LoserMama
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Tmi alert: do you ever get sores in the outer folds part of your ear? Wtf are they? Just pimples or something diff?
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Trying new veggies this week. Tonight was 1st time ever having Brussels sprouts. What's your fav way to prepare them healthily?
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Dinner awesome - balsamic brown sugar crockpot pork loin, sautéed Brussels sprout w walnut oil and turkey bacon.
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I involved the kids w the blessing bags. They used some of their allowance and helped me put them together.
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Weird Feeling In My Throat
LoserMama replied to Paola's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
For me, the omeprezole was not strong enough. I had to go to a prescription PPI. Hopefully its just some weird post-op body trick, if it hangs around, you may want to talk to doc about silent reflux. -
My fitbit #fitstats for 1/27/2012: 8,097 steps and 3.1 miles traveled. http://t.co/TPlUr4dC
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Weird Feeling In My Throat
LoserMama replied to Paola's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
For me its not swelling, its silent reflux (lasopharyngeal reflux) -- are you on a PPI? -
That is totally what I had to do. In the first couple of weeks. even with a little pillow supporting it just would get too achy and I would have to move back to my back. But no issues now at all! It will pass. Our guts got rearranged, thats all
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I had this too, it resolved at about 3-4 weeks. I noticed it most if trying to lay on my side, also. Weird,huh?
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What Is Your New Addiction?
LoserMama replied to medicgipson's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Well, I already had a secondary addiction I'm trying not to activate, which is spending money. What I am trying to put in place as "healthy" obsessions are knitting and crocheting. I've compulsion hopped my whole life. food and money are my most dangerous ones. Like prior posters, I am scared to death of developing another bad addiction. -
what the hell is with #steampunk anyway? I feel old. Is it the latest phase of wave/goth/emo dressing? Someone educate me.
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Oh and it was multiple choice and dad didn't include the right answer in the options then berated the kid for not realizing it was a trick.
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Max Amount Of Protein At One Time?
LoserMama replied to keybold64's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
It's called gluconeogenesis. A fairly plain language explanation is at .http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/protein-sparing-effect/ Essentially if the body is in calorie deficit, like we all are, it looks to other sources for energy. -
Anyone Wish They Had Not Done Their Gastric Sleeve Surgery?
LoserMama replied to Karelia's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I am ambivalent at this point. No major complications have surfaced, no issues with eating or nausea or throwing up, so that is all good. But right now, the scale isn't moving much. Its frustrating to be eating 600-800 calories a day and NOT seeing the scale move! But I am hopeful it will pass. I have seen good benefits already but the majority of that weight loss that led to these changes occurred before I had surgery! SO hopefully we'll see the scale moving better soon. -
Max Amount Of Protein At One Time?
LoserMama replied to keybold64's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was told the max was 25-30g by my nutritionist, to actually be used as protein. Otherwise the body converts it to sugar. So personally, I space them out because I don't see any reason to not have it used as protein. -
Post-Op Vitamins & Weight Loss
LoserMama replied to lookingahead's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I don't midn the flavor of mine so much, as remembeing to take them 4x a day. I am good with about 3 of them a day but regularly forget the 4th, and also have problems fitting the calcium in 2 hours apart from the multi. I need an appt reminder or something. I also wish there were a gummy bariatric Vitamin. I have opurity bariatric Vitamins on hand which I bought before meeting with her because i liked the fact that they were one a day. But my nut rattled off a list of things I would need to take a small supplement if I took them. However at this point, if I'm missing my 4th pill a few times a week, based on the differences in levels between the two of them, I might be better off with taking the one a day. I had no idea calcium had a role in flushing out fat. Cool. -
My Incisions Are Worrisom
LoserMama replied to Tinette's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Yep, stop alcohol. I'm a little ahead of you and had this happen on two of them . When I called, they told me to get wound closure strips (like steri strips but available at walgerens with adhesive already on them). A tip: if you jsut put them on flat, the wound will stay open. I found it worked best to put the tape above/on top of the incision first, pull gently down as I adhered it down across the incision, so that it brough the two sides together. I used 2 on the small one and 3 on teh large one. The one that was more open is still a little bit larger scar, but the one that was a small gape looks just like al lthe rest now, a nice tight line. -
Wait...shouldn't Calories Per Day For Weight Loss Still Work The Same As Pre-Op?
LoserMama replied to jewelwithin's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Like you I was given no set caloric value for any phase I've been in, just a Protein goal of 60-100 grams. I'm averaging about 600-800 calories a day in terms of focusing on the protein and always getting in Water. Anything else is bonus. I too use myfitnesspal, its great. Jsut about any food you can think of seems to be there. Like you've I've wondered about the caloric intake deal. the way my NUT explained it to me, you want to make hay while the sun shines in the first 12-18 months and really take advantage of our lower appetite and do more exercise to get the most benefit, since apparently once that "window" closes it wil lbecome harder to lsoe weight. We are given the Vitamins and supplements to still ensure we are getting the nutrients we need, so theoretically that is why we can eat fewer calories. I have had days when I have gone higher or eaten something not officially on my plan, but I move on and just keep focused on protein and water. If your stall continues then maybe talk more to your nut, but if you feel good about what level you are at and the scale starts to move again, that's good. -
THe only point your surgeon may be making is taking advantage of that first 18 month window after surgery. I've read in more than one place that our window for best opportunity to lose the weight after surgery is 12-18 months, and then after that it gets harder.
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Common foods high in carbs are anything with grains in it. Rice, bread, Pasta, Cereal, sweets, candy, cakes, chips, etc. Your surgeon wants you eating 1 carb per meal? That seems a little extreme to me. I am settling somewhere in between your surgeon and your endos advice. I am finding myself eating about 50 carbs a day right now, and am fairly happy there, and its crazy given that I probably used to eat 250-300 carbs or more a day.