TheGamer

I was like that pre-op. All I would drink was water or tea. For some reason though, post op, I can't handle it anymore.

I had the glue-type stuff over my incisions. They scabbed over and the scabs came off in bits and pieces. I think as long as it's not oozing then it's probably safe and healing, especially 3 weeks out.

Me! The protein I could tolerate pre-surgery is now a no go I've tried about a half dozen different kinds of powders and pre mixed shakes, then another half dozen clear protein drinks (ala Isopure). I recently got in some About Time whey that I have not had a single issue with as long as I don't make it cold. The smell is not as strong and it doesn't seem chalky to me at all. Another thing I found is that my stomach now hates cold things. This goes for shakes, which I used to make nice and ice cold. Now, it makes me sick.

Haha, you sound like the nurse at the clinic. She yelled at me for weighing every day, too.

Yeah, this year for Thanksgiving I lost a pound and a half. Best Thanksgiving ever.

Welcome to the week 3 stall! The good news? It goes away. The bad news is that it can take a couple weeks to do so. Just stick to your diet, exercise as much as you can, and focus on being healthy.

Nope, but I didn't have a hernia repair, either. That might have something to do with it?

You said it yourself - habit. So, time to make a new one. Find out why you're eating when you're not hungry. Are you bored? Tired? Thirsty? When you notice you're eating, stop and go do something else. Replace it with something healthy like walking (which also helps reduce hunger so bonus!). Nobody has to tell you that this is a tool, not a fix. If we don't change the habits that got us here in the first place, the surgery is for nothing. Don't beat yourself up, don't be hard on yourself, but you're the only one who can make the decision to change.

No, I've been really lucky that way. I did keep some tums handy, but probably only used them a couple times and now I don't even know where they are. Maybe all my pre-op spicy eating gave me a stronger stomach

I can sympathize. By the end of my pre-op diet, I was sick of shakes. They told me to have 5 a day and I could barely stomach 3. I never would have thought there would be a point in my life where I'd turn down food of any type but I was getting really sick of them Best thing I could do was to get as creative as possible with them. Flavors, fruits, all sorts of combinations (check the shake recipe list for some really unique ideas) and it'll help a lot! My favorite thing to do was to take a vanilla shake and make it with Celestial Seasonings blueberry tea (let the tea cool first). I'd also use ice cubes made out of the same blueberry tea. Then I'd put 6oz tea with 3-4 ice cubes and 3/4 c. frozen blueberries in the blender. Super purple and really tasty.

As long as your body is good with it, I'd say go (but talk to your surgeon just to make sure!). You'd be 3 months out, roughly, which should be more than long enough to lift any restrictions you were on, I'd imagine. Even if you end up not doing it, all that exercise would be great for your body, I'd imagine!

I second warm liquids. For some reason since I've been sleeved any sort of cold thing makes me nauseated. If you want something savory, I'd recommend a brand called Better than Bouillon broth. It comes in a little concentrated jar and lasts a long time. That stuff is delicious.

I started putting sriracha in my broth a couple days after surgery because I'm a total hothead. I'd put like 5-6 drops in a cup, enough to give it that flavor and a tiny bit of zing. I was sleeved on 10/22 and now? It goes on everything. My stomach hasn't negatively reacted to it at all.

I feel like regardless of surgery that my life will always revolve around food. Now, rather than just "ogosh that looks good let me eat it" it's "let me examine the nutritional content and WOW that has a lot of calories and carbs and fat...back on the shelf you go!" I used to not care, now I feel like I care too much. I think I spend my whole day thinking about, planning for, and eating in these little 100 calorie fits and starts. I'm sure, at some point, I'll find a happy medium, but I think that right now, when it comes to my relationship with food if I let up for just one second, I'll lose control.

What my surgeon's office told me was that the most important thing was to get my liquids in more than anything. Get as much protein as you can, but water > protein. Are you still drinking any meal replacement shakes? I use the Bariatric Advantage ones and it would take me like an hour or more to finish just one, but they still count as liquid.

I was sleeved on 10/22 and had mine 2 weeks prior to surgery. Then I had bleeding, albeit really LIGHT, for the week after my surgery. Now, it's been a month and I've not yet had another one. I chalked it up to stress and drugs and weight loss.

Iron deficiency anemia is both super common and easy to fix. I've been that way since my early teens. Get some over the counter SlowFE or other slow release/iron tablet. I just take generic iron tablets that I get from the vitamin isle. You want the stuff that gives like 250% RDA and just take one a day, just not with any calcium containing foods or products as calcium interferes with iron absorption. I take one tablet a day and have for years. There may be a little gastric discomfort initially, like the first week or so. Exceptionally graphic notice: green poop is a possibility until your body goes "WOW, IRON!" and all is well. On the up side, getting your iron deficiency under control can help you have more energy

Same. I was given clearance to drive as long as I was not on pain meds. I did, however, keep a firm pillow between me and the seatbelt until I felt better

It depends on what you're measuring. liquids are usually rated by volume. Solids are usually by weight. I've never really thought about which they classify semi-solid food under, but in my head I always assumed volume. Also, this is why the US measurement system sucks.

One is weight and the other is volume. The two do not always correlate.

Eh, I wouldn't be paranoid. My experience is that my body is pretty up front with me when something is not going to work. Cold drinks? Body says not gonna happen. Too much food? Body says ow. Eat too fast? Body goes "Here, have some of that back." If there's no feeling of discomfort then based on my experience you're fine. I'm still at that stage where I'm learning what being full actually feels like. Before I would always have to eat and eat to get that feeling of full, but it was always the feeling of "too full". So I'm learning what full enough is.

I ended up planning too much for after surgery before surgery >.> I have a TON of stuff in my cabinets that I never even touched because there was a lot I could no longer tolerate after getting sleeved. One of those things was baby food (which is vile and if I ever have a kid they're never having any because I wouldn't inflict baby food on anyone) which, thankfully I have a coworker with a baby so I'm going to give all that to her

It depends on how fast I eat it. I also like Fage yogurt because it's thicker than the Chobani (though Chobani apple cinnamon is omgnom). If I sit there and take like... 30-40 minutes to eat a container I have no problem eating the whole thing because I space it out. If I inhale it? I have to stop halfway through.

The difference between puree and chewing is that pureed steak is vile. Chewing steak is delicious.

What you're experiencing is frustratingly normal. It irritated me (and does still because I'm not ENTIRELY out of it yet. I'll lose one day, then not for the next two) because I'm terribly literal and I'm like "NO, I AM ONLY EATING 600 CALORIES. THERE IS NO WAY I AM NOT LOSING WEIGHT." and then I'd GRRR a lot. But, the fact that a month out from surgery I was down 2 pants sizes and I was like "Okay, so I am losing even if it's not in numbers." so I was more okay with it. I STILL WANT TO SEE DROPPING NUMBERS THOUGH *grumbles*.