I have my surgery Nov 26 so I cant say from experience how its going to be but I have a lot of friends that have done it and they say, Yes you will ask yourself "why did I do this?" and that you will miss food, but only for the 1st few weeks. After that they say its the best decision they've made and their only regret was not doing it sooner. I also remind myself that my "love" of food is what got me here and Im trying to look at food differently! Good luck on your journey!

I was sleeved on October 10, and I am thrilled that I did it! My husband has to wait until January, and he's actually jealous of me rather than the other way around.

Self-described "Foodies", we both love to cook, love to eat, and love to go out to eat. After the first few weeks, I have been able to TASTE pretty much what ever I wanted to, BUT I am satisfied (FULL) after only a few bites. I do try to eat healthy as much as possible, but we went on vacation for a week, and I STILL lost weight!

I found a great cookbook on Amazon.com called Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery. The foods are lowfat, high protein, and can be pureed or served as is. The author had lap band surgery, and has lots of recipes that can be used for bariatric patients and "normal" people. She gives adaptations for lap band, gastric bypass, and duodenal switch. She doesn't mention the sleeve, I think because the book was published in 2004, before gastric sleeve surgery became the popular option.

I had my sleeve done in June this year. Yes I do miss being able to eat large meals and lots of what I like. Cooking is different, either a small portion or a large one spolit into portions and frozen. Your attitude towards food does change. I now have to concentrate on getting enough calories and goodness in rather than restricting myself, my body now does that part for me. Yes I still have to make sure I choose the good stuff but that is getting more of an easy habit the longer I go.

Had my sleeve done on 30th Oct. Never, not once, have I ever questioned my decision or regretted it, not for one second. Lying in pre surgical waiting to be wheeled through I did ask myself if I was doing the right thing but it was only in jest and was nerves speaking to me
In the last week or so, cooking dinner for my family and smelling the lovely smells I have tasted the odd thing, or licked my fingers etc. But its only minute amounts, not chewing a mouthful.
I do have times when I feel hungry, but I am satisfied so easily and it is never a problem or lasting hunger. If I felt I REALLY, REALLY had to have a particular thing, I would likely taste it and that would be enough, but I havent had an urge that strong as yet.

I bought chewable vitamins and I hate the taste of them. So I have been cutting them up and swallowing instead. I have taken all other vitamins, swallowed without issue, they seem to slide down ok.

Right now I'm not missing any food, its far outweighed by feeling so much better having lost some weight already and fitting some clothes that I havent worn for years. I'm loving the new me so far, but still have a long way to go.

I was sleeved on July 26th and am down 66 pounds! The first 2 months were really hard but I am so glad I did it! I did have good days as well as bad days but keep the prize in sight. I feel fantastic am finally in a size 12 and still dropping. So keep the faith! :-)

Sleeved on May 23rd, I don't regret it. Most foods are fine in much smaller quantity but some cheeses are difficult. Just find a different recipie for lasagna and don't graze. I think I was a bit frightened the first time I had a small piece of cake at a birthday party. It was far too good but I find that planning your day and perhaps the next will allow the occasional treat without doing violence to your diet.

I thought I was doing fine on vitamins until I had blood work for a physical and got a phone call that afternoon from the office telling me to get on vitamin D PDQ. I thought that a couple of Viactive a day was going to handle it - wrong. So right now I'm on D and B and a multi vitamin that, right now, is chewable Bariatric life style from Healthy and Fit. Previously I was using Centrum silver chewables and have an order in with Unjury to try theirs. I find the sublinguals and chewables at the right time are the best for me.

Keeping in touch with the bariatric medical team for the follow up program and your regular physician is important as they can identify any problems you might encounter. I am excited that my physician has brought me off of two diabetic meds and halved the last one, eliminated two blood pressure meds, halved my main colesterol med and eliminated another after just 6 months. He seems as delighted as I am with the results.