Jess13

Well today I am 10 weeks from surgery 09/18/17 and 28 pounds down since surgery, 48 pounds overall. Love the energy I have. Realized last night I gotta kick my cardio up a notch or two. Enjoying strength training and seeing myself shrink. Bought a full length mirror for the first time in years and don’t get disgusted when I look in the mirror. I am going back to shakes for a bit to hopefully get out of the 200s this year. I’m in a size 13 pants from a size 19 and a size 18 top from a size 22. I’m eating between 800-1100 calories a day and do 3-4 hours of cardio a week and strength training 3 times a week. Food doesn’t control me anymore. Food is just fuel and sweets don’t even taste good. I am addicted to Envy apples now however. Eat a quarter to half an apple a day. Haven’t tried pasta or rice, but buns and fresh bread aren’t worth the discomfort. Love my new tool!

Well today I am 10 weeks from surgery 09/18/17 and 28 pounds down since surgery, 48 pounds overall. Love the energy I have. Realized last night I gotta kick my cardio up a notch or two. Enjoying strength training and seeing myself shrink. Bought a full length mirror for the first time in years and don’t get disgusted when I look in the mirror. I am going back to shakes for a bit to hopefully get out of the 200s this year. I’m in a size 13 pants from a size 19 and a size 18 top from a size 22. I’m eating between 800-1100 calories a day and do 3-4 hours of cardio a week and strength training 3 times a week. Food doesn’t control me anymore. Food is just fuel and sweets don’t even taste good. I am addicted to Envy apples now however. Eat a quarter to half an apple a day. Haven’t tried pasta or rice, but buns and fresh bread aren’t worth the discomfort. Love my new tool!

Pain only happens when I bend over too far or strain my stomach muscles too much now. I can finally walk and take a shower without being in excruciating pain!

I am having a tearing/pulling, burning pain to the right of my belly button more than an inch from any incision. It is fine if I lay down and don’t move. The moment I get up and move now it hurts so much. I cannot bend over and walking hurts so much. It used to wax and wane, but now it is almost constant after I sit up and pain pills aren’t working. It used to help if I applied pressure, but even that hurts now. Anyone else had a similar issue?? Left a message for my nurse again since it is getting worse.

Every bariatric program is different and the RD for the program will go by their program’s guidelines. Mine says it doesn’t count, as do many unfortunately. I can only intake about 3 ounces of anything in a 20 to 30 minute time frame and then I am full. I would be drinking 24 hours a day to get it all in, so I do what I can. I added soft protein this week tho, but still only get 3 ounces down of anything.

Oh I wish! They don’t count towards my water intake. I do think it’s pretty much impossible, so I do what I can. The nurse made it very clear, as does our patient handbook.

I have this same problem as far as getting in protein. I also had surgery on the 18th but came home on the 20th. It does get better, but I have no idea how we are supposed to get in 64 ounces of water plus 60 grams of protein a day. My largest incision hurts like heck but is getting better. I don’t take the pain meds either cause I don’t want to be constipated and don’t want to sleep all day either. Stay positive. I was told get in my water and then worry about protein.

My surgery was 09/18 and I was discharged 09/20. I am 5 days post op at this point and I am definitely not getting in the water and protein they want me to. I am not really hungry but know I need some protein but am tired of shakes. I am supposed to get in 60 ounces of protein shakes and 64 ounces of water a day before progressing to soft proteins like eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc. I tolerate the protein shakes ok, just not much at a time. My largest incision hurts when I sit down, stand up or walk, but it is improving a little each day. Coughing is awful however! I have showered and that was great. Lifting any amount of weight really hurts my incisions though. The orange Vitamin Water Zero has been great. I only took pain meds until day 3 post op, only been on Tylenol since. I don’t want the constipation that goes along with pain meds. This is not all unicorns and rainbows, but each day gets better. I am not regretting it, but it’s not the easy way out. I haven’t lost as much as I would have liked to since surgery, but I know I haven’t taken in hardly any protein, so today is the day I up that and get up and around more. I have been walking a bit, looking to increase that as well.

Two protein shakes a day with less than 6 grams of carbs each and 20-30 grams of protein made with water. Then two small meals a day consisting of 3-5 ounces of protein and 1/2 to 1 cup veggies.

I miss fruit so much. Lol

My surgery is Monday the 18th! I am excited to get this done and over with and back home Tuesday or Wednesday. I am having the VSG! Been doing preop diet, lost 8 pounds this last week. Using Jay Robb strawberry protein, can't stand any others at this point and I choose to avoid artificial sweeteners like sucralose as much as possible. HW 273, CW 242, goal - happier and healthier

Have you checked out unjury planted?

My apologies.

If your physician will allow check out Plexus Protein shakes. They are great tasting, plant based and made with Stevia. You have to buy them from a distributor which I am not.

The difference in preop diets is crazy! We have two week of two protein shakes made with water (no premade shakes and must have 20 grams of protein, less than 6 carbs and whey protein isolate or soy protein isolate must be the first ingredient) and then we get two meals a day consisting of 3-5 ounces of lean protein and 1/2 to 1 cup veggies (non starchy) plus 64 ounces water daily and of course our supplements. We can have sugar free jello and popsicles if we want too. The day before surgery we have only two bottles of Isopure and 64 ounces of water. I have heard the requirements to shrink the liver have changed and no longer require all liquids for two weeks. I won't complain!