dreamingsmall

You are almost at goal in a few months wow tell me what you eat? And they say its slower to lose as you enter nrmal weight, keep at it

But your able to eat an amazing amount one week post, i love hearing what everyone is able to eat. I am 7 weeks post and cant manage both yogurt and cottage cheese at the same etc. 2 weeks post .I was at 1 ounce at a time.maybe 2 . Keep up the good work. I was told not to work out for 6 weeks.

Weighing the same from week 1 to week 2 is not a stall. Not losing weight in one week does not mean the sleeve is not working. Paitence is important. Make sure you are drinking enough water too. It is working you lost alot pre surgery so maybe your body is just catching up.

Told by who? I would have been back in with my surgeon by now.

I personally have not. But I have seen around. Are you weighing same time , in the morning after a pee? Not today morning tommorow evening ( we weigh more in evening) Is it time of the month? Are you drinking enough? Not having too much sodium? What is your daily eating like? Our weight does fluctuate so giving mre time between weighing may help

Hi all.. I am about 6/7 weeks out been on normal foods since week 4+ as was aproved by my surgeon when I saw him. I thought it would be nice to share my experience as pre sleeve I would research what it would be like after ovcourse its different for all. So I am on holiday at the moment. We were looking for a restaurant not all you can eat as I had it down ordering in a restaurant, but the tai driver mis understood and took us to an all you can eat buffet were you can not order food of the menu. My mum was worried and said we should go somewere else as I wont eat much here and she thought it was not fair for me to just watch everyone eating lol. I said it was fine! I will have to come eventually etc. So I looked around to see what I wanted to eat, and tried little bits, like olives some meat. 2 things I tried was a waste lol but unfortunately filled me up! My family was having a great time.. While they were off getting ice cream, I looked around.. I love people watching. My family ordered milkshakes, and everyone around had a drink with their meal. ( Obviously) The drinks looked refreshing.. I then felt my first moment of ' Aww I wish I could drink with my meal.. Or drink right now" I carried on looking around having a conversation in my head. Then I suddenly felt a burst of happiness " Hold on a minute , I have come to an all you can eat buffet were I usually would have had so many plates then the deserts, and I am not even tempted by the deserts, they looked so heavy. I felt happy then because my tool makes me feel superhuman to have all this food around but I have no choice, I have to only eat a small amount. I told my mum " This sleeve has changed my mind too, the thought of those deserts do not tempt me at all" And I had a great time, I enjoyed spending time with my family, and I was worried how I would deal going out to eat, but also ate at the restaurant in the hotel and I loved the duck and spinach starter I ate and took the rest to my room. I feel really good, and 'normal' I do not feel like my sleeve is isolating me or making me not be able to do things which I worried about before, and saw others worrying. Even if I was still on liquids or soft there surprisingly was alot of options, so many soups etc.

LOL I am a single mum to two toddlers cant remember the last private poo without someone needing something lol. But it does sound really intresting, I have a tendency to get obbsessed with numbers/charts ( I have diagnosed OCD since childhood) So a normal tracking thing I can make consuming and end up , awake all night tracking something. ) But that is real dedication!

I get you , lucky I am regular i think , only had an issue in the start my goodness, it was torture! But all good now hehe ,

I think its great how kind your being your saying what works for you and also saying what works for others i great, i think this is a great attitude to have

I find it fascinating that people think they know what suits every individual, better than the individuals own surgeon etc. I only know about myself, no one elses journey.

Is everyone tracking how often they poo?

I was not talking about tracking in general. I was particularly asking about tracking all his bowel movments lol i cant even remmeber my poo paterns lol. I did not say I was having any issues. edit- Though because of my history etc my surgeon and team do not feel i should track , but prefer i eat a healthy balanced diet. Though I do weigh sometimes and also see how I go as I eat more I will evaluate. But I am happy to follow my teams advice

Lol i am pretty sure people who do not weigh make the supportive decision that is better for them too lol Everyone is different and every plan is different. You cant decide what works for everyone as if this is the only way to change long term behaviour. It is very good yes, but does not suit every personality type to do it the way YOU think its best. We should all be respectful that one size does not fit all.

You track how often you poo? This is a new one on me . Do you have kids? Do you still keep all that tracking up if they are around? I know many people manage to track with kids lol but never seen someone track to this extent it sounds very time consuming, but obviously things people get used to can be fit in somehow .

Can I ask , if your weight was caused due to a medical condition and medication, how does the sleeve work for you? If it had nothing to do with the way you were eating prior to surgery? Seems alot of effort to go to if MOST of your issue was nothing to do with eating habits. Just curious. As surely you still have that medical condition but the WLS is clearly working for you.

I do sometimes lol like today lol. But my team and surgeon does not want me too lol. They prefer I eat a healthy balanced diet in small amounts and not focus on weighing and macros.

Is beef in your plan from your surgeon? 2 weeks post i was still on liquids, your struggling to get water in but your having beef, does not quite make sense to me . Protien is important but I would say the liquids need to be worked on befoe having beef, unless its speciically what your team recomended.

FALSE ALARM lol i weighed this morning i was 216 lol

Ahh I am with you!

Hope it wentwell!!

40lbs at 1 week? You could have popped your stiches, thank goodness you were okay.

I was told no lifting for 6 weeks. i would be worried for me to look after a 7m old at 4 weeks i was so sleepy!!! my kids are older so was fine but struggled alittle

Burping was a sign of fullness for me . But you may not feel physically full as you are still healing, and i did not feel full till I was on solids.

Also the sleeve and bypass are not the same, so effect people differently . Perhaps they need an antacid or two.

Ask your friend honestly if she is eating too much lol. I have had mucous come up when I ate to fast when starting solid food.