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Wow! Congratulations, how long ago did you have the surgery? Do you have before and after pictures? Any tips you recommend to people who are about to have the surgery

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I posed some pics here a while back. I will get some more up soon now that I'm in a smaller size.

My best advice is to be really patient when adding food to your diet afterwards. Follow your plan - Protein first, carbs last. Don't rush it. Always undereat your sleeve. I mean stop before you get full and wait a few minutes. It always surprises me when I do that. If I still feel a little hungry when I stop eating, a few minutes later I'm perfectly satisfied and glad I didn't keep eating.

Also exercise. That is the key when you get further out. Good luck!!

Oh, and my surgery was June 2011.

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You may not be at goal but you sure have accomplished a lot! Keep it up, you will get there in no time.

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Always undereat your sleeve. I mean stop before you get full and wait a few minutes.

Rainydayz

my dr. told me to eat until i'm full, and then stop one mouthful earlier :D

100lbs congrats, you should be very proud :rolleyes:

continued best

kathy

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You are doing a great job Rockin that Sleeve! Yayyyyyy!!!!!!!!

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Amazing!! Congrats on your successful weight loss so far! You'll be at goal by June for sure! :)

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Way to go! It's an amazing feeling to lose 100lbs! You go girl!

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I posed some pics here a while back. I will get some more up soon now that I'm in a smaller size.

My best advice is to be really patient when adding food to your diet afterwards. Follow your plan - Protein first' date=' carbs last. Don't rush it. Always undereat your sleeve. I mean stop before you get full and wait a few minutes. It always surprises me when I do that. If I still feel a little hungry when I stop eating, a few minutes later I'm perfectly satisfied and glad I didn't keep eating.

Also exercise. That is the key when you get further out. Good luck!!

Oh, and my surgery was June 2011.[/quote']

Thanks for your input

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WOOT! Congratulations and welcome to the Century Club!! Down 100 is a great accomplishment!!! Be super proud of yourself!!

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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