Hi folks. I've been lurking for a few months. My surgery is scheduled for 2 1/2 weeks from now.

My reasons:

• I couldn't be in my brother's wedding. They don't make suits in my size.
• I had to stand up in the back during my sister's wedding. The chairs were too small and weak.
• I hate my CPAP.
• My dad had a health scare last year.
• I'm tired of getting pulled aside for "I love you, but..." lectures when the family gets together for the holidays.

I've lost around 50 pounds since I got serious with my sugar-free high-Protein diet back in October, but it's already starting to stall.

Congrats Jason! You're doing great.. My husband and I are looking to do it together our date is 4/23/15. I've never had a surgery in all 41 yrs of my life. I'm a little nervous, but more excited right now. Can you share how your recovery was? Also, my job is unaware of my having surgery-- I was hoping to return to work within 4 days-- does that seem practical?

I would say no and I had no problems or pain. I would take at least a week, 2 if you can swing it. I was fine and could have returned back to work after a week, but there's also the eating/drinking part. You have to sip almost constantly those first two days. I also got tired easily so those first few weeks I had to have a mid day nap. If you have issues with gas or anything else, you're really not going to be up to dealing with a job.

Congrats Jason! You're doing great.. My husband and I are looking to do it together our date is 4/23/15. I've never had a surgery in all 41 yrs of my life. I'm a little nervous, but more excited right now. Can you share how your recovery was? Also, my job is unaware of my having surgery-- I was hoping to return to work within 4 days-- does that seem practical?

I checked in to the hospital early on a Monday. 10 days after, I started working from home. 3 weeks after, I went back in to the office.

I could have started working from home much sooner, but I'm very glad I didn't rush back in to the office. Besides all the physical stuff, learning to eat again, etc., my tolerance for drama was at an all-time low, and there was some out-of-control crazy shit going on back in the office.

I am two days shy of two months post-op. I'm down 117.2 pounds from my high weight, and 43 since surgery. Another 5 pounds will put me exactly 1/3 of the way to my goal.

After a very frustrating two week stall, I've dropped 11 pounds in the past 5 days. I assume this was Water weight.

I'm getting between 80g and 100g of Protein a day, and just shy of 1000 calories / day. Water is still a struggle.

A few people at work, including the VP, have said it's time to get new clothes, so I did.

I've starting buying a few meals from My Fit Foods. I really like some of their stuff, especially the protein snack pack with hummus, which is a perfectly sized meal for me. Protein-wise, some of their stuff is really great. Some of it may be nutritious, but is certainly not protein-dense. The meals I get have between 8g and 12g protein for every 100 calories.

I've also started drinking an EAS Myoplex ready-made each morning. This is 300 calories for 40g of protein. I found a 4-pack at CVS once, and now can only find them online. This works really well for me, since I get 1/2 my protein for the day first thing.

Congratulations Jason!

The EAS Myoplex is one of the few Protein shakes I like, I found them at my local Wal-Mart.

Another of my favorite are the Premier Protein Shakes, I found them at costco and each is 30g of protein and only 160 calories.

Edited March 18, 201511 yr by monyLiza