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Hello everyone I was sleeved this past Friday, Nov 25th. I am glad I found this thread! Still a little hard getting all my fluids and Protein in without feeling nauseous.

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I'm scheduled for Dec 13th but tested abnormal for the (H pylori) has anyone experience that before.

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They give you medicine and it clears right up. At least that is what my nurse told me if I would test positive. She said it wasn't a big deal.
OK thank you very much

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@@OutsideMatchInside you're so close to goal. Congratulations!

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@@krr343

Thanks! Honestly I'm not sure if I really want to lose more weight, but I am going to keep losing so I can have more bounce room.

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@@tamirn I think your goal is realistic! But it really depends on you and what you do after the surgery : ) I'm 280 now I haven't received my surgery date yet and I would love to be about 160 so time will tell... I'm gonna try and follow the Ketogenic diet once I'm allowed to eat solids after the surgery and hopefully that will get me to that weight. Oh and I will be doing yoga and calisthenics :)

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Oh I still go to the gym. Need to really focus in now before the new year flood of people rushing to the gym starts. post-245068-14811151023992_thumb.jpg post-245068-14811151179134_thumb.jpg

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@@tamirn

I started at 365/370 and I am 194 right now and I am not quite 17 months from surgery. I expect I will exceed my goal of 180, and I am thinking about changing my goal to 165. I have to see how the next few pounds go.

You lose the fastest in the first 6 months because you are still healing. It is really important during that time to really nail down good habits. Once you are healed you can eat a wider variety of foods and old habits can creep in.

Your sleeve alone will probably get you to about 250, if you really want to lose all the way down well below 200, that is going to be on you and your lifestyle changes.

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Keep up the hard work all everyone is looking good

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Right now I'm 351 my goal weight is 175 is that realistic??

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Yes. It is realistic.

My surgeon is top Bariatric guy in Dallas and he told my goal should be 170 from the very first appointment. I started at 320. I'm already down 20lbs only 3 days post op (week of liquid diet before).

Before that I lost 100lbs on my own, just cutting sugar and carbs.

So yes. Realistic. We aren't going to go through all of this to play it smalll.

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I'm confused lol why is there a special forum for African Americans?

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I know I personally like to follow African American VSGers to see scars and whatnot. Everyone is different, sure. But for most caucasians, their scars are almost non-existent. So seeing threads like this make it easier for people like myself

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