Dfidelman

Hello Everyone, I am new here and am pre-op. I have been working with my bariatric team for about a yr or so no give or take and looking forward to getting the hopeful green light for surgery. It has been a wild and crazy journey to say the least but I am so excited to be on it. My whole thing is trying to figure out what is the best to staying motivated working out. So, a little back story on this. I have had a few injuries over the yrs. I had and ACL injury in my 20s and a neck injury in my early teens. I have been able to go to the gym for a max time of an hr lately (which is about 1x a week or 2x a week). Sadly I feel like I have lost motivation because despite feeling goo while at the gym and so proud of myself I ended up getting the worst migraine and neck pain of my life since I had worked on my shoulders and back muscles that day. Needless to say this has made me a little unsure about going back due to the pain and a reward for the hydro beds at the end. But if I don't my team is worried I cant maintain it when surgery is over. I feel so stuck. I also feel stuck because PT therapy walking was ok as long as it was 30 minute min. a day but my psychologist wanted more like 150 minutes a week and weights then recanted. (ugh sorry I am rambling and all over. Please be patient with me it is 1:30 am here) I guess long story short here I am wondering: 1) What were you recommended from your teams? 2) What work outs work for you? 3) What keeps you motivated? 4) and if you have an injury, disability or pain what do you do to overcome fears at the gym with it? Thank you. Have a good one, Destiny

yeah the part that sucks after all of this they recommended DBT therapy and because I didn't go from recommendations of both therapists its cornered me from being seen from everyone else because of it. Like it didnt work for me so wtf.

yeah the part that sucks after all of this they recommended DBT therapy and because I didn't go from recommendations of both therapists its cornered me from being seen from everyone else because of it. Like it didnt work for me so wtf.

yeah i think I am going to try that. I have a fitness gym at work that I can do and maybe this will get me up going enough so I am not upset or at least let me get some of those negative emotions out. I just feel stuck as a whole with life and just wanted to let go in not the best ways like get high all the time or depression sleep or whatever. its just a bigger sad spike than im used to recently. I thank you for the support my friend. *hugs*

Hello everyone, I finally got to have my surgery this passed Monday. I had a vertical sleeve done. Pre op I went from 255.9 to 239.6 so very excited for that. Sadly that's not the reason I'm writing today. Sorry in advance this may get TMI. So for me it is day 4. I called my nurses because I had only been on water this whole time and just felt awful. They told me to just rest get some protein water and apple juice because even though I was following the liquid diet to the letter my body needs those to function. What I wasn't warned about was the bathroom issues. I literally take a sip and almost instantly to and hour later I'm upstairs with bad bathroom issues. My stomach feels like I have a kicking baby in my abdomin and the gurgle wow. Did anyone else experience this? How long did it last? It sucks. One more thing to worry about. My doctor said it will balance out once we get more food in me starting Tuesday. Help me survive the next few days. Please?

Hello Everyone, Been awhile. I am here today to talk about a mental health update. It has gone bad tbh. I am always isolating and not wanting to be around anyone and stupidly sad all the time. I am just over the 2 month mark. Ive done edibles a few times just to deal with all the emotions of life, but isnt smart to do long term. Any suggestions on how to shake the funk before my mind gets intrusive? (not going to self harm)

Good luck my friend I hope it gets better for you. Please feel free to ask anything. We are here to support all and make it a safe space.

The only thing I can think of (and this is based on my diet) is that you are not ready to be at this much yet. When I got out I was clear liquid only. This was: coffee black. Tea, water, broth, protein waters, Bai juices, etc no milk or shakes until next phase. Contact your physician of course to make sure everything is OK and find out if there is any adjustments that need to be made.

So I progressed to soft foods today. I noticed that I stay fuller way longer, yay! I am a lot happier. But I also noticed I can sometimes seem to eat a lot. Like 1/2 a cup or more and then other times just 2 tbs depending on what it eat. I guess why I bring this up is because my doctors guidelines leave me so damn hungry. I get 65g of protein per day but nowhere near calories to function and I'm always tired. If I eat til I'm happy and content with no pains I feel wonderful. 😌 did anybody else have this problem? What did the doctor say? Whats a fave cheat recipe during this phase?

I am moving g to soft food Monday. I am so excited. Does anyone have recipe ideas? I saw a young lady go to qudoba. She had chicken, beans, tomatoes. Sour cream and veggies that was it. It was all in restrictions. So I guess that was good. And I k ow we don't want to go out to eat if at all. I'm just grateful I have access to so many healthy food options at work. Like smoothies or power bowls. Etc. And the only reason why I keep it In my mind is because flavor, and because if nothing else sticks from what I bring from home this might. Or if I forget to restock and I feel it's a good skill to learn sort of thing. If that makes sense. Anyway.... does anyone have a super favor recipe? I'd love to know all the ins and outs of what you did during this phase. Thanks for the help. Be kind, please.

So I just got into the pureed today. I'm glad I got to experiment before going back to work tomorrow. Sweet potatoes are wonderful. Refried beans are a sometimes. I think it's more the texture thing or how dry they are. I also has potatoes salad today it was good but we had an issue. I felt my insides getting very active as I was eating. 20 min after eating I went to the bathroom. Would this be considered "dumping syndrome" and a food I should avoid?

Ooo good to know. I wrote those down and I'll go check them out at the store next time I go. I've always thought I was weird my body had been give me more. My doctors have been persistent though just because tou can do a yogurt cup doesn't mean you should stick to 2 tbsp. I try to but dang it's Hard sometimes. So I think I might try slow and steady and increase protein intakes and if I'm not having a problem I should be ok. 3 days away from pureed phase. Woot.

My hunger was week 2 into 3. The 2 tbsp amount could alway be more. Idk if it was because I wake up late in the day so body needs catch up but the first part of the day it's like I could down my yogurt cup no problem. Not until early evening did I feel content with small portions. I never felt pain or whatever I still took it slow. Which brings up a question... 1) how do you tell when you are truly full not just eating to fast or too much at a time? I burp all the time so I scrapped that one. Sometimes I just want to anymore. Other times when I wait I get a hiccup so stop but can feel Hungry again a bit later. I don't feel in distress or anything besides trying to navigate everything. Also random question. Do you still have back and incisions pains? I'm 3 weeks now and the back pain is strictly right side.

One thing I've noticed mentally with this surgery and I've already had to explain it to so many people that think it's th easy way out Is that ... 1) my stomach is the same as your stomach just smaller. 2) It just reminds you of what you already knew what to do, you just didn't. 3) I still have to work as hard as everyone else I just have a harsher reality check now because I lacked discipline or whatever. (Medical issues etc.) Like it's insane to me how much of this had to happen for half of it to stick. I know a lot was education the other half was convenience getting the best of me. My pcos etc played a small part. But I'm glad I'm here. And I am kicking butt and working through it.

Nice! I'll do some research. I appreciate the help so much

What was the yogurt brand you found you liked? I'm using chobani zero sugar. The protein part is the hardest but I'm hoping moving to purees I can get the smoothies and shakes in but made at home. As far as antacid it wasn't painful or anything just noticed uncontrollable hunger. I just worry I overdid it is all but if I did I bet I'd be in pain. So no discomfort so 🤷

Realized I didn't take my antacid. Derp

So today I dropped the shakes all together to recover from a bad night of feeling gross. I didn't eat til later like 130/2 and i ate 2 yogurts and 8oz of soup like wow. I slowed down after cause I was worried. Could I just be feeling better not doing my shakes? Maybe from not eating til late. I don't wanna stretch it or rupture. I stopped when I felt full. Ugh I'm so nervous

So today I dropped the shakes all together to recover from a bad night of feeling gross. I didn't eat til later like 130/2 and i ate 2 yogurts and 8oz of soup like wow. I slowed down after cause I was worried. Could I just be feeling better not doing my shakes? Maybe from not eating til late. I don't wanna stretch it or rupture. I stopped when I felt full. Ugh I'm so nervous

I have a feeling they are not gonna be yay no matter what we do I just want my body not to reject them at this point. I can tough out not so yay but headaches, gas, almost throwing up, bloating etc is not cool.

Do you guys have suggestions besides premiere Protein shakes. I stocked up on them then found out they make me sick as a dog 3 weeks out. I hear fairlife is a good option but don't want to find out the hard way.

Yeah I think it causing me issues. I've cut out dairy mostly anyway out of my life before surgery. Still a shake or cheese here and there but nothing wild. Now 3 weeks post op takes me over and hr I get a headache and feel like I'm gonna barf. Then the cramping. I hate it. I hear fairlife is a good alternative. What do people think? I don't wanna stock up and then find out it sucks like premiere. Also I must thank you for providing solutions I brought this concern to my team and it was it will suck but you'll get through it.

I'm sorry you had such a hard time my friend. I hope you are doing a lot better. This journey is harder than most of us realized. But we got to stick together we got this.

The hardest dairy item for me to get down is the shakes. I'm gonna focus on. The chocolate ones though those seem way easier right now. I have zero sugar chobani yogurts I love and the tomatoes soup with milk diluting. I'm also gonna see if heat pack helps things move along. It at least feels comforting. 😌

I hope so . Maybe I'm a late bloomer in the buyers remorse. Idk. But I think I'm going to integrate stuff in my life that feel more like me versus spending all the mental headspace trying to count etc. I think it's getting to me a lot. I'm almost done with phase 2. I'll be beyond excited for pureed. And that will be a week only. So I oops today but feel letting out a huge amount of emotions . I think a huge part of it is i am not a dairy person so being shoved all this dairy i to me makes me sick which adds to the mental turmoil. But im gonna get back on track. *rolls up sleeves and looks at my shake in disgust* let's do this.