Hyacinth is exactly right. VSG is a tool. You can cheat it by taking in high calorie liquids, and carbs. Or by filling it with food and then "washing it out" by drinking afterwards.
The rules are simple really:
1) Eating: Take in 80 gms of protein per day. Do not drink 45 mins before or afterwards. At meals eat the protein first, then the other stuff. Pick low fat proteins like fish, chicken, and low fat cuts of beef and pork. About 4-6 oz is all you should take in in any given meal. (I use a small plate.)
2) Drinking: 64-80 oz of unsweetened clear liquid per day. (Water preferred) Lots of times when you think you are hungy, you are actually dehydrated. Your urine should run clear. If yellow you are dehydrated.
3) Prohibitions: No carbonated beverages at all. They stretch your sleeve out and make you feel hungry. No alcohol till goal.
4) Frequency: Eat 5-6 small meals - B, L & D + two or three small low sugar snacks.
5) Carbs: Avoid high glycemic veggies - potatoes and rice, etc. Sugars of all kinds. Sucrose, fructose. Limit fruits at first too.
6) Good veggies: Pick green veggies - broccholi, cabbage, spinach, green salad. You know which ones.
7) Snacks and fiber: For snacks pick high fiber stuff. If you take Metamucil or some other water soluable fiber bars, be sure and wash it out of your stomach with water immediately after eating. Fiber sitting in your sleeve, will stretch it.
8) Vitamin supplements: (Daily) Multivitamin, Vitamin C, and B-complex. I also take CoQ-10 (antioxidant), 3 capletss of fish oil, and a baby aspirin.
So there you have it. VSG weight loss in 8 easy steps.
(Youre a wonderful lady Hyacinth. I cant wait to see the NEW YOU!)
Good luck.