(VSG) Verticle Gastric Sleeve - Any Sleevers out there?

Hi, I'm new to the site. Just had my sleeve done 9/6/11. Would love as many friends and as much support as possible so please feel free to add me as a friend!

Sept 20 is my sleeve date, its also the day I began to live again!! Love to talk with others for support. Figuring everything out right now! Nice to see so many different phases here, will be a help to us all!!

Hi~

What kind of PPI are you on?

I had a VSG on 7/14/11 and have lost 33 lbs since surgery day. I lost 30 lbs. pre-surgery with the Options program at Kaiser, so in total I've lost 63 lbs since March. I love my sleeve! If you're a sleever, I would love some friends on here since I'm new to this site. I mainly started with SparkPeople and have remained consistent in adding my food daily there.

Hi all, I am Joanne. I have been sleeved since 9/19/2011. I am down 42 pounds so far with a hell of a lot to go. I am just looking for support and friends to talk to who understand the surgery that I went through. I have a lot of friends who are familiar with some of the other options and they just don't know what they are talking about. They just want to compare to the bypass.

Anyhow, I hope to make your aquaintance and have a good time here.
Thanks,

Joanne

Hi All, I didnt have the sleeve but I did have the gastric bypass surgery in March of 2001almost 11 years ago! I lost 114 lbs from the surgery and in the past 4-5 years I put back on 40+ lbs..so It is only a tool and it does NOT work unless you work with it! The sleeve must be a new thing they came out with, I didnt have that option, or I would have probably chosen it instead of major surgery! Good Luck to all of you,just remember it's only a tool, I thought i took the easy way out...trust me it isnt!!!

The sleeve has been around for almost, but not quite 10 years.

It IS major surgery.

High - freaking - five!

hi
First time logging on. Had my surgery 8/2011 I doing great and I've lost 50lbs. best thing that has happened for me. Great to meet others.

I had VSG on 11/14 and to date have lost 22lbs. I have been stalled at this weight since 2 weeks after surgery. I am not sure what Im doing wrong. I am working out 5 times per week and limiting my carbs to less than 40. I was originally maintaining 1000 calories but am going to drop back to 800 this week to see if that kicks me back into geer. Any recommendations guys??? Im getting so discouraged!!

Well, you've lost 22 pounds in a month...so, that's great! I would guess most people don't do that well! I lost 15 the first three weeks after my VSG.

I didn't eat a bunch of carbs the first 6 months and I was eating about 600-800 calories most days. Really though, a chat board isn't a good place to get advice. Your doctor is the one you need to rely on because he/she knows your history, what their instructions were to you, etc.

Also, stalls are hard to predict. I had several over the first 9 months (during which I lost 120ish pounds). Different things broke them.

Don't get discouraged. You'll lose lots some weeks, not so much others but if you're losing 10-15 pounds a month, I'm guessing that's average!

You want to make sure you are getting enough protein. I find myself feeling hungry- even hearing my tummy growl on those days where my calories are in line but my protein is LOW. I am now supplementing with these awesome and delicious Protein shakes I bought off amazon. They give me 25g of protein and I am def not hungry anymore. Plus Im back to losing weight after a week long stall. YAAAAHOOOOO. .