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You are all doing amazing. I am 6 months post op and have lost about 60 pounds in total and on average a 10 pound loss per month. Im totally pumped even though I would like to lose another 25 or so to get to my perfect height for weight/BMI. So I am was on the lighter side as a starter compared to some of the people on this forum, so don't expect the massive loss that those folk will experience. Trust me you are doing absolutely amazing!!

I have been stalled for 2 weeks now and today Im 2 pounds heavier!!! Has anyone experienced a gain 5 months out?

Hey Cervidae, just wanted to say I looked at your profile and before pics and want to congratulate you on your journey. what a transformation, you must be so proud of yourself. What a beautiful young woman you are now. Well done

Thanks for you your replies. I thought I should post so that anyone reading this at a later date can be assured that light is at the end of the tunnel :-). Today I weighed in at 175 which is about 5 pounds lighter than the day i posted this!! So yes, it was Water weight and my loss is still continuing. YAY. Just proves that stalls are in fact real, and as long as you are creating a calorie deficit your body will respond..... EVENTUALLY :-).

HI Sammywammy, I'm 5 months out and promise you it does get better, albeit slowly!! Along my journey I have experienced stomach aches, shocker tummy rumbles, terrible (sorry tmi) smelly wind, PLUS many trips to the bathroom , nausea, stopping on the side of the road to vomit and the odd occurance of dumping. I still sometimes eat something (or a combination of foods) that makes me feel queezy or that sends me to he bathroom in a hurry. The first year is trial and error, and everyone is different about what they can tolerate. Some weeks it feels like Im back to square one and can barely get anything down, then the next week Im eating like a horse (well a small horse thats had GBP ). I now have some "safe" foods that I fall back on. You will find yours in due time.

Hi Fellow GB friends, well today I am 7 weeks post op and have lost a total of 30 pounds which I'm super happy about (even though i was a pound heaver this morning)!! Just wondering when your weight loss slowed though? I don't have as much as some folk to lose, AND I'm 40ish so I expect my loss to be slower, but I have noticed over the past couple weeks my loss has slowed (last week only about 1.5 pounds). It coincides with the increase in variety and volume I can eat now without feeling sick. PLUS the last few days I have been crazy hungry all the time. Yes, i have had my period so wonder if its that, but I haven't felt this type of hunger since prior to surgery. Up until this past week, the weight was just coming off by itself as I didn't always fell very well or couldn't eat much.... Anyone experiencing similar?

Wow Jccanda.... well done to you.... you have done so well to lose that much!!! That's a crazy amount of weight to lose :-) and the blood pressure is spot on!!!!! I bet the Dr's were super happy with you....

@@jccanada happens to me too - I'm 6 weeks out today. It usually only happens to me though when I have forgotten that I need to chew my food until it is like paste in my mouth. All i can say (which I say to myself every day!) is slow down when eating and chew thoroughly until its more like the food you ate during soft phase. I feel that if I applied this rule I could pretty much eat anything i wanted other than those foods that would make me dump (so far only mild dumping on sweet wheat cookie and sweeter style yoghurt and some juices). One of the issues (if you can call it that) I have right now is that I serve myself what I think is a small bowl or plate of food and still only get 1/4 way through it. I guess that is a good thing :-)

Totally agree with Jen - Im 6 weeks out and have a couple of hard lumps - scar tissue. It wont go away for a while.... i can still feel mine. I had them checked out by the Doctor and all is going well - just part of the healing process, so don't stress :-)

My surgery date was the 20th of April, so I'm now 6 days post-op. Since then (unless I have been knocked out by the heavy duty pain killers or anti-ametics) I have been super super tired but struggled to sleep, then when I DO sleep I have crazy crazy dreams and only sleep for an hour or two at a time. I did a bit of research thinking that maybe this was the anesthetic.... and found this. Anyone else experiencing? "The “surgical stress response“, the body’s hormonal and metabolic response to the trauma of surgery, is quite profound and has an important effect on the subsequent amount and quality of sleep. The bigger the surgery, it seems, the more significant is the stress response and the accompanying sleep disturbance. During the stress response, hormones from the pituitary gland are released, and the sympathetic nervous system is activated (adrenaline and its companion “fight or flight” hormones). Metabolic changes include increased blood sugar, and breakdown of body Protein. Injured tissues release cytokines and other potent chemicals associated with inflammation. Pain, and the medications used to treat pain, sedatives, food deprivation, fever, psychological factors, age, and a person’s usual sleep profile all affect sleep after surgery." FULL ARTICLE http://surgiprep.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/does-anesthesia-cause-sleep-disturbance/

Im 3 weeks out and getting in about 800. I track on calorieking. I try to get a large portion of my Protein in at Breakfast time with a smoothy with two scoops of Protein powder and low fat milk and fruit (about 350 calories, 60g protein), then a Soup or puree stew for lunch (200 cals, 15g protein), then some soft of puree veg and protein for dinner plus sometimes I have a snack of soft cheese (remaining 250 + 10g protein). Now, not every day is like that!! Some days I try something new (like eggs) and spend most of the day nauseous and cant get much else in!! But a good day looks like that :-)

Well done! Finding high Protein foods to eat that sit well during the fist few weeks post op is really challenging. I pureed Lamb stew - definitely not as good as the real thing but still, much more satisfying than another Protein shake.

2 days clear Fluid, 2 weeks fluids/shakes/soups/thin yogurt etc, 2 weeks puree foods/scrambled eggs etc. then on to soft foods after my first appointment (at 4 weeks) with the Dietitian.

I'm nearly 3 weeks post op and look at food and think "mmmm yummmmm", I then eat a few mouth fulls and find I didn't enjoy it and soon after (sometimes) feel a bit sick. I eat slowly, and mush all my food up as per the stage I'm at etc. How many months post op did you start enjoying the taste and texture of food, and the feel of it in your tummy again?

Im on same timeline and have stalled too... in fact i was half a pound heavier this morning :-(. Gonna stay off the scales for a few days or a week if i can do it!!! Will drive myself insane otherwise....

I'm two weeks post op and had the same. Headache finally cleared at about 9 days post op.

I had the same problem - I'm now wearing the Patches that they sell on the store here https://store.bariatricpal.com/collections/vitamin-patch/products/multivitamin-plus-patch-30-day-supply I haven't been tested yet but I have read other topics on this forum that suggest they work well... couple of post on this forum about them http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/366414-patch-md/?hl=%2Bpatches#entry4145353

Im 2 weeks post op in 4 days. I have a pain on the left hand side that feels a bit like a stitch sometimes when I walk or roll over in bed. Your insides will take some time to heal. So yes, I think its pretty normal unless of course its unbearable pain.

Im same as you 2.5 weeks post op. struggling a bit with choices but am sticking to 1/2 to 3/4 cup meal once or twice a day and shakes or Soup for rest to get Protein up. All depends on how my tummy is feeling.... So far Ive tried lightly scrambled egg, roughly pureed chicken, pureed lamb stew, mashed up meatballs with a sauce, mashed fish, mashed potato, all were fine.... I have also had a rice cracker thing with a slice of cheese on it. The rice crackers melt in your mouth and the cheese is very soft. What have you been trying?

Congratulations to you all for such amazing weight loss. 10+ pounds a months I AMAZING!!! Don't forget we are all different (ages / muscle composition / resting metabolic rate / exercise intensity etc). Despite that thought I will be SUPER happy if I continue to lose 10 pounds per month. To me, that is a more sustainable, healthy weight loss that means I may not lose any hair!!!! Well done and stay determined. You are doing GREAT!!

Im 2 weeks post op. I had my band removed 4 months ago and then a GBP 15 days ago. I've lost 20 pounds and my BMI is 33 and I'm over 40 yrs old. I'm very pleased. I learnt to eat around my band... slider foods, eating slowly (but kept eating), eating higher calorie softer foods that were easy to get through the band etc. Unlike you, I gained back 40 pounds of the weight I lost (lost 70 in all). Trust me, it is A LOT easier to gain weight back with a band than with a bypass. Right now its super hard for me to get in all my Protein, Water etc in. I have to be super careful about what I eat (I'm on mushy diet now) as some things just don't "sit right". Day by day I am learning what my new anatomy will allow me to digest without discomfort. I am still not able to consume more than 600-800 calories per day - some days less if what I have eaten makes me feel too full and ooky :-). From what I hear this continues for several months as your body adjusts to its new plumbing :-). Further to that, I look at food and WANT it, but the body says Noooo :-) With my limited two weeks of experience with the GBP I can tell you it feels entirely different..... you will eventually eat more whole foods but smaller portions and not want any more for hours. I think that is a much more sustainable eating pattern than soft or liquid foods. Good luck :-)

@mmy I'm so SO sorry you have had this experience, how traumatic. I think that it was borderline negligent of your surgeon to discuss changing procedures with you on the day of surgery rather than allow you the time to think it over. Having said that, I too have read that the sleeve can be less effective in some circumstances, but I think the level of complication for both procedures is similar - just different. I think what is important for you now is to focus on the future. I KNOW how hard that is. I am 2 weeks post op gastric bypass (revision from failed band taken out 3 months ago). I didn't vomit blood but I did have a very tough first week (see other posts of mine) and on day 3/4/5 had MASSIVE buyers remorse (as a lot of people do). I can tell you though, that even though it was (and still is some days) a struggle for various reasons (getting enough Protein in, nausea, fatigue, etc), I am now glad I had the courage to do this. I am a similar BMI to you and super happy to be down 20 pounds already. I have a 3 year old and I want him to grow up knowing me as a fit an healthy mother. I know its hard but hang in there. I suspect you would have been going through "buyers remorse" no matter what procedure you had - sleeve or bypass. But, you have the bypass now so get excited and start visualizing the new YOU. TRUST ME.... you WILL feel better, and quickly.... both emotionally and physically. Big hugs to you.

My bypass was done on the 20th of April, so Im about 5 days post-op. First two days were hell with diarrhea and nausea caused by the barium swallow and i presume the anesthetic. I stopped taking pain meds on day 3 as i wasn't in a lot of pain and felt they were just making me feel even more out of it and nauseous. Im just using paracetamol every 4-6 hours now. Came home 2 days ago and mostly I feel completely "out of it", very cloudy and sometimes unable to focus or concentrate. I also feel very tired all the time but the sleep i am getting isn't good quality and I am finding it hard to take naps. After a shake or Soup (half cup) i feel ok for a while then a half hour later feel sick and rush to the toilet again. At times i even feel anxious - like there is nothing i can do to stop this, nothing i can do to feel better. There is very little pain, rather a sensation of heaviness and tightness across my whole abdomen. I am trying not to regret the decision to do this to my body, but i have a rising sense of panic that i will never feel batter again. Is this the anesthetic, the procedure... what? Has anyone else felt this way?

@jccanada do you feel a tightness and a bit of swelling just below breast bone? I presume this is where most of the cutting has been done. I recall after I had my band out I felt like this for a while but cant recall when it resolved......

Hey @yanu17leth I am on a daily iron supplement. Did your Dr prescribe you one? If not I think you can get over the counter.....