Kcarr1120

I am 1 week post op and don't know what to do with myself. I am depressed I guess - liquids suck-, but also my whole routine is changing....so much of my life revolved around food. Stopping at chick fil a every morning for a biscuit and coke is what I did. Today I stopped by for a water. Seriously. I couldn't pass up the drive thru and had to get a water! My tummy is not hungry - not at all, but my head , my head will play games with me all day long making me think I need this or that. I have to be stronger than those thoughts!

At the one week mark I was able to graduate to purées/mushy. This is what I ate today: scrambled egg with a little cheese, protein shake with frozen peaches blended in, 1oz deli turkey with 1 oz deli Swiss and 1/2 oz avocado blended to purée - looked gross, but tasted divine! Snack of 1T peanut butter off the spoon!

Is there any way to get around doing chewables of the multis? They seriously male me gag - is there a swallow able multivitamin that can be taken specific to bypass patients?

Thanks so much - that really helps, and since I have a 2 year old, I can really relate!!!!

I know I am only 1 week out, but I am so tired! And with eating 600-800 calories a day from now on, how does ANYONE ever have any energy to do anything????

Tomorrow I get to start scrambled eggs and mushies - I am so excited! Any ideas of what to do - I really want to get some good Protein in, so I can cut the shakes down to once per day. I have some chicken and bean burritos - can I scoop out the filling, blend and eat 1/4c of that? What about spice at 1 week out? Olive oil?

I have no problems getting down liquid - like there is no restriction, so I don't understand when folks say they can't get the protein shakes or water down (besides being nasty).....I hope he did the surgery right!!!!???

Omg this is so how I feel! My surgery was 8/19. Tomorrow I can have scrambled eggs!!!! I am so tired of all this sweet stuff - jello, pudding, Popsicles, shakes - all disgustingly sweet! Hang in there!

I am having a band to bypass revision on Monday and I am so worried that I will fail yet again! I have been eating horribly (don't have to do a pre-op diet) - my liver is probably getting fattier by the minute! What if I can't do this - I mean lose weight? What if this doesn't work for me? What if I can't change my lifestyle? I want to be healthy and fit, but food is/has been so important in my life. I am just plain scared.....Am I gonna go postal when I can't eat an oreo? Will I be happy eating 5 bites of Thanksgiving dinner? I am going with it, and hoping that in time, with every pound I lose, this new lifestyle will develop and I will gain a healthy relationship with food......Is that possible?

I am having my revision in 3 days......I am getting really nervous......Not about the surgery so much, but how I am going to feel emotionally when I lose my "best friend". I have been eating everything in sight

Whoops - pushed post by accident......Anyway, I am eating so much crap right now since I won't be able to eat this crap ever again......Or, I should say, I am hoping I will not be able to eat this crap again, and I am hoping I have the willpower to change my eating habits for good! If I had changed my eating habits before, with the band, I wouldn't be in this situation! I certainly don't want to end up losing 100 lb just to gain back 125 in 5 years. I am so afraid I can't do this, but I am trying to appear calm and nonchalant to my husband, so he doesn't tell me I should cancel surgery! Any words of wisdom??

I sooooo feel the same way! I am having a revision from Lapband to bypass on 8/19, and I feel like I am eating everything in sight because I won't be able to have it afterward. I am very nervous too that maybe I am not ready for this lifestyle change. I have actually gained 2 lb in the last month! Not Good! I just keep telling myself that come Monday I will have to comply....I won't have a choice not to.......

Wow! What an inspiration you are!!!

Good luck! Get some sleep - you are gonna do great! Keep us posted on your recovery!

Does anyone go into ketosis after bypass? I hope not - breath is fowl!

I can totally relate! Kudos to you for having such a successful pre-op liquid diet this far.....I kinda wish my dr. Makes his patients do a liquid diet, but he doesn't. I am considering doing one for a week on my own to get kick started, but my 2 year old says to keep eating up until the last bell tolls at midnight 8/19! Best of luck on wed. - I am looking forward to hearing how you are doing!

So excited my hubby got on board with me having the revision! i am self pay, so it is a significant investment in me, and I did not really "prove" myself with the band when I gained back all I lost over the past several years! August 19 is the birth of a new me. - I hope!

I am getting closer to my revision date of 8/19! I am excited and nervous.....how much harder/longer was your recovery from bypass vs. the band? I think with my band I was back to work after about 4 days....I am guessing there will be a lot of muscle soreness at the site of the port removal....I was banded in 2005, so there will be a lot of scar tissue.....

So my band to bypass revision is 8/19. I joined WW 2 weeks ago to kick start my weight loss, and as a structure for changing my eating habits, but in the last two weeks I have eaten so much crap - stuff I will never get to have again - including 8 doughnuts today! I am so afraid this means I will be a failure! I can't spend $21k and go thru this surgery to fail yet again, but why can't I get it together????

I totally feel the same way! I am having a revision from a band, but unlike you, I gained all my 60 lb back that I lost. My willpower is nil, so I hope someone can give us some encouragement - when is your surgery? Mine is the 19th.

Do you dump when you eat high fat food like cheese? Butter?

I hear ya! I am so afraid this won't work, or, if it does, I will gain it all back! Lets face it, if we had good eating habits, and were willing to change our lifestyle for goos, then we wouldn't be in this situation to begin with! I am a band to bypass revision and my surgery is the 19th. I lost 60 lb with my lapband prior to getting pregnant. I have since had two beautiful boys, and gained all that weight plus some back. I don't have to do a pre-op diet, so I find myself going back and forth in my head "go ahead and eat ice cream, a Big Mac, pizza - you will not have those things ever again", and "eat healthy now, practice the new rules you will have to follow, lose a few pounds before surgery." However, the former usually wins out, and I will probably end up gaining 5 more pounds!! I don't have any words of wisdom, but at least you know you are not alone!!

I don't have to do a liquid pre-op either!

Is it a full stomach feeling, or up high like you have heartburn? I have a band now, so I know that full pouch feeling, but my stomach down below can still be growling and hungry....I pray it feels like thanksgiving every day otherwise I may fail!

Is everyone eating healthy before surgery (or before you have to start liquids)? I am having a hard time making good decisions - pizza and ice cream tonight.....having some food funerals which is terrible! I am afraid I will not be able to change after surgery and will be fat forever and a disappointment to myself once again!!!!! Help!!