feel gas pains and bulch. But after surgery there is no place to store this air. Sipping through a straw only makes the problem worse.

No straws!!! At least for quite a while. Someone just said 6 months and I think that would be about right

I was told you heese have to wait 6 months after your surgery.

My nutritionist and the clinic dietitian said (VERY EMPHATICALLY), "No straws! You risk adding too much air to your intake which will risk much burping. Sip slowly from a cup/tumbler or put each sip on a teaspoon and have ONE to TWO teaspoons per minute."

for most of us it goes away completely for several months after surgery. Mine came back at five months. For some, it's more like a year. So lose as much weight as you can during that period since it'll NEVER be easier to lose weight! Once your hunger comes back, it's a lot more challenging. I don't think mine is as intense as it was pre-surgery, but it's definitely a challenge (of course not eating when I'm not hungry is still a challenge post-op, too...I often ate when I wasn't hungry - and I still do sometimes..).

Addiction? What do you mean? I am not addicted. I only eat because I am lonely. Or stressed. Or worried. Or celebrating. Or cross. Or busy. Or bored. Or hungry. Or watching tv. Or on the phone. Or tired. Or contented. Or to relax. Or ... oh. I see. 😉
I agree. Unless I get my mindful eating practices back, I am going to have a much harder time of this surgery...
Thanks

I agree it's a really important part of the journey. I have a lap band and was very unsuccessful. I'm now scheduled for revision to bypass next month. I have been through an eating disorder program and feel like I now have the tools to be more successful this time. Sadly I am now 63 and the support groups at the eating disorder clinic aren't covered by medicare. I wish I could find a once a week support group instead if once a month.

Everything will probably be fine, but I would use this as a learning lesson to always pre-plan. Look at the online menus of the foods that are served, and see if there is anything that you can eat. If not, take something. I have been known to throw a Premier Protein shake in the freezer, and take it along when the family wants to go out to eat at places like Wingstop or a Barbecue place. I have even take a chopped salad to a burger place, and ordered a grilled chicken sandwich without the bread, and ate it up with my salad.
Again, the past is the past. Don't beat yourself up about it. All you can change is your present and future.

This early in the healing phase, you should contact your team. Everything is probably just fine, physically, but you should hear what they have to say about it.
In the future, make a plan. If you don't have access to something that is on plan, you can always just sip on a drink.
Eating out won't feel "normal" for most of the first year. But this is the time to get into new habits.

Don't worry, a few wings won't affect you at all, if your stomach accepted them well and this won't be your daily diet. Just keep in mind that this kind of nutrition doesn't move your closer to your goal

I think I may be gay...
At least my boyfriend keeps saying I might be.

I'm not short, but my BMI was 31.6 on the day of my surgery. I made my goal weight at 5 months post op and I am now 5.5 lbs under it at 154.5 at 6 months.

I am almost 6 weeks post-op and it seems the weight is creeping slowly off as of late. I am just going to be patient and ride it out and see how it goes. I have been going to the gym 5 times a week, thinking of going 3 times to see if that helps.

Those who are short (5'2-5'3 and under) and were 215lbs or less or had a BMI of 40 or less, did the weight come off slow for you? My surgeon warned me that the weight loss may be slow for me due to my weight/BMI being at the bare minimum for surgery. At first, I didn't believe it because I have had some pretty decent weight loss so far but now I can tell its starting to slow down so I am just curious what others experiences were!
My Stats:
Surgery: 9/18
HEIGHT: 5'0"
BMI: 40
HW: 212
SW: 205
CW: 173
GOAL: 130

Thanks :-)

I'm 5'2" and my high weight was 195 on June 1st. Surgery weight 180 on August 11th, and now I'm down a total of 43 lbs. Current weight 151.7. It seems slow to me, but I'm off all meds, and dropped 1 pant size and down to a medium top (from XL). I'm thrilled!

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I’ve had my sleeve 1 week ago today. I haven’t walked yet as still very sore, weak and nauseous. I’m worried as everyone is walking and I’m not able yet. Finding it hard to get in Protein.< img src="https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji22.png" />

I used mine until I didn’t have pain when walking quickly (about 2 weeks). It really helped with pain caused by stomach giggling. After there is no more pain, I’m not sure there really is a need for it anymore.
It helped me walk further, as if I was in pain, I would have stopped.

Thank you FluffyChix, I'll try that to.

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So happy for you!! Congrats on getting your surgery and being at a week post op! I didn’t have a drain but I’ve heard they are irritating & can be painful to remove. Sounds like walking would be a best-like you say. I hope you give yourself plenty of permission to sleep AS MUCH AS YOU NEED! I was so fatigued, just totally exhausted.

It's good to see I'm not the only one who is worried it won't work, been there and done the all the deits.

We all have been there, I’m one to think that too, if you don’t take the first step you will always be there in the same spot.. so why not? Maybe this one? If I don’t play the lotto I’m not sure if I’ll win. So play, take your step, many of us are doing just that, don’t give up without trying. Don’t kill your self without living. We will loose, I can’t promise you that but we will loose that F*** weight!


“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps

Just went to my one week postop and had my drain removed. Doing great overall, so I will not complain! Anyone else have a drain removed postop? I know some surgeons use them and others do not. It wasn't painful to have it removed, but since he pulled it, I fill like my stomach is full of air. Yuck. But I'll just walk it off... tomorrow.
Hope everyone else is doing well! And those on the preop diet, YOU GOT THIS!