BlueCrush

An exciting day today as I've officially hit "Two-derland"! It has been a looong time since my weight began with a 2!
HW - 406 (6/13/17)
SW - 318 (12/11/17)
CW - 299.8 (12/29/17)
GW - 225
Male, 6'3"

Woohoo! Congrats!! [emoji322][emoji323]

Congrats! Great job especially over the holiday season

An exciting day today as I've officially hit "Two-derland"! It has been a looong time since my weight began with a 2!
HW - 406 (6/13/17)
SW - 318 (12/11/17)
CW - 299.8 (12/29/17)
GW - 225
Male, 6'3"

Congrats!!![emoji323][emoji324][emoji898][emoji322]
God bless u!

Congrats ! Proud of you. Keep up the good work

Nice numbers pal!!
we had same HW number lol
very impressed you lost significant Weight by your surgery day. Keep it going and never stop.. congrats in your success..

Congrats! I'm not far away from two-derland. I started at 377 on 11/15/2017 and I'm down to 317 as of yesterday.

Congratulations Blue! As a fellow former 400-pounder I can only imagine how much better your joints and everything must be feeling in the 200s -- happy for you man. Keep killing it.

Awesome! You're doing it; keep pushing!

Yay!!! Congrats to you. What a Christmas present huh?

Well done! Look at the results of all that hard work:) Proud of you!

An exciting day today as I've officially hit "Two-derland"! It has been a looong time since my weight began with a 2!
HW - 406 (6/13/17)
SW - 318 (12/11/17)
CW - 299.8 (12/29/17)
GW - 225
Male, 6'3"

An exciting day today as I've officially hit "Two-derland"! It has been a looong time since my weight began with a 2!
HW - 406 (6/13/17)
SW - 318 (12/11/17)
CW - 299.8 (12/29/17)
GW - 225
Male, 6'3"

Hey BlueCrush,
So my weight regain was SO my fault. Over time your sleeve will start to tolerate more foods. When I noticed that I could eat certain things without getting sick, I started exploring even more and reintroducing foods into my diet that I had no business eating such as bread, rice and pizza. I also drank a lot of booze in 2017 (struggling with depression). My exercise regiment suffered this year as well due to working 3 jobs. All in all, I stirred up a big pot of uh oh this year. On a bright note, I still have pretty good restriction (I still eat like a toddler) and believe it or not, I still never actually "feel" hungry.
Ultimately, I would recommend trying to avoid reintroducing your trigger foods and bad carbs (refined and processed carbs) into your diet. Your sleeve will stretch over time because it's a tissue and that what tissue does, but we just have to be sure that it doesn't stretch beyond reason.
I hope this helps. :-)

An exciting day today as I've officially hit "Two-derland"! It has been a looong time since my weight began with a 2!
HW - 406 (6/13/17)
SW - 318 (12/11/17)
CW - 299.8 (12/29/17)
GW - 225
Male, 6'3"

Curious from the sleeve veterans, how does regain happen? Does your sleeve eventually get to the point where it's not restrictive after a few years? Grazing on junk throughout the day to get around the restriction? Still restrictive, but eating bad food instead of Protein with what little can fit? Combination? Other?
As someone who has lost and regained almost 100lbs several times in my life, regain is my biggest fear. I would love to learn from others experiences of what common gsv regain pitfalls to avoid.
I'm only about 2.5 weeks post-op. Thanks in advance!

Curious from the sleeve veterans, how does regain happen? Does your sleeve eventually get to the point where it's not restrictive after a few years? Grazing on junk throughout the day to get around the restriction? Still restrictive, but eating bad food instead of Protein with what little can fit? Combination? Other?
As someone who has lost and regained almost 100lbs several times in my life, regain is my biggest fear. I would love to learn from others experiences of what common gsv regain pitfalls to avoid.
I'm only about 2.5 weeks post-op. Thanks in advance!

My restriction is still there. As you get further out from surgery you will be able to hold more food volume.
I maintained pretty effortlessly for my first two years. Even when I indulged, I could go to the gym and work it off quickly.
My third year and the weight loss has changed. I can gain 5 pounds if I eat off plan for a few days. That same 5 pounds will take me months to lose. The weight loss is slow.
Yes, it is the food choices for me. I also think this is my reality for maintaining. I will be gaining and working off 10 to 15 pounds for life..lol

Curious from the sleeve veterans, how does regain happen? Does your sleeve eventually get to the point where it's not restrictive after a few years? Grazing on junk throughout the day to get around the restriction? Still restrictive, but eating bad food instead of Protein with what little can fit? Combination? Other?
As someone who has lost and regained almost 100lbs several times in my life, regain is my biggest fear. I would love to learn from others experiences of what common gsv regain pitfalls to avoid.
I'm only about 2.5 weeks post-op. Thanks in advance!

How are things going, OneDollarBill? Is so hard to find guys who went through plastics to get experiences from.

I'm trying to add my surgeon, but he is not currently in the directory:
Dr. Mohamed Dahman, practicing within Mercy Health owned hospitals in Cincinnati, OH
https://doctors.mercy.com/provider/Mohamed+I+Dahman/230433

Thank you

I found this thread a motivation, so I figured I would add to it now that I'm officially post-sleeve.
I started off at 406 during my initial consult back in June. My insurance required a 6 month diet program, in which I lost 88lbs pre-op. My official surgery weight was 318 on 12/11/17, and as of this morning, I'm at 313.8.
Almost to TWOderland!!!

... And a picture.

I was craving meat, but I'm still in my puree phase. My wife got Chipotle for dinner tonight, so I made a Chipotle puree with some success!
1 side of Chipotle grilled chicken.
1 side of Chipotle Queso.
Blend together into puree. It basically tastes like a really good dip.
Makes 5 servings. 82cal, 9g Protein, 1.8g carbs, 4.6g fat per serving.