MrsRaychJ

Hi Everyone! I haven't been on in over 4 months, it feels like coming home! Just a quick update: Surgery 8/15/13 and down 70 pounds. Ended up with kidney failure (not WLS related) Pancreatitis and spent 5 weeks in the hospital without eating, living on a PICC line. For 2 months after that I was unable to keep ANY food or drink down. After my 8th ER visit they finally got my electrolytes balanced (my potassium was so low my heart could have given out at any moment) Once they were balanced I FINALLY could eat something! I am at home (after 4 months of back and forth from the hospital) and doing great but have lost lots of hair and lots of muscle. Ok, enough of an update, here's my question How do you workout without using all your calories? I find I have to set an alarm to remind myself to eat because there is NO desire whatsoever and I am focused mainly on Protein. I want to start (very slowly) working out to build up some of the muscle I've lost and help with the last bit of chub on my belly. Does anyone have any very low calorie burning workouts that still help build up muscle? Maybe just light weights? Believe me, I know how ironic it is that I'm trying to find LOW calorie burning activities, when just 5 months ago I was trying to find the HIGHEST calorie burning workouts.

Just an update for everyone, I ended up with another kidney stone and pancreatitis. I was in the hospital for 5 weeks straight. If you know something is wrong even if your surgeon says you're fine, go with how you feel!

I am 3 weeks out and about 2 weeks ago I started passing a kidney stone, I'm used to throwing up during that process but it's been a week and a half since it passed and I still throw up after drinking or eating anything. I haven't eaten in almost 2 weeks. I am getting very weak and really can't do much. Has anyone been unable to eat or supplement? What did you do?

Hey all! Sleeved on the 15th and finally feel a little better. As soon as I got my drain and IV out I felt like a brand new person. The first hours after I woke up I was begging for meds or just to die. Now I'm pacing around the hotel room trying to get in liquids although since 6am I've been able to get down about 3 oz. Anyone else have to stand up to drink?

Don't rub it in!

Hey all! One week out!! I am officially starting my liquid diet although I was wanting to do it yesterday, but ended up crying in a Chinese restaurant instead. I was going to just journal about it but thought that some of my fellow VSG ers would get a laugh out of it so I started a little blog. Please check it out and let me know what you think, and if you can relate. http://mrstinytummy.blogspot.com

Hey everybody!! One week to go and getting excited! I started my liquid diet today and ended up crying in a Chinese Restaurant. I was going to journal about it but decided to start a new blog instead! Please give it a read and see if you can relate! http://mrstinytummy.blogspot.com

Believe me, if I could have eaten it, I would have!! It was completely inedible. We even had to throw it away as soon as we got outside because the smell from it in the car was making me sick. I haven't had too many "food funerals" but Chinese food definitely is one I'll never be able to eat the same again. (The rice is my favorite part!) The lady I'm renting from just got the surgery 3 months ago and every day she's been telling me "eat what you want now! Food will never be the same!" So, while I haven't overindulged in anything, I haven't been dieting either! It was very strange after a life of perpetual dieting not to be counting anything. And wouldn't you know it, I didn't gain a single pound.

Thank you I'm glad you liked it! I was just writing this down in a journal and decided to share with others who might be going through the same thing.

Hey ladies! I didn't really know where else to post this, and since women are the ones that will most understand how emotional I've been lately, I thought this was the perfect place! I had an incident with crying in a Chinese restaurant today. I wrote about it in a brand new blog I'm starting, it's the first post actually. Please read it and let me know what you think, and if you can relate. http://mrstinytummy.blogspot.com

Thanks, I think there is one there too, but the one I'm part of is under Monthly Support Groups and then you choose your year (2013) then month. It really doesn't matter, I just know that it gets really overwhelming for a newbie trying to navigate this site for the first week or so and having multiple support groups for the same things adds to that. I will be part of as many groups as possible for the most support and ideas as possible, but it would be nice if we could all be part of one so we can all get each other's advice and knowledge.

Hey everybody! August 15th here! I was just wondering why we are duplicating groups? Isn't there already an August group made by the site? Just curious.

Hey everybody! I just found out that with Dr. Garcia through Ready 4 A Change if you write down who referred you, they get a little bonus check. I don't know how much it is, but the woman who referred me just texted to say thank you. If someone on here has referred you to them, be sure to write down their name! It's a small and nice way to thank each other.

Thank you!! I know it shouldn't matter, but it DOES!