mrBear78

I had the sleeve done on May 5th 2011. On the day of the surgery I weighed in at 327lbs. As of today September 21st, 2011, I weigh 231lbs. At the beginning of the month I hit a plateau of 237lbs. In the past few weeks I started working out every other day. Thirty minutes of Cardio and Thirty minutes of Muscle Toning. After the first week I have notice a few things. Besides the obvious of tightening everything up and having more energy, I have noticed that I have been getting hungry more often and weak at times. Over the past few months (I know it's natural) but I have noticed my stomach capacity increasing. I feel like I am stating the obvious... "I am burning more therefore my body needs to consume more." With that being said I am so scared to end up the way I was... Apart of me feels bad for being hungry. The negative feelings that I have are associated with my past and how I negotiated, made excuses, and tricked myself into justifying food period. All that in turn made me feel guilty and ashamed. Now here I am, post surgery, down 90 plus pounds, working out and feeling hungry. I feel so scatterbrained and I just needed to get this off my chest. Is anyone going through this or something similar? Please tell me I am not alone...

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First of all thank you for the reassurance! I start the second phase in 5 days on the 19th. Any menu items you would recommend? Is it bad to start before the recommended time?

I had my WLS on 5/5/2011. Since then I have been on the usual liquid post op diet. My typical routine is listed as such... I wake up, start my Protein drink (11FL. OZ. 30g Protein), take my chewable Multivitamin (1 in the morning and another at night), sip Water through out the day, have a sugar free Popsicle, and repeat the routine for lunch and dinner. Here is where I feel lost. I have no clue where my stomach capacity is... I AM NOT TRYING TO PUSH MY BOUNDARIES or GO AGAINST WHAT MY DOCTOR HAS INSTRUCTED. After reading different posts I am getting the feeling that either I am sipping wrong or my surgeon did my sleeve wrong (sarcastic undertone). When I sip, I take in around 1-2 tbsp(s) at a time. I never really timed myself but if I were to guesstimate, it takes me anywhere from 1 - 1.5 hours to finish my Protein Drink. I watched this youtube video of this individual being 2 weeks post op and finishing an 8FL. OZ protein drink would take them 3 hours. I would love to hear back from anyone in regards to their routines/techniques/etc. I would also like to ask anyone/everyone, "What signs/indicators does your body give you to let you know it's either time to slow down or time to quiet?" Thank you all in Advanced!