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So ((hugs)). The standard advice on this is to quit watching My 600lb Life. I get you. I really do! You're thinkin', "Dayum shazam! I just rearranged my innards and am eating like 200 calories a day. I should be losing more weight each week. If I wanted to lose only 10lbs per month, I coulda done Weight Watchers!!!! Gimme that cool 25-50lb per month weight loss I imagined I would experience! Cuz 10lbs a month! Dayum, I feel ripped off!!!!!" Also, as for the surgery sequence of going from RNY to sleeve...Inconceivable (youtube clip)! I do not think that means what you think it means! I think maybe you aren't very familiar with your tummy anatomy. It's why so many have responded with a kinda sorta...WTF with a screwed up question face. For most, the sequence of multiple WLS would be Lapband (maybe), then VSG (sleeve)...then duh duh dunnnnhhhhhhh! No weight loss or loss and regain or reflux or...CRAP! This surgery didn't work and now I need a more drastic surgery that includes malabsorption and a further reduction of tummy capacity/food restriction--which takes you to an RNY or DS. Cuz you know, you're jonesing for the magical 25lbs a month that Dr. Now's patients see... But sadly, the reality is that your surgeon will be as happy as a leetle girl if you maintain a 9-12lb per month consistent loss over the honeymoon period. That's 120lbs in a year if that happens consistently. Which is damn skippy in my book! The next step for a more drastic surgery than you have right now is to go from an RNY to a DS (duodenal switch)--which put simply, include even further malabsorption. And you are sooooo not there yet!!! So keep on keepin' on and sip, sip, sip, chew, chew, chew. Don't eat around your surgery and follow the rules from your surgical team, and you WILL lose your weight!!!! ((hugs))

Getting better. Still a ton of trapped gas, but I have been able to stop the dilaudid pain meds. Still taking the zofran and meds for esophageal spasms pretty regularly. Able to consume a little more liquid each day and some protein. Deffinately not a walk in the park yet tho. Whoever says this is the easy way out can kiss my ass

@Apple203 I have what I hope is my last visit with the surgeon and also the 6th visit with the RD on the 4th of Jan. I don't really know what else they have in store for me. I finished PT. I will follow up with the arthritis guy next week to find out what he wants me to do. And I think I might start a Tai Chi class that I found here for free! Wow huh? It's supposed to be really great for balance and for building core strength as well as reduce stress! So we'll see. If nothing else, then I will continue to do my at home exercises and walk daily. Happy New Year you guys! Here's hoping we're all approved and can be March surgery buds!

I logged your food in MyfitnessPAL (free food log app) Download food log here I hope you choose to log. It is the best tool ever. Logging helps to see if you are fueling your body correctly. It's also a motivator. At the end of the day it will tell you....If every day was like today you will weigh X amount in 5 weeks. this is an estimate i don't have your exact amounts of food, what you ate for supper or food brands. 1 breakfast sausage link winco 95 calories .5g carbs 1 large egg fried 120 calories .4g carbs 1 oz cheddar cheese 110 calories 0. carbs 1 pop tart toaster pastry 200 calories 37g carbs 1/2 white bread . 70 calories 14.g carbs 1 tablespoon olive oil mayo kraft 35 calories 2g carb3 4 oz winco deli turkey 90 calories 1.5 carbs 10 potato chips 150 calories 14 carbs SUPPER GUESSTIMATE: 2 0z grilled chicken breast 120 calories 0 carbs 2 oz french green beans 13 calories 2 g carbs 1 dinner roll 176 calories 29.5 carbs 1 jello sugar free pudding cup 60 calories 10g carb total of 795 calories 61g protein 58g carbohydrates 34 fats 21 sugars I'm saying this because I care and I want to see you successful long term. (If you don't change over to healthy foods you are going to feel regret when you don't see the results you want) I'm not sure what your bariatric diet instructions are. You might want to check with your dietician. This is what I see that is making you hungry: Carbohydrates and sugar will slow or stop your weight loss. Once you eat carbs and sugar you crave them more. Time to detox off them. My dieticians instructions that may help with your hunger and to fuel your body for weight loss. Exercise, water, protein 60 to 100 grams. Plant based carbs. Keep carbs low (no potato bread, baked goods, crackers, chips, fries ) 3 meals with 2 snacks for the day. Spreading your food out 6 meals a day will help with hunger. 4 oz Lean meats, (protein shakes, bars, quest chips) sugar substitute (no sugar) Vegetables are your carb source eat as much as you want with your protein. the fiber will help you feel full longer.cheese and sugar free yogurt. fruit in small amounts (avoid apples and bananas for now they are high in carbs) Getting your water in will help with weight loss. Drink 30 mins after your meal. This will help with hunger. After you lose 75% of your weight you will add healthy low glycemic carbs to slow /stop weight loss for maintaining your weight. healthy low glycemic carbs: two tablespoons brown rice, sweet potato, whole wheat pasta and bread If I have left out anything I hope others will add more suggestions.

I bought jeans that fit, for every size. That alone made me feel attractive and slimmer. I also, as I passed through sizes, got rid of EVERY SINGLE piece of clothing that was too big. Ebay is a great source for less expensive name-brand clothing. Some of us don't need an extensive wardrobe and some do, and some of us blow through sizes so fast that you don't want to spend a penny on that size. I started out in an 18, never bought a single size 14 and have ended up, at 18 mos post-op, in a size 8. I bought too many 10s, but I'm selling them on ebay! My support group has a clothing swap, and it was helpful!

Also... Woman Within is a clothing catalog retailer...with some really cute stuff, all geared to inexpensive plus sized clothes that are comfortable and flattering. Be careful...their sizes run a bit big:) http://www.womanwithin.com/

I got most of my things at thrift stores like Goodwill. I blew through sizes too fast to spend a lot of money on clothes. I'd buy something, and a month or two later it would be way too big...

"The patient is a 39 year-old woman who initially underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in 2001. A revision was then performed in 2003 for suboptimal weight loss, where the gastric pouch was revised and a Silastic band was placed to the distal gastric pouch. She then underwent revision to a distal gastric bypass. She developed symptoms of reflux and also had weight recidivism. Endoscopy demonstrated stenosis of the distal gastric pouch at the location of the Silastic band. She was taken to the operating room for conversion sleeve gastrectomy, removal of the Silastic band, and hiatal hernia repair. " None of this applies to the OP. Again...No. To remedy severe complications experienced with other weight loss surgeries...it's a rare possible option. For simple lack of weight loss, it is accurate to say that there is no surgeon alive who would convert RNY to sleeve. So again, No. Just No.

I never hit my goal weight either, and I've regained since then. Not sure how much: I'm afraid to look at the scale. I hope it's only 15, but I think it might be closer to 25 or 30. I've gotten addicted to processed carbs again, so I need to go off them, but it's tough. I was near perfect on my diet for a year, but never did any exercise. I think that really prevented me from reaching my goal. I'm feeting very motivated to exercise now; in fact, I'm going tomorrow to get a gym membership. (I do much better at exercise with a gym membership than working out at home.) I'd like to do keto because it's so effective, but since the surgery, my body really does not like it when I eat much fat. Also, there aren't a lot of protein sources I like, so I'm thinking about looking into a more plant based diet. I like the idea of fruits, vegetables, beans, string cheese, Greek yogurt, eggs, and some meat here and there. I should go back to protein shakes, but I drank so many for so long that I'm really tired of them. I think I'll start the Pound of Cure diet and see where it takes me. Anyway, good luck to you! It's tough when it seems that everyone else has been so successful, but tomorrow is another chance at success.

Found these at H-E-B. They look good and nice and smooth for the liquid phase. No added sugar and the spinach one has 5g of protein in a cup.