Mooseknuckle

I am 8 months out and I am 50 lbs away from my goal weight . I was 448 lbs when I started losing weight then I had a gastric sleeve at 360 lbs. I had lost about 45 lbs before I had to have my left knee replaced and after surgery I had gained about 28 lbs ? What was all that about that steel doesn't weigh that much . So then I lost that weight and lots of sizes in pants.then my right knee was replaced 8 weeks after that and I gained another 22 lbs during my stay in the hospital. I couldn't eat anything lots of protein shakes. I understand it was fluid retention after that but it took forever to shed it because my legs keep swelling up when I walk too much. I am now at 275 lbs after all this. So 50 more lbs and I will be at the weight I was at when I was a junior in high school. I have stalled at my weight loss for the last 2 weeks . I feel I have something to do with that because I have had a bit or 2 of potatoes ( my stomach still isn't very big about the size of a boiled egg and a half) I have cheated and had a piece of peanut butter fudge but only one because I got very sick because my system didn't like the sugar. You all know what happens with that issue lol . Dumping syndrome. So basically I can't get active the way I should because of my knee surgeries. Do to much and the get inflamed. I feel I need to go back to my bariatric liquid diet after surgery. My weight goes from 20 lbs back down to 275 lbs . I really don't eat the wrong things normally. I eat what is made for the family if it is breaded I take it off . I can't over eat at all my stomach won't allow it. What I am asking for is any advise on this .

I do have a question from anyone in our group. I am 4 and a half months out now from my surgery. For one i have lost 80 lbs since surgery is this good? The other thing is I still can't eat more than a boiled egg amount at a meal. Which is ok I find myself content after eating but depressed because I can't eat even one chicken strip. You are hungry and it all looks good and here all this food sits on your plate. I am passed the guilty feeling but I get depressed because I can't eat the whole chicken strip. Is this what people call mourning food?

I myself I had my surgery in the US . Boise to be exact by Dr Valentine . He did a wonderful job

Thank you Rogofulm that helps alot. It does depress you when it first happens. Once my activity picks up I am sure that will change too

Thank you that makes me feel better. They are replacing my right knee next Tuesday. Sept 1st . My left is doing great but it is still not quite straight. It is 2° from being straight and bends up to 115°. I can bear all my weight on my leg so I am in good shape there. Plus since I had my gastric sleeve I have lost 66 lbs.

I guess my question is who ever answers the knee replacement were you able to go back to work ? I am only 53 yrs old and have a long working life ahead of me. Thanks to this life saving bariatric change.

Dear bariatric pals I know we all have dealerwith being Iin that uncomfortable over weight issue. But has anybody had there knees replaced afterwards? 3 weeks after my bariatric sleeve surgery I had my left knee totally replaced. Now it has been 8 weeks since that and my right knee has blown out. ( I had worked with bad knees for 10 yrs ) . Now the doctor wants to replace the right one . The thing I am getting at is I haven't been able to walk like I am supposed to and I have noticed that my muscles have disappeared in my arms and my legs. I can't go back to work unless I get my other knee fixed. ( work in the oilfields). Just wondering if anyone has had both knees replaced and how are they doing . By the way you were all right on the water retention it was in my legs . I lost another 3 lbs yesterday

I am not hungry so i know it isn't because i eat too much . I force myself to eat . And i drink alot of water about 80 oz a day or more . I love water and i don't drink soda

I went home and put my legs above my heart and 3 hrs later I was peeing like a race horse lol. See I had a total knee replacement 3 weeks after my gastric sleeve. I lost 3 lbs over night in water weight . I went home and put my legs above my heart and 3 hrs later I was peeing like a race horse lol. See I had a total knee replacement 3 weeks after my gastric sleeve. I lost 3 lbs over night in water weight .

Why? Thought we were supposed to

Thank you what you said makes alot of sense much appreciated. Amazing how those 2 lbs in the wrong direction can make a person feel at this point . I am relaxed now because i know i am doing everything right and there has been a few things that i ate that were high in sodium

Well I guess building muscle mass would increase it too right?

This is just about 3 months since surgery and i had lost 65 lbs but now i gained

I am very depressed today. I gained 2 lbs in 4 days and I am eating very little. Walking more and working out . I was 295 and now I am 297 what's up with this ? Can anyone answer this one . I still can't eat more than a boiled egg in volume of food and I don't eat things I am not supposed to.

I do I use my fitness pal

Do you use my fitness pal to calculate your intake? Actually when I wrote that that was when I wasn't eating enough. So no I don't think I can do that because you are right you get carbs even in your proteins and your shakes . So at this time I really don't know where I am going to end up with eating more on my carbs. My calories and all I will do awsome with I believe . I am just excited about still losing weight . I just need to know what to eat more of

I just heard from my doctor that my blood tests were all excellent. I was informed to keep my carbs down and if I have any carbs . It should be from natural things in fruits and beans but to still try to keep them low and just concentrate on proteins. Wants me around 800 to 1000 calories a day. Which should be fairly easy to do I have gone all day with about 5 to 10 carbs a day for a long time and I can still do that with more proteins Any advise on certain things to eat would be appreciated

Yes i understand that because of good carbs and bad carbs it makes a difference

Well I lost another 2 lbs in 3 days so it is working for me . But I believe we are all different .only had 26 carbs today and 858 calories

All this advise is great but it is all different. Every doctor seams to be different and every Nut seams to be different. Very confusing sometimes. But every one makes sense I just think everyone responds different.

Yes even with my 3 bites I am satisfied

I ate a taco salad without the shell but Iionly get 2 or 3 small bites lol. The funny thing is iam totally content when i am full

That makes it easier to get that intake. Plus i am not even hungry. I have to force myself to eat. So i have set a schedule and a alarm on my phone that says time to eat lol

I am only 3 months out and I still can't eat more than a boiled egg. That is the size of my stomach

I did eat more times yesterday and I got about 800 calories in me and about 80 grams of protein. 65 carbs I feel much better today for sure