GreenTealael

How are you doing now?

Not likely if it's a tiny strawberry seed, but watch how you are feeling to keep track.

Dont risk it... Wait until clearance from surgeon

You won't even remember the pain in 2 weeks...

Stalls happen to just about all of us. My NUT suggests to evaluate things (cals water fiber proteins) only if they last longer than a three weeks ...

Have you meet with your surgeon or NUT recently ? Only 6lbs in 2 months is very suspicious... What are your bowel movements like? How many oz of water are you drinking? What are your protein sources? How many carbs per day? Do you use a food diary like myfitness pal? How often do you weigh yourself? Are you measuring your inches? Are you just stalled instead of stopped ?

Protein bars and shakes hidden in every bag or pocket, can't forget them if they are always there. And high cal high protein shake once in a while depending on your needs...

Very much apples to oranges... Pregnancy is like rapid a gain of weight that is centralized. But it doesn't stop there because it forces every organ in your torso to contort, shuffle, squeeze by and make way for the new life. You'll be uncomfortable with no way to fix it, you'll pee yourself if you cough hard enough. This hunger will truly be out of your control, and to Lose THIS weight you have to work VERY hard for a couple of life altering hours and no matter how tired you are you can't take a water break. And in about 13 years you'll ask this beautiful life how was their day and they just say fine...

You'll never feel the way you use to... And it's kinda the point . You'll have to exercise longer to feel winded You'll forget why you used to over eat You'll finally start peeking on the juniors size side of the store (oops that's me) You'll start arguing with food labels questioning why so much sugar (seriously why? It's just yogurt) You'll take way too many selfies from all your new found good angles You'll forget what being heavy feels like You may even forget you ever felt any regrets...

Hi, How's it going? Any news on your approval?

OMG yes!

Please consult the surgical group. Usually this is something they address with a pharmaceutical clinician (correct me if I'm wrong) to hammer out all of these details before surgery so you know exactly what to expect.

Not a smoker so I can't relate. But it's really tough I've watched plenty of family and friends try to give it up. Some succeed some don't. What I did notice was the successful ones felt like the choice was theirs so they had a level of control over the process. They didn't feel backed into a corner by society. I'm no therapist but perhaps that's the place to start. And if there's still time perhaps other non patch pharma help . Or stair stepping down with ecigs as the above poster mentions. Do you have time for something like that? What is your surgery target month?

Gym will have better tools (unless you have a crazy home gym ) and added motivation of getting in and out. But if it's too far, too crowded too anything you hate you'll probably never go.. Home will have comfort and ease.no crowds or unwanted onlookers But if you lack self sustaining motivation you will fail, too easy to be distracted Motivation is the key. I do both and alternative depending on mood but I always do something even if it's just 15 mins

Thanks!!! But I meant to write my starting weight was 249 surgical weight was 238. Also I had a sleeve not a RNY, so our situations will not be similar. You will loss faster and go into maintenance sooner. I have about 16 months more months of slow weight loss ahead of me...

It's the abdominal muscles trying to repair themselves. Muscle pain lasts a while but it will get better a little bit each day. I still had intense pain for about 2.5 weeks then one day nothing at all! Then I sneezed and was brought back to reality. But eventually no more pain.

I don't think it was one major thing : Time management of getting all the fluids and protein sources in. What I didn't realize is that it would become more possible over time. I still struggle sometimes but I track and use alarms. Not to sound high and mighty (because I'm not) but Im so grateful I don't have food issues like cravings, I can't imagine how rough that would be. If it's off plan (within reason ) I don't even come close. I even went as far as to sneak protein chips into the movie theater (shhhhh don't tell) If I'm hungry while out and can't find anything plan approved I buy a protein shake, a juicebar smoothie that will have protein, unsweetened drink or coffee and work on hydration until I get home. But I really need to work on eating dense proteins, I'm choosing easier ones (like egg and cheese ) because they are ... easy but according to my NUT that doesn't help my system go back to normal Realizing my journey will never be like the rapid weight loss stories I hear about. So far absolutely no complications. But I stall often and lose slowly. I started at 249 and now im at 209 at 2 months post op. Slow but I hope steady. I could live with that. I hope that helps

11/7/17

I was in constant pain for about 10 days then it started to ease up...

Stage stalled... I mean four...

Ohhhhh

There are still people with old world values , you may have to meet them the old way...

I love when he calls their bull$&#£ ...

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