Hello Everyone

I was banded 2010. Lost 25lb from date of surgery till i started solid foods (1 week before I was allowed to). It stopped my weight loss completely and took another year to loss another 25lb. Here I am now and gained that 50lb back and now having a sleeve and i need it to be successful. I already feel like I failed and I can't go through it again. over the last 4 years of the band i have had times of great motivation and going well and times of bad habits and eating ice cream a few times a week.

I want to hear from band to sleevers...what made it different?

My plan is to:

1. take my post-op diet to the extreme. last time i ate before i should have this time i want to stay on 3 Protein shakes for 1.5 months (this was approved by dietitian)

2. after 1.5 months still have 2 Protein Shakes and only 1 meal per day until i reach my goal

has anyone else done this? does it seem crazy? i am so desperate to be successful that i will do anything. I am scared if I am not super strict and allow myself any indulgence I will go right back to eating crap 24/7.

Hi. It doesn't seem crazy to me but here's why...understand I am only a few days post op Sleeve and right now I am barely getting Protein shakes down. I'm sure it will pass and get better day by day but I am experiencing pain in my stomach with every sip I take. So, as a result I am terrified to even think of the solid stage. I can tell you from my experience as a past lap bander that I became anemic and if I had just made myself drink protein shakes and loosened my band a little it may have been alright but ultimately I would have had to have the band removed anyway because it got damaged in my pregnancy and it damages esophagus. Good luck to you!

I am a band to sleeve revision and to me that does seem extreme. You will feel hungry, not starving like before, but hunger still happens. You don't want to restrict yourself to shakes (they get old trust me) and then binge on the wrong foods. I would make a plan for lean Proteins, and some veggies. Protein shakes are not going to provide you with complete nutrition, and it worries me that a NUT would be ok with that plan. I would run it past your surgeon and see what they have to say.

You have to figure out why you cheated with your band. You can still eat ice cream (and cake and chips and candy and French fries, etc) with your sleeve. So in order to be successful with the sleeve, you need to be honest and figure out why you failed with the band or it will be a repeat performance. And I agree with the above post. You need to make healthy food choices from the get go. Limiting yourself and placing strict restrictions will set you up to be disappointed. "I only lost 1 pound this month and all I had was protein shakes! Guess I might as well eat ice cream"

Edited May 11, 201412 yr by Kindle