crazyplantlady

hey guys! I'm a little shy of 2 years from my gastric sleeve surgery. I've pretty much maintained the wait I've lost for the most part (maybe i'm up 4 or 5 lbs) Recently to be honest I haven't been great at tracking my macros or my water.... probably the reason I'm up a few pounds. I had reintroduced more processed foods into my diet, and although I haven't gained thaaat much back, I decided enough was enough and I'm gonna start tracking again, decreasing carb intake, and focusing on Protein, just like we were supposed to do! lol! I'm already down a couple of pounds. I was just wondering what other sleevers experience a few years after their surgery, how well they stick to the prescribed diet, and what your (honest) daily food intake looks. How many of each of the macros do you average? How many calories per day? Any other experiences you want to add?

hey guys! I'm a little shy of 2 years from my gastric sleeve surgery. I've pretty much maintained the wait I've lost for the most part (maybe i'm up 4 or 5 lbs) Recently to be honest I haven't been great at tracking my macros or my water.... probably the reason I'm up a few pounds. I had reintroduced more processed foods into my diet, and although I haven't gained thaaat much back, I decided enough was enough and I'm gonna start tracking again, decreasing carb intake, and focusing on protein, just like we were supposed to do! lol! I'm already down a couple of pounds. I was just wondering what other sleevers experience a few years after their surgery, how well they stick to the prescribed diet, and what your (honest) daily food intake looks. How many of each of the macros do you average? How many calories per day? Any other experiences you want to add?

Hello everyone! I had surgery in february, and 3 months after, my hair stared to fall out, as expected. My hair has thankfully started to grow back, and I have baby hairs sprouting along my hairline and throughout my scalp. I have long hair (almost to my waist, past my boobs), and I refuse to cut it. I have been struggling with how to style my hair, with the short hairs along my hairline, which a couple of inches long and stick up and out, and the long hairs which are wavy and weigh down. I used to braid my hair, or wear it in a topbun, or half braid it, etc, but I can't really do that anymore because the majority of my length is thin, and the baby hairs are too short to be incorporated into anything like that. If I do a simple braid, the braid itself is thin and pathetic, even if I massage the braid to thicken it, and the hair on my scalp is large and voluminous (being held up by the baby hairs) I was wondering if anyone went through a similar experience and if they had any go to hair styles for those days when you just didn't wash your hair or it just doesn't look good down?

I had hair loss between months 3-6 has slowed down considerably Vitamins, Protein, etc will NOT prevent hair loss. Of course not eating enough protein etc will make the hair loss worse, but exceeding protein goals and taking Biotin will not make the hair loss go away, it will just make regrowth more consistent, and faster look up telogen effluvium after surgery. that is the condition that results in hair loss after surgery

I had some back pain after losing 30-40 lbs. Body isn't used to holding up the different frame and the different weight on it. I used icy-hot Patches, and slept on a heating pad. Helped a lot. Before surgery I used aleve for pains like these, but no NSAIDS after surgery, so I used tylenol. Tylenol on its own didn't help me much, but alongside the patch and pad, it helped (I think).

Hello! My title is pretty explanatory, haha. I am 6 months post-op and still figuring out how to balance eating food, the right kind of food, and meet my minimums for Protein and liquid every day, and exceed them. I have decided I am going to try to be a Soup for lunch kind of person, (easy to go down and doesn't take an hour or several sittings to finish), and I was wondering, would you guys consider that in your 62 oz liquid minimum? I know that we were advised to do so when we were recovering post-op, but I am well past the recovery stage, so I was wondering if it's still okay to count my soup in my minimum.

genepro!! mix it into everything

genepro is my favorite!

I hated premier, it was so sweet it gave me a headache as well. I like GENEPRO Protein powder! never going back to premier!

I did my eat ALL the things craze before my preop. You neeeeeeeeeed to let your doc know what's going on. If you're not following preop instructions you need to let them know. The post op instructions are extremely important as well and not following them could have fatal results. Building thick skin and control is very important post and pre surgery. Also... you'll be able to eat the things you love again one day... just in smaller healthier portions! But you have to get to that point first! Healthily.

You are very welcome. Best of luck to you.

My savior during soft foods was refried Beans, salsa, and cheese. You can mix Protein powder in as well! some Amy's refried black beans, heated up with cheese so it gets melty add in the salsa, so that it cools enough to add a scoop of GENEPRO protein, and you have a snack that has well over 30g. You'll absorb that protein, and even have some left over for energy!

If the piece of bacon was so small, why even eat it? 1 slice of bacon contains 3g of Protein, and the "tiny" amount you had couldn't have had much more than 1g if even that. That amount of bacon wouldn't have cured any weakness or dizziness you were experiencing. Not with the nutritional value (or lack thereof) that it has. It is all in your head, and you were creating reasons to allow yourself to make bad choices. You have not been skipping over negative comments, you've been replying back to them with aggression and immaturity. You can go back and read tons of topics similar to what you have posted on this forum. People who respond similarly to you end up getting MORE replies they hate, and more people that tell them they were wrong because from the way they reply it doesn't seem like they get it. People who respond with grace, admit their mistake, and accept it aren't met with harshness. Those posts disappear because there's no reason for them to continue. Reading your posts, it doesn't seem like you understand. "I've heard hunger can be dehydration but I don't feel dehydrated" most of us don't understand the difference. You can not biologically feel hunger after sleeve surgery, you're no longer making the hunger hormone. "I don't think the amount of bacon I ate was wrong" It WAS wrong, because bacon has no nutritional value and is solid, and ANY amount of solids, especially a WEEK after surgery can tear your stomach open and result in your death. You mentioned that you had a band to sleeve revision. These bad choices that you made are the reason your band didn't work for you. You need to learn to make better choices so that your sleeve works for you. Your doctor is frustrated with you because he knows you make bad choices and nothing you have shown him indicates that will change, therefore he regrets your surgery. You think that no one here would care if you die. Umm... we would. People responding with harshness are doing so because they don't want to see that. Many WLS programs require people to attend therapy or support meetings. I would highly suggest you start taking part in such things, they will help you. They have helped many of us.

So here's the thing. We all have struggled with our weight. That's why we're here. Some of us have different predispositions that lead to obesity, but we all turned to WLS as a tool to get better. Everyone here is about to have surgery, or has gotten surgery. We've all failed and succeeded. And we've had to talk ourselves away from eating something we shouldn't. Many of us have spent the afternoon above a toilet because we ate something we shouldn't and threw it up, or heard/experienced a leak or WLS failure. We ALL have problems with self control, some more than others. Otherwise why would we need surgery to help us eat less? Before surgery, how many of us looked at the reflection in the mirror and told ourselves terrible terrible things? How many of us felt shame after eating a slice of cake or a serving or two of fries? For many of us, tough love is the thing that helped get us to WLS and where we are today. In a way, WLS IS tough love, because it's an extremely difficult process that we did TO OURSELVES because we love our life and want to make it better. The fact is, you chose to eat bacon very soon after WLS, when you could have eaten something else much healthier (which still would have been VERY wrong btw). A piece of chicken or turkey? But bacon is greasy, fatty, and has very little nutritional value. So not only did you choose to eat when you shouldn't have been, you chose to eat something very bad for you. Sometimes people will respond to you harshly on here. Sometimes they'll post a repetitive post that has nothing to do with what you asked. The best thing to do is to ignore or respond with grace. What you think of me, or they think of you, or you think of them, none of that actually makes a difference in our lives. The thing that makes a difference for you is what you put in your body, and as we are all struggling with the same choices we want to see you succeed, and everyone responds to different kinds of statements. What I am seeing is you getting upset at the harsh statements, and defending yourself. Don't defend yourself, you made a mistake. Accept it, move on, and don't repeat the mistake

Maybe find a new doctor? A different surgeon for better advice. I think your doctor is trying to force you to lose more weight with such an extended post-op diet... maybe he sensed a lack of total self control? Eating bacon, Cereal, and milk is certainly more than your stomach can handle right now. All doctors will agree on that. Your stomach is not producing the necessary enzymes and acids to break down such rich food, and you can damage your new stomach. Everyone makes mistakes, but it's important to understand why they are mistakes and learn from them. Harshness isn't going to help you to do that, instead you'll lash out and defend your mistakes, which is not the right reaction either. That being said, at least you didn't do anything more drastic. If you're feeling weak, it's time to start experimenting with different Protein sources. They'll help and be within your dietary restrictions. GENEPRO, unjury, premier, etc etc Lots of different protein powders and shakes, there's something to suit everyone's taste! I can't handle thick textures and overly sweet either, so I love genepro because it just adds a milky taste to anything I mix it with.

taking extra Biotin etc isn't going to do anything but make your hair grow back faster google: telogen effluvium this is the condition that results in hair loss ~3 months after surgery, or any other environmental shock to your system (like giving birth) Even if all they do is put you under anesthesia and bring you back, you can still get hair loss. the good thing is that it is temporary, all of your hair will not fall out, and your hair WILL grow back. My hair has thinned out considerably, but it's starting to grow back. I've been using serums that are supposed to promote hair growth

Hello! I am 5 months out, and 55 lbs down. This past week I've been feeling... hungry? I don't know if it's actual hunger or head hunger? But I'm craving food unlike how I have craved food before... and I feel kind of an emptiness in my esophagus. I know that after getting sleeves we no longer make the hunger hormone... so we shouldn't be feeling hungry. I don't even remember what actual hunger feels like, especially since I got head hungry a lot before surgery. However, on this forum I have read that hunger comes back to people after some time. What is everyone else's experience with this? Is what I am feeling actual hunger? Has anyone else's hunger returned?

Hello! I am almost 5 months out, and 55 lbs down! The last week or so, I've been getting muscle pains in my back. Last week it was one muscle, this week it's the muscle below. I don't know what's going on, bit I wonder if it has to do with weight loss? Has anyone else experienced this?

I personally don't like the Syntrax nectars. There's a weird aftertaste or it makes the Water have a weird quality to it... I can't handle it. I think you should just try out different things until you find something that works! I had to try out several different powders before settling on GENEPRO. You can get samples of everything at GNC, and everything is heavily reviewed on Amazon. Another thing you can experiment with is mixing powders into different foods. I can mix Genepro into yogurt, pudding, even Beans and cheese and it tastes good! You can mix it into soup, tea, coffee, anything that has cheese in it, or that would taste good if it had milk in it. I think you can do the same with unjury as well. The thing that I liked more about genepro was that it was slightly more tolerant of warmer temperatures (not too hot though!) and there was more Protein in a smaller serving. Our lifestyle change is hard, and it's going to take a little bit of experimentation to figure out what works.

I like GENEPRO unflavored protein! 30g per serving, and just adds a milky taste to what you mix it in, and you can mix it with anything!

A couple of things didn't agree with me the first time I tried them, but was fine the second time. Everyone is different, just be careful and experiment.

sometimes your scale is just sitting on uneven flooring, which will change the number that shows up you're probably retaining Water weight, maybe your period is about to start drink tons of water and follow your plan to a T you're not going to gain wait if that is what you do

I bought jeggings on amazon! They've served me good! They were cheap and looked like jeans and fit my body as it is shrinking.

Now that I feel a difference and am over 50% to my goal I have started to want to buy clothes... ALL the clothes... Before I decided to get surgery I had a pretty bad habit of buying and collecting cute clothes (only a portion of which actually fit me) and now even some of those clothes that didn't fit me before are starting to be looser on me When I decided to get surgery, I stopped buying clothes all together. And I did good! Until now... Luckily everything I've bought so far has been a bargain, and I'll just have to try hard to not buy anything else. (NONE of it is plus size ) I think that the shopping addiction is something that is common for people who have struggled with their weight, I was never happy with how my body looked so I tried to dress it in things that made me feel beautiful. and I need to learn to keep it check. I still have aways to go until my goal weight, and it'll take a while to get there as my weight loss has slowed down some. When did you guys start buying clothes? How did you judge what size you are/ would be? Is anyone else's experience similar to mine?

I'm sure there are many struggling with the same thing you are. Talk to your doctor, find some help, get some therapy. Something all of us struggle with is loving ourselves for who we are, and that struggle doesn't go away with the weight loss. You look wonderful, for what it's worth!