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Today I make 1 month post op. I have lost a total of 24lbs from day of surgery and two dress sizes. Yay! & i'm only 10 lbs away from onederland!!

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Today I make 1 month post op. I have lost a total of 24lbs from day of surgery and two dress sizes. Yay! & i'm only 10 lbs away from onederland!!

That's gr8 I am 5 weeks tomorrow and 7pounds away from Onederland

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Thanks for this post, Diamondeyed and thank you to everyone for sharing! Dr. Garcia is at the top of my list! :)

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Between preop and surgery on the 29 (this past Friday) I'm down 16 pounds. Love this team!

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Sleeved October 25th. Down 62 lbs

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Hi all.. I spend less and less time in the Mexico forum and more in the main forums now. I just posted my before and goal photos a couple of days ago in the "success" section. They should be in my profile too. I had surgery with Garcia about 11.5 monts ago and have lost 200 lbs. Great Doctor and great recovery. I must also add the disclaimer that I did not follow his post op diet. I need some rules and his was more of a everything in moderation plan. No regrets!

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Sleeve 10/09/13 starting weight 342, currently 240 :-)

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Sleeved November 15,2012 down to 200 best thing I have done. Only regret is should ate done this 5 years earlier in life. Thank you again to the entire team with F. Garcia

 

 

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I was sleeved 9 April..... im down 10 pounds but that is mostly Fluid I gained from iv and im sure theres a lot more in there as my tummy is still swollen. Also, I switched to Dr. Garcia less than a week before my surgery so I really only did 3 days pre op.

He is a good doctor and I loved Florence Hospital to. Good luck on your journey!

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Sleeved November 15' date='2012 down to 200 best thing I have done. Only regret is should ate done this 5 years earlier in life. Thank you again to the entire team with F. Garcia

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Hi.....if u dont mind sharing... i was just wondering what can u eat ? Im only 5 days out its a lil hard being on liquids and telling yourself that solids will come back eventually.

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I was sleeved a year ago on May 15...I've lost 130 pounds so far. It's a lot slower going now, but still slowly (very slowly) dropping. I now really have to watch what I eat, get my Protein, drink Water and exercise!

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I'm down 73 pounds since November 15 ,2012

 

I eat anything now steak chicken Pasta everything

When I came home from Mexico I did Jello and pudding for 2 weeks

After 14 days I started eating chicken in small portions and liquid

Breakfast and lunch I did 30 gram Protein Shakes and ate Protein chicken shrimp white fish for supper

I have eliminated all pop alcohol and wasted calorie food out of my life.

I was in a 40 inch waste and now down to a 32 inch waist with a belt

XXL shirt down to a medium/ large depending on the shirt

 

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The first time I tried food slowly everything did not go well at all. But I just spy trying and pounding through.

 

fruit was the hardest to get use to again and remember chew chew chew .

That was the hardest part to remember to do after.

But I do eat everything now I can say I did finally eat a cheese burger.

My parents don't know I did this and was there or supper and I'd not have a lot of choice that night. Took awhile to eat but I did get it down with a struggle.

 

 

 

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Amytug, I have noticed that too.. there is on Dr. I have researched on here where it seems like all of his patients lose faster than others. Plus I dont see a lot of weightloss checkins from Dr. Garcia's patients, you know like 6months later, now I am going with him, because I have researched and researched, watched youtube and spoken with Alma and the whole nine. I just want to know, what a few patients progress is down the line.

What day is your surgery?

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