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Just had my pre-op appt y'all, and after spending a decent amount of time reading all the wonderful info on this board, I'm feeling concerned/confused. I'm being banded next Thursday at Northwest Weight Loss Surgery in Everett, WA and we reviewed the post-op diet. I want to be succesful. I will follow what they tell me to do. BUT... ...they have recently revised their post-op to be: 1 week full liquids (which includes applesauce, yogurt, pudding), followed by 1 week of mushies (soft fish, scrambled eggs), then on to more solid foods. First fill at 4 weeks. I fully understand the need to have the band heal and settle in place. I'm seriously thinking of extending my phases to have an extra week of liquids and an extra week of mushies. I'll be damned if I move through things to fast just to cause issues down the road. Am I nuts??
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One year anniversary!!
Rojasanoll replied to Summerrain's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Aug 6 will be my 1 year anniversary. I'm trying to lose 100 pounds prior to my 1 year mark. It will be close as the weight has come off slower lately. The docotr is allowing me to eat more variety of foods. -
Hi Ga Sleevers! I am so glad that I received the invite to this group! I am almost 3 years post op and I feel like I have failed myself. My 3 year anniversary is on February 12th and I have only lost 32 pounds. Everything was going great for the first 6 months. The weight just fell off all on it's own. But after some time it was as if I had never had the surgery. I mean I still couldn't (and still can't ) eat any significant amount, but since I had surgery in Mexico I had no support group around me that kept my mind in the game. If you do not surround yourself with peoole that have been through what you have been through you forget and you pick up bad habits again. I just finished eating two chocolate chip cookies, my gym stopped teaching body pump, so I have not been to the gym in months and I jsut in general have started feeling like a fatty again and actually gained 20 pounds since my lowest weight post surgery. I need some help!
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I had my surgery exactly 4 weeks ago. I've been feeling great; the only complaint I have is fatigue. I've been jogging for 6 days now, and today I started feeling guilty about not lifting weights. So today after my jog, I started to doing lat rows (40 lbs), that went fine; then I did one set of seated rows (40 lbs). Only then did I remember I'm not supposed to be doing any lifting over 15lbs! I totally forgot! I stopped immediately once I remembered. I felt a slight throbbing pain on my left side of my tummy. It gradually went away. Then I started drinking my Water and the pain returned (nothing very severe, 4 out of 10). I'm terrified of a leak and I want to know if anyone else had any similar experiences or words of wisdom. I will not be lifting any weights again, I can't believe how dumb I am sometimes.
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Weight Loss Rate Same For Gastric Band To Gastric Sleeve?
thebionicbroad replied to carbgrl's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
My surgeon is one my ***'s SoCal experts on revisions. He told me that, regardless of revision or virgin, sleevers fall into two categories: Those who follow the rules, "ace" the mushies phase, learn what a bite size is, and a portion size is, and make the transition to solids well. They lose weight well and maintain it. The other group doesn't follow the rules, blows the mushies phase by eating too much, too often, and too quickly, vomit, go back to liquids, and supplement with crunchy carbs and sliders. They do poorly. He stresses follow-up care and education. He's very strict. I am losing quicker than I did with my Band. -
5 Days Post-Op, 1 Lb A Day?
SunnyCox replied to kc5077's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Easier said than done, but please try not to compare yourself to others. Are you sure the 22lbs does not include their pre-op loses? Have you read all the threads about people gaining weight or only losing a pound or two a week for the first few weeks after surgery? You are normal and so is your weight loss. -
how many fills did it take u before u had good restriction n the weight started coming off? I had my 1st fill dec 21st n it has been very confusing. right after the fill i felt restricted but as the days went bk the restriction was less n less. usually n the morning im full n tight nt hungry but at nite it feel like my band is wide open n the restriction is on vacation. What should I do? Has anyone else experienced this?
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I have my one month post op adjustment appointment next Tuesday. I am down 15.5 pounds but wondering if that will be enough or if they will be disappointed in my progress.... How much weight did you lose in the first month?
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My personal "goal" was not a weight, not really....it was a size....I wanted to wear a size 8! I went shopping last week because my size 8's are too big. That's right, now I'm wearing a size 6! Shocking. I'm 51, and I wasn't wearing a size 6 in highschool. I don't remember EVER wearing a size 6, I'm serious. I am certain I went from a 6x in elementary school to a size 12 in jr. high!!! It feels good, I look at them and am sure there is NO WAY I can actually slip into them, but lo' and behold, they fit. Of course, I thought the same thing about the size 8's, I didn't think I could really put them on!! I love my sleeve.
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It depends on your restriction. I have had 3 fills and am losing slowly but can eat anything if I chew well and watch my portions. Each surgeon has his or her own spin on "ideal" (and each bandster, for that matter) but my surgeon's goal is for me to be able to eat essentially anything, but in more "child sized" portions, and lose weight slowly over the next several years, then keep it off the rest of my life. So far, it's working. Except things with carbonation (which I CAN consume, but it isn't worth the time and trouble because they hurt and make me burp) I haven't found anything, including white untoasted bread, that I can't eat.
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Worried sleeve will not work as well as band
PeachyDexter posted a topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Hi everyone, I would really welcome your thoughts and experience on this. Following v successful band, unfortunately it had to come out due to erosion and I have piled the weight back on. My sleeve is booked for the 11 th April which I can't wait for but I'm worried that the restriction on the sleeve will not be sufficient as my band was tight. I was 22 stone and got down to 8 st 13 lb, I am now 16 st....... How much food can you actually eat in one sitting? I'm reasonably good at not nibbling and have researched the types of food that I will be eating which are similar to the band. Would love to hear from you and your experiences will help me decide whether I keep the sleeve op or change to the bypass. Thanks , Peachy -
Great job!!! I am almost 6 months out. Still struggling to lose the last 10lbs to get to goal weight. Keep up the good work!
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I had pain for the first 3 weeks. It gets a little better each day. stick to the fluids and don't attempt the solids any earlier than your doctor allows. You don't want to mess up your new stomach. In time it gets much easier to eat. Use this time to follow the diet and you will lose weight the quickest during this time. Good luck on your progress.
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27th, Thursday is our day. Uummm...AAHHhhhh...
ReduceReuseRecycle-Me! posted a topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone. So yesterday, I had a breakdown. Crying and all. I have not had qualms or fears until the last few days. I knew that would happen. My son (22) is having this with me and he admitted to a little fear about the anesthesia and he is one who claims no fear to anything, ever. So, the closer you get to it, the more your fears start emerging. I'm afraid I will be a basket case as they are prepping me for surgery and hopefully they will give me something for the crazies. I had a hysterectomy in 2007 using just a spinal (which I requested) and happy juice. No fears, no intubation and I don't remember the surgery at all, just one or two flashes, because I just slept. I wish they would do that for this. It's funny how you missing eating. Not the food itself, really, just the eating it part. For me anyway. We were Skyping with our family in Connecticut last night so we could be together for Christmas eve (we have no one here in our new state of Nevada and we are really not even celebrating this year what with the surgery and the expense of it and all, it is kind of lonely ), but I kept asking everyone to eat things in front of the camera so that I could watch their enjoyment. Living vicariously through Skype! Sad. I was also thinking about my sleeping arrangements for the next week or so after Thursday. My bed is very high and my sofas are very low. Here is me; climbing up to get into bed or pulling myself up off the sofa, which will be easier? Oh, the dilemma. It has been tough. We've been living paycheck to paycheck since I don't have a job here in the state with the worst unemployment. I'm hoping to start CNA training after I lose some of my excess weight and hopefully get back some energy. I would like to be able to help people and give back to my community and if I can get paid doing it, that will be great. I am not sure what the job market is for CNAs here, but when I look for listings for the jobs, it says they're available. I am normally a secretary, but those jobs, while out there, have so many applicants for each, it is a very tough market. Well, I have probably rambled enough. Good luck to all of us preoppers and once again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. -
6 Weeks Out... Stalled... And No Energy
iegal replied to forever29's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
How long did you up for calories for? You need to keep up calories for a min of a week to even see a difference. How many carbs are you getting? How many calories? Sounds to me like your body is adjusting to starvation mode and conserving itself. Don't give up, continue ahead but make changes. What worked for me during first 5 months was: no more than 35 carbs a day (I was carb sensitive and more carbs=less weight loss) 60 plus grams of protien a day Calories above 600 a day. I sometimes would be 600 and then would be 900 a day a few times a week. Then my body was not in starvation mode. You need to find what works for you. Everyone reacts differently,so don't give up. At goal, my carb limit and calories went up as I can now eat everything I did pre surgery, just less of it. Today I consume somewhere from 1200-1500 calories a day. -
For Those At Or Near Goal...
Foxbins replied to jailynn's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I kept losing even after I hit my goal of 150 lbs (I'm 5'8"). Not quickly, but over three months I lost another 12 lbs and I have settled at 138, plus or minus 2 and it's pretty comfortable to maintain. I guess you need to let your body figure out where it wants to be and you need to figure out how much a certain number means to you. If you are a few lbs above goal, will that make you nuts? Then maybe go below goal so that you have a little "wiggle room." If the scale staying the same bothers you, make another goal-- to exercise longer or faster, or enter a race, or lift more weight. Just something that makes you feel that you are striving for a goal and that will make you feel good when you've accomplished it. Keep up the good work! -
Jacqui: I've dieted all my life. Like you, it would be nice to lose the weight as a result of the band and not a diet. Thanks:)
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Hi everyone I was sleeve 3/20 and I purchased Coco butter firming lotion to help prevent loose skin. It may not 100% prevent it but at lease I am doing something to help. Start using a firming lotion of your choice before the weight start falling off but if you hadn't reach your goal start using its not to late. I lost 120 pounds on weight watchers but gain it all back however I didn't have loose skin because of the firming lotion and I used Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones DVD for 7 months and it worked. This is totally from my experience and since history repeat itself I am doing it again but want allow history to repeat with gaining the weight back after surgery because I feel that God gave me s second chance to get it right????????????
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Ok Ladies....... I am 6 weeks post op tomorrow and just started my first period since surgery and the scale shows I gained 3 pounds. While my brain tells me the gain is likely due to my period, I can't help but feel maybe it isn't. Anyone else experience this?
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Pre-Op: Last chance to eat, drink, and be merry?!?!
Recycled replied to Nerva Harrison's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I kinda did what you're suggesting and pretty much didn't follow any real diet during my 6 months wait. But to be quite honest, as I see the weight come off now, my determination gets stronger and I find myself actually liking the foods I am limited to. Probably because anything tastes great at this point. But with the lack of hunger and getting full on such small amounts of whatever I eat, I just don't miss all the past fatty food stuff. And some things undergo an unexpected change too. I loved sugarfree popcicles before surgery and in the weeks that followed, but they have become too sweet for me, so I lost my desire for them. It happens. Probably will for other things too later on. Doesn't bother me and I doubt you'll care either. Plenty of good healthy choices out there. So, back to your topic of pre-op diet..........I doubt it makes any difference. Enjoy. -
Who has had their sleeve the longest?
*susan* replied to himalaya62's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I am one of the longer sleeved ones here, but only about 3 1/2 years. Thing is, in 1976 my mom had a horrible bleeding ulcer. It was so bad, she ended up having over half of her stomach removed. Essentially, very similar to today's sleeve. At the time, she was 102 pounds overweight. She lost all of that within about two years of her surgery. To this day, her and I both are only able to eat small amounts of food. She has never had any adverse effects and remains at a healthy weight. Sent from my iPad using VST -
I hope it works. I lost 85# on weight watchers years ago and didn't have much of a skin issue because I was still overweight. My excess skin got worse the closer I got to a normal weight/size post sleeve but I lost alot of weight. I lost 60# and got to a normal weight when I was 20. I had no excess skin and could wear a bikini. There are various factors.a
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Fun calculator for weight loss percentage!
hiddnstar replied to hiddnstar's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Thank you for that info! I know how to get my BMI, but is there a calculator for the rest? Figuring those things out tends to twist my mind in knots. Im always amazed at the BMI results and what is considered over weight, obese, and morbidly obese. At work we had a health fair and every person who went came back with a BMI saying they are overweight....and some obese as well! But looking at them, that is a description I would consider. If there is no calculator that you know of, can you please send the mathematical formula to follow? Thank you very much! I love accuracy! ~hiddn -
So I get on the WII fit weight/BMI check once a month... no more or I'll get all OCD about my weight. It helps to keep me grounded in knowing the weight crept up and it's going to creep back down! Today I weigh 228!! :smile2::w00t::w00t::yikes::w00t: :ciappa: <--- Crying, can't help it...I'm a big mush! I can't remember the last time I was in the 220's. It's been at least a decade. For the first time in a long time I'm proud of myself and I'm finally realizing, I CAN DO THIS! Love to everyone! :thumbup::cursing:
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Scared I'll lose momentum...Hip revision...bummer
woo woo replied to LovinSoul's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Yes I was getting really into pilates and getting really strong, then I herneated 2 disks in my lumbar spine. Still suffering from it although it is getting better. I'm still not sure if the exercise had anything to do with the back injury. It's been since June and I have lost a lot of the muscle tone that I had gained. It's a bummer.
