SlimJill

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I am 5 weeks post-op and still mourning food. Although it is much better now that I can eat a variety of foods. I talked to my therapist and she recommended I make a journal where I say goodbye to food, to mourn the death of that toxic relationship. I try to avoid food occasions, like eating out, dinner parties, etc where I will be tempted by food I can't eat.

I am 5'1 and started at 250 pounds. I lost 21 pounds on the 2 week pre-op diet and since surgery have lost 11.6 pounds in 5 weeks after surgery. I feel like that is a super slow losing streak of 2.3 pounds a week but oh well.

I was sleeved May 11th so just passed my 1 month post op. I feel like my losses have been minimal. HW 250, SW 229, CW 218 I should be happy for a 11 pound loss in 1 month but I just feel like it should be more! Of course I did have a 16 day stall this month but still... I expected more, or maybe my expectations are just too high?

Hypnosis! My mom and I tried hypnosis a few years back... "Imagine the waves rolling onto the beach like a lace tablecloth..." every time we say it we burst out laughing!

I went to see my therapist 2 days ago and she told me an interesting perspective on stalls and plateau. She went to this health conference and one person was doing a demonstration on toxins in your body and how they can affect weight loss. She said that when your body has toxins, it actually tries to protect the fat by putting a protective Water "bubble" around each fat cell, which will not allow the fat to leave! To get rid of this toxic water you can take a 20+ minute warm bath filled with Epsom salts and green algae tablets. She said this combination literally pulls the toxins and toxic water out of your body, and remineralizes you (She also noted you can double the recommended amount of Epsom salt on the package). She told me when they tested her she had a quart and a half of toxic water surrounding her fat, while her husband who is an auto mechanic had far more! And when you take the bath you can actually see a line of yellow bile in the tub! Pretty freaking cool, and I'm going to try this sometime this week! Please tell me if any of you try it and if/how much you lose/ if you can see a line a yellow bile! food - just think of how many sugar free products they encourage you to eat post-op! All filled with chemicals and additives! (Or really any prepackaged food, or even vegetables grown with pesticides) Water- most of us struggle to get in our water which could result in us storing more of it! Stress - every time we don't lose we get stressed which is probably contributing to our smaller losses or no losses!

I never claimed to be a scientist or expert on the subject... just trying to share something my therapist told me about that I thought might help others. If you don't believe in it, don't do it. Simple. Also... I gave that website only to show different type of toxins... no where did I endorse their stuff.

I am 4 weeks post op and noticed I can drink more each and every day. I can drink 12oz of Water but it takes me 30-60min. And I only drink ice cold water with no problem or difference between room temperature water. At first it was very annoying when your thirsty and can't drink a lot. My surgeon said I can drink water almost up until I begin eating but once I start then I have to stick to the 1 hour wait. Sometimes depending on what I ate I only wait 30 minutes if I'm super thirsty.

Hey guys, So I went to see my therapist 2 days ago and she told me an interesting perspective on stalls and plateau. She went to this health conference and one person was doing a demonstration on toxins in your body and how they can affect weight loss. She said that when your body has toxins, it actually tries to protect the fat by putting a protective Water "bubble" around each fat cell, which will not allow the fat to leave! To get rid of this toxic water you can take a warm bath filled with Epsom salts and green algae tablets. She said this combination literally pulls the toxins and toxic water out of your body, and remineralizes you. She told me when they tested her she had a quart and a half of toxic water surrounding her fat, while her husband who is an auto mechanic had far more! And when you take the bath you can actually see a line of yellow bile lining the tub! Pretty freaking cool, and I'm going to try this sometime this week! http://bodyecology.com/articles/top-5-sources-of-toxins.php food - just think of how many sugar free products they encourage you to eat post-op! All filled with chemicals and additives! Water- most of us struggle to get in our water which could result in us storing more of it! Stress - every time we don't lose we get stressed which is probably contributing to our smaller losses or no losses! I will post this as a new topic also but wanted to make sure you guys saw it too!

My surgeon had mashed potatoes on my list of pureed foods which I was allowed to have anytime after day 3. You'll be fine. I ate them only until I could handle other foods because in the grand scheme of things mashed potatoes are not a great food option... but when you're dying for some real food I am sure you will tolerate them just fine.

You also have the option of getting the sleeve, and then switching to the bypass to lose more... I have 100-125 pounds to lose so I chose the sleeve because my surgeon explained it like this... with the sleeve everything will still work normally. The bypass will make you lose more... but you might just trade your current problems for new ones! So I decided with the sleeve... and like I said... you could get the sleeve and maybe it will be perfect for you and you'll lose all the weight you want, but if it doesn't you always have the option of switching to bypass later. The opposite can not happen though.

I have to say, I am only 20 years old, but I've never gotten any attention from men... my whole life. I'm kind of nervous how I will deal with the attention later (just had surgery) If a guy flirts with me... and I like him... no idea what to do. If a guy flirts with me... and I don't like him... still no idea how to turn someone down. I've never had it! But I'm more excited than nervous for this!

I think the stall has come to an end!!! Today I woke up at 218.4 which is 1.2 less than yesterday and a new number for me so I think my 16 day stall has finally ended!!! WOOOHOOOO

At my bariatric support group meeting they brought up having small, medium, and large goals and rewards to match. My first goal that I'll be really proud of myself for is getting under 200 pounds! That would be a total of 46 pounds lost, I'm not there yet but I want to re-highlight my hair. What are some of your rewards? Massage? New hairstyle? New clothes? Adopt a pet? Cruise?

Currently I don't have a boyfriend so not really an issue for me, but I know when I tried solo 1 week after that it actually hurt to orgasm. Like my whole body must contract during an orgasm because my abdomen was hurting bad. But only a few days later everything felt fine and didn't hurt.

Hearing that you guys are going through it too makes me feel better/normal. I just want to take my scale and throw it like a discus!

I am 5'1 and started out around 250... I'm not sure what to put my goal weight because in the past I did get down to 170 and really liked the way I looked... so I'm thinking at 150 I will LOVE the way I look! So for now I have a few smaller goals... Under 200, 170, 150... once I get to 150 I will look at my body and how I feel to determine what weight I should aim for.

Must say I have been asking myself this question... I am 3 weeks post-op and haven't lost ANYTHING for 2 weeks! It's so frustrating! I am someone who is very good at being honest with myself. In the past when I gained weight at weight watchers I immediately knew it was my fault... and didn't blame anything but myself. That being said.... this is the first time in my weight loss efforts history that I can say "I am doing everything by the book and it's not working!" I want to slap the law of physics because I'm counting my calories and they are far less than my body needs to even maintain! But alas... I believe in stalls... and I know my body is readjusting to this new lifestyle... and I hope to God the weight will start coming off again this week or may just cry!

Sometimes it is difficult to be around other people when they eat... my dad is an amazing cook so when he makes a new recipe I want to try it and then remember I am only 3 weeks post-op and very limited. Or activities that revolve around food... I avoid those as well because I know it will tempt me to be bad. Overall though I would say once I could move into the "soft food" stage I felt A LOT less deprived. Hated the liquid pre-op! But now that I can eat string cheese, eggs, lunch meat, chili, chicken, tuna fish it is much better. Although one thing my surgeon put on the soft foods list that I must be careful with is mashed potatoes... I could eat 5+ cups of them before surgery on thanksgiving... now I can eat about 1-2oz before I get a pain... the pain doesn't make my brain NOT want to eat more, but it makes me stop... So with some things you will feel deprived... if they were trigger foods before. One of the reasons I got the surgery was so I could only eat a little of something and be satisfied... I feel like I have more control and freedom over food now in that I'm not a slave to it. But I know I still have to check myself with certain foods... I think for myself, and probably you too, that we need to rethink WHY is food so important to me... food is fuel, not my friend. I have to repeat that mantra to myself all the time and it's still hard to believe.

I would like to take this challenge. (Although not really sure what to put my goal at because I've had a 2 week stall immediately after surgery, 3 weeks post-op and last 2 weeks have lost nothing... so I'll put a conservative goal since I'm not sure when my weight loss will pick up again) This morning I weighed in at 219. I want my goal to be 209.

I had surgery with him on May 11th and have nothing but good things to say about him. Also while in the hospital the nurses continuously said how he is a great surgeon. My follow-up appointments are difficult to get to being 4 hours away but I know I must so I make myself drive there.

Congrats! I hope to hear this in my future!

Weight loss surgery was a decision I made for me, by me, about me. I was met with opposition from my entire family so when I made my final decision to get it, select a surgeon, and everything became more finite I also decided I didn't want to tell everyone. My logic was... if I wouldn't pick up the phone and call you randomly to catch up then why the hell should you know about my personal health business!?! That plan was thrown out the window when my family (mom, dad, and sister) started telling everyone they knew EVEN after I made it very clear I wanted to wait before telling people. Now people at my mom's work, my sisters friends, and ALL my extended family know. The only people who don't know are MY friends! How screwed up is that? I know I will get over it but I can't help to get heated that they had total disrespect for my wishes... I think maybe it's because I'm the baby of the family but dammit I want respect around here! Especially for something that I am very sensitive about. How do you guys deal with blabbermouth family? Overbearing? Opinionated?

I have the same problem right now. I don't feel hungry, I don't feel full, I don't feel anything... I use the slight uncomfortable/painful feeling as my stop signal. It happens if I eat too much in one bite, don't chew my food well enough, or if I've simply eaten too much in total. I've been keeping my portions small and measuring meat with a food scale.

Kind of hard to have someone drive you to the hospital, live with you, and not tell them you're having surgery...