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Had gastric bypass surgery on a Thursday, went home by noon the next day and was on pain killers the first day or two home. After the weekend, I was out and about on Monday and went back to work on Wednesday. I'm mid 30's and have a sedentary office job.

Haven't had too many sugar cravings... but I was never a big sugar eater. The other day I had my first sugar food post-op, it was a small sugar cookie my kids baked, and it caused me zero issues. I do get "sugar" from other clean sources (e.g. fruit, veggies, some grains) and none have caused me to ever dump.

@@Salonboi I had gastric bypass on Oct 1st, 2015... I was about 425 before the 2-week preop liquid diet and was down to 404 lbs the morning of surgery. So about 100lbs lost since the morning of surgery 4 months ago. Doing well, still losing, but it's starting to slow I think. Wife and I went to Boston earlier this month for a hockey tournament for my son... didn't lose anything over those 5 days. There was a whole foods across the street from the hotel, so most meals we swung by there and I'd get 3/4 to a cup of salad or their premade cold salad... I have a feeling the premade salads were a little heavy on fat/sugar and thus calories. Anyhow, since then things have been much more routine, and the scale has been moving slightly again. I think this next week is when I'm going to start with the strength training to hopefully maintain any of my muscle mass and increase my metabolism.

@@Salonboi Amazing progress... very inspiring for a guy like me that has entered the back stretch of the weight loss.

@@CowgirlJane, @@Babbs - So I just spent 10 hours of my life over the past 3 days watching Making a Murderer... lol. Wow, I don't know if anyone else followed the West Memphis 3, but it's an eerily similar case. With the WM3, essentially a young, mentally questionable teen confessed after hours of interrogation after being handfeed details by the interrogators when the details he offered did not match the evidence. I followed the WM3 case after seeing the HBO documentaries years ago. The WM3 eventually were released after 20 years or so via an alford plea (pled guilty, but maintained their innocence) when the case was going to be retried due to DNA evidence. After spending quite a bit of time watching the WM3 documentaries and reading through some of the case files on the internet, I still don't know what happened. The three guys convicted might have done it. What I do know is the police screwed up the case so badly, the three never should have been convicted. Likewise in this case... Steve and Brendan may very well have done it. My mind is naturally scientific, and I'm a believer in Occams Razor... the simplest explanation is often the correct one. In this case the simpliest explanation is likely Steve did it, but that doesn't mean it is correct. The preponderance of evidence has to prove it, and thanks to way the case was handled from the beginning, you essentially have small town police letting their egos trump common sense, thereby tainting all of the evidence presented. It blows my mind that state officials would let those local county law enforcement officers be so heavily involved in the investigation when so many of them were just deposed in a major civil suit and had played such an important role in the unjust conviction of the man that was their primary suspect. I'm baffled by all of that. Lets say Steve did do it... what drove him to commit such a heinous act? I would think spending 18 years falsely imprisoned would drive even the sanest person to the brink of insanity... never mind someone who was already shown to be a little off and intellectually slow. The saddest part of all of this was that no official ever answered for that false conviction that very well could have been the start that led to this murder. I have many friends and family members in law enforcement, so I'm not anti-police by any means... and Steve definitely is responsible for his own actions if he committed this murder... however, I do believe the county law enforcement is partially responsible for the pain and suffering inflicted on the two families, the Halbach's and the Avery's.

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Recently watched Master of None... it's a netflix original series that just recently came out. Created/written by and starring Aziz Ansari (Indian guy from Parks and Rec.) It's hilarious and smart. I've heard it described as Louie for millennials, and that's pretty accurate... so if you like Louie, Seinfeld or Aziz, I think you'll love the show.

That's what she said! (Sorry, binge watching old episodes of the office tonight.)

Had a little bit last month when we went to see Star Wars... I was about 3 months out (bypass). It didn't seem to cause me any issues, but I chewed very well. I personally found it to be rather low on the satiety to calories ratio scale, so I haven't indulged since.

Full disclosure, I admit there have been times I've done a double take and exclaimed "Damn!" while driving down the street... but I was by myself in the car, with the windows rolled up and did not slow down/stop or make myself obvious. That being said, to the guys that make a habit of catcalling out of a car, I wonder what they think the possible outcome is? I can't think of a single male friend that has ever told me a story that started with "So I was driving down the street when I saw this girl running in yoga pants..." and ended with "... and then she hopped in the back of my car."

Not necessarily anything wrong with that... plants have Protein too!

This... it's a much more eloquent way to state my initial male reaction which would have been to go with the black/white because your curves are kicking.

Not really. I've stopped tracking my food intake, and stopped focusing on macronutrients. It's too much work, and I know from past diet failures that if the diet feels like work, I'll fail. 4 months out, I have a good feel for how much to eat and how often. I recognize that this surgery will only be effective 10, 20, 30+ years down the road if I completely change how I eat. So I'm focusing mostly on plant based options... beans/legumes, seeds, green leafs, veggies, berries, nuts on occasion and starting to work some whole grains in. I rarely eat meat/dairy right now but will occasionally have a whey Protein bar when on the go. If I do have meat, it's lean turkey/chicken or fish... though I did have some rather delicious bacon recently from whole foods. Almost no processed foods with the exception of occasional frozen veggie burgers and store bought hummus. I do know which plant based foods have the highest protein density, and I try to incorporate many of those at each meal... so in that way, I gauge some on my food intake based on protein content. Again, for me it's about doing a 180 on my lifestyle... here's a quote I like: "The problem with nutrient by nutrient nutritional science is that it takes the nutrient out of context to the food, the food out of context of the diet, and the diet out of the context of the lifestyle".- Marion Nestle PhD

My surgeon required an upper endoscopy as well. Turns out I showed signs of gerd (wasn't aware of) and it looked like I might have Barrett's esophagus... however the biopsy came back negative. He told me the gastric bypass I got should reverse the gerd and inflammation.

It's a perfectly normal question that has been coming at a higher frequency the further along I get. For whatever reason, whenever some one asks me, I get anxious and lie to them saying "I really don't know." Truth is, I know... I weigh myself multiple times per week and am always thinking about how much I've lost to date. For whatever reason I don't want to let people know I've lost over 100 pounds since it is obvious I still have quite a ways to go. It's like I know I've accomplished a lot to date (I promise I'm not fishing for atta boys here) but since the journey is far from complete, I feel uncomfortably openly discussing where I am on the path. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this quirk or if I'm just a nutcase.

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Nothing wrong with incorporating high Protein veggies into your diet if your stomach can handle it. Obviously meat works best to hit your protein goals because it is so calorie/protein dense... thus you're getting more bang for your buck volume wise. However, it is possible to get lots of protein from a plant based diet, but with our limited capacity it requires some grazing. Grazing can be an issue if you aren't very careful about what you graze on... weight can easily pile back on down the road if you choose the wrong foods.

@@OneDollarBill Yeah, that's what I've been looking at doing was the C25K program. I can already walk a couple miles at about a 16.5 minute pace, so I'm getting there. A few walks I've started to jog while counting to 30, but only did that a couple time so don't know how many intervals I could do of that. For some reason I have it in my mind that I need to be under 300lbs before starting the C25K program... so maybe February 1st Looking towards a May 5K.

@@OneDollarBill Not to sidetrack the convo, but how did you get started running post surgery? I've never been a runner, but kinda have this goal in the back of my head of running a 5K with my older kids (13 and 12) that are both athletic. I'm walking daily, but apprehensive to start jogging. Just curious when you started the process.

Insurance required only a letter from my doctor and a psych evaluation. My surgeon additionally required 1 nutrition class and an upper endoscopy. I also had to do a stress test and a cardiac ultrasound, but I'm not sure if that was insurance or surgeon required. I have BCBS of TX and bariatric surgery is a covered procedure with a $5000 deductible... no diet/waiting period required.

@@DavidOso I asked the same question recently and got some good feedback from @OKCPirate here: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/356960-couch-to-5k/ I have not started the couch to 5k program yet... but I'm still walking daily. Every now and then I try and jog for 30 seconds while walking... for whatever reason I have it in my mind that I want to be below 300lbs when I start.

Mine is similar, but requires a little more work. Take out a Keurig adapter. Fill with my own ground coffee I buy from a warehouse club ($16 for 40 oz for Starbucks, or less for other brands). Brew it into my own coffee mug. Add a little milk and artificial sweetener. Take $2 out of my wallet. Wave it in the direction of Starbucks Headquarters in Seattle, Washington and taunt them. Put the $2 back in my wallet. Drink the coffee while relaxing and realizing how much better that coffee tastes when sitting on 2 comfortable $1 bills. I have a Keurig too... only problem is it is located in a home with 4 children, so my steps would look something like this: 1. Dig coffee mugs out of backyard where the 6 year old buried them while playing pirates 2. Wash coffee mug 3. Stop to help 13 year old with algebra homework she just remembered she had 4. Put K-Cup in machine 5. Brew cup of coffee 6. Take a sip 7. Dart up the stars to investigate the loud thud noise that is obviously the 12 year old showing his 7 year old the finer points of a WWE style drop kick. 8. Re-heat now cold cup of coffee in the microwave 9. Gulp it down in 30 seconds so that kids are not late to school 10. Look into wallet to find that the two dollar bills (plus 10 of their friends) that I thought I saved by not going to starbucks was taken from my wallet the day before and spent on the ice cream truck. So you can see, the 20 minutes of "me" time I spend at Starbucks is well worth the $2.50.

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It will get better, stick with it and give your body a couple of days to adjust. No doubt about it, it is tough... especially mentally. You got this! This is the 2-week all liquid pre-op diet my surgeon put me on: 3-5 Bariatric Advantage shakes and 72 ounces of water/clear liquids... if I could make it through that, anyone can!