Pamela wallace

I just had a friend recommend it yesterday,so today will be first day I try it.. My dietician called today I guess,I'm not eating any fruit cause I'm trying to stay away from sugar but she said I need fruit,so I guess ill try that to.

My spouse is skinny always he never gains and we r same age it makes me sick I don't eat and still gain.

Congrats I wish I was,I'm excited for you

I have always been able to shed weight quickly by cutting calories. I’m preop and been having lots of success with meal replacing Breakfast and lunch with Premier Protein and having a low carb dinner ie steak and veggie. It’s tough but works very well for me.


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It’s finally here!! Im going in for surgery tomorrow morning! Any advice on what to bring or what to expect?

When I started the 'program' at the current hospital , they asked me at my first appointment... "so, are you excited?" I burst their little bubbles by saying NO, I am not. Then explained to them that I had been trying to get WLS for 2 mind-numbing years but that because of insurance issues the rug kept getting ripped out from under me. But i'm soooooo excited now. This morning I found out I've lost 5 of the 17 lbs I need to loose, my A1C is down, and I have only 3 things left to do: Loose the remaining weight, take life classes, and complete the sleep study. THEN I can meet with the surgeons. WOOHOO this is the first time in a LONG time I've been excited about this journey. Feels good. Feels realllllll good!

Hello, new to the group. I am currently starting my journey to have a gastric sleeve done hopefully in the spring time. I am looking forward to this to help me with keeping the weight off and living a longer life. I am from Texas .

Start a program of drinking soups/broths/protein shakes/snacks every two-three hours. This way you will not be hungry. It is tedious, but does work. I did 11 oz. Premier Protein shakes for all 3 meals (480 cals), Lite Progresso Soups (creamed or blended) for 2 Snacks (400 cals), and sugar free Popsicles/jellos for 2 snacks (20-30 cals). I stayed under 1,000 calories per day. I mixed this up, and sometimes replaced a progresso Soup with a green smoothie. I did cardio a few days per week, and dropped 25 pounds during my 2 week pre-op diet.
I was on liquids for 4 weeks (3 weeks full/1 week clear). It was hard, but it was also all mental as I was never hungry. I really just wanted to crunch down on something. The sugar free popsicles helped...So did ice...Lots of Sonic Ice.
Anyway, Good Luck!

Surgery is scheduled for 8:30 am.very excited and scared at the same time! Any tips
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I am so excited to have this done... if the insurance denies me I will be crying for a week!!!!

My surgeon didn't require a liquid or liver shrinking diet. (based on starting bmi). I sort of did one anyways. I went from a bmi of 35.6 to 32 during the 2.5 months prior to surgery.

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Don't drop below 35! Better safe than sorry. 21 lbs is a nice buffer. You can still do the work, but slow down your loss if you have to. For me, I had to stay above 35 through the 4th month. I couldn't do it, so I had to do self pay. Good luck!

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Some insurance companies have a requirement where you have to lose a specific amount of weight, some don't care, and some if you lose any at all they deny.
But, I think it is common across the board that when they approve you, you can lose as much as you want from packet weight to surgery day weight. Once the pre-authorize you for the surgery there would be law suits from insureds, surgical groups and hospitals if they reversed their approval. The pre-authorization is all that is needed to schedule and preform the surgery.
They know most surgical groups require a liver shrink diet (I lost 17 lbs in 2 weeks). They also only see that surgical day weight AFTER the surgery, either submitted by a case manager (if they required continued stay reviews) during your stay, or after discharge when billing.

It depends on your insurance. I couldn't drop below a bmi of 35 or I'd be denied.

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I personally do Weight Watchers, so I use their app. But I also often track on Sparkpeople, which I have been using and loving since 2004. I love that it has so many micronutrient options, because I love to track those (super important for us!).

I also love Bariastic App. If you have trouble with chewing, there is a timer for 20 seconds. It covers it all!

my BP went from 170/110 (just a tad high) to 110/65 a month after surgery.
again, this surgery is a frickin miracle.

I've taken Lisinopril and a diuretic for 20 years. After surgery they took me off both, and my BP went up to 146 over 90...too high! So I started taking just half the lisinopril again..... 5mg instead of 10mg......and it went down to 124/82 (livable!).
Talk to your doc and monitor it at home. Get a cuff and record it every day so your doc has more information to work with.

Personally I think it’s unrealistic to lose 17 pounds in the time you have left if it’s taken you five months to lose 8 pounds.
Have you had any lab Work? Consider asking for thyroid labs. I was having a horrible time losing weight and it was because I was hypothyroid. I was also Vitamin D deficient and Vitamin B12 deficient.
I would consider upping calories to 1200 though if you are pre op. Especially if you exercise you may be undereating.

Hi my name is Pam,and congrats to you,I've not had mine yet I have to lose 17 pounds before insurance covers it,and I see the pushchair on Dec 26th and back to surgery on January 3rd in hopes that this 17 pounds is gone,I do my shakes and Water and dinner, they said not to go on liquid diet to lose the 17 pounds but I'm finding it hard to lose I lose 3 pounds a month its hard.that's the whole reason to have the surgery.

Congrats to you hun,good luck,wishing I was that close,but glad you are,if ya need any talk I'm here,and I'm new my name is Pam.

Please keep in mind BOTH surgeries have low complication rates if you are thinking of leaks or surgery specific type complications.
There are common risks to any procedure performed under anesthesia such as a blood clot, pneumonia, reactions to anesthesia, etc.

I can't speak for anyone but myself, and YOU are the one that gets decide which surgery you will have. Here are my thoughts, I wonder why people say that they want the Sleeve because it is less invasive. HHHHMMM they remove 80% of your stomach. People say they don't want the "DUMPING SYNDROME" when Sleeve patients can have the dumping. Granted, with the RNY they bypass part of your stomach. But they don't remove it entirely. And in extreme measures, they can reverse the RNY. There are some SLEEVERS that are revised to the RNY. The one thing to remember is BOTH surgery's you WILL lose weight. The DR works on our physical but not our brain. Only we can make ourselves successful and not a statistic of failure. Good luck with whichever one you decide on!!!

The amount of weight that you lose, your age and genes, and how you carry the weight in the first place are the major drivers of whether or not you are going to have excess skin. You can lose weight super slow, and still have tons of extra skin. You can lose it quickly, and have virtually no excess skin. I wouldn't let that be the determinant of which surgery I have.
You should speak to your doctor about his/her preference based upon your bmi, health history, whether you already have gerd or acid reflux, etc.
Congratulations, and good luck on your journey!

I've read(and that's all since I'm still pre-op) that calories can vary....from like 600-1000(per day)