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White Dove,
Thank you for the detail regarding your post op diet! I was sleeved on 2/6/20-so still on liquids only for a couple more weeks. What brand of ice cream machine did you purchase to make protein shakes into ice cream? That sounds wonderful to me! I love my premier protein shakes so thankful they have improved the taste over the last few years!
Love your thoughts on throwing food away....this has always bothered me and I will just really need to get over it. Why should I use my body to take care of the excess? No more! :)
You had your VSG in 3015? You're the first time traveller we've had on the forum! 
I would have thought by the year 3015 there would be better treatments for obesity, though.
Seriously, though, you've accomplished a lot, giving up fast food.
About the sugar cravings, I have a few ideas you might try:
- Give up all added sugar (read food labels carefully). Sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and veggies is OK because it's packaged with fibre, which slows absorption. It will be hard at first, but it will get easier. If you're following a keto diet, I guess you need to avoid fruit too. Otherwise, over time you will appreciate the sweetness of fruit more. Dates (in moderation) are good for sweetening food.
- Some people find that artificial sweeteners make them overeat or crave real sugar. There is some research to support this, but according to the doctors and dietitians I've spoken to, the jury is still out. In the meantime, I suggest you observe your own reaction when using artificial sweeteners, and decide if you need to avoid them. Maybe a different sweetener will affect you differently; it's worth some experimentation.
- Based on the literature I've read, the best/safest/healthiest type of sweetener is erythritol. Although most sweeteners ending in -itol can cause tummy upset, erythritol is digested normally, and doesn't seem to cause problems for most people. Also, it doesn't normally affect blood sugar. Erythritol is slightly less sweet than table sugar, so it's typically sold in a mixture with stevia. (Stevia has an aftertaste that I don't like, but in the mixture it's fine.) The resulting mixture is a 1:1 replacement for sugar.
I'm so sorry about the pain you're experiencing. If it's any consolation, while exercise is important for your health, it doesn't have much of an effect on weight loss either way. So it won't affect your ability to lose weight.
Congratulations on your weight loss... All of us have some sort of regain and it's great that you acknowledge it and are wanting to do something about it! I limit my sugar intake and I find that when I am consuming "sugar-free" products, I crave more sugar... so, it's a catch-22 damned if you do + damned if you don't! You have done well with staying away from fast food and sodas! Have you tried water therapy? it's less stress on your joints and easier to get moving. I have fibromyalgia so I feel you on the chronic pain aspect.
Talk to your bariatric surgeon/nutritionist and plastic surgeon... see what your options are so you can plan accordingly. Talk to a nutritionist to see if there are food choices that will help move the scale in the right direction.
Best of luck!
Mmmm, I love salmon. Thanks for the suggestion! So far I've been doing chaffles and those have been great, but I'll definitely keep sous vide salmon in mind.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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on 2/13/20 12:29 pm
Hi. I can relate. I had thought about. I actually used to work for them...oh 30 years ago. I'm sure a lot has changed. Can you please tell me what the abbreviations stand for after your post?
on 2/13/20 12:24 pm
I had my VSzG in 3015 and lost 135 lbs. Then had to have my gallbladder out and almost immediately regained 30lbs that have taken up permanent residence again. My issue along with that is prior to surgery I NEVER craved sweets and I mean NEVER. Now i ALWAYS crave them. I've tried numerous suggestions and sti have the problem. 5 years out I still have not one bite of fast food or carbonated drinks. My exercise is limited due to chronic pain. I have tears in my eyes as I write this...I was close to having the extra skin on my tummy removed but now I wonder if they will due to the weight gain. Any insight anyone can give me would be very much appreciated.
Propel water does this to me too and ur post is literally the only thing I could find. Did u happen to try it again and see if it was actually the propel that made u sick? So what I have to do in order to drink propel and not get stomach cramps and diarrhea is for each bottle of it I'll pour about 1/8 of propel and 7/8 water. U still get the taste (though not so sweet) and it doesn't make me sick. I tried to be lazy today and just drink the propel as is and yep stomach cramps have started. It's the propel 100 percent
12 post-VSG now.
No pain to complain about. Happy about that.
I will be seeing my doctor for the first time after surgery in 2 days.
Every time I finish eating I am feeling nauseous and lethargic. Is that normal?
Hi there! would you happen to know if they do revisions? im 8 years out and Ive gained half of my body that I lost back.
so did you find a physician in Louisiana that will do it? I need the same thing.
