Gastric Sleeve in 35 days!

mfranco39
mfranco39 Posts: 1
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Im looking for new friends to add who has had the Gastric Sleeve... :My surgery date is in 34 days, 11/25. I have done sooo much research online and I do think I am prepeared. I just would love to get some feedback from the "experienced" who have already been through it! :-) I had the lapband 3 years ago and it was horrible, I had sooo many problems with it... from food always getting "stuck", vomitting on a daily basis, etc... Yes, it prohibited me from eating a lot, but I still lost NO weight. I just hope this tool works for me, and from what I have read online from so many, I think it will! Any stories of how to make it the first few weeks after surgery will be appreciated! :)

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  • Fashionista012
    Fashionista012 Posts: 51 Member
    Hey there, I had the sleeve 7/24/13 and had no complications! lost a little over 67lbs so far. Loving life, why didnt we do this sooner. I never had lap band before, BUT on this, u will lose weight. I am not saying to follow what I did by any means, but I havent stuck to the rules like crazy. I Just did what felt right and I lose. you can check out my diary anytime you want. First few weeks after surgery, I was very hungry, but as soon as I ate I could only eat very very little and I became full. Don't buy too much protein junk, I wasted a ton of money. I only ended up using protien shake, Fage yogurt (lots of protein) and sugar free popsicles. You wont need more than that! Now I mostly eat shrimp (so good for you and all protein) lots of fish and yogurt. But I have had a little chinese lo mein and some cheat stuff, but very rarely and you get full so fast that you really can't overeat and go high on calories. My brther did it also and he is not sticking to any calories or what to eat and he is too skinny now. lol AND He never was!! His whole body changed and he looks like a skinny man, not just someone who lost weight and is still overweight, but just less. I Originally set my goal at 160, but afer seeing what this tool can do, I set it for 125. I know everyone is different, but YOU WILL LOVE IT! Good luck!!
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    You only need to lose less than 50 pounds and you're getting a WLS? I'm sorry... I don't get it.
  • mikej1978
    mikej1978 Posts: 362 Member
    You only need to lose less than 50 pounds and you're getting a WLS? I'm sorry... I don't get it.

    ^^^This^^^
  • rawfull
    rawfull Posts: 178
    Please don't do that to yourself...
    There are better alternatives...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-IIb4nqWU

    Change what you eat, change your life!
  • SibylDiane
    SibylDiane Posts: 177 Member
    Sent you a friend request. Ignore the naysayers here!
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    Maybe in the 35 days you're on MFP, you'll realize that it can be done without surgery. This can be quite an inspiring place...as long as you avoid the creeps. ;)

    Good luck, either way.
  • mikej1978
    mikej1978 Posts: 362 Member
    Losing weight is a lifestyle change. It is really hard at first but, it pays off in the long run. These "weight loss" surgeries are the biggest money makers for surgeons now-a-days and is just an easy way out.

    My cousin had a sleeve a year ago and I decided to go head to head with him with weight lose without surgery but, just not eating crap and working out. After 4 months he lost 56 pounds I lost 49!
  • mikej1978
    mikej1978 Posts: 362 Member
    Maybe in the 35 days you're on MFP, you'll realize that it can be done without surgery. This can be quite an inspiring place...as long as you avoid the creeps. ;)

    Good luck, either way.

    Amazing job losing 72 pounds!!
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    Sent you a friend request. Ignore the naysayers here!

    If eating in a calorie deficit, exercising, and losing weight makes me a naysayer than sign me up.... If OP had 100+ lbs. to lose I could see considering surgery but if she truly only has 50 lbs. to lose maybe listening or seeing someone like myself who has lost 312 lbs. without any surgery might be a good thing to see..... Either way Best of Luck OP on whatever you decide......
  • RoyBeck
    RoyBeck Posts: 947 Member
    Don't know much about them but I'm 50lb down in, to be exact, 185 days.

    Keep all your options open.
  • mikej1978
    mikej1978 Posts: 362 Member
    Sent you a friend request. Ignore the naysayers here!

    If eating in a calorie deficit, exercising, and losing weight makes me a naysayer than sign me up.... If OP had 100+ lbs. to lose I could see considering surgery but if she truly only has 50 lbs. to lose maybe listening or seeing someone like myself who has lost 312 lbs. without any surgery might be a good thing to see..... Either way Best of Luck OP on whatever you decide......

    Amazing Job!!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I really hope you don't :(
  • organic0gf
    organic0gf Posts: 87 Member
    I say, do whatever works for you. Good luck!


    Also, I have a question about lap bands and sleeves. After you lose the weight, do you have it removed? Thanks!
  • grillnchill
    grillnchill Posts: 772 Member
    Best of luck to you.
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    Losing weight is a lifestyle change. It is really hard at first but, it pays off in the long run. These "weight loss" surgeries are the biggest money makers for surgeons now-a-days and is just an easy way out.

    My cousin had a sleeve a year ago and I decided to go head to head with him with weight lose without surgery but, just not eating crap and working out. After 4 months he lost 56 pounds I lost 49!

    That's pretty awesome you managed to lose so close to him and didn't have to go under a knife! I tried diet pills a few times(not brilliant but whatever) but the thought of getting surgery for something that isn't going to immediately kill me is just terrifying to me.
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    I say, do whatever works for you. Good luck!


    Also, I have a question about lap bands and sleeves. After you lose the weight, do you have it removed? Thanks!

    I don't know about the sleeves but my Mom has the lap band, and you CAN have it removed, but ideally you're supposed to keep it in forever and have it adjusted as needed. She lost about 60 pounds and was doing really well, and then just stopped, gained everything back, and still doesn't eat great or exercise.
  • TribeHokie
    TribeHokie Posts: 711 Member
    Sent you a friend request. Ignore the naysayers here!

    Ignore the naysayers who have lost or are losing more than OP says she has to lose WITHOUT surgery and who don't care to see her do something unnecessary when there are cheaper, healthier, and less invasive options?
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    I say, do whatever works for you. Good luck!


    Also, I have a question about lap bands and sleeves. After you lose the weight, do you have it removed? Thanks!

    The band is a removable device, meaning it can be removed if need be. With the gastric sleeve surgery, they actually reduce your stomach to a small portion of its original size, and it isn't reversible.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    If I were you, I would take the next 35 days and really do some serious research before I fully committed myself to that decision. As you can see, there are many people here, who have been successful without surgery, who had far more to lose than you. I was 300lbs when I first started last July. That's a BMI of severely obese. With 15 months of keeping a moderate calorie deficit and exercising, all while incorporating all the foods I love, I am now at 177, healthy BMI. It is possible, and either way, it has to be a lifestyle change to be successful.
  • mikej1978
    mikej1978 Posts: 362 Member
    To the OP, I apologize that it seems we are all against you. It is great you want to lose weight. We are all here for that same reason. I just know alot of people on here have busted their *kitten* eating healthy and working out that think you can do it too.

    Best of luck to you for whatever you decide.

    Mike
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    To the OP, I apologize that it seems we are all against you. It is great you want to lose weight. We are all here for that same reason. I just know alot of people on here have busted their *kitten* eating healthy and working out that think you can do it too.

    Best of luck to you for whatever you decide.

    Mike
    Well, um just to clarify, I don't really 'bust my *kitten*'. :tongue: I have kickboxing twice a week and weight train for 30 minutes, three times a week... and I don't eat healthy all the time either. I eat ice cream everyday, and often chips, candy etc. Anything else would not be sustainable for me. Also, weight loss can be achieved with a moderate deficit, and a program NO exercise, for that matter. The OP will have to change her eating habits, with or without the surgery, to have successful weight loss. It is not saying anything against her to suggest researching other methods.
  • mikej1978
    mikej1978 Posts: 362 Member
    lol, lucky! Ok, "most" of us bust our *kitten*. :) whatever you are doing is definetly working for you! 93 pounds is great!!

    Keep it up!
  • MuseofSong
    MuseofSong Posts: 322 Member
    I would agree, that if it's a surgery that cannot be reversed, I would use it as a last ditch effort for health reasons.

    There's no way around it; you have to re-train yourself on how you eat.

    Surgery forces you to do it because you'll have physical suffering if you do not.

    Do you need to be physically hurt and sick to eat differently? You do not have that much to lose.

    Solely my opinion, but it should be reserved for people with out control health issues which increase the chances of a sudden or early death because permanent weight loss surgery can cause severe health issues, pain, suffering, malabsorption of nutrients, and a shorter life expectancy.

    If you need physical pain and suffering to stop you from over eating, I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say.

    I rather cut a few hundred calories a day, maintain my weekly goal of ~3500 calories at deficit through diet and light exercise and move on. Weight loss surgery forces you to eat a caloric deficit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EMlxhICaG0s

    That's what they're going to do to your stomach. Ask yourself, if you REALLY need it. Do you really NEED most of your stomach cut away?

    There is no easy weight loss. Surgery isn't an easy option or a 'quick fix'. You should already know that because you have weight loss surgery and you didn't lose weight because you want the surgery to do it for you. You want your surgery to make you eat less. Surgery is a TOOL. And so far you haven't shown that you're willing to use weight loss tools.

    I don't understand how someone who has had the least severe of the weight loss sugeries, and was puking every day because of it, thinks going more drastic is DEFINITELY the answer.

    There's only one way to lose weight, no matter what you get done to your body, and that's to eat fewer calories than your TDEE.

    If you decide to go through with the surgery, I hope you do not experience complications and that you recover well. I just wish it wasn't being done for the sake of vanity. You're young and strong. You CAN exercise. You're pretty, and I do not SEE a problem here.

    I do not think your problem is your weight. I would recommend emotional counseling and a diet & exercise plan before cutting out parts of your body to lose 46 pounds. For that small of a weight loss, it shouldn't be ethical for a doctor to recommend or allow drastic weight loss surgery.
  • YesIAm17
    YesIAm17 Posts: 817 Member
    Your ticker on your profile says you want to lose 46lbs?

    First, please don't do this. You are risking your life to do something you could pretty easily do without risking your life.

    Second, with only 46lbs to lose your doctor should be seriously ashamed of themselves for not trying to talk you out of this (assuming they haven't).

    Third, tools are tools... they all rely on the user to use them properly in order to achieve the desired result.

    I don't care what anyone says losing weight is EASY and the more you have to lose the easier it is to get started.

    I used to weigh 265lbs and lost over 100lbs with very very minimal diet changes and virtually no exercise. I am not a special snowflake. I am not stronger or better than you. I kept eating all my favorite take out, junk food, etc. I NEVER went hungry. I had a huge appetite and I always made sure to satisfy it. I never denied myself anything I really wanted. I did it without the amazing support and knowledge available here on MFP.

    You can do this without surgery. You can do this without risking your life. And it can be sooo much easier than you might think.

    Right now my personal strategy is my Sedentary TDEE - 20% + Eating Back Exercise Calories .... I never go hungry, eat pretty much whatever I want, and generally have to push and force an extra snack to make sure I am eating enough. I highly recommend you read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
  • janna956
    janna956 Posts: 5 Member
    I am working on the pre op stuff that we all have to do before having gastric sugery. I have over weight most of my life and even concidered sicide once. watching my children put a stop to that. I could not leave them that way. I am now 58 and have done so many tries to loose I've lost count. sick of being sick . Need support. and understanding as to why I have choosen to under go wls.

    I started this process at 320 lbs. now I am 295. should be having sugery in Oct.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    "Most weight loss occurs because of decreased caloric intake.
    However, evidence shows the only way to maintain weight loss is to be engaged in regular physical activity."
    http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/physical_activity/index.html
    Im looking for new friends to add who has had the Gastric Sleeve... My surgery date is in 34 days
    ... I had the lapband 3 years ago and it was horrible, I had sooo many problems with it... from food always getting "stuck", vomitting on a daily basis, etc... Yes, it prohibited me from eating a lot, but I still lost NO weight.
    If you managed not to lose weight with previous weight loss surgery, having a more severe & permanent alteration to your body isn't going to help either, and you're going to be stuck with the problems caused by the surgery your whole life.
    Make the lifestyle changes required to lose weight, the same ones you're going to have to live with the rest of your life, and I bet you'll lose weight even without damaging your body.

    Start here:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
    You only need to lose less than 50 pounds and you're getting a WLS? I'm sorry... I don't get it.
    Yeah, me neither.
    I don't know of any reputable doctor who'd do that.
    With so little to lose, she's not even a candidate for appetite-control medicine.

    At my last check-in with my weight-loss doc, he told me that I'd had the amount of weight loss they'd expect from someone who'd had a band (15% at that point, in my case 41 lb), but I've not had surgery, can still eat normally... and he told me that many people have bands removed because of problems.

    My first meeting with him, he offered to set me up for surgery, but I've read about the lifelong problems people have from _any_ type of stomach or intestinal alteration, so I knew I didn't want to do that.
    I had 110 lb to lose, and I'm almost down 50, just from controlling what I eat, and regular exercise.
    I did use an appetite-control medicine for a few months, but now that my hunger has been reset, I'm done with it.
    Still losing.
    Ignore the naysayers who have lost or are losing more than OP says she has to lose WITHOUT surgery and who don't care to see her do something unnecessary when there are cheaper, healthier, and less invasive options?
    Yep. People pointing out that she's likely making a mistake are not "naysayers", they're realistic and trying to prevent her from doing something irrevocable & dangerous.
    I have a question about lap bands and sleeves. After you lose the weight, do you have it removed?
    The "sleeve" is a permanant removal of a large part of the stomach. What's left looks sort of like a sleeve, hence the name.
    Some people have the band removed because it causes problems. Usually it's permanent.
    In either case, if the person hasn't learned healthy eating, they'll not lose, and perhaps even gain, weight, even with a severely restricted stomach capacity.
    I started this process at 320 lbs. now I am 295.
    Good for you!!! You're almost 10% down, doing it right.
    Just think of the next 5 lb. That's all.
    Eventually they add up & you'll be at your goal weight, and healthy, with your body intact, not permanently mutilated, with lifelong eating problems because of it.

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