Hello all!

Im seriously considering WLS and waiting for bloodwork to comeback to see if Im a candidate for VSG. I was considering the band but the doc suggested VSG ..

Im 27 years old. I've been a chubby kid and a yo yo dieter. Ive lost and regained weight way too many times to list. I currently weigh 211 and want to come down to 110 for my 5'5" frame. Strangely, I actually enjoy working out. Hate the treadmill but love to trek, kickbox, swim, weight train. food is too much of a weakness though. Im a stress eater, depressed eater, happy eater, mindless eater.. you get the picture :001_tongue: Usually I cant stick to a diet for more than a month. I'm very attached to food.. How do you deal with that?

Also, How long do you have to wait before I can start working out with the kind of intensity Im used to? I know you're supposed to start with walking.. but.. Is there an alternate to walking..? (thats the ONE form of exercise I hate to do.. )

Thankyou,

Cherry

I was told 6 weeks before any strenuous workout - I'm starting on Tuesday ... woo hoo!

Welcome to the forum! We're glad to have you.

you really can eat anything you want with

the sleeve, just not very much of it. Getting

full really fast really takes your mind off food

for hours.

You are going to have to decide how much

you really want to lose weight, because

you will still be able to eat chips and candy, etc.

I am very big into exercise. I am sure I could have gone back to weight training sooner than 6 weeks, but I was out of town

for quite awhile after surgery and didn't want to pay for another gym.

Feel free to ask as many questions as you need to.

Usually I cant stick to a diet for more than a month. I'm very attached to food.. How do you deal with that?

Well, you don't have ghrelin any more so that impetus to eat is gone. It's just the mental stuff and true hunger left.

Also, How long do you have to wait before I can start working out with the kind of intensity Im used to?

I was cleared to go back to the gym at 2 weeks. I didn't feel up to anything that worked the abs until sometime between 1 and 2 months but I was biking and running well before that.

Hello and welcome! Congrats on your decision. You will be really surprised at how quickly you fill up and how seldom you are hungry anymore. It helps a great deal. As for working out, I was told I could start walking right away, but not to return to the gym until I was six weeks out.

That sounds great!

Thank you all SO much for your very prompt responses. It feels really good to have a backup in this forum. I've gained a lot of courage and confidence from the stories I've read here to go ahead with VSG

My blood work came back, I am now eligible for it and waiting for a date. (fingers crossed!)

Thanks again!

Cherry.

Cherry, welcome!! Congrats on being eligible, let us know when you get a date.