With respect to your medications, make sure your discuss with both your bariatric team and a pharmacist. You can't just crush or dissolve any medication on hand -- some of them are meant to be...

As far as just tips to not drinking while you eat: do not have drinks on the table or near you while eating. That is what I did. If you have to get up and walk to get a drink, you'll remember you...

Anyone can get dumping syndrome, even people who have never had weight loss surgery. But definitely gastric bypass patients get it more. Sleeve patients don't get it as much as bypass patients, but...

Back to ONT or LAX, sure (and probably a much safer plan than driving). 17 hour flight to Singapore probably not a great idea.

The amount of risk varies between doctors and facilities, so it is really hard to say what the overall risk is unless you have exact statistics from your surgeon and hospital. That said, based on...

Which conditions are considered co-morbidities varies according to each insurance company and plan. If your member benefit handbook does not spell out what the acceptable co-morbidities are, call...

Definitely discuss with your surgeon or NP and your pharmacist. Some surgeons want meds either crushed, cut, or replaced with a liquid form (not all meds can be cut or crushed -- do NOT just decide...

If you are over eating, yes you will stretch your stomach. I know some people say that the remaining portion of the sleeved stomach "can't" stretch, but the truth is that bone, steel, and wood all...

I absolutely can eat enough carbs to make myself gain weight, and the truth is that if I start eating carb-heavy foods, I *will* eat enough carbs to make myself gain weight. It's super easy for...

One more thing I will mention -- if your stomach is growling constantly and you feel "hungry" you may be dealing with an excess of stomach acid and need to be on a PPI. If you are already on a PPI,...

I also eat smaller portions than I used to, but I consider them normal size portions for a healthy person. I have never been nauseated after eating except once early on when I accidentally...

@Nitasjourney I just want to give you support and encouragement for following your doctor's plan for you. I know that for me the hardest thing was to put away the tendency to try to research my way...

Virtually everyone experiences a stall for a few weeks around the three week post-op mark. Google "three week stall vsg" or something similar if you don't believe me and think you are doing something...

It is perfectly normal to stall for a couple of weeks starting approximately 3 weeks post op. Stay off the scale and continue to follow your program, the weight loss will pick back up again, I...

What are some foods you can you or can't you eat now after surgery?
Bread (made with yeast) and anything carbonated. They don't make me throw up or anything -- I never throw up -- but they make me...

Don't do a "pouch reset." You don't even have a pouch! Instead, do a meat re-set. Spend three days eating nothing but lean, unprocessed meat. Eat as much as you want, but only unprocessed meat (no...

My dietitian taught me stop before getting to the runny nose/hiccuping/burping stage. She said you get there because you've jammed so much food into your stomach that it is pressing against and...

I take Trader Joe's 1200 mcg sublingual B12 2x per week. According to my bloodwork, I don't need any more. The pills themselves are tiny and tasteless.

You should be able to substitute chicken, turkey, or tofu into any of the puree recipes calling for beef or fish. I would say, as long as your plan approves, eat what you want as long as it is high...

Okay, you can consider this the "tough love" response, and I really do mean it with love. I care about you, even though we've never met, and I want you to be successful. I don't really know you of...

While I agree that therapy/counseling is a critical part of weight loss success, I also want to say that I don't want to discourage you from the bypass *if* you are willing to work hard with a...

When I got down to the last several pounds, the only way I could lose them was to learn to live with being hungry for periods of time. It took some mental training and practice, but I got there. Now...

I think Dr. Umbach in Las Vegas is around $10,000.

This is why my program doesn't allow soup . . . way too easy to eat more than you should, plus it's the same as eating and drinking at the same time. Best avoided.

Allow yourself to eat as much chopped cold chicken breast as you want. That way you really aren't hungry and you can't do much damage to your daily calorie and carb totals.