The view from this much post op is interesting. Life has gone on, and I've adjusted and accepted the life changes that resulted from VSG without much thought anymore. I go to restaurants and eat smartish, but am not overly crazy about monitoring anymore. I know that I cannot eat large portions of anything without it coming back up, so I know that my calorie input pretty much manages itself. My wife and family also no longer see my food intake as unusual, its just a facet of my life, like being left handed or something.

After the dizzying drop in weight of the first two months, I am losing slowly, maybe 2-3 lbs a week, and it comes off again without much thought or notice. Frankly, I just feel like a normal person who gets some exercise and watches not to over eat. It works for me.

So the upshot is I pretty much feel "normal" as opposed to feeling like an overweight person striving for normal.

It seemed like a momentous decision at the time, doesn't seem like such a gargantuan ordeal now. Still, best thing I ever did.

Good luck everyone!

Thank you all for posting about your normalcy. I am 15 days post op and having regrets, mostly because I just want to feel normal again. I know it will eventually come but right now having a hard time dealing with dehydration and Protein intake. Can't wait to feel normal again!

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