An Example of the Sleeve's Effectiveness

I am two weeks post op today (down 23 pounds). Supposed to be going from puree to soft. Well, in reality I'm going from soft to regular.

Today I was working in a city about an hour away from home and decided to go to Burger King for lunch. Now I have loved Burger King as long as I can remember and I get (used to get) the same thing every time: A number 2 (Double Whopper) with Catsup and Pickle only, go large. And the Double Whopper with the large fries and the large Coke (with at least one if not two refills) was just about the right amount of food for me to be a satisfying lunch.

Fast forward to today. I ordered a regular hamburger (catsup and pickle only) and small fries with water. I ate very slowly and finished my hamburger but could not finish my small fries. Had only a tiny sip of water.

Usual Burger King meal: at least 1800 calories
Today: Less than 500 calories

I was completely satisfied with the amount of food I had and didn't get any type of hunger headache at all. So far so good with my sleeve.

 I am only a month out tomorrow and could not DREAM of eating a burger   
Wow

 This post can't be real.  I think someone's playing a trick.
No one eats like that two weeks out, that's absurd. 

This is a joke right???

Has to be a joke. Just has to be

I'm going to go against my instinct and assume this is real, just in case...

This scares me.

Please be careful, and please follow your surgeon's instructions. What you are doing here is very dangerous. At two weeks out, eating solid foods like beef can really damage your stomach.

And I'm almost 3 months out, and I'm pretty sure I could not eat an entire hamburger if I tried. Your nerve endings haven't healed yet at your stage, and so you might not be getting your "full" signals yet like you'll need in order to stop eating at the right time.

You could really be damaging your sleeve, causing a leak even, which could kill you. Please go back to soft foods or whatever stage you're supposed to be at, and stay there until you're "supposed" to be at solids. I know being on the restricted phases of eating is rough, but it's temporary and your body needs it.

 BK has sweetpotato fries now  woo hoo their good.... i only had them once and  me my daughter and my grandson all shared a 3 piece chicken meal, can u say cheap date  LOL

I'm not joking. I really haven't had any problems eating at all. I feel awful when I eat too much, but I'm slowly learning what that is.

What would be the symptoms of a leak if one did happen? That comment got my attention.

Generally, you would be feeling intense abdominal pain and have a fever.  If that hasn't happened yet, then you have dodged a major bullet.

But seriously... you've got to follow your doctor's instructions, or that's where you're headed.  Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean you are out of the woods by any standards. 

I don't mean to sound harsh, but this is major surgery recovery we're talking about here.  The last thing you need is to end up back in the hospital, right?  Or to end up not being able to eat at all for several weeks while the leak heals?

You may want to discuss your current eating habits with your doctor and make sure they don't want to check you out and be certain that no damage has been done.