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zimbarb

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About zimbarb

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  • Birthday 03/24/1967
  1. zimbarb

    Headaches

    Hi, Tomorrow will be 3 weeks post op, I have had a great experience so far, I am very hard on myself and get on the scale all the time, I am down 17 pounds since surgery and almost 30 since 2 week post op, just FYI to help others the scale did not move for 3 days but then dropped 4 pounds so if you are experiencing this hang in there! I am now starting to get hungry, last night i woke up in the middle of the night starving! I am still mainly having plain yogurt mixed with a bit of fruit (blended) and either the primer shakes 30g protein 160 calories or shakes from Dietician. I am experiencing headaches that feel like hunger headaches, The surgeon said only a little liquid tylenol. I am having 650-800 a lories most days and more than the 64 of water. What di you do for headaches, also and I know ppl feel this way a lot…How many calories are did you have or are having at 3-4 weeks out and what kind of foods? i had some tuna with cottage cheese and it went down fine but it sat in tummy ,too soon? thanks.
  2. Please tell me what you are/were consuming 16 days or so after surgery…I am hungry, I have a plain yogurt mixed with a blended fruit one, a Protein shake or 2 a Soup or 2 probably 6-800 calories but hungry all the time and I feel like I am having too much. I have lost about 13-16 pounds since surgery day and feel the scale is not moving. WED will be 3 weeks since surgery.
  3. zimbarb

    Slow loss @ 7 week post op

    I hear you! but. i am just under 2 weeks post ope i started this journey at 294 i am now 264 i was 279 day of surgery its only been 17 days and I am beating myself up about only losing 12-16 pound since surgery which was 17 days ago! I wd never have done that without surgery, I think we are all too hard on ourselves and maybe unrealistic that this is the start of forever for us, if i only lose 1- 2 pounds a week Ill be so different in a year where as the past 17 years every year i thought I was going to change and never did. be strong and positive, I feel it too, i wanted to wake up skinny, it is still hard work you are doing great feel good that you took control and you will lose weight!
  4. I know this seems petty, i had my surgery July 8 I am only down 14-15 pounds since surgery…I have started to be very hungry I am already consuming 7-800 calories a day and I feel doomed and that something is wrong with me. I feel depressed
  5. I know this is crazy as it would never have happened on my own but just 16 days afar surgery i am only 114 pounds down and I'm starving

    1. IcanMakeit

      IcanMakeit

      I assume you meant 14 lbs. or maybe 11 lbs. Either way that's a pretty good result after 2 weeks. You are still in the "hell phase." Most of us started feeling better once we progressed to the solid food phase. Hang in there.

    2. pink dahlia

      pink dahlia

      Icanmakeit is right, you're doing a great job whether its 11 or 14 lbs, its still a loss, not a gain ! You're in Bandster Hell, hunger wise, only until you get fills and find the green zone. Hang in there, you can do it !

    3. zimbarb

      zimbarb

      thanks!! I'm 14 pounds down but scale has not moved in 2 days i realize this is silly as if i had not had the surgery i would have gained weight I'm sure. Im trying to focus on health and not pounds down every minute! thanks for the support

  6. I have been having my soups and shakes for the 14 days pre op, my surgery is in 2 days. today i had some very lean meat. cold cuts very little about 4 thin slices. i was told that i could eat grilled chicken and salad in the 14 day pre op phase, but now I am scared…tomorrow i just have clear liquid and do the miralax prep. almost there. anyone eat some protein, like real food before gastric sleeve?thanks
  7. eating before the surgery

  8. Hi, I am so excited!! My surgery is on WED. My kids are away at camp and will be home 4 days after surgery ( I tried to get an earlier surgery date but they had none) I have not told them yet , they are 11 yr old girls. What and how did you tell your kids? I do not want them to think it is ok to get fat and eat and eat (not that they would be just like me!!) but I want to be as honest with them as possible any suggestions welcome. Thanks!
  9. I am having surgery on WED my kids are almost 11. they are away at summer camp, i have not told them I am having the sugary but wanted advice on what people told their kids.I do not want to scare them in any way. thanks!

    1. jane13

      jane13

      are you going to tell them before your surgery? I don't know if I would. I think I would tell them when you are back home and that way they wont worry at camp.

  10. Happy 46th Birthday zimbarb!

  11. Happy 45th Birthday zimbarb!

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