Molly1978

I'm 2 months 1 week post op. Lost almost 60lbs! Very exciting for me. Loving it! BUT (and there's always a but isn't there?) I think I'm getting hungry now and it's kinda weirding me out. It's kinda hard to tell nowadays if it's just head hunger or actual real hunger. Can coffee and or fake sweeteners make you more hungry? I think I heard something about that a while back. I excersized really well this week too and I lost a pound. I didn't know it would slow down this much! lol Maybe I just need to give it time?

Good job! You're an inspiration for many.

Is anyone else 6-7 weeks post op? What are you able to eat? Are you able to get all of your Water in? How much have you lost? What surgery did you have? I had Roux en y Sep. 10th and have lost 46lbs. I'm fine with creamy food but moist soft Proteins are not so easy. I chew and chew and then I'll accidentally eat too much and vomit. Getting in all of my water is difficult as well when I'm sooooo busy at work. Anyone else with these problems? I'm thinking of using a crockpot today to make my chicken as moist as possible. =)

Anyone else dizzy and cold? I'm nearing the end of 4weeks post roux en y.

Yes, I am literally doing everything by the book. Maybe I should try stopping my prilosec as I hear it can interfere with absorption with Vitamins.

Should I take one extra Vitamin? I've been doing everthing by the book.

Same here.

Anyone else get really dizzy in the AM? I did this morning for the first time. It's almost noon now and I'm just now finally coming out of it but still having a hard time with it.

Hmmmm, interesting. I just read something on the internet about dizziness and hands becoming very cold associated with low iron levels. Maybe that has something to do with it as well.

I agree. Isopure is DISGUSTING.

Wow Michelecaples, that sucks. Do you think it might be a dehydration thing as well?

My family is having this fantastic smelling pizza and I can't have any!!! Waaaaa!!! All I get is horrible cramps from the heaviest period I've had since I was a teenager and a strong sense of head hunger. Blah

Just do your best with trying to follow what your doctor wants. I didn't have to do the pre-op liquid diet but, I did have to loose 5% of my body weight and see the nutritionist about 6 times until I lost 12.7lbs. My program made us eat like they wanted us to eat at 1yr out. Which I thought was a good idea but, I sometimes think doing a pre-op liquid diet would've been a faster way to loose 12.7lbs.

I just bought a fitbit aria scale and I'm having a SUPER hard time syncing it up to my computer. Does anybody have one of these things or know about them? My computer could be the culprit I suppose.

Yes, you're right. The Fitbit is the little clip thingy you wear. The Aria is a scale. The Fitbit will give you the most information, calories burned, how many stairs you've climbed, how active you are at specific times, (kinda like an actigraphy watch if anyone has ever worn one of those things), what time it is, how many steps you've taken, and how many miles you've gone in a day. The software will give you percentages on this data also. It's pretty cool. The Aria is a scale that wirelessly puts your weight into your computer (an easy way to track your weight - incase you're like me and forget by the time you get to the computer). It also does some other fancy stuff too like BMI and body fat percentage. The Aria uploads the data and it gets combined with the Fitbit data in the same software. Because I can't eat anything, I like getting all crazy about the numbers. It gives me something else to do when my family is eating pizza! Although, it's kinda hard to get the Aria to work with the computer but, I finally figured it out. The Fitbit was a breeze to start up.

I haven't lost any weight this whole 3rd week so, that also makes it a little frustrating. BUT, I'm not gonna give up!!!!

That's right! I am doing it for me and if I ate some of it, I'd barf anyways, right? I'm in my 3rd week, almost 4th week. I have an IUD as well but, I had my period the day after surgery in the hospital, and now I'm having one WAY worse than I think I can remember. I'm soooo mad! lol I'm not used to having these dang periods because of my IUD so, It's way weird. The feeling of fitting into a size smaller is better than any piece of pizza, right?!

Through graphs after it uploads the data

Anyone feel like they have less sex after surgery? I'm 34 and my boyfriend is 53. He smokes weed everyday too. I felt this way before surgery too but, it seems worse lately. I guess the combo of old age and weed would make a man less likely to want to have sex. But, even if he gets turned on(and I can totally tell he is), he doesn't want to continue or do anything about it. I think I'm becoming more attractive. Maybe he thinks the opposite. Who knows. I've never been with somebody who doesn't want sex on a regular basis. Also, I don't smoke weed-last time I did was maybe 4 months ago, and then a year before that-in case someone was wondering.

Thanks for the advice, we're good now. . I've never been with someone like him, so different. He's very sensitive and gets his feelings hurt easily so, it's hard for me to talk to him about stuff like this. In my past relationships I felt more at ease with bringing up difficult topics. Maybe I'm learning to be more gentle about these difficult topics through this relationship.

Me too! I'm 3 weeks out.

Sounds like dumping to me also

Ok, so I'm getting closer to the end of my second week and I'm still having trouble eating only 1/4 cup of cream of rice/pudding/yogurt @ night. It's getting ridiculous! I've always been used to eating kinda all night (sugar-free popsicles since I started the program) until I went to bed. So, My head hunger is REALLY going at night. My mom wanted to know if it was like I had lost a friend. I told her a firm no because that was the truth. It's just this horrible need to eat too many carbs and get this satisfaction in my head. My family is eating steak, mac and cheese, green beans, bread (BTW they are super skinny NOT fair) and I get a 1/4 cup of mush. I'm totally pouting at this point. I'm also having diarhea, like a lot. So, I feel like I could become dehydrated. And, now I sleep all the time. It sucks.