makingbetterchoices

Hello everyone! My name is makingbetter choices. Does anyone have suggestions in getting the amount of fluids needed each day? I struggle each day in trying to get the amount of fluids needed each day. I think I might be getting an infection. I have not cheated since I started my liver shrinking diet. But sometimes its a struggle to eat and drink. Sometimes when I eat my stomach rumbles when I eat. I get very little in and other times i eat well. I feel I am not losing anymore weight. I walk Monday - Friday and I try to make sure I get my 10,000 steps in each day. I have been successful most days. On the weekends i try to relax. I have a severe case of phantarfasciatis, and I mean severe. So I try to let my feet relax on weekends. But I feel like my weight loss has stops any suggestions in other types of exercise to cause the weight loss to start back up. Any suggestions in how much food I should be eating? Am i eating to much. What amount of food should I be eating? I am two days from seven weeks post op. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I want this to work. Help.

I have been having issues with my body temp. I am hot then cold. Cold then hot. Has anyone expercience it. What if anything to cure it? I am struggling trying to deal with the problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I thank you for you input. Information is always good. By the way what book are you reading. Al the information in print form is good. Does anyon have ideas on how to get the required amount of fluid intake. That is where i am having a problem with. Getting enough fliuds in. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hello Nancy how are you doing? Thanks for replying to my story. You are the only person that has. I sometimes feel lost. I went in on a chat and the person that was in there when I signed on closed out with out saying anything. I am sorry for invading her chat. I guess I won't do the chat thing anymore. Each day its a different thing. Right now I am dealing with my body temp being hot then cold, then cold and hot. I never know what each day is going to bring for me. But I am so glad to meet you Nancy. I hope you will keep in touch with me. And I will keep in touch with you. How do you do the sacle thing to monitor your weight. This is all new to me.

I I want to tell my story. I had my surgery on July 12, 2011. I had a few dreams where I had got to the surgery door and changed my mind. But here is my story. I had tried about 2 years ago to have the surgery but it didn't work out because they had underlying fees. I refused to have to pay extra when I had insurance. So I kept looking. I was not on board at first with the my primary Dr. at first. It did take some time for me to get on board. So I went on the internet and found a surgeon that did the surgery and didn't have underlying fees. I hit the jackpot. They were at a well know hospital and there website was very good. Plus they gave you the nutritionist as an added bonus. So alot of the paperwork I already had done. It was just a matter of getting it to the surgeon after going to his seminar. After his seminar I made an appointment to see him. Dr. Mark Kligman from University of Maryland Medical Center. I had previous surgeries and he needed to see the surgeons notes. After seeing the surgeons notes he decided that he would have to do the sleeve because of the previous surgeries. I was not to happy but I left it up to the Surgeon. I felt comfortable with him and I trusted his decision. I was not happy but I learned to live with the decision he made. I did my 2 week liver shrinking diet and I think I did a very good job with it. The day of the surgery i was at peace with the Drs. decision but did ask one more time about doing the Gastric bypass instead of the sleeve.By he was set in what he was going to do. It took my Dr. 5 hours to do the sleeve because of all the scar tissue. But after the surgery, while in recovery I had very little pain if any. They got me up in 2 hours to go for my walk. I can't believe I just had surgery and up and walking. There was very little pain. But I did my walking around the wing. I was up at 2 in the morning walking. I couldn't believe it I was walking and I felt pretty good. I got into my room at around 8 or 9 pm that night. Before I got in bed I wanted to do my walk. Was this the same person wanting to walk. I felt pretty good. The first night was ice chips. The second day I had to do the swallowing test. After the test I got my 32 ozes of water and my 8 oz protein shake. I had problems drinking the water and the shake. Every time I drank or ate I had extreme pain in the abdomin area. I couldn't figure out why. This went on for 4 days. The Drs. didn't know what was going on either. I spent 2 extra days in the hospital because I was not able to eat or drink without pain. I finally was able to drink water and shake that friday and was able to go home at noon. Little did I know when I got home I would encounter the same problem I had in the hospital. It got so bad that early Monday morning I called the hospital to let them know I was still having the same problems I was having in the hospital. But after spending all day in the ER the only thing they could find was I was constipated. Also I had diverticulitis which I already knew. But I left the ER discouraged and depressed. I went to a dark place and took it out on my primary Dr. and my pastor. The same thing kept happening and I called the Dr. and he met with me as well. He was as baffeled as I was and the people in the ER. But the pains did go away after 2 weeks. Then I have to learn how to eat all over. I have been walking everyday. I don't walk on the weekends but I think I will change that. I have had my three week checkup and my weight is 274. I can't remember the last time I weighted 274 pounds. I am having problems now with eating foods that will help me lose the weight. I can't eat any breads. They stick in my chest and cause alot of pain. I have tried several different types of bread and wraps. I feel like I am at a stand still as far as weightlose is concerned.