PdxMan

Sleeved on 7/8/12 by Dr Umbach in Vegas (Baby!)

If you are exercising regularly, then you are burning through your stored glycogen reserves. To replace them, you need to up your carb intake a bit. Try adding some additional cooked veggies to your diet. It helped me.

The point is not to actually reach that number, but to put into our minds that we need to chew our food more. As obese folk, a common issue is inhaling food. I have to believe the mechanical aspects of the stomach digestion process is somewhat affected by having 85% of the stomach removed. Chewing more is not only a habit of skinnier folk, but will aid in the digestion and therefore absorption of food. Can't be a bad thing ... right?

Do you track your calories in MyFitnessPal or something of the like? What are your usual daily foods? How is your restriction? 2,250 seems awfully high. Do you drink with your meals? Do you eat your lean Proteins first, then move to carbs then starches?

I think it is totally possible to do it, but it depends on the person and what they are willing to do. This is true whether you're talking about sleeve or RNY, I think. If a person is going to sabotage their efforts, they will do it. The type of WLS doesn't matter. I am a year out and still have a ton of restriction. I have to basically eat all the time just to maintain my goal weight at 180#. My mother thinks I am too skinny. If I had another 50 pounds to lose, I have no doubt I could do it with the restriction I have, and I have no restrictions with what I can eat. Try that with RNY.

Eat cooked veggies. They have good carbs in them. Your body needs carbs.

It takes awhile to get your brain wrapped around it, but it will happen. Just don't force yourself to think you should be eating more than you can. You'll do fine and survive on the portions you can consume.

There's a reason they call it Isopuke. Premier Protein from costco RULES! So does San Dimas High School Football

How far out are you? I used Milk of Magnesia with wonderful results ... that is what I would recommend.

Check out this article. I think it is pretty good.

If you're headed up to the Portland area, let me know. Perhaps we can grab a cup of tea if you need an ear. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts.

I was outpatient, so the only thing I really needed was the chapstick. Used their booties for walking around. DON'T forget the chapstick. Seriously. Whoever is meeting you post-op, make sure they have one in their pocket. Pants pocket so it is a little warm and goes on easy. I hate hard, cold chapstick. Know what I mean?

Not so much an energy suck as it is an energy provider. So many people believe you have to cut carbs to lose weight, but for us sleevers, we still have to maintain a decent level. After suffering low energy, my NUT suggested adding more veggies to my diet. I was still in soft foods\puree stage, so I added carrots, Beans and peas to my Soups before pureeing them. It did me wonders. I ate no breads, and still really don't eat breads/starches much at all. Veggies are a great source of carbs and cooking them to soften them works, too.

Well, seems like you have some of the obvious things covered ... What do you do for exercise in a typical week? Would you say you are on the high, low or medium end of carb consumption? These two things will affect your energy levels, for sure.

Let's make sure we're all on the same page here. First off, when they perform your surgery, they pump a lot of CO2 into your chest cavity to inflate it a bit to give them working room. After they are done, they try to squeeze out as much as they can, but there is no way they can get it all. As you are mostly in an upright position, the remaining gas begins to collect inside your chest cavity and move up into your shoulders. This is the cause of that discomfort. Has nothing to do with belching or tooting. This gas will absorb into your skin and be removed by your bloodstream. Walking increases bloodflow, so it increases the removal of said gas. Intestinal gas is always benefited by walking as jumbling around your intestines helps move it along. Being your newly sleeved stomach is also a little out of alignment, it takes some time and eating to get everything worked out. Trapped air will escape, too, even if you haven't had anything to eat/drink.

My insurance covers everything except the procedure itself, so any complications would be handled fine locally. All of my pre-op and post-op testing has been covered.

I went to Dr Umbach in Las Vegas. It was $10,400 and he works out of a Center of Excellence. I, and others using him, have had a great experience. I wouldn't do Mexico, but that is my personal preference.

Well ... you'll be enjoying those hot dogs again!! Don't forget to have some Milk of Magenesia handy. You'll be wanting that in about 5 days. Regardless of the hot dogs. Seriously. Pick some up.

Joyus, it does take some time to find your groove again, and when you do, you will discover it is a different groove then you were used to. But that is a good thing because it is the groove that is going to help you lose weight. As MommyMar says, avoid the scale, at least for the first month. It is meaningless. Really. It will be hard, but your expectations can never match up to reality. Just know that it will happen for you. It was about 6 weeks post-op before I felt *normal*. It will happen for you. Sorry, you're not that unique that you will be the only person who feels like h3ll forever. Just keep doing what you are supposed to be doing and know that it does get better.

Lissa is absolutely correct. I believe, if you look closer, your paperwork will say 40 fr, not 40 in, which stands for 40 French Bougie. Bougie is the device they put into your stomach as a guide for the size of your sleeve when they sew it. Do a search on this site for bougie ... you will get a ton of hits and explanations.

What to bring to the hospital ... click here.

Congrats PhillyGirl. May I suggest eating something easy going ... remember ... what goes in, must come out and that will most likely be post surgery, so ... I ate nothing the day before. Water and tea only. I wanted clean and clear sailing, if you know what I mean ...

Yup, I was the same way. The shakes I loved pre-op were TERRIBLE post op. Just too sweet. Your tastes change ... That is why I always tell people to NOT overbuy pre-op because what you love before, you will hate after. I gave away $50 of Protein powder ... oh well ... I tried others and settled on Premier Protein Shakes from costco. They taste wonderful still 1 year post op. Have at least one everyday.

Have you had an open and frank conversation with him about how you feel? This could stem from many things. If it is about the weight loss, perhaps he feels threatened that you are on a new, exciting journey, yet he flounders in feelings of being left behind. Perhaps he has some urilogical disorder which has gone undiagnosed. When was his last physical or trip to the urologist? It could be a multitude of things and an open, frank talk needs to be the starting point. As a guy, I can tell you the quickest way to shut me up during one of these is to judge or threaten me, so, it will take a lot of listening for the first go around. You don't need to solve the problem during this first go-around. It's just like a brain-storming session getting everything out there.

I have never heard of that, but if you have coagulation issues, I could see where that may be a possibility.