@Mexico Bariatric Center in Tijuana thru 3 personal friends who went there this past year. It was affordable and came with rave reviews from my friends.

I started in May talking to Cindy - the liasion - and started dieting immediately. I started at 312lbs and have since dropped 25lbs. They told me I had to lose 15 lbs to avoid an extra BMI fee. I have been on their modified liquid diet of 2 Protein shakes and a chicken and veggie dinner for 3 weeks and then just started last Thursday on the 2 Protein Shakes and 1 Soup diet.

I was hoping we could all keep in touch and support each other. Let me know your stories!

Sandi

Edited August 10, 201412 yr by Sandi in FL

Ok - Im doing much better - I talked to my NUT for about half an hour this week - and she evaluated my diet.... she said I wasnt eating food enuf - but I was eating too much at one time. Even drinking too much at one time - Like I would sip on my Protein shake until it was gone - took me about 45 min to an hour. BUT she said a whole premier shake at one time was too much - she wanted me to half that - drink half in the mid morning and half in the mid afternoon. She still wanted me to eat an egg for breakfast... but she said - maybe chop up turkey ham small and a bit of cheese and make an omelet. so I did that and it was much better yesterday. She wants me to eat real food at each meal and wants me to add more vegies - even if its only a bite or two to each meal. So all of this and now I drink a cup of Smooth Move Tea every other night - and it keeps the constipation away.

I went to a Your Weight Matters convention in Orlando yesterday - if this comes in your area ever - go! I got so much information - took classes - and got LOTS of Vitamin samples and found out that Vitamins dont have to taste as bad as powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury vitamins. When I take the Unjury Multivitamin I gag for half an hour. There were vitamins there yesterday for bariatric patients that taste like candy! Im soooo happy I went! My favorite was a company called Barimelts! I bragged on theirs so much - they GAVE me a bottle of theirs!!!

Ok I also met Alex Brecher there - he started BariatricPal and he wrote the book that I devoured before my surgery called The Big Book of Gastric Sleeve Surgery. and I talked to him for a quite a while... told him about this thread and the August Sleevers Thread. And I told him how I found his chapter on Medical Tourism especially helpful - since thats what I did. Well he ended up Giving me the next book - Living your best life after weight loss surgery! So now I cant wait to read that book... So glad I went to that convention!

Wonderful! So glad to hear you got your food sorted out. I was wondering, when I saw your food list, kinda thought you might be starving...but you never know, since everyone's plan is different.

I found your too late about the conference, was wishing I'd been able to go.

Roll call!!

Where did everyone go? I haven't seen a new post from anyone in a while. You guys still out there and kicking??

Motherof5 here. It will be 6 weeks tomorrow , right? Everything is going good but felt like crap yesterday. I don't know why. I weigh in for me is on October 20th.

Oh.Sorry. I will have surgery in Michigan worth Dr. Brian Gluck.

I'm starting my journey with Dr.Gluck. How has stuff worked for you? I'm excited 12-10-15 is my consultation for the sleeve!

It has been wonderful. I'm down 73 pounds, in a size 8, some 6s, and I feel great. First few weeks were rough for me because I had a hernia surgery too, and I was dehydrated, constantly, but I got thru. I feel absolutely on top of the world now!

Good luck and feel free to ask me anything :-)