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I'm doing fantastic. I'm at a stage now where I can pretty much eat anything I want. The neat thing is I don't want the food I used to want. I've tried eating things like wings, which I used to love, and no go. I just don't like them. I'm down 41 pounds. I feel the best I've felt in years. I'm glad I did this. It's good to hear you are doing good. keep in touch please.

I meant WLS in general is hard, not the sleeve. Be prepared to deal with others and their reactions. Will they be jealous, proud, resentful, etc. What do you tell people about your weight loss? Challenges to eating out - what to order, how much, what to tell waiter asking if food was bad since you only ate a few bites. Be prepared for liquid diet. Before surgery you'll get hungry, but realize with sleeve hunger hormones will be less, so it's easier to do liquids. Expect to get to the point of thinking "if I have to drink ONE MORE protein drink I'm going to gag!"

Living with the sleeve is easy compared to life with a lapband. The hunger is still there, but MUCH less. All of my co-morbidities previous to WLS are gone. I walk about 2miles/day and feel great. All the mental and physical challenges leading up to this have been worth it.

Thanks for your support Kimmes! I am really struggling....Congratulations on your success and being so focused. I have got to get back on this site and get myself focused!!! Life has been really stressful and I have turned to my old standby - food.

Hey Kathy - Are you still on liquids or have you been eating any Regular foods yet?

Doing wonderful, thanks. I have a little pain left in my incisions but it gets better every day. I do to soft foods Monday which I can't wait for. This liquid stage has totally sucked! But I'm going to be fine. I've lost 40 lbs since pre-op diet. Pretty happy overall. How about you?

You know, I intended to lose weight from the sleeve by eating less, not by eating so fast that I can't keep my food down. I'm gonna have to start eating everything with silverware to help me pace myself. This is my first time tossing my cookies since the surgery and it's no fun at all!

so i got on the scale this morning and it went back up to 271! i've been on shakes and nothing else for the last 7days and this is wat i get!?! dats ok bcuz i'm having a food funeral today since tomorrow is my offical pre-op start date. i started early in hopes to drop a few more lbs but all that is a bust!

I'm beginning to doubt my doctor did this thing right....CAN SOMEONE HELP? First of all it's only a week and he has me on pureed veggies and potato, second I am having ZERO trouble eating. It takes me no time at all to eat. It's not easy, it takes about 1/2 hour and according to him it should be taking me an hour. What the heck is going on????

I forgot about my baby stomach, Little Sleevie Wonder, and stuffed it way too fast with half of a small banana and peanut butter. It was too much food and now Little Sleevie hates me.

HOW ON EARTH COULD I HAVE GAINED 1.5 LBS SINCE YESTERDAY? It must be fluid retention from the salt I put on my food since I obviously didn't eat 1.5 lbs of food yesterday. lol Today's focus: More water, less salt.

Haha, I feel like I am on liquids after this stomach virus/food poisoning thing. Egg drop soup and Vitamin Water Zero for me! My poor tummy.

I ate in a social setting today! I only ate 3-4 total spoonfuls of food and my friends noticed, but I still did it.

for those of you who track their food in a log, you can go to fatsecret.com and it puts up your food intake and they have almost every food imaginable, you can choose your portions, and it counts it all for you!!! Plus it counts your exercise log too and how many calories you burn with what exercise you choose!! It's great!!

Good news - I got full release to go back to work tomorrow! The bad news, I am having dumping syndrome with the liquid protein drinks and still can not start on pureed protein til next week. Surgeon said I will have to be protein deficient for awhile.

CAN ANY OF MY FELLOW SLEEVERS TELL ME WHAT ARE THE EATING? I AM 9 WKS POST OP AND I AM SCARED TO EAT BECAUSE I BEEN IN AND OUT THE HOSPITAL AND EVEN HAD AN ENDOSCOY 2WKS AGO.... HELP WITH SOME LIGHT FOOD IDEAS FOR STARTERS. MY NUTRITIONIST TOLD ME TO TRY EVERYTHING AND SEE WHAT WORKS FOR ME....

It is so dang hot here today and Thursday/Friday is close enough for me to check the weather in Tijuana. Hoping for some sweet relief. It'll be worth the gas pain, I think! Also.. I think all I am going to be able to get down is RTD protein. Can't wait to be able to get the protein in through food!

9 days post-Op and I feel much better than I anticipated I would. I am tolerating about 40-50 ounces of fluids plus pureed foods at meal times! I've also lost 5 more pounds!

ended up going on vacation for a few days... was afraid I'd gain weight since I really didn't make the best food choices. But, it looks like I'm still down a pound or two.

Im 14 days post op. I am down 22lbs. But I am not eating anything but 1/4 cup of puree vege soup daily and a little water. I stopped taking my vitamins because I started gagging and throwing up when taking them. I went to work for the first day today and I had to leave early because I am so weak. I know this is self inflicted. Can someone tell me the foods they ate during the puree stage?

My brother passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening. I am finding it hard to deal. See before the sleeve I would have comforted myself with food. But, that is no longer an option.

I must be getting better because the food that my husband eats for dinner smells SO good to me! Yesterday he came home from an Indian restaurant and I just buried my nose in his hair which smelled like Tandoori Chicken. Ummm. It was like I was taking shots of a forbidden drug! LOL

Give it time i sort of know how you feel ... if your are mourning food ( remember it temporary)... but if it the blues .. maybe talking with someone will help... you are doing the right thing by meeting new people it helps isolation is not good for you... besides handsome devil such as yourself could make friends very easily if you try... try joining a local WLS Support Group ... could be fun...

actually it is 17...yippee...but I have been trouble with n&v. guess not quite ready for food yet. I can eat cottage cheese,soups,but anything more is too much

Yes I do to think of all we will be giving up and I am in the mode of “ I better eat this now because I will not be able to soon. I am so tired of food and of feeling bad. I pray that this surgery really make a difference i my life. I believe it will however it is hard for me to imagine right now.

hey i wish you the best bro! my op. is in the morning. im f**king scared as **** lol ive been on clear liquids all day. sucks balls. i took my blood suger tonight, 170...with no food but jello and chicken broth today. we for sure need to stay in touch!