ShoppGirl

I was allowed to sit on water in recovery right after I woke up.

So if you really wanted to use the cubes you could possibly fit some of the smaller tray ones that are like half a regular ice cube tray size. It sounds like what you are doing is working for you though.

When the hunger hormones come back does the smaller portion still satisfy you?? I can see myself eating till full then still being hungry an hour later when I could technically eat again. I know this is exactly what we are not supposed to do, I just wonder why many people don’t do it if the hungry feeling is there. Do you have to constantly remind yourself that you just ate and should be satisfied like when on a diet or is the hunger not as strong or what. I am just wondering why this is going to work better than diets have in the past.

The one good thing about the cubes is that they take up less room than containers in the freezer. Especially if you take them out and place the “cubes” in ziplock bags. (This way you can use the same one and don’t need multiple supper cube trays too). For right after surgery the ice cube sizes ones would have been great though. As time goes on and you can eat more just take out more cubes per meal. I doubt the ice cube size would be great for stew unless you cut the ingredients extra small. I guess it’s just a matter of preference but I have found them handy for certain things. I also have prepped the food into the disposable containers in 2 ounce and 3 ounce portions and placed those into ziplock bags and froze stuff that way though depending on what I was freezing.

I was close to 35 like you and worried I wouldn’t make it and it turned out I was shorter than I thought so I was over 35. I guess we all shrink with age but I also think at a heavier weight I don’t stand up quite as straight as I do when I am thinner. I am anxious to see if my height changes again as I lose weight. Have you had your height measured recently. I hadn’t in years. my family dr’s office never checked it and the gynocologist’s nurse is much shorter than me so I always thought her measurement was just inaccurate.

I don’t think it’s self centered at all. I think its far more self centered to think that others really care about how we look to begin with. That being said. I admit that I sometimes care what others think more than I should. Lol

Sadly, I did not have the self control some of you have and I was actually gaining a little weight up until my pre-op diet of 16 days during which I lost 14 pounds. I participated in food funerals worried I wouldn’t be able to eat some things ever again which was not necessary at all because I am 12 weeks out and can eat darn near everything i ate pre surgery. I haven’t yet tried steak, rice or popcorn but I have tried everything else within reason. I have even tried pizza and pasta in very small quantities and I tolerated them fine. The other things I haven’t tried is anything really greasy or real sugar. I don’t want to have them on my diet and I am pretty afraid of dumping which I’m sure will help me steer clear for quite a while.

Part of the process of getting approved from surgery is a psyc evaluation. If you are upfront about the sugar addiction during that process it is likely they will suggest that you continue to do visits for a while until you get to the bottom of why you have that addiction and are better prepared for success after surgery.

Yea I might have done it pre surgery too just to be able to compare but I never realized it was something available to the general public.

Near me it is $150. I think I am going to wait till I reach my current goal and see if I have room to lose more and how much muscle I lose.

I try to eat on a schedule 6-12-6 for breakfast lunch and dinner because they told me to try to create a habit that makes you eat to PREVENT hunger but I don’t think it matters if you do it on occasion. The only reason it may hurt you I can think of is if it causes you heartburn from eating too close to bedtime. This is assuming you had your surgery though. If you are speaking of preop that would depend on your doctor. Did they tell you not to??

I just had to find out if I can get this near me and I can. I am so excited. I had never heard of this. I want to lose about 30-35 more pounds and then get it to see where I am at.

Unless you have an H.M.O. Plan (I think that’s the one) where you have to get referrals from primary doctor to see any specialist, You should be able to see anyone you want. Just ask them if they take your insurance. You may want to ask the surgeons office if they recommend anyone else because you want someone familiar with bariatric patients and surgery though.

Congratulations. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations. That’s awesome.

Hopefully you already have but I agree seek out a therapist that specializes in eating disorders. They are sorta hard to find but one benefit of covid is the prevalence of telehealth nowadays so if you find someone anywhere in your state you can do telephone appointments with them. Good Luck 👍

Just don’t stock up too much pre surgery because a lot of our tastes change post surgery, especiallY with sweet things.

After you do get things moving again you may need to take a fiber supplement daily to keep it that way. Especially if you take an iron supplement or have one in your multivitamin. I have had good luck with the Walmart generic of benefiber daily.

I sometimes worry about the same thing. I had very little pain post surgery and no issues with getting liquids or protein, no issues with purée or soft foods. I have tolerated everything I have eaten so far. No nausea, vomiting, nothing. I sometimes worry that the lack of these things will make the surgery less successful for me. But at 12 weeks post op, I have lost 40 pounds (total) and I am a lower BMI so it is working... just a little slower than for some. I think this is because I can consume more food than most at this stage. I have heard veterans that continued losing for almost two years so I think the weight will come off within that time frame it just may take the full two years to get there.

This may sound and even look to some like I am crazy but when I am stressed or anxious the last thing I want to do is a change of clothes to “work out” so I cleared a path from one end of my house to the other and I will just walk back and forth inside in the air conditioning so that I don’t get all sweaty and need a shower and change of clothes. I also do this when I am on the phone and when I am thinking about food to distract myself and according to Apple Watch I get like 45 minutes to an hour of exercise without really even trying.

Bariatric Pal should put you on their payroll for your well thought out responses.

Thanks for asking this question. I am not quite there yet but anxious to be searching for swimsuits for next summer. I hope you find something that hides your excess skin yet still allows you to show off your assets. Keep us posted on what you find.

Tonight my husband invited me to go into the hot tub with him and it was the first time in a long time that once I got in it didn’t overflow half of the water.

Congrats on your surgery date.

Does it say why to stay away from fiber or for how long. I am curious why because I was told to cut off the stocks of the broccoli and just eat the florets but In the very beginning of soft food I was eating two servings of veggies a day (mostly broccoli) and three servings of protein because they said I needed MORE fiber in my diet.