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Good luck!!!

Hang in there and use us as much as you need i found that the mos post and threads i read the more I found encouragement

I felt like that! Hang in there i only start to feel a little better around me 4th week cause i really started to see the weight loss and that was a great booster

Can you explain what the revision is i have gastric bypass but haven't heard of being able to do other surgeries

@@Ivanova8 awesome that just means you're one step closer! And about your question during optifast i cooked but didn't taste which was awkward so i made hubby taste everything and since surgery i haven't really cooked much cause the smell of food makes me sick also cooking for one is so hard especially since hubby doesn't really like leftovers.

It's not much yet but it's helped continue to motivate me 28 daya post opp vs 3 days pre opp

It really is hard but try and get jello and Popsicles it's a good distraction also broth for a more savory aspect optifast was really rough for me until i realized u could have a few more things than just the shakes. For me tho it never really got that much better just try and stay strong

I would say gallbladder surgery as it's similar in the way it's performed. Also you food choices tend to change with gallbladder surgery. And you can just reffer your weight loss to that. My doctor gave me 12 weeks off cause my job requires me to do a lot of hevy work. A week like some suggested is not nearly enough but i also had RNY not rhe sleeve

I've been over weight since the age of 5. I was a chubby kid always and started dieting at the age of 8 as per my pediatrician and nutritionist, so you can imagine how hard that might of been for an 8 year old. My mom tried her best but of course i would sneek food any chance i had. After a while my mom stopped the diet and again no restrictions. I was taught that food was reward especially unhealthy fast food. Any time i did something well that was my reward. As a teenager i developed poor eating habits never eating breakfast and buying only junk as lunch at school (but school really only sold junk) as i became independent in my late teens early twenties these habits just got worse I've gone years without eating breakfast or if i picked up something it was soda and doughnut (Gross). With the crazy life of college and working i would sometimes not eat till 3pm but i was on the go from 6am!! Than when i would eat i would want to eat a horse! I than was living alone and making money so i indulged in food as i didn't want to cook for 1 or even do groceries at that my fridge pnly contained leftover containers and soda. Again would mostly eat once a day but really unhealthy stuff or to much of normal food and take out and fast food was my life. In my mid twenties I weighed 220lbs i was still a self confident woman and didn't really mind my weight and i loved being able to eat what i wanted when i wanted because it made me feel independent and again it was my reward for all my hard work. I broke my ankle tibia and fibia and was sedentary for 4 months baring little to no weight on my ankle so i spent 4months on the couch eating and wacthing tv. Let me just tell you i gained 40lbs + in those 4months. From than on i tried all kinds of diets spent all kinds of money and I've yo yo'd ever since. last year at the age of 29 i was diagnosed with diabetes insulin dependent, i than started my journey for WLS i wasn't even 30 and was starting to have all kinds of health complications which I knew were greatly because of my weight ( i also had PCOS, insomnia, and sleep apnea) so i began this journey and today i am 24 days post op. Things are going better each day but i am still fearful, fearful of food. I'm scared i won't make healthy choices I'm scared i can't reward myself anymore, I'm scared i wont be able to eat what i love or as much as i would qant to eat. It takes a lot for me to express these fears because I have just now after surgery become more aware of them. Prior to surgery i was motivated excited ready for this new life style and to get healthy, and i still want all those things but i don't know if it's the season that we are in and all the food related festivities or just knowing that finally i actually have a restriction in my life is making come to terms with all this. I'm on a waiting list for a new psychiatrist because my old one only wanted to give me pills and would only talk about himself so i need someone who can listen and help me not just push pills and walk me out of the office. I am hopeful that my relationship with food will change but i am also fearful. I had RNY 12 / 01 / 14 SW 295 weight day 24 264 down 31lbs I feel great about the weight loss but im still in the liquid/puree stage i fear the real food stage which still a month and a half away. Thanks for reading my confession.

Thank you! I'm 30 and really just want to be healthy and i know that if o didn't make this change things would only take a toll for the worst. Thank you again for your support and encouragement happy holidays

@@esskay77 thanks so much for your support! I'm gonna start attending the support group my WLS clinic offers in january and definitely can't wait to get my appointment with the new shrink. I will most definitely keep you updated. I haven't started exercising yet as not cleared for yet, but yes a gym membership is in the works with a few training sessions i found a guy who works with plp who have jad WLS so I'm excited about that. I want to face my demons and battle them head on! I'm i scared yes i am. But i think I'm ready to defeat them once and for all! Again thank you so much and happy holidays

@@krisstep I'm so sorry to hear you're having so much pain! Have you talked to your surgeon yet? Cause that doesn't sound ok. I hope the pain does go away for you. Thank you on the good wishes i truly hope i too start to look at food differently. Please keep me updated on your progress

Reading this thread has really hit home. I've been over weight since the age of 5. I was a chubby kid always and started dieting at the age of 8 as per my pediatrician and nutritionist, so you can imagine how hard that might of been for an 8 year old. My mom tried her best but of course i would sneek food any chance i had. After a while my mom stopped the diet and again no restrictions. I was taught that food was reward especially unhealthy fast food. Any time i did something well that was my reward. As a teenager i developed poor eating habits never eating breakfast and buying only junk as lunch at school (but school really only sold junk) as i became independent in my late teens early twenties these habits just got worse I've gone years without eating breakfast or if i picked up something it was soda and doughnut (Gross). With the crazy life of college and working i would sometimes not eat till 3pm but i was on the go from 6am!! Than when i would eat i would want to eat a horse! I than was living alone and making money so i indulged in food as i didn't want to cook for 1 or even do groceries at that my fridge pnly contained leftover containers and soda. Again would mostly eat once a day but really unhealthy stuff or to much of normal food and take out and fast food was my life. In my mid twenties I weighed 220lbs i was still a self confident woman and didn't really mind my weight and i loved being able to eat what i wanted when i wanted because it made me feel independent and again it was my reward for all my hard work. I broke my ankle tibia and fibia and was sedentary for 4 months baring little to no weight on my ankle so i spent 4months on the couch eating and wacthing tv. Let me just tell you i gained 40lbs + in those 4months. From than on i tried all kinds of diets spent all kinds of money and I've yo yo'd ever since. last year at the age of 29 i was diagnosed with diabetes insulin dependent, i than started my journey for WLS i wasn't even 30 and was starting to have all kinds of health complications which I knew were greatly because of my weight ( i also had PCOS, insomnia, and sleep apnea) so i began this journey and today i am 24 days post op. Things are going better each day but i am still fearful, fearful of food. I'm scared i won't make healthy choices I'm scared i can't reward myself anymore, I'm scared i wont be able to eat what i love or as much as i would qant to eat. It takes a lot for me to express these fears because I have just now after surgery become more aware of them. Prior to surgery i was motivated excited ready for this new life style and to get healthy, and i still want all those things but i don't know if it's the season that we are in and all the food related festivities or juat knowing that finally i actually have a restriction in my life is making come to terms with all this. I'm on a waiting list for a new psychiatrist because my old one only wanted to give me pills and would only talk about himself so i need someone who can listen and help me not just push pills and walk me out of the office. I am hopeful that my relationship with food will change but i am also fearful. I had RNY 12 / 01 / 14 SW 295 weight day 24 264 down 31lbs I feel great about the weight loss but im still in the liquid/puree stage i fear the real food stage which still a month and a half away. Thanks for reading my confession.

I met DR. Jackson he is very hot!!!

@@bigbattynatty @@tristantanople i completely understand thankfully I'm off work and avoiding all those treats. But Christmas is still hard cause i have no idea what to do for Christmas as im now in the puree stage. I've declined every invitation I've gotten, but feel bad for my hubby cause I'm not gonna make Christmas dinner for one

@@tristantanople anytime i would love to bebin touch with as many people from here that are going through the same thing. You can private message me if you like

Welcome robin. Congratulations on choosing a new life! Keep us updated

Hey so i actually was reading up on this and it's more common than you think. I don't understand why your doctor isn't explaining to you that this what you are going through is a side effect of having this surgery. I found a link that you can read on what it is why it happens and usually what they do to fix it. So upset at your doctor!!!! http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550728913002219

Awesome thanks! Real cool tool

@@bigbattynatty thanks I've noticed that things are getting better as the days go by. It's still trial and error especially as I've entered the puree stage. Ypu had your's in november how are you doing besides the low energy?

Hey I've had my good days and my bad days but over all i think I'm doing ok. My surgeon was Dr. Urbach, I have my follow up appointment on January 7th so waiting anxiously to see how much I've lost cause i really just trust their scale but if it matches up to what my scale says than I'll start weighing myself at home.

Hey all Im from Toronto just had my RNY December 1st at toronto western.

Oh no not at all if you're on the 9th floor it isn't like that. No big open wards here

@ivanova8x well actually i think all wls patients get their own room but don't qoute me on that. And to me the ice cream taste great just like regular ice cream. But my taste buds are so out of wack i guess you would have to try it amd see!