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I'm looking forward to not seeing snow...but up here in the southern Ontario snowbelt...I think I have a ways to go before that will happen! This will be my first summer truly post VSG...I'll have one year under my belt (which btw I actually have to wear now...who would have every thought I'd like it). I decided to treat…

I'm a Syntrax Nectar girl too. Vanilla Bean Torte with unsweetened almond milk or Roadside Lemonade with water and lots of ice. I use the cappuccino flavour with 1/2 cold coffee, 1/2 unsweetened almond milk and lots of ice to make an iced coffee. If you don't want splenda/sucralose you can try the About Time brand of…

All the best to you. It's a great journey...a tough one...but worth it all the way!

Glad to hear you are doing so well. :-) Yes, the water thing gets tricky. I teach so I have my little kids bug me about drinking my water. I put it into 3 different bottles and plan to have one done by 10 am and the next by lunch. If I haven't moved onto the next bottle I always have a kid who goes and picks it up and…

Be thankful it was only 10 days! Mine was 21 but I wouldn't take back one of them...and it was hard. I was on only liquids, broth, water, and 1 cup of a homemade vegetable soup a day. I dropped about 25 pounds in those 3 weeks and it really prepared me for the restrictions in the month after VSG. Even though you're…

Congrats on getting your sleeve. It's a pretty awesome tool if you use it correctly..you can get some amazing results. If you don't have it already..Unjury chicken soup was a god send for me the first month. You have to order it online from their website...google Unjury. It's a broth that actually tastes good with 20 g of…

Welcome, I'm 8 months out and I started around where you did so maybe our situations will be similar. I'm 5'7, 43 (ouch..old), and was 307 at the beginning...285 after a pretty rigorous pre-op diet the day of surgery May 13, 2013. My diet is pretty on target with you...try to stay around 650 cals...under 40 carbs...80…

Hey there! I was sleeved May 13, 2013. I'm down 120 pounds since then. I've pretty much stuck to 650 cals, 80+ protein and under 40 carbs. I did have some significant stalls along the way but for the most part kept losing pretty steadily up until month 6 and it has slowed down. I have been exercising 3-4 times a week for…

I see you've had many responses but I'll chime in anyway! :-) I was sleeved May 13, 2013 so in another week am coming up on 8 months. I am down 120 pounds and have had some significant stalls or pauses in my loss along the way. Right from the start, I have tried to stick as close as possible to 650 calories, 80+ grams of…

Congrats on the surgery... I would suggest it's just a habit you have to break. If you didn't get yourself into the habit before your surgery it's just going to be a little more difficult. Make sure you are getting in at least a cup of liquids 1/2 hour prior to eating and hopefully you won't feel the urge to drink. My…

Just thought I'd chime in on the low carb thing too. I totally agree with the suggestions of the above few posters. I was sleeved in May 13th so I am coming up on my 6 month surgiversary. I have lost 100 lbs...but am now slowing down (unfortunately) and still would like to lose about 35 more. I do think sticking to the low…

I feel ya, Sara but you're going to have to get used to it unfortunately. I hit my first stall right around week 3 and it lasted for 10 days. Then I was rolling along for a while and about month 3 hit another one for 2 weeks. At that point I was feeling up to more exercise so I got myself into the gym and started to work…

Congratulations on getting a surgery date. It's exciting but also a little overwhelming but if you can get some weight off before the surgery it will help to make your recovery that much better. Are you following a supervised diet for your insurance company or do you just have to do a liquid diet for a few weeks before…

I made a soup with lean ground chicken and chicken broth. Added garlic, lemon grass, some sirachi (Thai hot sauce) and PB2 (which is a dehydrated peanut butter you can buy online in Canada but I imagine many places in the US perhaps even Walmart). I browned the chicken first, then added the broth and spices. Cooked it down…

Ya breakfast is hard if you don't like eggs all that much. I pretty much have peameal bacon (or "Canadian bacon" as the Americans call it) almost every day. 2 slices have 100 cals and 14g of protein and about 5 g of fat. Now that is not the processed meat kind you will find at Walmart or Krogers in the US. It's the actual…

How long since surgery? 2 months How much lost since surgery? 40 pounds How much lost in preop diet? 20 pounds Prior to pre op: 305 pounds Day of surgery weight: 285 Current weight: 245 VSG

I hear your pain! I'm 4 weeks post op tomorrow and finally broke the stall (well..I'm hoping it's gone for a bit) I hit after my 2 week post op. I think the part that contributed to it was that I was on a 3 week liquid diet before surgery so I dropped 20 lbs then...then another 15 in the first two weeks post op.…