Ms skinniness

My surgeon told me to wait 30 minutes before and after a meal. I sometimes will have a sip of water during my meal if I'm at a restaurant. I hope I'm not disposing of any nutrients . Anyways, I'm finding alot of differences in surgeons.

Glad to hear you were able to talk with him before being dc. My leg started cramping when I was driving about 5 weeks out and I started thinking I was getting a blood clot, so I went to the ER and no, I wasn't having a blood clot. 11 weeks out and I'm good to go, pasted the 8 week mark! You will do fine... Any questions and we can call the surgeon's office. That's what they're paid for. Have a Merry Christmas and I can't wait to hear about the lbs and inches just dropping off.

OMG, I was so scare, I told my husband, my son, and the doctor that I wanted to run away and I was totally shaking. After the anesthiologist injected a medication, all I could remember is the surgery room light and my arms stretched out and strapped to some boards. The surgery went great. I had no vomiting are nausea. I knew that if I didn't press the morphine button, I would totally bail. I didn't get food or popsickle's or ice. i got cranberry juice light that hurt my stomach to drink. Also, water was also hard to get down. I would walk around the ward trying to keep my eyes open. When I got home everything went well. Hang in there, by next week you will feel alot better.....

Have u talked with the doc yet? Antibiotics will be helpful. congrats on becoming a member of the loser's group.

welcome to the loser's club!

I like what MissDiva said.... Follow your Doc's orders. I was on a liquid diet for 3 weeks, puree foods for 3 weeks, and 3 weeks soft foods. I tended to eat alot of yogurt, protein drinks, vitamins, calcium, biotin, and other vits. Please call your surgeon's office and get their advice, they should be in the office today if it's pst or tomorrow est. Take care an live l day at a time.

Yayy a challenge. SN - Dorrie SW 169.9 GW 155 CW 169.9 G 15 lbs Does anyone know how to add a ticker to their status? Thanks

a friend of mine is a dietician and she saids that breads expand in our stomach as well as pasta's and tortilla's. A nutritionist at kaiser also confirms this. They also say we should toast our bread first. I try to stay away from breads, pasta's and tortilla's. Hope this helps.

I like the Premium chocolate protein drinks from costco. They have 30 gms of protein. Also have a protein powder by NuTek that also has 32 gms protein. When I mix it, (vanilla) tastes really good. Sometimes I put some frozen mixed fruit and it's a smoothie....yayyyyyyy. Congrats on your 140 lb weight loss! that's awesome..

Jesse, my stomach does growl and it can be heard across the room. My since i started taking prilosec, it has decreased and so has my hunger.....

emme2009, all the people I know have far exceeded the 10lbs.

I use sleep aide from costco. I know that when healing, it is important to get our sleep. When I got home from the hospital, I had insomnia for 3 nights so I took my tylenol with cod to aid in sleeping. I hated this so I called the surgeon and they gave me the ok to take sleep aid. This has always worked better than any other medications I have taken for my insomnia. I love it. It's also not addicting. Good luck on catching your zzzzzzz's.

congrats! Loosing 14 lbs in 9 days is great! you are on your way, b/c it will keep dropping from here on. Congrats!

My surgeons tell me to take a bite, wait 10 minutes then take another. LOL who can do this? I can't, so what I do is take a bite wait a few minutes and take another bite. Recently, I remembered at the orientation for bariatric surgery for weight loss, the head doc at Kaiser stated, "it will take you 45 minutes to eat half a sandwhich." Doing the math because I had a tendency to eat a little too much, I divided 45 by 10 minutes and figured out that I can only take about 4.5 bites per meal. That has helped alot. So now I count bites and try to slow them down. I was always hungry for the first 8 weeks. My surgeons never told me about prilosec or nexium for the stomach acid. I received feedback from other members of our club and they suggested prilosec. Since beginning taking it, my hunger has decreased. Today I found that I continue to loose weight at a good pace. about 2 lbs since last tuesday. Love it.... Give your tummy time to register that you are full. Put your food down after taking a bite and do something, then come back to it. If you don't like cold food, then keep the food in a tortilla warmer. You might find this helpful.. Congrats! Your hungry tummy monster will adjust LOL.

Welcome to the club! This is the beginning of your new journey, and the hardest! But it is all worth it. Have a Merry Christmas and the best of recovery....

I too have discovered that I don't like certain junk foods I used too LOL. But I think it's because I'm beginning to feel a little better about myself. I am going to keep up the good work! I focus on Protein first. I am 11 weeks post opt and I just discovered I am about 20 lbs to my goal weight. But actually, I have reached a huge goal of healthy cholesterol, and no diabetes. We are all doing great! Merry Christmas too all Sleevers.

women are amazing. One of my closest friends continues to tell me how she eats M&M's all day, has one big meal, and grazes though out the day and has lost 7 lbs. I am astonished at her unhealthy eating habits with high carb intake. And yes, since I've know her, she has gone up 3 pant sizes. When I told her i was going to have this surgery, she told me I didn't need it. It got to the point where I don't feel safe sharing with her about anything personal. So I don't. I do get frustrated when she talks about how wonderful she is with her weight loss. Then again, my world is all about me and I love it.... To all of you, keep up the hard work,,, we have given up alot to be here. I had a taco from Taco Bell because I was craving it and I hated the Taco...... Feels good.

Congrats! I hope to be there someday too! Keep up your journey and be happy!

Wow, I like this dilemma. What to do if loosing toooooo much weight....... Congrats and have a MERRY Merry Christmas.....

yes, I agree, you will regrow your hair, but it sounds like you don't have any time to enjoy the new you.... Life is worth celebrating and slowing down to take better care of yourself. You are worth it. Love the transformation of your new body. Take time for yourself and be good to yourself. Your children and grandchildren are taking in everything you do,,, so make it about honoring yourself also.

I love all the great feedback here. You are doing fine.... Try not too worry so much, it will come off when you least expect it too. You are doing all the right things. Your good and the weight will begin to drop before you know it. I don't tie my self to the scale any more. Sometimes I was fearing that I was loosing weight too fast. But this is what I wanted and needed. My body is looking better everyday and I'm 11 Weeks post off. Love it more and more.

Congrats! I love that your losing 2lbs a week. Keep up the good work and eat healthy, not for weight loss, but for your health...

Take your protein, water, and multivits. My understanding is that the protein drink is also considered a fluid. I do like the peanut butter one.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too everyone! Welcome back and happy you have a wonderful Baby!

I believe your right on. And I am a Marriage and Family Therapist.