Eating with a DS: A Day in the Life (pics!)

 The mini-ice cream cups refreeze just fine, FYI.

Um,  not that I know this from experience or anything, Cause I would never eat that gross amount of ice cream. 

Thank you so much for doing this!!!! I am sending this link to all my friends/family so they have a clue.

 Thanks, Bonnie! I'm glad if it ends up being helpful in explaining to someone. 

Tell me more about the latte.  I don't know anything about espresso or making lattes, so details please.


ETA...I am WAY more post-op than Jenna, and I could not eat that much at the meals.  I would, however, easily forage all day and consume the same quantites.  But as three, individual meals, I'd get full before finishing.

 I have this: www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-EC155-Espresso-Maker/dp/B000F49XXG/r ef=cm_lmf_tit_2, which I use to make the espresso shots. There are different makers and they all work a bit differently. I then let the espresso cool a bit, then pour it over ice and heavy cream. I add a shot of the SF caramel syrup, stir and enjoy. 

I'm glad you pointed that out about the volume. Although a few ounces in no way strikes me as a "massive amount" of food, I do need to eat my meals over the course of about 30 minutes. My surgeon also makes a slightly larger sleeve than some do. I know a lot of other DSers have more restriction than I do.

 when/if you get a machine I recommend getting like four bags of various espresso to turkish level grounds in tiny amounts (this is also fun because the checker looks at you like you are bat****) because one espresso grind sometimes works for one machine and doesn't for another. 

We picked up a nice espresso machine for $20 at goodwill a couple years back - fully functional, easy to use.  If you get one, post it to the board and someone will be happy to walk you through making something.  Very, very easy.

AND that is exactly what happens to failed rny's! They get used to having to eat all through the day, and eventually the meals become a larger volume, and with little to no malasorption ... RE-GAIN happens!  And we are left thinking... what in the world ... how did this happen??

 

...and that's why when I revised from the band it was TO the DS.  And good thing, because I have post-weight-loss regain with the DS, but nothing like i'd have with the RnY.  (I have too many IRL friends who had the RnY and a VERY small percentage are still teeny little things.)  I had to go for the surgery that had the lowest long-term regain rates because I'm old, set in my ways, and a bit insane...and I knew that in the long term, *I* wasn't going to change, so I needed a surgery that would do all the work.

Alas, the DS doesn't do ALL the work, but I know that the self-control that the RnY requires post-op, combined with a SLEW of medical conditions involving taking prednisone (I get hungry thinking about it) in addition to disabling conditions that leave me loaded and on the sofa instead of moving even a little...I'd have gained a lot more.  The malabsorption is the only thing that is keeping me from being MO again....'cause it sure ain't my behavior!  LOL