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No, they just want to make sure that, if you have sleep apnea, you’re aware of it and it’s under control.

Thanks, that’s sweet of you. I still take up a surprising amount of horizontal space.

I thought the general diet would be like when I was on Saxenda, where I could eat anything, but would eat less of it. That has not been the case. Flying coach has been...more comfortable, but not comfortable. And people are still avoiding sitting next to me on public transit. Maybe when winter is over for good and I’m not wearing bulky clothing, that will help. Ive not had the jarring experience of people being nicer to me that I had when I lost weight the first time. Which is good, since that just led to a lot of body dysmorphia.

Hasn’t been 3 months yet, but it feels like every week I’m seeing either my primary, the dietitian, or the surgeon, and no one has said I’m losing too fast. My primary is delighted, and my surgeon wants me to speak to other patients about my experiences.

There’s definitely variance between the scale at my primary’s office, the scale at the surgeon, and the scale at the dietitian. The latter two use those platform scales, my primary uses a smaller, bathroom-style one. Further complicating matters is the fact that primary takes off 2-3 pounds for clothing weight, depending on the season, and the others do not. At home I use the Fitbit Alta, which I like because it uploads the data to my Fitbit app.

Can’t go wrong with soup or chili.

Sometimes they’d put a blanket over my bottom half for modesty, sometimes not. I didn’t really care if I accidentally exposed myself. It’s a hospital, not a playground.

Yes. As I lose weight, I think about where I was the last time I was at this weight, and what I might have done differently between then and now. Right now I’m the lightest I’ve been in over 20 years, so that’s a lot to process.

Just being able to eat what I want, when I want, but I’m in talk therapy for that. Oh, and I am annoyed at perpetually having to buy smaller clothing. Luckily I already went thru the experience of having to give away expensive clothing several years ago and didn’t replace it with more expensive clothing, but it’s still annoying that I have a Rubbermaid bin full of shirts I bought for a cruise last fall that will probably be too big for me by the time it’s short-sleeves weather in Chicago.

I’m still finding chili, stews, and thick soups to be the easiest to tolerate, which probably wouldn’t make my dietitian happy. I might start experimenting with plant-based meat substitutes, which would make my wife happy.

I vote for resleeving. It may be less invasive, but the Emmi videos said you can expect to be in the hospital for several nights, up to a week, and I was out about 24 hours after my sleeve (and can’t stand the thought of being in there much longer). The sleeve seemed like a happy medium between the lap band (which my surgeon doesn’t even do anymore because the success rates are so low) and RNY. I really did not like the idea of having my intestines rearranged and, as you can see to the left, the sleeve has been a roaring success so far. Plus I understand the sleeve is less restrictive in terms of what foods you can tolerate long term.

I was fully nude under the gown until I went home. Side note: I was...not aware they would be shaving off a one-foot square of belly hair. That was a surprise when I woke up post-surgery.

Depends on the clinic. Mine was in 2011 and done at a facility. It was the worst night’s sleep I’ve ever gotten. My wife did an at-home study and I think I’d prefer to go in whenever I get a new one to see if I can get rid of the masks

I ate a doughnut about a week and a half after surgery and puked it back up, so that helped cure me of any desires to eat faster than what the plan told me to do. I would occasionally crumble up a few saltines and put them at the bottom of my strained cream soup; by the time I got to them, they were soft enough to tolerate.

“Regular” is a nebulous term. Yes, you can finish one slice of pizza, don’t know about lasagna. Fast food hamburgers don’t sit right with me, even when unless, even In-N-Out Burger (dammit). I’m a little over 2 months out and, when eating out recently, have consumed: - Half of a kids’ (5-inch) pizza - Half of a bacon, egg, and Gouda sandwich from Starbucks - Half of a kids’ tortellini with meat sauce meal from Fazoli’s - A wing and a leg of fried chicken For now, get used to one or all of the following: Ordering from the kids menu (and being appalled at the fact that this is a portion of food intended for a child), splitting meals with another diner, and taking home doggie bags with you. On the plus side, you’ll constantly be clothes shopping for ever-smaller sizes, you won’t have to pay more for larger sizes, and you’ll discover crossing your legs hurts because it’s now bone resting on bone.

No, and I don’t need to know. My surgeon went to med school, not me.

It's already showing up and I'm not crazy about it, but we'll see if it sticks around. If it doesn't, I'll probably look into plastic surgery. I'd like to be able to wear tighter clothes and having a giant-ass pouch around my belly won't help the look.

FYI for those who are unaware: Substituting ground pork rinds for bread crumbs is an acquired taste, to say the least. My wife tried it once when she was doing a keto diet and it was...not my cup of tea.

And I'd struggle mightily with avoiding soda if it didn't make me feel awful when I drink it!

I would say the opposite, I’ve had several days where I feel flushed and wonder if I did, in fact, shower this morning, because my skin feels like I didn’t. I also haven’t had a day yet where I feel colder despite wearing the same amount of clothing as I did before the surgery. I guess we’ll see what happens this summer.

You probably won’t feel full during the liquid stage, I don’t think I ever did, so it’s important to keep to the portion sizes you were given. You can, however, drink too fast, and you’ll know you’ve done that when you throw it back up.

Whatever you’re doing, keep it up! You look great!

So far I’ve thrown up at least twice because I didn’t wait long enough after eating to drink, so no, I don’t worry about accidentally doing that. That’s enough of a deterrent to ensure I don’t.

Do you know the easier way to double your money in Vegas? Fold it in half. Bah-dum-dum. After surgery it’ll be easier since you can have a protein style Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger, provided you can tolerate the beef (I can’t).

Careful with gum, I was chewing bubble gum and blowing bubbles and it made me sick when I'd suck the air back in.