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Dehydration can be a factor also

I didn't have an open surgery but I still wore one and continue to wear a tight spanx. I go to support groups and before surgery someone gave me that advice and I stuck with it. Until or if I do have the skin removed it helps me hold a nice hour glass figure.

I love muscle milk and isopure both are great in water. The milk needs to go! Do 3 shakes a day and 80oz of water and vitamins! Also eat lean foods and zero sugar. This will help you for after surgery as well because you will need to do it the rest of your life.

I get dumping syndrome from even 1 chocolate chip! Or from even skim milk or anything with sugar elements in it! I get the sweats feel like I am gonna puke and feel like I have the very worst hangover I ever had for an hr or two. As far as weight gain well grazing is the most common reason or eating past full.

I make chili n purée it and add crackers makes a great dish! Taste just like chili too.

I don't feel good about this!? We are food addicts and lying seems to be a way of having an excuse down the road to fail. Maybe not right away but at some point and that would be one of my own personal failures ever. Not to mention if something goes wrong your going to not just want people to know but your going to need them to know! I have been clear and upfront with everyone since I got my surgery in 2007 and it has helped me become clear and upfront with myself about food and my eating habits. Just maybe talk to your therapist about it and dr see what their thoughts are on it. Honestly the sooner we quit caring what others think the sooner we can start living our truest best life.

When we get stuck I always ask am I drinking 80oz of water a day? Am I taking my vitamins? Am I drinking 2 25gram protein shakes a day? Trust me check that fix it and off you will go again. But yes the pouch test works great but stick to the pouch test diet. We become malnutritioned and dehydrated very easy!

I just measured everything until I was on solid food

Listen guys you got this! Your body adjust trust me when you get stuck I have a secret I reboot by doing a week of liquids with some soft food but no carbs that are not beans or peanut butter so chili is allowed in moderation... don't tip your head back n chug it! You do have to blend it still. Also normally when we get stuck we are not doing one or all of three must always do things! 80oz of water a day! Vitamins as prescribed every day! 25grams of protein 2x a day always! PS! No carbonated liquids or sugar! Trust me you won't regret this! I had my bypass in 2007 at 457lbs today I am 133lbs and have been since 2009. So trust me you can do this! [emoji8]

Vomiting and dry heaves are actually dangerous for us! Keep zofran on hand for this reason always!

I would ask what your dr thinks about the absorption rate is of the chews mine tells me liquid gels are best.

Oh goodness ok I had my surgery in 2007 at 357lbs and today I am 132lbs! So during my journey I have had plenty of trial n errors but I wasn't afraid to admit it and ask for help. Listen 3 things you can't go without or skimp on no matter what is 80oz of water, prescribed vitamins and 25grams of protein 2x a day! If you don't your gonna feel hungry, your gonna feel tired your gonna loose your hair your gonna over eat your gonna get light headed! Also really don't eat little bits of food through the day it's known as grazing and defeats the purpose of what the surgery is intended for. Weight loss... don't focus on the what failed instead focus on the why? Trust me it's going to get better and your going to love the new you!

It's frustrating isn't it! Lol it actually has made me a fantastic cook though. I can't stand frozen boxed pre made food anymore so I just make everything from scratch and now it taste fine. Processed food helped get us to the mess we had become so steer clear of that baby.

The thing about protein is it's important to our survival after this surgery. Water, vitamins and protein are our 3 must always do's. They sustain our heart function and brain function along with helping aide us in weight loss and weight management. If you notice yourself being tired or loosing hair or scatter brained or gaining weight check yourself and ask am I drinking 80oz of water every day? Am I taking the dr recommended vitamins? Am I drinking 25 grams of protein 2x a day? I have learned when anything is off inside me I am slacking off on one of those things!

Muscle Milk

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When I get off track I do a week cleanse and also 2 week liquid diet like when you first had surgery. Blender stuff or the liquid foods you can buy on here are great. Get to drinking 80 oz of water again and taking your vitamins and you must do the 40oz of protein a day! It will not fail you! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Can you have baked potatoes yet just don't eat the skin. Also drink true mint tea! Helps with the gas and it can smell awful just embarrassing bad! It the mint tea dose the job of getting rid of it and there is no smell if you do have gas. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Chili home made no onions I use onion powder anyway put it in the blender after it has cooled never blend hot liquid! Anyway it actually taste like chili you just put it in a mug I have serving size cups bowls even plates and so on I pour it in there and heat it back up put some fat free sour cream on it and Sprinkel cheese on it all fat free I even use the vegan kind high in Protein anyway it's wonderful! It's warm taste just like actual chili! So many things after you blend them just suck! But the chili is great! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Do google this information and do take it very seriously. It will save your life. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

If I can give you 1 piece of advice they don't talk about enough in the pre op or post op visits! I am telling you this because it will save you from misery possibly even death! DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL OR TAKE ANY OPIOIDS! Not a drop! Not a single pill! I was not a drinker at all before surgery and I went through my second divorce and moved in with my recently divorced best friend. We started going out on weekends and all of a sudden I was getting hit on by gorgeous men and weekends turned into weekends n ladies night and then we started drinking at home first because it was cheaper and then go to the bar.... long story short I became an alcoholic and I mean the for real kind! I almost died so many time in a high rise I moved into I just know an ambulance had to come get me 57 times in 1 yr and I started having seizures from drinking and from withdrawals! 3 rehabs and finally I started begging god to do what ever it would take to save me and I went to a place here in Omaha Ne called Campus for Hope. I have been sober 2 1/2 yrs now I go to meetings 5 days a week and I am still repairing the wreckage I created with my drinking. I know your thinking oh that won't happen to me... I traded my addiction for food to alcohol and attention from others! It's called co addiction. I beg you all to google the statistics on this! One of my meetings I go to are all people who had gastric bypass surgery or some kind of weight loss surgery. It's real it's your worst enemy. Opioids are just as bad I had major surgery on my mouth and then had a near fatal car wreck and before I knew it I was withdrawing from them. I guess I had been a total wreck for months from all the meds they had me on. I don't remember months of my life from the meds they were pumping in me 9 out of 10 were addictive. When you ever go to the hospital or dr be sure to tell them you had gastric bypass surgery and are highly susceptible to addiction. It will help save you from a traumatic side effect of this surgery. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hello my beautiful darlings! I had surgery in 2007 at gastric bypass of America. And it was the best place ever for the surgery! If your stuck at a certain weight my dr would tell his patience " are you drinking 80oz of Water? Are you taking your Vitamins? Are you drinking 40 grams of Protein powder everyday?" He said I can not tell you enough how important those 3 things are for your health and weight loss! And I have lost 137 lbs since 2007! I put some weight back on a yr ago and started doing those 3 things again and the weight fell off again. I am 134 lbs today. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Wear it as long as possible it will help give you a shape and help you not have as much loose skin. I wear very tight spanx to this day and I had my surgery in 2007 and have lost 237 lbs. I weigh 134 now. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App