*Gastric sleeve diet* (without surgery)

[Maccurdyerica 15]

Does anyone know how I can get this done ASAP I really want to lose weight and have the sleeve, what doctor in Mexico is good and cheap I've heard some bad stories but I can't afford anything up here. My tribal insurance won't add wls to their coverage and won't pay for the surgery I need help.

[feedyoureye 3,087]

Here are some threads on this site:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1

What is your nearest towns in Mexico?

Edited December 26, 2013 by feedyoureye

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

Does anyone know how I can get this done ASAP I really want to lose weight and have the sleeve, what doctor in Mexico is good and cheap I've heard some bad stories but I can't afford anything up here. My tribal insurance won't add wls to their coverage and won't pay for the surgery I need help.

I hope you are able to get the surgery, but be sure you have spent enough time researching and being educated on life post sleeve that you know what you are getting into. I love my sleeve, it has literally saved my life, but, being emotionally and mentally ready & educated is really important

[Mel1071 149]

If you want it done ASAP, I'm sure it will not be hard to find a doctor to do it if you pay cash. At my consult with surgeon I asked him when I could look at scheduling and he said when do you want to go? This was in August and I wanted surgery in December so I got my choice of date and time.

Having said, I am thrilled to have had those 4 months to research and get my mind ready. I went into surgery with a Zen-like calm because I felt completely prepared.

I know how it feels to want things started now. Just, please, research your options and if you need to take some time to save up $$$ to get the surgeon of your choice

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

Does anyone know how I can get this done ASAP I really want to lose weight and have the sleeve, what doctor in Mexico is good and cheap I've heard some bad stories but I can't afford anything up here. My tribal insurance won't add wls to their coverage and won't pay for the surgery I need help.

Not trying to discourage you, but I recommend reading this: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/292173-you-should-not-consider-bariatric-surgery-if/

Edited December 26, 2013 by DonRodolfo

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

Does anyone know how I can get this done ASAP I really want to lose weight and have the sleeve, what doctor in Mexico is good and cheap I've heard some bad stories but I can't afford anything up here. My tribal insurance won't add wls to their coverage and won't pay for the surgery I need help.

Saw this article this morning and immediately thought of you. This should be required pre-surgery reading for every WLS patient and I wish I would have seen it 30 years ago before I tried to starve myself.

http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/152848/woman_loses_180_pounds_is

[Madelyne Bonthron 128]

Well if any of us could of eaten tiny amounts of good for you foods we wouldn't of needed the surgery.. that being said.

Our diet is mostly Protein and veggies, just VERY SMALL amounts..

Haha ya you aint joking. And when we say very small our small is maybe 2 tablespoons at least for me. There was no way i could do this without the surgery

[skikyd 165]

Does anyone know how I can get this done ASAP I really want to lose weight and have the sleeve, what doctor in Mexico is good and cheap I've heard some bad stories but I can't afford anything up here. My tribal insurance won't add wls to their coverage and won't pay for the surgery I need help.

I am uncomfortable with the desperate tone of your post.

I decided on W!S a year ago. My insurance company required a 6 month medically supervised program, it took me 2 months to get into the program. I was irked at first, because I wanted the surgery.

In the long run. The 8 month wait was the right thing to do. I lived the "sleeve" life style. It got my into the groove. I lost 40 pounds before the operation. I am proud of it. I can tell you the sleeve is, as we say " a tool". One part of your weight loss plan.

I cal also tell you losing weight was easier before the sleeve. There was room for errors, no pain, no timing liquids, etc.

I am glad I did the sleeve. I have lost 25 pounds post -op,, in just under 3 months.

Looking forward to 2014. And continued weight loss. Slow and steady is my plan. I plan on living a long life. No rush. I'll get there.

[No game 14,436]

Not trying to discourage you, but I recommend reading this: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/292173-you-should-not-consider-bariatric-surgery-if/

Thank you Don.

I will reprint it here..

You should not consider bariatric surgery if....

1. If you think it is a magic bullet.

Bariatric surgery is not a magic bullet. It will help you lose weight but the responsibility is on you to keep going and maintain that loss. Regaining all of the lost weight is very possible and not even that uncommon.

People who do not commit to a healthy lifestyle after the surgery are highly vulnerable to regain. Unlike diets, regain with surgery is delayed. On a diet people usually gain weight back within a few weeks or months. With surgery, people won’t begin to regain the weight until 18 months to 2 years. People who feel like surgery is a magic bullet will not be prepared for the commitment and will end up on the road to failure.

2. If you think it will be easy.

Bariatric surgery involves an extensive process of nutrition counseling, temporary liquid diets, and pre- and post-surgery meetings and preparations. Most clinics will ask that you lose some weight before the surgery, start on a special diet, and exercise. If you find a clinic that does not ask you to go through multiple steps like this you should find a new clinic. A good clinic will prepare you for success by giving you the right nutrition, behavioral, and exercise support before and after surgery. If you view these steps as a hassle, then you are not in the right mindset for surgery and will be at high risk of weight regain in the long run.

3. If it is in the back of your mind that if it doesn’t work you will just try it again.

Even though people like Carnie Wilson had a second surgery, keep in mind that most people do not. Some surgeons will not want to do a second surgery for you. In fact, they may lose hope in you. Surgeons want to set you up for success. They might not want to take the risk of an additional surgery unless they are very sure you did not squander the results of the first surgery with a blatantly unhealthy lifestyle. Surgery is an intensive and invasive process, only plan to do it once.

4. You Haven’t Truly Made Committed Attempts to Lose Weight.

One of the criteria to be eligible for surgery is that you have had numerous failed weight loss attempts. Nearly everyone on the planet meets this criterion, right?! Well, no. If you can’t honestly say that you put your heart and soul into previous weight loss attempts, then you aren’t really meeting this criterion. If your reason for not losing weight in previous attempts was because you were too busy or stressed out to make lifestyle changes, these problems will not go away with surgery. You will need to make the very same lifestyle changes. The difference will be that regaining the weight you lost from surgery will be 10 times more demoralizing than it is from a usual diet attempt. Once again, if you aren’t committed to making lifestyle changes, surgery will not make a long lasting difference.

[No game 14,436]

Saw this article this morning and immediately thought of you. This should be required pre-surgery reading for every WLS patient and I wish I would have seen it 30 years ago before I tried to starve myself. http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/152848/woman_loses_180_pounds_is

You should put this on my thread!

[Maccurdyerica 15]

FYI I'M ON HERE LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T EAT LIKE I'M SLEEVED BECAUSE MY STOMACH IS BIG BUT I'M SAYING THAT I WAS THINKING OF DOING THE SLEEVED meal plan AS IF I HAD THE SURGERY OF COURSE I'D BE ABLE TO EAT MORE THAN IF I HAD A SLEEVE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I'VE BEEN DEBATING WITH MYSELF FOR OVER A YEAR NOW ON GETTING SLEEVED FIRST THING IS I LOVE food SECONDLY ITS A MAJOR SURGERY AND A LIFE STYLE CHANGE THEORY IS NO WAY I'D DO THE SLEEVE WITHOUT BEING MENTALLY PREPARED, MONEY IS AN ISSUE AND FINDING THE RIGHT DOC WITH THE RIGHT PRICE I'VE BEEN DOING MY RESEARCH ON DOCTORS IN MEXICO AND BELIEVE I HAVE FOUND MY DOC OF CHOICE.... ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ADD I'M NOT ON HERE TO SAY ITS EASY OR TO PUT ANYONE DOWN WE ALL ARE DIFFERENT AND HAVE OUR DIFFERENT STORIES AND OPINIONS SORRY IF I OFFENDED ANYONE OR IF MY POST BOTHERS YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY PLEASE DON'T COMMENT IM HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT FOR MYSELF I READ A LOT OF COMMENT WHERE I JUST LAUGH CAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T GET MAD ITS A PUBLIC POST AND NONE OF YOU KNOW ME OR MY STORY NO ONE KNOWS THE LIFE I'VE LIVED HOW I GOT TO BE OVER 300 POUNDS NO ONE KNOWS THAT I REALIZED I NEEDED HELP AND GOT IT AND STORIES LOSING WEIGHT AND THEN PUT MYSELF ON A DIET AND REALIZED THAT I STILL NEED SOMETHING ELSE NO ONE KNOWS AND THAT OKAY

[Maccurdyerica 15]

I misspelled a few things sorry blame my tablet and auto correct

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

Saw this article this morning and immediately thought of you. This should be required pre-surgery reading for every WLS patient and I wish I would have seen it 30 years ago before I tried to starve myself. http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/152848/woman_loses_180_pounds_is

You should put this on my thread!

Done!

[mistysj 1,939]

The article linked from this thread explains why you can't replicate the sleeved or bypassed state without surgery. It isn't just about what you eat but whether it fills your stomach, because metabolic things happen when the stomach is full (doesn't have to be thanksgiving-full but "I could have a couple more bites but I will stop now" full). http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/250331-science-of-why-and-how-the-pouch-sleeve-works/

[gamergirl 4,609]

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

Just out of curiosity, I have to ask. With all the millions of diet sites in the world, why did you choose to come to a gastric sleeve site and ask about a diet to be followed for people who don't have a sleeve?