I am scheduled with my doctor to see if the sleeve is the right choice. I was just wondering if yall could tell me how it feels. When you do get it and start eating how much can you eat? Are there certain food you have to stay away from?

Any information about it would be great thanks in advance. :-)

Hi..good luck with you decision. I am seven months post op and feel great. I can eat1/4 to 1/2 c food, salads a little bit more. I really have not found a food that I can not eat.

Do you lose weight fast? Thanks for the info

Babycakes, be sure and ask your dr and nutritionist about what you can and can't eat. Plus research online. The reality is that many sleevers can eat anything, however that is not a good thing. Eating high calorie, high carb food after the sleeve is possible, but it just keeps you from losing weight. There are lots people who have tremendous success with this surgery. I would venture to say that most of them had a change in their attitude about certain types of food in tandem with the surgery in order to be successful.

One thing the dr will tell you is protein first at every meal. So protein is extremely important. Unfortunately there are many delicious foods that truly give you nothing of nutritional value. If you do the sleeve, you will be able to eat these types of foods, but you would be starving yourself from the nutritional needs that make this work. You might also find that a lot of the foods you like are great for the sleeve. I did! Good luck!

Weight loss can be pretty fast, depending on your weight when you start. Most studies suggest patients lose an average of 50% of their excess weight within 18 months. Sometimes rapid weight loss is mostly water loss, which is not good. Your dr will probably tell you the goal is 1 to 2 lbs per week at the beginning. The actual results really vary by person, but counting your calories, protein grams and exercise per the dr's instruction will produce good results. I started my weight loss journey at 455 lbs on march 1. I am down 112 lbs from that weight today. Hope this helps.

This does help. Thanks is march 1 of this year? if so that seems kinda fast. But congrats on your weight loss i am so ready to be skinny. I am just so depressed I can't stand to look at my self in the mirror. So hopefully I will get to have the sleeve done but will let you know if I am able to have.

Good luck to you. I lost 80 of those pounds before the surgery, so even if the sleeve isn't for you, you can still accomplish a lot. Let us know if you have any more questions.

o ok makes since now. Thanks for the encourgement