I am nearly 8 months out and I love eating corn - but 1 cob is a complete meal for me.   Full of fibre too wihich is good.   It might take you a few months before you can try it, everyone is different!

The good thing about the sleeve from what I understand is that nearly all of the stretchy part of the stomach has been removed.   It took a while for me to understand how it worked and that it was working for me.  I am very aware when I have eaten enough, and that lasts me for 2 - 3 hours,   Unlike most of the others who post,  I also started out on real food at about the 2 - 3 week mark, and have had a few stalls since. 

Hunger is nowhere near what it was pre sleeve, but like aniduff said, carbs can trigger the desire to eat (in my case sometimes the wrong foods)   For the first months I completely lost the desire for sugary foods and can still pass up most things easily, but I am a bit of a grazer so I need to watch that.   Stalls have been with me too since about 3 weeks out, but in spite of them (some lasted for 4 weeks) I have still lost 65lbs.  

Just keep the faith that it will come off, it is just about learning what is going to work for you.  Some of those who have posted on here who have been sooooooo disappointingly slow with their losses have continued to lose.   I am definitely a slower loser too, but I am 100% okay with that.    Marion

Hi Jen

I was absolutely a grazer before my VSG, and I would still call myself a grazer of sorts because I eat about six times a day. The difference is that I cannot eat even close to what I did before, I am quickly satisfied when I do eat, and even if I wanted to, I couldn't eat more than my little tummy can hold. I know exactly when I have had enough. Even my food choices have changed, I used to have a sweet tooth, and while I indulge in the odd treat occasionally, I prefer the healthier options now. I had convinced myself when I was a yo yo dieter than if there was a small percentage who would fail, then I would fit into that slot. I had a lap band 2005 and I believed I was a failure with that too as I watched all my banded friends lose lots of weight. My problem turned out to be a mechanical fault with the band so finally I could accept that it wasn't my fault that I had such a poor result. In the early months after my revision, I really wanted to believe that the sleeve would work for me, but I still wasn't 100% sure until I saw new photos of myself and realized that I was looking really good. Without my sleeve I would be 65lbs heavier, so yes, I believe it will help you too! Marion

Love the new pics and the new avatar Beth, it doesn't matter which picture I look at, your sparking eyes (and your squinty eyes in your fat pic) indicate your great personality! - so are you saying you came home pants less!!!   Haven't read your other post yet!  

Marion

Hi Kathy

You know  - there are so many different post op dietary requirements imposed by our surgeons that it is hard to know what to do.  Everyone on the forum says to follow your surgeons orders to the letter so that there is little pressure on the staple line for the first couple of weeks at least.   

In my own case, I was allowed to go onto full liquids after the first couple of days - as long as they were blended and very runny - so this included lump free soups.   My surgeon's mantra was....if you can get it up a straw, you can have it!    After about a week I could have runny, lump free mashed potato and gravy, smoothies, yogurt, custard etc and I stuck with those foods for a while, because I was mindful that my stomach needed the best chance to heal.  I did not have serious problems with hunger at all I am sure, because I didn't have to do the clears like many in the USA have to do. At about 3 - 4 weeks out I could start adding other foods like scrambled eggs etc. By my 5 week check I was able to start adding real food into my diet, so I followed my surgeons instructions to the letter, and considered myself very lucky at the time.   One thing I did do was have six small meals a day early out - I would make myself a banana chocolate protein smoothie and sip on it throughout the day if I felt hungry.  

I think you do need to be very sure and careful that you are not going to harm your tummy if you start eating solids at this stage - it is only a few more weeks and then you can do what you want.  Are you getting plenty of water in?   Sometimes we think we are starvingly hungry when we are actually thirsty..............Hang in there.

Marion

Could it be that time of the month?   I had a day like that last Saturday where I would have eaten anything in sight - I had a little sleeve binge - but by the next day and today I was completely over it.   I don't experience this ongoing craving myself, but I have read that others on the forum find that eating sugar triggers the cravings for more........I am sure that someone who has had that experience will share with you.

Good luck..........Marion

Hi...I just wanted to say that if you are still losing 2lbs a week you must be doing something right.   Well done! 

I am six months out and far from perfect re vitamins, keeping a food diary and exercise, but I could not be happier because my weight is still dropping at least a 1lb a week and sometimes more.   I eat a balanced diet, but still graze occasionally - my grazing might consist of a few nuts, or a small piece of ham or a couple of sugar free candies.  

My 3 things would be

1   Drink more water

2   Exercise myself and the dog 3 - 4x weekly starting today

3   I will try to remember to food journal - I am a typical ADD -er and tend to forget - or maybe that has something to do with my age!

Marion

Your post made me think alot - and when someone else talked about addiction transfer it made me realise that I have done just that - food was definitely an addiction but I also  used to spend hours playing computer card games and then my husband and I agreed we would stop doing that after our summer holidays so we could be more productive.  

So now I covertly play this stupid game on my cellphone and have wasted so much time when I should have been doing more important things.   I have an aversion to doing the bookwork for our business and every day I have a battle with myself to get things done which is why I got addicted to games.   I would not trust myself to go to a casino for the same reason!

So, I woke up this morning with the words buzzing through my head to transfer one addiction for another - and that is what I will work towards.   I liked another poster saying that they transfered their addiction to exercise - which I know is a great stress reliever and I do like it when I do it, but I have to overcome the mental hurdle of making a start!   In my case it is a real battle of the mind and I know I have to do something about it.   Luckily, alcohol has not been an issue for me.   I hope that now you have identified the potential danger you can resolve it.......Marion

I am sure that by October you will be able to do it.- it gives you 8 months to get yourself ready, and if you felt uncertain close to the time you could make a decision about participating in the full walk or do half days then.   I don't believe hydration will be a huge problem by then either - you should  be able to keep up your hydration!   Good luck

Hi - I have had the band and now have the sleeve and just love it.   Many of my band friends are now friends and many wish that the sleeve had been available here three and a half years ago, because while I had major problems before with my band - the sleeve is a no maintenance breeze.  Compared to them,  I can eat anything, I don't have to travel to my doc for fills, and I don't have to worrry about what could go wrong long term.    The sleeve is a walk in the park compared to what some of my band friends go through.   Just my opinion - it is all on my profile!

Marion

Hi - I am 6 months out and while it is much easier to drink now - I can only chug down half a glass at a time, let it settle for a few minutes and then have more.   The only thing I sip nowadays is hot tea, coffee and wine!!

Hi Susan - you have done really well to lose 13lbs, and you are taking prednisone as well which is notorious for encouraging some weight gain.   If you have been sitting on 800cals a day for the last 4 weeks, you probably need to mix it up a bit - add a few more on some days and less on others, otherwise your body gets used to your low intake (starvation mode) and hangs on to the weight.

As for losing weight after the sleeve, in my own experience it has been the easiest thing I have ever done in my whole obese life.   Sometimes I have 3 - 4 weeks stalls, but the weight is slowly and constantly tracking downwards and I am now eating between 900 and 1200 cals a day.   I thought my metabolism what totally shot - but now that I understand the pattern of how I, as an individual, am losing with my sleeve, I no longer worry that the weight loss will stop.........Marion

This is something I suffered from occasionally, but I know of one of my sleeve friends here in NZ  who often gets it.   She was sleeved about the same time as you, and has found it difficult to transition onto more solid foods, and finds it easier to stick with mushies because she can feel quite sick as in feeling like she wants to puke after eating - and she does not overeat at all.   I remember getting the feeling if I ate something that I used to be able to eat easily before surgery, but my body could not handle it after until much later.   I am sure it will pass eventually - I am okay at 6 months out.