renee3846

This is why I love these sites! Everyone can post their thoughts, feelings and suggestions! What works for one individual may not work for another. Being able to see all the different options others have choose to make the surgery work for them, makes it so worth while to come and read the posts! Trial and error is part of the road to success! Never give up, just try another pathway if the other did not work! Renee'

Well said. Whatever works for each individual to reach their goal is the right way! Just take day by day! Renee'

After reading all the replies I am alittle confused why so many post-op patients are keeping so close track of everything they eat. I agree about making sure you get all your protien in and vitimans and avoiding sweets and lots of carbs, but really we got surgery to get away from all the craziness of counting calories and tracking, or at least that is why I did. It did not work for me prior to surgery. I have not since surgery tracked my daily in take of food or calories except for Protein and take my vitimans. I have blood work done every few months and everything is great. I guess my point is, is to try and relax, take a deep breath and hopefully this may get you going again. Keep on excercising and having a positive attitude towards yourself. I recently had a 8+week no loss, I feel for you, I know that it is very frustrating. The slow loss can happen at any place of our weightloss journey. Just remember, our bodies are trying to figure out what is going on too. It needs to catch up sometimes and recharge for the next leg of the journey. Take care and keep up the awesome job! Renee'

It could be both. Eat slow, and chew thoroughly. And I agree, wait to drink any liquids until at least 30 minutes after you eat. I still drink a Protein drink everyday for one meal with add Protein powder to get my protein in. Make sure you are taking vitiams too. It does get better and easier the farther out you get post-op. At this point patience is a virtue. I wish you the best! Renee'

I can not believe that it has been almost 10 months since vsg surgery (10/2008) and over 5 years since I started my research into weightloss surgery. When I first started looking into WLS I was probably at a weight around 250 pounds. In some ways I wish I would have had surgery sooner, because then I would have not developed diabetes (which I no longer have) and maybe have not have stretched my skin as much, but in reailty, my time was when I finally got it. I truely believe if I would have waited too much longer, I may not be here. Also, finding the right surgeon and surgery was such a blessing.The journey so far has not always been a breeze but compared to where I was heading, it is a piece of cake! The head hunger is a real sympton and can make you crazy if you do not get a hold of it right away. I know before surgery I was an emotional eater (and still am occassionally), whether I was up or down, food was the reward, the soother. I even ate in private sometimes, like going through the drive-through and getting fries and tarter or whatever it was for that day. I guess I figured if no one saw me eat it, I did'nt eat it, I was in huge denial. Now with the stomach restrictions of my surgery, I have to watch what I eat because I get full really really fast. I am more aware what is going in now and see it as a source to stay heathly now that I am feeling healthier and looking healthier. I had to have a lot of talks with my self and ask if what I was ready to put in my my mouth was worth it, sometimes, my heads wins and I eat that bite of cake or ice cream or whatever it may be at the time, but I also came to peace with myself that it is okay to have that "bite" and not the whole thing. My head thnks it won because I ate the bite, but I won because it was only a bite! Not something I could do before surgery. I recentlly started water areobics again which has kick started my weightloss again. I was at a standstill for almost 5 weeks and was really getting discouraged. Here I paid thousands of dollars for a surgery and I ws not losing weight. (I was also focusing to much on losing and not staying focused on how healthy I was becoming) I am glad that it has passed and I am preparing if it happens again. I was talking with my PP and she said it may have been your body taking a breather, after losing that much weight it a short amount of time it need a break and to adjust and prepare for the next chapter of my journey, makes sense to me! I work in an organization that has about 1500 employees and have worked there for over 8 years. On a daily basis I see people I do not see often and they are all coming up to me and sayig how wonderful I look and almost always ask how I did it. I have been very open to answer that I had WLS, but the farther out I get, the more it feels almost like a burden to explain, maybe because I have explain so many times. Please do not get me wrong, I appriciate that people are noticing and it is nice to hear that my accomplishments are being noticed. I can not wait until my next visit to see Dr. Trotter at the end of this month, it will have been 2 months by then since I seen him and up until now it was every month but he decided to take almost all of August off...I am sure he deserved it! I am hoping I have maintained my muscle mass or even better gained muscle..we will see!