DanaInNewOrleans

I grew up in Gretna!

Hi I've been on Prevacid 2x day but I was still having that acid burning feeling. I added a Zantac, which helped for a while but in the last few days it seems to have gotten worse. I had my regular follow up appt yesterday and the NP gave me Nexium, which is the strongest PPI. I took it last night and I have had ANY burning or gnawing hunger feeling. I hope it lasts!

Hope everything will be ok....please keep us posted...

Hi, I had the same issues..... I split my multivitamin in half and I take one in the morning and one in the evening. Also, you can try taking the rest of the supplements at other times. This has helped me, thank goodness! ~Dana

Yep, I saw Alli today. She'll probably tell you to up your protein... Where in New Orleans are you? Don't you just love how easily guys can lose weight? My husband can say that he's going to cut back this week and he'll lose 5 lbs. I cut my calories to 800 and can barely lose 1 lb! You can tell Alli on Wednesday that we're on a forum discussing our slow weight loss!

Hi Nan, What is your daily menu like? Are you getting enough calories? Protein? Water? Have you spoken to your doc about it at one of your follow-up appointments?

Laura, I feel the same way. I just have a " feeling" that eating more just isn't the answer for me. And it's not just the dramatic Oh my God I'm afraid I might gain a pound..... it's more like intuition .... lol But trust me, I wish it WAS the answer! I mean, what could be better than having a doctor tell you that you need to eat more! A dream come true!

Surgery 12/21 25 lbs Lost I will hit the two month post-op mark in 3 days and today I had my second post-op appointment with the nurse practitioner.....she said she would have liked to see more weight loss but that there are so many variables that come into play that it is hard to pinpoint any one thing as a reason for the slow weight loss ( which of course all of us slow losers know well) I asked about calories and she said she never really gives calories -- just Protein goals, which I find very frustrating. I told her I was eating about 800 calories give or take a hundred. She wants me to up my calories to 1000 and see what happens, which I am hesitant to do because I will freak out if I gain ANY weight. Anyway, she wants me to go back to doing two shakes a day, one real food meal and two protein Snacks. I see people here who are eating 500, 600, 900, 1200...etc It is all over the map. Has anyone else raised their calories and magically started losing faster?

Surgery 12/21 25 lbs Lost I will hit the two month post-op mark in 3 days and today I had my second post-op appointment with the nurse practitioner.....she said she would have liked to see more weight loss but that there are so many variables that come into play that it is hard to pinpoint any one thing as a reason for the slow weight loss ( which of course all of us slow losers know well) I asked about calories and she said she never really gives calories -- just protein goals. I told her I was eating about 800 calories give or take a hundred. She wants me to up my calories to 1000 and see what happens, which I am hesitant to do because I will freak out if I gain ANY weight. Anyway, she wants me to go back to doing two shakes a day, one real food meal and two protein snacks. I see people here who are eating 500, 600, 900, 1200...etc It is all over the map. Has anyone else raised their calories and magically started losing faster?

Hi! You're right, if it gets any slower I'm going to lose my mind! How many calories are you eating a day? I see some people are only eating 500 or 600 and some are eating 1000....it's all over the map. I try to stay around 800 but I'm worried maybe that is too much and that is why it's going so slow..... how about you? Dana

My iPad drives me nuts with the corrections too!

That pretty much covers everything I ate during the soft stage.....oh wait, I did eat guacamole too.

I do B12 sublingual. It was specified to do it sublingual in my instructions...

Mark, I think this post should be shown to every person that comes to VST because they are considering the surgery. Great great post! PS...I feel your pain about metabolism and thyroid being f@%#$&.....I had thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed. From that year forward I slowly gained weight even though I was following a low carb lifestyle. I tried Weight Watchers because I thought, ok maybe my body has gotten immune to the low carb thing. I gained weight on WW eating 1200 calories a day. That is what finally pushed me to this surgery.

Yep, this is me too.

Love your title! It could be my daily anthem.... I've started using a straw which has helped...for some reason it goes down easier and quicker.... Where is the location of your hike? Looks like a beautiful area..

By the way, your dimples are adorable! I would love love love to have those dimples!

Ok, I just read all the responses.... I see that my "hang in there" was not very original! LOL....

I promise you it gets better. I think the first week is the hardest emotionally.... I'm only 8 weeks out but my surgery feels like such a long time ago... I WILL get better....just try to hang in there...

That has been my philosophy from the moment I decided to do this. I wanted freedom -- freedom from the endless diets, gain lose, gain lose gain. I wanted freedom from having my psyche consumed by being fat, freedom from the pressure of being on diet and not seeing results, freedom of self loathing .... I just wanted to be "normal" and all that it means.... and one of those things is not being on a "diet" every moment of my life.... eating whatever I want (within reason of course) but just in much much smaller portions represents freedom to me.

Hi Kristie, Slow loss? You've lost 93 lbs in 9 months! You look awesome! Would you mind sharing what your daily menus look like now and say 6 months ago? ~Dana

Do you mean that you were not allowed any type of meat?

According to MyFitnessPal 1/3 of a Five Guys Little Cheeseburger with mayo, ketchup, mustard, raw onion has 227 calories and 15 carbs. Which is right in line with what I usually do for dinner or lunch! Yay!!!

And actually bread seems much easier for me than dense Protein. I always heard bread feels like a brick after being sleeved. For me it is the protein. Yesterday I had 1/3 of Five Guys small hamburger. It was HEAVEN. That little piece of hamburger was the best thing I've had in 8 weeks! And it was very easy for me to get down.

Kim, you lost 92 lbs in 3 months??? OMG, that is wonderful. You look great!