Nibbler

I should confess that I too have had a handful of tater chips/a chocolate bar/managed to get sick on "real" chocolate pudding at a party this week.....but i don't want to confess....i want to eat like a "normal person". I'm not going to allow myself to suffer guilt over food anymore........Oh i'm probably in denial. I'm 7 weeks out of surgery and still trying to figure it out. I mean how bad can i cheat I have so little volume....I had a mcdonalds hash brown this morning....I learned...they make me ill...wont do that again.

If you search the threads I left the same similar post on a thread two weeks ago (at week 5) I saw my dietician for my regular appointment and actually cried. I gained more than three pounds. She said that all my concerns/regret was natural for week 5. And that i was eating more than i did the prior weeks and had most likely increased my salt (bullion/broth, crackers, cheese) I'm back to losing and emotionally have tried to detach myself from the scale, i weight only once a week. My shoes are getting big : ) along with the girls are headed south....wayyyy south LOL feel better!!

@@bellabloom I think all of us will always live with the fear of regain. Our bodies are wired differently than those people with a metabolism to be born thin and always live thin. My husband couldn't gain weight if he tried. 34 years of marriage and the man weighs 5 lbs more than our wedding day. I think acceptance that we will always have to keep our eye on the scale and our hands off the pastries is success. Success.......last night went to hubbys work xmas party (always dread being the largest woman in the room, always fear that my husband will be judged on his choice of mate)....well I was still the largest woman in the room but I'm 50 lbs lighter than I was at the summer party. I'm two sizes smaller in my pant. I felt great. At this point few people can tell I've lost the weight but I know it, hubby knows it.....I'll take success where i can find it,,,,,,oh and I have to buy new shoes. My snug flats were flopping all over the place....never considered I'd lose foot fat.....rings are real loose too.

hmmm....puzzling for sure. I'm 7 weeks out and no way am i getting 60 gm protein & 64 oz of water. Dr says i will eventually be able to and to continue to work on it every day. You should have some kind of feeling/effect from the surgery. Please keep us informed.

Wow....so many great successes. I've not had a towel wrap all the way around me since about 1972.....I look forward to that one! Regular size clothing....1978. Looking forward to that too.

I think its dependent on how heavy you are. My dr. explained it as the purpose of the diet is to shrink your liver to give her easier access.

I'm 5 weeks post op and find i'm having the same problem with the taste/gag thing. But I also have become over sensitized by the protein (EXTREME cramping). I force one half down and suffer about every other day. I have the same problem with the clear liquid protein drinks. I'm not getting the protein in I need. I will give some of the options here a try.

My hurdle in getting the surgery done was fear of anestesia. Fear of not waking up....leaving my family without their mother. But the realization that if i didn't get the surgery I would be dead soon enough. So morning of surgery the anestesia dr. comes in and introduces himself and tells me he was going to give me something "just to relax you" thinking ok...well he then takes my bed and gets it through the doorway on the way to the surgery suite....Thats the last thing i remember. I have had other surgeries where they tell you its time to put you to sleep and put the mask on or give the injection.....made the entire event so much easier. I came close to bolting out of the hospital for my knee surgery several years prior. This way I was so much more calm.

@ being just 5 weeks post op I can tell you in just a few more weeks you're going to feel better physically and you will begin to have some what of an appetite. I get hungry more frequently than i used to. Have to carry something with me at all times. The dr. kept telling me "this is a tool not an answer" I'm starting to realize more and more each day what she meant. We must keep this resolve we have now into the future because I agree with you....how could I go through this sort of life changing/damaging surgery and then start sucking down milkshakes & candy bars. Dr. Phil has a saying "The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior" We have a challenge ahead of us. I will rise up to meet it because if not.....i'm just going to die an early death. Not a lot of super obese old folks living is there??

Well said @lexie I know why I overeat. But that doesn't mean that this surgery will "cure" me. I do know however that for the first time in my life I feel not only full.....but satisfied as well. I'm hoping the removal of most of the grelin monster will be enough to do it this time. The dietician i saw yesterday told me that 6 weeks post op is a very difficult time, full of doubt and fear.....and that pretty much sums up how I've been feeling. I need to start each day with more positive thinking.

Well I'm back from my 5 week checkup and feeling better about things. Met with the dietician and the Physicians Asst. They were both very helpful and said that its physically impossible for me to be gaining at this stage of the game. This nasty stall is just my bodies way of adjusting. I have gained weight on every diet i've ever been on.....and it always starts when i hit that dreaded plateau. I have great fear of failure because past behavior is all i have to judge from. I cannot fail....I will not fail. Thanks for letting me vent.

Maybe its too early in my journey (4 weeks postop) to comment but I can tell you i'm scared ...very scared. i have gained 3 lbs in the last eight days. Today is my Dr. appointment and I'm praying hard for: 1. I got so dehydrated that its normal 2. My WII scale is not accurate 3. Its muscle gain because I got sooooo weak post op. (i didn't seem to bounce back as fast as most people who tell their post op stories. How could i possibly gain weight on 5-600 calories a day? How could I possibly let this happen after going through such major major surgery? I must be successful.....or i'm just dead. I'm no spring chicken, no time left for me

Week three and i went from thinking i hit a plateau to gaining a pound. Is this normal? My bowels are moving ok. I'm freaking out. Considering I've gained weight on every diet I've ever been on in my life I just don't know what i'm doing wrong My appetite has improved and am eating my soft foods well and crunchy crackers are ok too so have been eating rye crackers which are keeping my bowels in good shape.

I started out thinking I was going to keep it private from everyone except my hubby and kids but at some point I decided that I don't give a flying flip about what anyone thinks. Let them judge me.....suggest its the "lazy persons diet" I don't give a crap. So i told everyone except my mother who is 91 and whom has obsessed about my weight my entire life....I was her one failure as a mother. She has some dementia and gets really repetitive so I just want to avoid the negativity she will bring . I told her i had my gall bladder out (which was true).

This is the concoction my dermatologist recommends. It works great. It will control the redness and itching but it won't cure it. I've had it for years and did use antiperspirant with good results but i understand that there is stuff in antiperspirant that are not healthy for you (aluminum i think but don't quote me on that). My dermatologist said she has never heard of any insurance company paying for skin removal due to the infection but I'm willing to try. I'm just starting on my journey as i was sleeved Oct. 14. I will start with the documentation on the infections

I have developed a sensitivity to both Preimier and protein water. Severe cramping so much that Dr. put me on real food at week one. I am eating a lot of turkey and chicken meatballs (ground meat). They are tender and have had no issue. I had to go on the pre surgery twice because i had to cancel the first scheduled surgery due to death in family....i think it built up in my system. Tried today to have a premier today just to see if i could since haven't had it in several weeks and i bought a lot. Same story....cramping

How ironic is it that I spent my life trying to eat less and now I'm having trouble eating/drinking enough to stay alive! 2weeks 3 days post op, no regrets, just concern that I'm not healing fast enough. Had sleeve, gallbladder removed and hiatial hernia repair. Stlll sore. still sleeping alone (fear of getting kneed in my gut) Tracking calories and pretty sure 300-400 per day is not enough to make my brain work and my body function. I will continue each day to try and increase that. What a challenge this is. I will tell you one thing. Anyone tries to tell me weight loss surgery is the "lazy" way to lose weight had better not say it to me in the same room....i'll slap 'em silly. feeling frustrated

I think I recall reading something about hormonal changes post surgery. I am day 10 post op. I went to bed last night exhausted at 8:30 pm and could not fall asleep until after I heard hubby get up at 5am. Then finally drifted off only to wake three hours later. During those long hours I just laid in bed and sobbed. Got wayyy far too deep in my head. All my troubles seemed super amplified. Today I have been tearful off and on all day. I have been taking hydrocodone for pain but healing well and only had one dose yesterday. Also taking Xanax for cramping and anxiety. I have decided today to try and get all meds out of my system and managed to do so except the under the tongue drug for cramping. Is this normal post op behavior ?

Thanks for your responses. I'll have to read up more on this. I did manage to settle down some last night. I went a full 24 hrs with no pain meds I think for me that is key. The one spot were Dr. said she tied something up to my stomach wall seemed to have pulled hard during the night....staying off my feet today. day 11 post surgery

Sleeved Oct. 14, plus gall bladder removal and hiatial hernia which was a surprise. Dr. said she found it during surgery and repaired it.....interesting to know i'm not the only one

9 days out for me: How brain dead I would be...dont ask me to add 5 + 2 How much I would miss sleeping on my side The pain is much worse than I expected (sleeve, gallbladder removal and hernia repair) How much my kitty would understand and be so gentle with me How little i miss caffeine Its past midnight why can I not sleep even after pain meds.

Well tomorrow is my big day! Sleeve & gall bladder removal surgery at 8:00 am. I'm wondering if anyone on this board has played around with homeopathic remedies for nausea. I"m not much for pills but I do know that i can expect a great deal of nausea. The dr. has given me two different nausea medications I have simmering on my stovetop ginger root and Water in a concentrated amount which I'm thinking will be good when added to caffeine free tea. I'm thinking it would be better with honey which has healing properties but my instructions state NO SUGAR of any kind. I'm thinking that the days following surgery i'm going to be taking such small volume that it couldn't hurt. I am also thinking of adding my ginger root water to broth. I have made apple butter with high concentration of clove and allspice, both help with nausea. The apple butter is apples cooked down until very thick, no sugar has been added to this. I was thinking about making homemade broth but i'm concerned that the cooked veggies will cause bad gas. I am currently using jared chicken base for my liquid diet. I'm super scared and cannot wait to put the surgery behind me. Any helpful hints you have for those first few days after surgery?

Well I made it through surgery. Pretty rough stuff. I had my gall bladder removed as well and a repair of a hiatel hernia and the sleeve. This occurred on Wednseday and I'm struggling to get through each day. Cut back on pain meds today but nausea and cramping are pretty bad. I will get through this. food smells bad and thats a good thing. Just keeping on all the meds and walking around my house as much as i can. I made some ginger root juice and added it to my broth and it seemed to make me feel very good. Just have no volume. I'm a little concerned about getting my Protein in and not becoming dehydrated but i just have no volume. Thanks to all for your input. For now I will use my ginger juice but will save the cloved apple butter for farther down the line.

Oh boy thats good news. I assumed everyone suffered from nausea. Glad to hear that sounds like its not the case. Thanks

I was supposed to have the sleeve done on Sept. 9, was on the very low calorie pre surgery diet, mostly shakes, bars and a few approved veggies. Was on it for 11 days, then death in family, cancelled. I have over the last few weeks developed a mild pain, turning into a sharp pain occasionally (once ever other day maybe), started the diet again last Wednesday, by Saturday I'm having sharp pain very frequent and more intense. Got into see GP on tuesday, had an ultrasound yesterday (the pain is under my ribs towards the side on my left side (up high)). Dr. said maybe spleen, maybe constipation (up so high??) Those power bars are dense and i'm having three a day. Well this morning at 5am i woke in bad pain, took a tramadol and did manage to fall back asleep. Called my gastric Dr.s office and am waiting for a reply. I guess my question is has anyone experienced this? I searched "Protein overdose' "power bar side effects" and the symptom is diareah(sp). I'm so scared i'm going to have to cancel again and I just don't want to go there, it was hard enough doing the pre surgery prep diet the second time around. Really frustrated.