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Anyone sleeved by Dr. Corvala? - Okay, so whe it comes to Mexican sleeve surgeons, all I here is Aceves, Aceves, Aceves, Alvarez, Aceves, Aceves, Ungson, Aceves, etc. It makes me feel a little left out and worried...

It may be Friday, but for me it's Twosday -  Just got off the scale. 299.2 Hell. Freaking. Yes. It's been nearly a decade since I saw a two in that decimal place. So much has happened, so much has changed. I feel like ...

A Cure for Eating too Fast - Spicy Food. I'm a huge lover of spicy food, and today I nuked a can of Jalapeno Hot Chili. Well, with normal chili I can shovel away half a can in a few minutes because I have a na...

Ate some celery and feel like ass - So I just tried celery, you know, that food they always told us is a good no-calorie snack while we're dieting? It went down okay, but now I've got a stomach ache and I feel a litt...

The Phantom Sleeve & Setting a Goal Weight - So I'm about three and a half months post-op and I just crossed the century mark yesterday, and as of today I've lost 71lbs since my surgery. I'm losing slowly but surely, but for ...

Joining the Century Club Today - w/Pics -  It's been a long, strange nine months. But today I stepped on the scale and realized I had come down from my high weight of 403 at the beginning of the year. It's an incredible fe...

The Greatest NSV of All -  We all talk about Non-Scale Victories, those little things that make us see beyond the raw numbers and help us remember why we're turning our nose up at the foods we love and why ...

Let's talk about Phentermine - So before I had my surgery, my private Nutritionist (is that what NUT means?) prescribed me a drug, called Phentermine. She explained that it was the safer half of Phen-fen, with t...

Two months out, but slowing down. How do I keep my - Okay, so it's been a while since I gave an update. It's been about 9 weeks since my surgery and I've lost about 53 lbs. I'm fitting into clothes I would never have dreamt of in Hig...

Major NSV, I think - Like Peeling an Onion - I've been looking in the mirror lately and I'm realizing that I'm still wearing my pre-op clothing. They hang off me like a circus tent and it's hard for me to visualize how much w...

Help! The Curse of the Iron Sleeve -  Alright, before you guys accuse me of rubbing it in, hear me out. So i'm exactly six weeks post-op and I've lost roughly 40lbs since the surgery. The problem I'm having is that...

One Month Out and STALLED! - So what now? It's been exactly a month since my surgery and I've been hovering at 338 on the scale for almost a week and, for some reason, my body doesn't want to lose anymore. I'm...

Is Salad Okay at 4 weeks post-op? - Hey everyone, I'm a day shy of four weeks post-op and I've lost 34lbs since my surgery day. I really can't believe it's true and I'm addicted to checking the scale every morning...

4wks out: Feel like a bottomless pit - Guys, I'm almost four weeks post-op, and eating regular food. I'm trying to keep low-carbing like I did before, but my appetite seems to get bigger every day and my loss is startin...

3 Weeks Post-Op And need some advice - So I'm three weeks out, and down 28lbs since my surgery. The post-op diet has really got me down and feeling icky all day, since I'm not used to putting away so many carbs. Today I...

3D Photo of my Mexican Hospital Room - Always one to love the bleeding edge of technology, here's a quick 3D shot of my room at Hospital Angeles the day before my surgery. That's my dad sitting on the phone, who kindly ...

Two and a half weeks post-op: What's on the Menu? - Alright, so here I am in week three post-op. It's been really tough for me to take care of myself because as soon as I came back from the hospital it was time to move! Aside from a...

8 days out and hungry -  So I've been sleeved since last Saturday and while I was in Mexico I moved immediately from clears to yogurt drinkables and custard cups. A lot of you indicated this might not hav...

One Week Out - Am I hurting my sleeve? - Okay everybody,  So I was sleeved on Saturday, was on IV fluids only until Monday, when I started clears. I was on clears until Tuesday afternoon when I decided I wanted to grad...

Leaving 16lbs behind in Mexico - I'm flying home tomorrow, and I couldn't resist the temptation to use the scale in my surgeon's office before I left my final consult. Sixteen pounds in six days. I really, really ...

Six Days Post-Op: Bathroom Issues... -  Okay, so I apologize for this post. But this is worrying me and I'm not sure what's going on. So I've mostly had diarrhea since I started liquids, which makes sense, sinc...

Is my Sleeve working right? - So I've been sleeved for almost a week and I've noticed my apetite quietly increasing. At first a few spoonfulls of Jello were enough to satisfy me. I just put away an 8oz liquid y...

Infection Conundrum - Very Worried -  So I've been sleeved since Saturday and I'm out of Hospital Angeles and staying at a local hotel in Tijuana. My gas pain is all but gone and my back and shoulder pain have been qu...

So this is what it's like to be Sleeved... - So I got sleeved on Saturday morning, here in Mexico. I woke up from surgery to a hellish nightmare of sheer agony. My shoulders and back burned with having been contorted in an un...

Sleevin' on a Jetplane - Heading to Airport Now - Okay, so this is it. My flight leaves in a little over two hours and in 24 hours, I'll be on the operating table. At this point, a thousands things are going through my head. Ho...