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I had a Taylor that went up to 450lbs but was surfable even being digital and then I found a healthometer at Walmart that went to 550lbs. It's very basic and cheap, but it gets the job done fairly accurately. It's within 5lbs of my doctor's scale...usually weighs a little heavier which is good because I don't lie to myself thinking I'm lighter than I actually am. LOL

In the beginning, wearing abnormal reach behind bra would have been miserable, but if you have big girls like I do, they need a holder! I did open in the front bras so I had support, but didn't have to pull any incisions putting a regular bra on. You will retain fluid from surgery and from the IV fluids so pick clothing that is loose and stretchy. I took my comfy pj's and some yoga pants and a tshirt. I actually came home in my pjs because I was too comfy to change just to go 7 miles home and rechange into pjs. LOL you will be tired and sore those first few days and depending on your doctor, you may have a drain. I did. The loose clothing made it easier to deal with the drain as well.

You can still use Tylenol after rny. It's just NSAIDS you won't be able to use and honestly a lot of the pain that you would need to take pain meds for will go away as you lose weight. My migraines were near daily events pre op and now it's down to a couple a month around the time my period shows up. My constant joint pain is gone and except for fevers, I don't even take Tylenol. The surgery will take away a lot of your discomfort and dependence on these things to get you through. It really depends on what you are comfortable with and what will be the best tool for you to lose weight and live the life you want to live. For me, rny was the way to go and if you have a substantial amount of weight to lose, you don't want to have to go back under the knife for revisions down the road. I wanted one and done and I am so glad I chose rny. It really helped me get to the cause of my obesity which was sugar addiction. By taking that variable out, I was able to get my mind around what I needed to do.

Just give it time, and keep trying things every once in awhile. For about the first year, I couldn't eat any kind of chicken or pork. I still can't eat pork, but I've improved over time to be able to eat chicken in certain preparations, but still not in all the ways i used to. It takes awhile for your body to learn to process Foods differently. In general, if something bothers you, wait a month or two and then try it again. Try it with a sauce, a marinade, or another preparation and see if it handles better.

There's not a whole lot you can do. There are a lot of factors on the battle of the skin. How many stretch marks are on your skin, age, how many children a person has had, how fast they gained the weight and held on to it to begin with. For me, my whole childhood into adulthood I was morbidly obese and I've had 7 kids and stretch marks on my stretch marks. My skin is horrific. My doctor says I am carrying around about 30lbs of excess skin. It bothers me immensely, it makes finding clothes that don't show it harder, but I've put a lot of time in both trying to shape muscle under the skin for support and a lot of money in buying compression undergarments that minimize the appearance on the outside. The only thing I haven't found is some way to hide my bat wings now that it's tank top season. They are a true embarrassment for me having gone from well over 429lbs down to 190 now. I just cannot afford skin removal and I lost my insurance so I'm pretty much just trying to conceal and not reveal. Don't let the skin hold you back though. Even knowing that I have all this hanging skin, I would still do it in a heartbeat.

Drink more water. It sounds like your body is in survival mode and trying to hold as much as it can to keep you alive. Drink drink drink and wait for the pee pee pee when it decides it's ok not to hold on to it anymore. [emoji23]

Your body will go through stalls over time to sort of rest up and give you time to mentally catch up. If the stall goes on a long time, try mixing things up. Add more protein or more fat to your diet or change up your exercise routine. Anything that is different can break a stall and bring on weight loss. Also you are reaching the point where your loss will slow down. You won't have the big jumps anymore, but you will have a slower more predictable loss like someone on a conventional diet would. I'm a yr and a half out now and my weight loss is like 2lbs a month if that. I'm not cheating my heart out, but things slow down the further out you get and you still have to stay on top of it.

Good luck on your surgery and congratulations to the start of your brand new life!

I eat popcorn. For me, it is a super filler, and on days when I'm exercising extra hard, I need more carbs in my day so I will eat popcorn and I do fine. No adverse reactions except that I might not be hungry for the rest of the day if I eat it, so I may be forcing down protein shakes to get my minimum in.

I was lactose intolerant after surgery and for the first like 4 mo the or so. You can either attempt to use lactase tablets until it gets better, or You can try a non lactose form of protein like Vega protein. It is a vegan protein as well. They carry it on Amazon in a 4pk. The chocolate is pretty good and contains no lactose. I didn't know about Vega when I was going through it so I basically lived off of syntrax which was easier to digest and my NUT advanced me to puréed eggs early on so I could get more protein.

I haven't updated pics in awhile so....gonna do that now. To answer the question when will you feel better, it's hard to say. For me, I had the foaming thing once and it was because I was not sipping my water constantly like I was told to, and when I got to carrying around my water bottle everywhere and sipping as I went, that went away. I still carry my water bottle everywhere I go. I'd be useless without it.

Did you have the sleeve or Rny? For RNY that would be way too much for 5wks out. I wasn't eating more than 1/4c of anything for the first 6 months. Regardless of which surgery, eating fast is not your friend. It compromises your new stomach and can lead to overeating down the road. Take small bites and chew them thoroughly even when it's mushy foods. Take the time to taste it all and take a full minute between bites. That's the recipe for long term success.

Congratulations on the start of your journey. The surgery itself without complications is a walk in the park compared to a csection, BUT the NUT is right in that there is another form of hell you have to go through. The surgery changes the size of your stomach, but not your brain and those first few days a i so badly wanted to lick food just for the taste. It was so hard and I had no real support at home so it was very hard. If it wasn't for all the cautionary tales my NUT had given me, I wouldn't know just how "normal" all this was and got through it knowing it was just temporary.

17 months out and closing in on my personal goal! From 429lbs down to 197lb.

Zulily became a good friend of mine for cheap and decent looking clothing to get me through my many MANY size changes. I started my journey in a size 32w/34w that were TIGHT and as of now am a 10/12, so there have been lots of changes. Also, try the clearance sections of stores because there are often decent deals to be had on returned clothing. Now that I am where I consider to probably be my end goal or close, I'm putting more money into buying a forever wardrobe. Which is soooo much fun! [emoji16]

My advice is to just take it slow and I wouldn't worry too much about making recipes or anything because you will be eating so little that even a meal will take days to eat. My NUT gave me a basic list to follow when I as in the puréed stage so if you have one, follow it, otherwise, refried Beans, cottage cheese, and soft eggs were my main staples. The good news is that this passes fast and soon you'll be on to the fun of trying everything again for the first time. You'll be surprised how foods you hated before now taste so different now. Good luck!

You might be surprised to find out that your cycle changes, but not always in a bad way. My periods were always super heavy floods where I literally had to use depends and sit on a stack of towels at home to prevent leaking everywhere. Since RNY, my cycle lightened up quite a bit and instead of my old 32 day cycle it dropped down to 26 days, which may explain why it's lighter, but it's definitely much improved. I didn't do anything special to try to improve it though, just got lucky.

It's been a whole year since I took control of my life and had RNY gastric bypass. I've had ups and downs and physical delay after delay(chronic Lupus flares, swollen joints, torn rotator cuff, loss of ability to use my right arm, etc), but here we are! It's been one year and I don't regret it for one moment! I am not where I want to be YET, but I will get there. Here are my stats: hw:429lbs sw:386 cw:220lbs

Thank you all. When I first started out on this path I didn't believe I'd really make it to this point. Honestly I thought if I could just get below 300, I'd be happy. What I have gotten back this year has been amazing! You get out of it what you truly put into it and I plan to keep on chugging with my many hurdles til I reach that final goal line. I can see it's possible now and I want people to know that it really can happen and will happen, but you have to get up and put up the fight every day even when you are sick or injured or depressed. It's hard and when you backslide to a bad habit you need to pick yourself up, give yourself a scolding, and get back on the right track. I got more bad medical news yesterday afternoon about my heart and my autoimmune diseases being more aggressive than we would want, but I'm fighting to stay "sober" and stay on my plan and keep chugging forward. You may never be a size 2, honestly at 5'9 it's just not reasonable for some of us, but you can be so close to your goal a year from when you start...just start and see it through! ❤️ I went from a 34w/36w to a size 12/14 in one year!!!!!!