Daisyjayne

I'm a sleever, but my surgeon (and I'm quoting) told me to "eat like a cavewoman and lift very heavy things" to maximise the first 6 months post surgery. Weight training will help to raise your metabolism, as will building/ retaining muscle mass. Maybe up the light weight training to heavy weight training and see if that helps. Good luck

Hunger changed for me, post sleeve, from "I must eat now or I will die" to "I need to eat but, meh, it can wait". Head hunger is also different, sometimes I want to eat something just because it will take good, but my rational brain kicks in and I don't eat it, as it's not worth the effort/ I ate not that long ago/ it's empty calories/ I can only eat 4 bites anyway so why bother! The surgery changed my relationship with food forever. Along with the weight loss, that's been the best part of the sleeve for me.

It's worth trying to eat slower and chew everything to a paste, makes it easier on your new tummy anatomy.

I think I average about 50gm of protein a day, and that's with a 9g protein bar every afternoon. My nutritionist is concerned I don't eat enough, but I've lost only 6kg of muscle out of my 37kg weight loss, which is much better than the average (most people lose 1/3 muscle to fat ratio). So I think the blanket 60-80gm per day they reccommend is not what my body actually needs. The exercise physiologist and surgeon were very impressed with my muscle loss/ fat loss. The protein rich foods I do eat are eggs, cheese, chicken and salmon, and I get high protein wraps and bread. I still have a protein shake if I do bodypump at the gym (although my gym is shut until who knows when so no more shakes for a while). I really hate protein shakes! I'm 6 months out (sleeve) and my restriction is very much in force, so I'm still only eating small amounts at meals, and don't really snack.

For me it's if I take enough bites to actually feel full, or don't chew enough. I can only eat enough to feel nearly full, if you know what I mean. Since I had surgery I've never felt entirely full, just satisfied. I guess that's the point where "normal" people stop eating, I'd always eat until I felt like I'd explode! I'm 6 months out and I got the foamies last week at work, after eating chicken for lunch. Spent 2 hours feeling like I was going to vomit and spitting up saliva.

My surgeon runs a 5 year post op program. Appointments at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months then yearly until 5 years.

My idea of salad at 6 months out, is half a piece of iceberg lettuce, 2 cherry tomatoes and 2 slices of avocado. Especially since I'm focusing on eating protein first.

I'm nearly 6 months out and I can just eat one egg. Depends on the day though, my restriction is still really good but some days are less restrictive than others. If I whisk an egg and add a tiny amount of veges and mushrooms, I can definitely not finish all of it.

I'd be asking for their results, my doctor tracks patients for 5 years after surgery and has great data on weight loss/ regain over time. Ask what their personal complication rate is, and how it compares to the average for your locality/ worldwide. Ask about their support services, my surgeons office do support for 5 years with nutrition, exercise and psych (if needed). They also have a "back on track" programme for people who find they are regaining weight within 5 years. I can't believe how many people choose surgeons that have zero follow up. Ask how much time you'll need off work, when you can start exercising again, all surgeons seem to have different expectations on these factors.

It's such a weird feeling, I don't feel full as much as I feel like I couldn't physically take another bite. Totally different feeling to when I'd stuff myself with food to the point of nausea and vomiting. But a much better feeling. I think it must be like the feeling a person with a heathy relationship with food must feel when they put their fork down. I'm amazed that I sit down to my tiny bowl of food, take 6 bites, and I'm done. And I'm close to 6 months out!

Vsg 8 October 2019, op took around 45 minutes, no complications at all.

Vsg 8 October 2019, op took around 45 minutes, no complications at all.

I'm 5 months out, and no, I need to chew and swallow carefully still. If I don't I'll feel uncomfortable and sometimes vomit. I'm glad, otherwise I'd probably still be throwing food down my throat without it even touching the sides, which is part of why I ended up needing weight loss surgery.

My issue is people saying "wow you look amazing - how did you lose the weight?". Because I didn't tell people I had surgery, people are curious. So now I've told pretty much everyone who has asked me that I had sleeve surgery, mainly as the diet and exercise line is a lie, while I've changed both, the sleeve has done the heavy lifting on my weight loss. It's funny though, the more I lose, the less I care if people know I've had weight loss surgery? What makes me quite irritated is people who are already at a healthy weight who ask me - I'm happy to tell fellow obese people as it may help them, but I feel like lots of people just want to gossip about it. I often feel like they are disappointed it was surgery, as they want weightloss tips lol. I also get annoyed my weight is a hot topic now, no-one said a thing when I was eating myself to death, bit now my body and the shape it's in seem to be fair game for conversation.

In the morning I take my antacid pill, 1 multi, 1 B12, 1 iron tab, a hair/skin/nails silica tab, a collagen gummy, and most days a hayfever tab as well. Lunchtime I take a calcium, and another gummy collagen. Before bed I take another multi, another silica tab and collagen gummy. It takes around half an hour in the morning t get all the pills down. I then wait half an hour and eat breakfast.

Yes! I have a bag of this. I liked it, it's quite chunky with bits of lupin in it, but your straining idea would work. The flavour was good. I hated the formulite shakes, but the soup was a winner. I got the chicken one I think.

I have three kids under 10, I didn't tell them. I travel a lot for work so just told them I was on a trip when I was in hospital. I've told a few people now, at 5 months out, but still haven't told my kids. They know something is up as people keep commenting on my weight loss (turns out 32kg is pretty noticeable) but they don't need to know I had WLS. I'm focusing on eating heathy and exercising to try and be a good role model, so hopefully they won't end up on the weight rollercoaster like their Mum.

I had bruises for at least a month, big black ones that took ages to fade. No pain though, so I'd follow that up with your team.

I had 6 weeks off (5 after the surgery), made up of annual leave and sick leave. It was great as I was pretty much back on normal foods when I went back.

Food is a chore for me now. Which is exactly what I needed and wanted from the surgery. I'm 5 months out and still struggle to eat very smalls amounts. My tastebuds appear to have changed also, things I loved before just taste a bit blah.

I just wore hospital gowns with my nana knickers underneath.

I had my surgery in Australia, I had no pre-op diet or weight loss requirements. Just clear fluids day of surgery. My BMI was on the lower side at 37 so that may have been why. Different surgeons all seem to have different approaches.

I'm 5'6" and I weighed 230 pounds (104kg) on the day of my gastric sleeve on 8 October last year. I'm currently 168 pounds. My weight loss has been consistent and only slowed when I started doing bodypump a few weeks ago. I'm still dropping centimetres so trying not to freak about the scales. I'm only 12kg off my goal weight which seems incredible to me, only a few months ago I was obese, miserable and unfit - I feel like I have a new lease on life.

I feel amazing. Sleeved on the 8th October, have lost 26kg since then. My life is no longer ruled by food. The only stress is how to get enough food and protein in with my tiny tummy. I'm exercising again, my old clothes fit (some are too big!) and I just feel incredible. No more snoring or sore joints. I've lost more than my 8 year old weighs. That blows my mind when I think about it. And so does the fact that I'm only 10-15kg from my goal weight.

Watermelon is one of the only things that tastes good to me after my sleeve - I have a bowl each night and it's the highlight of my day. I cut it up into little cubes and eat it slowly. So good. As mentioned above, it's good for water content and fibre. The calories and sugar haven't seemed to affect my weight loss at all. No other fruit appeals to me at all, even Christmas cherries were blah to me this year