Hi, I'm in northern KY. I had my sleeve done in 2011. Best wishes

Congratulations on your weight loss thus far! You will have stalls that will seemingly cripple the dieting spirit and sometimes the scale will tell you things that are unjust. 1) weigh yourself only...

My oldest son came with me. He talked to the other patients, played on the computer, read, and ate. Others went to the Costco close by. Off the subject a little, he loved the food they gave him. So...

I love the artichokes as well, sometimes my mouth misses having something in it, so I chew sugar free gum when the mood strikes. Best wishes

I got my mind off the surgery by site seeing San Diego

I drink New Whey, I get my water and my protein in for the day. I often don't get hungry and it makes sure I get what I need. I like yogurt too and started making my own ( Greek yogurt ).

Congratulations and 13.5 pounds the first week is very good!

Do you have stitches under the tape? If you do, good news. You can take the tape off and gently clean ( Hibacleans, can be found behind the counter at your pharmacy ) your stitches. The tape can be...

Awww, that's sweet! What a great NSV!

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Right after the surgery you won't want to eat everything and you will be focusing on the amount of liquid you should be getting and the right amount of protein. As you manage your new protein diet...

I was at a 2 month up and down stall. I cut out the Splenda with tea for water with lemon and replaced my breakfast for protein shakes. I up'd my exercise and the scale started to move ( slowly)...

Welcome to the site!

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To the best of my recolection, My experience at the Jerusalum clinic
I was picked up at a meeting point outside of the San Diego airport, along with the other...

I like New Whey. It's not a shake, it taste like kool aide. You can buy them at the vitamin shoppe and my favorite flavor is blue raspberry. It has 0 carbs, 0 sugar, and 42g. of protein. Your body...

You look great and have done an amazing job! Best wishes

My husband was afraid for me to have the surgery and thought I looked great. He can eat non-stop and keep his 33 inch waist, yes he's one of those people. He saw how much I had suffered with my...

Laughing Cow Light, Pistashios ( lowest calorie nut ). I like to take a shaved piece of turkey pastrami and spread some laughing cow on it and roll it up. Best wishes

Swimming is great, but you won't be able to swim until your stitches have completely healed. I hope you will be able to do the after surgery walking just to get the gas out ( from the surgery )....

A year is too long to wait for good advice like this, don't go away again! Thanks

The diet before the surgery is to make sure you don't have a fatty liver, It makes it safer for surgery. The higher your bmi, the longer the pre-op diet. The diet for post op is to prevent leaks made...

They are giving you wonderful advice, the water, protein, once a week weigh in. There are 2 things I'd like to add. If you are exercising, up your exercise ( if it's hard to have a conversation you...

Way to go dynamo!

I took a 3 hour flight 4 days after, I hadn't any problems. Some of the problems occur in longer flights, because people do not get up and move around and do not hydrate themselves well enough. I...

I'm proud of you! good job!