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Forum for VSG who are out more than 1.5 years? - I find myself coming on line less and less these days, mainly because as I am out 1.5 years from VSG, I have different issues, concerns etc. While I appreciate the newbie stuff( I ...

10 months out - eating a lot more than I used to - I am currently 10 months out and have lost 93 pounds..down to 155 from 248. I am currently 15 pounds away from my goal weight of 140. To all appearances, I am doing well. I get ...

7 months post op - trying to keep to an 800 calori - All of a sudden I find myself being EXTREMELY hungry - yes, I am working out 2-3 times a week, and this 800 a day is just not cutting it. I am beating myself up saying I should ...

volume versus ounces? what should I be using to me - I am almost five months out - I just recently read that I shouldnt be weighing my food, but rather using cups to measure the volume...is that the case? does it matter if its liq...

Question for the vets - what to expect at 5 months - Hi Everyone: I am coming up on 5 months post op and am finding myself at a loss as to what the next exectations out of my sleeve are. I have noticed that my weight loss is slowi...

4 months out - 57 pounds down - starting to believ - I have been on this journey for 4 months now, and up until now, the weight loss has been a surreal experience. It felt like it wasn't really happening to me, but someone else. I...

1.5 oz of dense protein- thats it - Really? - I generally weight what I eat, but  I eat so haphazardly I dont know what my capacity is at one sitting.  I found out today. the hard way. I weighed my cooked salmon - 1.5. Was ...

Onderland! and uncomfortable with all the attentio - Well, I hit 199.6 last night, 198 this morning. Hard to believe that I am in onderland territory! I am now currently down 47 pounds, and all of a sudden, just like everyone said...

3 months out - 42 pounds and all of a sudden - I a - WHAT THE HECK? Today I have been ravenous. The type of hungry classified as "pre surgery". scared the living daylights out of me. I didn't ever want to feel that way and yet, he...

Is that some collarbones I see peeking out? - You mean I actually have them? omg.  

In Awe.... - My weight loss has been slow but consistent. Every few days I will drop a pound or so, averaging out between 2-3 pounds per week. Every time I get on my scale I have this dread ...

Need suggestions for calcium citrate - low carb - I am having a hard time taking Calcium supplments. I have Twinlab bariatric support calcium wafers, however those things are HUGE and I have to take 4 of them! Ups my carb count...

6 weeks post op today - 27 pounds down - I am chugging along, although honestly I feel like a failure because I have lost "only 27" pounds since surgery. I realize I need to kick up the exercise a notch, but honestly, ...

boy, did I have a food funeral. Mine lasted 8 weeks and gained 8...

5 weeks out - and starting to feel human again - started work yesterday, I was so tired when I came home! So far, as of yesterday I am down 25 pounds...to 223. wow, that seems so crazy to me! 25 pounds in a little over  a mont...

At how many weeks were you cleared for exercize? - I have been cleared (at 4 weeks post op) and am struggling with it since I am so exhausted all the time. When I do go, I feel fine that day but the next day I am toast and liter...

I am 4 weeks post op and I think that your experience is the one I...

FRUSTRATED - 3 weeks 4 days post op -   I am SOOOOOOOO FRUSTRATED!!!!! I dont understand how people at 3 weeks out can get 70-80 grams of protein in. I am trying really hard and can get no more than 40-58 grams ...

FRUSTRATED!!!! 3 weeks 4 days out - I am SOOOOOOOO FRUSTRATED!!!!! I dont understand how people at 3 weeks out can get 70-80 grams of protein in. I am trying really hard and can get no more than 40-58 grams - if I...

when will my stomach feel...normal? - I am 3 weeks post op - when I eat my pureed, soft foods, I feel like it just sits there, slowly emptying out but paralyzed more than anything. Prior to vsg, I felt like my stoma...

How long after surgery did you star feeling better - I am 15 days out and quite honestly, have not felt up to par since the surgery. Grantd, it does get a little bit better, but the fatigue is almost debilitating. I am not used to...

14 days post op - pain where my gallbladder used t - It doesn't seem to matter what I eat, but I seem to get this ache type of feeling on the upper right hand side of my chest, almost where my gallbladder used to be. This used to ...

18 days post op - on Pureed/soft foods stage - Wow. Time does fly doesn't it? I am now in my transition stage, learning how to eat foods all over again. Looks like my stomach is iron clad, it can take anything. Not surprised...

worried - why do I feel like it might not work for - I am 14 days post op and down 15 pounds. Still on full liquids and learning how to work around that food group (hee hee). This sounds silly I know, but I feel like maybe this is...

9 days post op and freeeeeezing! - I am feeling much better although really really tired and unbelievably cold! Is this normal?