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Three years out....stomach still sounds like deep water sea creatures mating.

Curious what changes (if any) folks made to their diet while waiting for their surgery date? I'm trying to make some changes now so adjusting to a new lifestyle won't be quite as dramatic after surgery. I want to set myself up for success as much as possible. So far I have done the following: - cut way back on my coffee (only one cup caffeinated every other day) - water intake up to 100 ounces a day - tracking my food and limiting carbs to less than 120g a day - trying to teach myself to eat 5 times a day instead of 3 (this has been a big change because I had finally gotten used to only eating 3 times a day...my new program wants folks eating 5 times a day so something is eaten every 3-4 hours) - focusing on protein first - cut fast food down to 2 times a week - cut out alcohol - adding in walks, though not consistently yet Any thing else I can do to help prepare myself more for this new lifestyle?

I was thst post diet. i started to drink body armor lyte daily. with electrolytes. and my potassium was low and my Dr said those two things would make me feel that way. Sent from my SM-N986U using BariatricPal mobile app

So I just started the process the end of February. Have done all my blood work, taken certain classes and quizzes online, did my EKG, chest x-ray, H-pylori test, and visited with the cardiologist. All I have left is a visit with the dietician, pulmonologist, and the mental health specialist. Oh and one more visit with the surgeon. That's providing nothing else comes up that needs to be done/taken care of. But so far.......... Things I'm doing to prepare................. Taking a daily multivitamin (as suggested by dietician) Started Keto again (but not extreme this time, this time I'm eating fruits as suggested by the dietician, and keeping fats low) Stopped drinking Diet Pepsi and now consuming 64 oz (as suggested by the dietician) or more of water ONE cup of coffee a day (sometimes I would drink 2 or more a day) Tracking my food on Cronometer and in a separate journal that also asks about my mood energy, activity, sleep, etc each day Trying to eat 3 times a day and 1 snack (as suggested by the dietician) Adding in exercise at least 15 min a day, 3 days a week to START with a goal of 60 min a day, 5 days a week (also suggested by the dietician) What I need to work on............ The 30-30-30 rule as given by the dietician (no drink 30 min before a meal, eat the meal within 30 min, no drink for 30 min after) Slowing down my eating/chewing/making my meal stretch out over 30 min

Congrats! Woot!

I'm three years out and LOVE bread of all kinds. Naan is a favorite. Love sourdough and pumpernickle, health nut and multigrain too. But I've gotta say, it's still tough to eat a lot of it, even now....and that's probably for the best in my case cause historically, bread was something I'd go to town on and overindulge. I can eat bread almost like a normal person now...meaning...a reasonable single or half serving of it, instead of a double or triple serving like I used to. Balance is a good thing! You're still in early days. And yep, you're gonna have moments of frustration and missing your old eating habits, missing the way certain things tasted/felt. Old favorites won't work anymore and it's a weird feeling....for me there was a little bit of food grief...as disturbing as that is to say, I did feel genuinely sad about my changing relationships with food. But then, I found new healthy favorites, new ways of cooking, got used to new portion sizes, new expectations. New body, better health It does get a lot better in time. Promise.

I have tried them and they tasted pretty good. What my wife and I really did was we took a prepackaged soup ( (broth based progresso, cambells, etc.) and we strained them during preop. This helped us with the flavor as they were seasoned well. You could argue that these have a lot of salt, but we didn't do more then 1 or two a day and when I went in for my preop blood test, my electrolytes and salt were still low.

Hey I am so happy to hear you are doing well. Did you talk to your doctor about the swollen abdomen? Did that just happen? I wonder how it feels not to have hunger. Not too long for me now omg lol

it depends on your surgeon. I wasn't allowed to eat any of that --- just protein shakes (4-5 a day), clear broth, ultra-low or no-calorie beverages (with no caffeine), V8/tomato juice (although I think we were limited to a cup of this a day), and sugar free popsicles and sugar free Jello

Hi all! I am scheduled for revision of my bypass on March 16! Original stats : 260lbs pre-op RNY Bypass : November 2009 Lowest : 135lbs Plastics - Abdominoplasty; Panniculectomy; Thigh Lift : June 2011 Divorce - Remarried - Regained Sept 2020 : Re-entered Bariatric Program at 279lbs Current : 245lbs I will have my pouch resized and reconnected distally for a little bit of malabsorption. Hoping for ~ 70lb weightloss and then to maintain.