I had my VS surgery Jan. 28, 2011 my weight was at 268. Five days later it was at 255. I am now at 245. I must say that my experience in the hospital was like many of you all. Drinking for the first time was a rude awakeining. This is one I realized that something was different.

I have exercised and 1hr 3days out of the week and plan on increasing to 5 days. I must say that, being that Im 3 weeks since my surgery, I am a little paranoid about, if Im eating too much or did my staples come apart or if Im stretching my stomach, all the things I hear can happen AFTER I had my surgery. smh

This is why I joined this discussion group, to gain insight and share my journey.

As long as you follow your eating guidelines your staples are not going to come apart. At 2 weeks your chances for developing a leak decrease dramatically. Listen to your physical cues while eating slowly, you will feel when enough is enough.

I know what you mean! Im just 4 weeks out as of Thursday and feel since week 2 1/2 that I am eating too much-because Im hungry! Supporters in agroup I belong to on Facebook tell me to drink water (LOTS)and be sure to get in my protein shakes. That should help with hunger.

Wow! When you wrote this on Feb 16th, you were 19 days out from surgery and had lost 23 pounds! That blows my mind