Thanks Mike for the info. Fruits and veg are super ways to get healthy carbs in - I've just been kind of confused as to what is best to eat at my very boring stage of pureed foods. I honestly can't...

Thank you so much for the info on pureed foods! I am two weeks post op and thought I was going to get scrambled eggs but NO!! They said basically for the next 4 weeks it's pureed to soft foods -...

I thought in the early stages that we were supposed to watch out for too many carbs, which fruit would be really high carbs? I'm confused!!

good tip to measure the inches - I haven't done that yet. This weight is bound to come off - we just need to keep the faith!!

I am 13 days post op and have only lost 10-11 lbs since surgery, but 25 lbs overall from my all time high. I seem to be able to drink my protein shakes down pretty easily and have found if you mix...

You've made a great decision - the preop diet is the hardest thing to do - once you are sleeved the liquid diet is much easier to handle as you're not hungry. I'm just 12 days out and have lost 11...

I am 11 days post op. 10 lbs down since surgery, 25 lbs down overall with preop diet. I have found the premade protein drinks way too sweet so now use Bariatric Advantage with Smart Balance skim...

I too had a hiatal hernia (and he found another small one near my belly button). It was apparently very large (I didn't know I had it until we did an EGD as part of my pre-op workup), larger than he...

A week out now and feeling so much better! Love the scale numbers going down finally too. Pain has almost all gone away except at night. I'm a side sleeper and am not able to do that yet...

Hi everyone -

Got my sleeve on 3/22/11. They found a large hiatal hernia and an additional hernia around my belly button which they repaired in addition to performing the sleeve. When I got home...