Lap Band Talk is excellent for Lap Bands. Can't find a better site. But for Gastric Sleeve, I have to say that OH has it going on. I had GS done on July 2nd... and I have lost 33 lbs. (in just 2 1/2 weeks). I learned so much from the people that were sleeved before me on that site. Hope this helps someone...:biggrin2:

I am eating everything, I had a 10 oz marie calenders pot pie for lunch and I was satisfied but not stuffed. Today is 6 weeks post op. I am not happy. I was told by another sleever to eat hard meat. If I do this then I can eat only 5-6 oz. But if I had wanted to eat only protien I could have lost weight with out the surgery. I am not happy. I probly should have had the mini byass. But I have lost 25 and I only have 60 left to loose, I think this is not enough for a bypass. Do not know what I am going to do. Thanks Judy

i would highly recommend visiting the sight www.gastricsleevesupport.com

it really is something quite special, with girls and guys all at various stages both pre and post surgery. the site itself is very easy to navigate.

Can you help me find the lady that had the mini bypass with the sleeve from the doctor in Kentucky that is doing it a little differently. My sleeve failed and i want to get a revision to this surgery. thanks jlweb55 judylwebster@aol.com

I thought you only had your sleeve a few months??

Hey all

Wow! I didn't realize it was this easy to lose massive lbs so quick and then again, to go back to old eating patterns so quickly.

I'm only 5 days out from my sleeve, and am getting a little nervous reading all this.

I've joined www.gastricsleevesupport.com and find it a very good forum.

Take care, all...

TheCloudPainter

Edited January 18, 200917 yr by TheCloudPainter

Well, you can eat around all the surgery types. If you really want to.

But I don't think it's easy to eat around a sleeve. I'm almost 4 months out and can only eat 3-4 oz. of food at a time. Even at one year, most people can only eat 4-5 oz. of food at a time. That's not a lot of food.

I've noticed that bypass patients can eat a lot more than us. I have friend with bypass who are a year out or more and can eat a cup of food at a time. I don't think I'll ever be able to do that.

This is true...

there's always a way to cheat...

I personally wanted to LICK my fiance's piece of pizza tonight... LOL!

That was hard... but instead, I made my chicken broth with protein powder in it and was quite full.

Physically, I was full & fine...

Mentally - it SUCKED!

I guess therein lays the battle we all face.

A friend of mine is interested in either the lap-band or the G-sleeve and I've directed her to this forum to learn about both.

She asked a good question tonight that I've never seen asked here before - What about salads? How soon can I have a salad now? I know with limited space, it's better to use it for more nutritional food... right?

Thanks for your help, MacMadame

TheCloudPainter :huh2:

Salads compress though. :glare:

There are different thoughts on when we can start having them. My surgeon's plan is very much "as tolerated" rather than setting deadlines. So he says most people tolerate salad around 2-3 months. But if you can tolerate them sooner, good for you. Other surgeons say "not before 7 months!" or some such other arbitrary deadlines.

I had my first lettuce at 7 weeks out. I had my first salad soon after. But I always get them with grilled chicken on top and I make sure to eat as much chicken as I would normally. My favorite lately is something called "Strawberry Fields". It has crumbles of cheese, strawberries, nuts of some sort, as well as the chicken and the greens. I get a bit of everything in all the food groups this way and the nuts and cheese add to the Protein.

Oh and my surgeon also says we can eat as many leafy greens as we want and don't even have to count them in our carbs. I still do because it's too much work to separate them out on The Daily Plate. :huh2: But I try to eat a lot of them and minimize the orange ones.