summerseeker

Hello and welcome to this forum. You will find everyone here so supportive and helpful. As an ex smoker I know how hard it is to quit, it is worth it if you can. Good luck and go get your new you

It can be a rough ride in the first few months. Be really kind to yourself, this a a big surgery and we need time to adjust to all the new things we need to learn. The anaesthetic makes you feel spaced out for a while Once I got to the liquid goals, I felt incredibly so much better. Then as @Happy with two says I came off my BP meds too. This stopped me feeling dizzy. It took me a few months to get to enough calories inside me so that I had energy to do my daily chores. I am not a spring chicken. Little by little, my calories increased and I could do more. I always carry a protein bar and a drink when I am out. At times my energy levels still drop and I get a glass of milk or a skinny latte and a protein bar to get me through. Listen to your own body, rest as much as you can, treat yourself like a princess for a while. This time will quickly pass and you will be flying along again

When I started the puree stage I began getting a runny nose or sneezed when I was full. When you start real foods you will feel your restriction for sure. You have to begin to eat a lot slower so you find the restriction point for you.

In the first 2 months I lost 32 pounds after surgery. At my size, age and disability, I knew my losses would be slower than than a fit, young person with a active lifestyle. My team told me I would l loose for 18 months to 2 years after surgery. Its a bit like the tale of the hare and the tortoise, we all get to the end of the race , some take longer than others You seem to be doing good. What does your team say?

I am a old'ish woman who has managed 141pounds so far with the sleeve. I can do very minimal exercise beyond walking and housework and one day a week working in a charity shop. I have dodgy knees. Anything I have done then you can too. I was not given a weight goal but my team were overjoyed in January when I weighed in and they did the math. I was way over the 60% expected weight loss Its your journey to better health, don't take too much notice of others. That route can be unsettling. I keep changing my goal, just to see if its possible. I dont know if I can reach 180 but to be honest, I am super happy at 199. I look fabulous now in the mirror [without my glasses on] I am amazed how good my sleeve has worked for me.

Fingers crossed for you for May day. Its a holiday in the UK

I am an ardent coffee drinker, never needed to give it up. For a big energy boost and because I love it, I have a large sugar free, Starbucks skimmed latte on the station every time I go to town, I live in the back of beyond so can not get Starbucks locally. I buy Iced latte's from the supermarket in summer. Life is too short to worry about the sugar in this occasional treat.

Wish I could hug you. Yo have had a really rough ride. Get well soon

This surgery makes our hormones go wild so that could be the answer but you should go see a doctor to be sure.

Its very scary but it does stop. Lots of us cut our hair really short to hide the loss. I dont believe there are any products that help with hair loss. I dont know if its my age but I have not gained any thickness back yet but I love that I dont have to spend hours dealing with my long hair any more

Yes I know how you feel, I went through this buyers remorse too. I hated cooking smells, couldn't eat, couldn't drink enough. My restriction was so extreme that until the internal swelling abated I struggled to sip water. It passed and every day after I felt better. I got a double dose of anti nausea meds and that changed my nausea slowly for the better. Take it hour by hour, day by day. Rest as much as you can. Don't compare yourself to anyone else. I promise you that soon you will feel better. Just getting to your liquid goal does make you feel so much better. It takes a while but you will get there too

Welcome to the forum, If you get any issues the kind folks in here will help you in any way they can

Different scales will always weigh differently. Just go with the one scale weight. Make sure to keep hydrated. Ring your team if you are worried I was 325 pounds on the day of surgery and a month later I had lost 31 pounds.

My team said to buy any adult multivitamin from the supermarket and take 2 a day. Had a bit of trouble getting some over brexit etc, and so I got Vitawell Adult multivitamin gummies from Amazon. Really inexpensive

Lip balm ditto and biotin spray ditto. Never used anything else

Hello, If you can give us some stats it would help us, help you. You have done amazing by the way

Foamies are very random for me. One day I can eat something and the next my body rejects it. I still have problems but its occasionally now. The last time I think it was because a little bit of red pepper skin that got stuck. I got used to them early on and they are something that I can deal with secretly but they are still uncomfortable.

I track my daily calories on My fitness app. I only weigh proteins and fats and any carbs. I cup measure everything else. I do not eat carbs really because they feel so heavy and cause me to have the foamies

You are doing so well. I really struggled to get protein in too, its tough in the beginning. The advice I was given was just do my best every day. You will loose your stamina if you don't keep your calorie count but you have a few weeks grace yet. Eating high protein yogurts and drinking a shake a day should give you 50 grams of protein. This is a great boost of energy and if you choose wisely, low cal too. At the end of my day, I total my protein, using a app and if I am short I have some cheese, skimmed milk or a protein pudding. It will all get easier in the weeks to come

Any cream of ??? soup, any soufflé, scrambled eggs, pate, bolognaise sauce. chilli without rice, any mince meat curry. Greek yogurt, milk and soft cheese are good back ups, Also any instant porridge pot or any milk based cereal. Sorry I am struggling to remember what I ate at this stage, I hope other people help you too

This is brutal for you. Some people are eating regular foods in week 2. The randomness of these diet restrictions are never ending. Ring your team and see if you can get the go a head to go to at least puree stage

I eat about 1200 to 1300 a day. My dietician recommendations. Any less and I have not got the energy to do the daily things I want to. I stopped loosing regular weight drops about 6 months ago. I am still on a downwards curve but now its very slow, I would say about 4lbs every 2 months. I get a good drop then am up again for weeks until I get very slowly to the low weight again, then its a good drop and repeat. I put your weight and height in 'My fitness pal' and it says for you to loose 1lb a week, you could eat 1400 calories on a active lifestyle. So you should still be loosing but some say your body will be holding onto every calorie it can while you are on very low cals. What does your team say ? I would say, stick with what you are doing and see where you are in 3 months [ unless 1000 calories is too restrictive for you to maintain.]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your surgery date. You will only get help and kindness in this forum.

Hi there, Congrats on the very near surgery date. We have all been given different pre op diets. So its hard to comment on yours and be helpful. I have never seen the same one twice ! They are all a bit brutal to begin with and scary but we have done it just to get the surgery. About day 4 you get used to the regime and white knuckle it to the surgery day. Onwards and down wards

Wine and champagne is wasted on me, never liked it. I do however like a G&T when I am out, its rare but I dont get problems with having a few. I drink coffee non stop, use straws etc and have no problems