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Hungry...all the time
NP_WIP replied to Kris Poole's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I like you felt hungry after surgery, and since I started working out hungrier sooner. Prior to surgery I was like that too, get full fast but hungry often. What I found has help is sticking to an eating schedule, your body gets used to it. I start feeling hungry about 30min or so prior to my eating time which reminds me to stop my fluids to eat. If its before then if i sip some protein shake that helps a lot. Sent from my SM-S916U1 using BariatricPal mobile app -
Like the original poster, I was curious what happened with the "unused" part of the stomach. The part of the stomach sectioned off is in a 24/7 fasting state. It will never see food again in it's bypassed state. As for the pouch, yes. Vitamins are critical. I took them preop and will start chewables at my 2 week mark tomorrow. As well as my soft foods phase. I won't fast my new little stomach intentionally. Following doctor's orders all the way but I can't promise I won't try it down the road if need be.
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Hungry...all the time
aeb10892 replied to Kris Poole's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My hunger was never suppressed either. The day I came home from the hospital my stomach was growling. Same thing, I would get full super fast and be hungry like an hour later. I was so afraid I wouldn't be successful because of how it started out, but less than 18 months later I've lost 140 pounds and hit my goal. You'll find the hunger gets less intense as time goes on, just pay close attention to your body's signals to make sure it doesn't turn into grazing. Focus on protein and water. -
I haven't heard that, but who knows? It might be true. I know bypassers are susceptible to vitamin deficiencies, though, because of the malabsorption. That's why it's critical for us to keep on top of our supplements - the consequences of slacking off are more severe for us than they are for sleevers. EDITED TO ADD: I'm not really sure about fasting in general, though. I know the malabsorption the first few months is super strong - you malasorb calories in addition to nutrients. Unfortunately, the malabsorption of calories seems to go away after a year or two - whereas the malabsorption of nutrients stays. I had a 20 lb regain in year 3 (which is unfortunately very common - usually 10-20 lbs), and I currently struggle to keep my weight where it is, so the part of fasting where you lose weight isn't true - or at least not for me. But maybe he meant for the first year or two? Or was referring specifically to nutrients ? Not sure.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I recently heard a bariatric surgeon say that bypassing the stomach leaves it in a 24/7 fasting state. I'm big on all the benefits of fasting so knowing that fact was exciting to me. I'd love to hear a more in depth teaching on the subject along with reestablishing a healthy microbiome, setpoint etc. via surgery.
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Help, Anyone Have The Same Problem?
summerseeker replied to jthebutterfly's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Yes this was me too, its miserable. You need to go to the emergency room or contact your team and see if you are dehydrated, if you are they will put you on a drip. There are other things that will eventually make you feel better. Biotin spray is brilliant for that awful dry mouth You need to get some anti nausea medication, I take 2 a day, it helped a lot You need to up your liquids everyday, even if its only a little, once you get to your quota, this helps you feel better. The iron in the multivitamin may make you nauseous, I dropped it from my regime. I have never put it back into my vitamin regime because I have never needed it to date. So if this worked for me, it is not proven, I would have tried anything, I was so miserable. We all keep the large amount of acid our stomachs that we had before surgery, this does not help with nausea. Sleep in a recliner if you have one. I didn't, so I put a large book under the top of my bed and bought a wedge pillow Your first bowel movement is a doozy and TMI ALERT, I had to resort to rubber gloves, others have had to go to the ER and let the nurses deal with it. Once you get more liquid and food in you will manage better, plus then you will be able to get some constipation meds. As this medication pulls water into your bowel you can not take it yet. It would make you more dehydrated. I hope you feel better fast -
March 23 buddies yet?
consuelo1957 replied to ceri84's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Oh sweetie don't be frustrated I too was going through those feelings but trust me everybody goes through similar feelings and issues. I was feeling bad because it seem like I wasn't losing enough pounds but you will then all of a sudden I started dropping pounds it will have its slow days sometimes you will seem to be losing a lot then it slows down but trust your body is experiencing all new things. It's very important that no matter what you drink your PROTEIN SHAKE FIRST EVERYDAY YOUR BODY NEEDS IT 100% .then if you want and can youcan have other foods on your list .I wakeup for breakfast I take my vitamins and have a protein drink and then 1 hour later if I feel like having something I make me a pakage of instant cream of wheat I use vanilla protein shake as my milk I can only eat mabe half of the sm pakage a drop a tiny spoon of butter taste good. And you should feel good till lunch .drink plenty of water im struggling with water intake but it's a big must so you won't be constipated so much I buy Splenda for sugar substitute it's so close to having real sugar no black teas ONLY HERBAL TEAS MAKE SURE YOU BUY EVERYTHING SUGAR FREE MO BREADS NO FLOUR PERIOD CORN BREAD ONLY YOU WILL START DROPPING WEIGHT MEMBER IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET WHERE YOU WEAR WITH GAINED WEIGHT IT WILL COME OFF JUST DO WHAT YOU MUST AND LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTORS INSTRUCTIONS YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL YOUR LOSING FAST ENOUGH YOU ARE BE EASY ON YOUR SELF OM HERE TO HELP ANSWER MOST THAT I CAN GOD BLESS GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEW LIFE 😉 I -
I'm having RNY May 1st. I start my pre-op diet Monday [emoji15] It's coming so fast, but I'm excited.
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as far as losing 7 lbs in two weeks, that's actually pretty normal. I know a lot of people think we should be losing 30+ lbs the first month, but that's thanks to shows like "My 600 lb Life". Keep in mind that the people on that show start out MUCH heavier than most of us, so that kind of loss would be very unusual in more "normal" WLS patients. Most of us seem to lose somewhere in the 15-25 lb range the first month - and given that you started out at a lower weight than a lot of us, I would expect you'll be somewhere on the lower end of that range by month's end. I lost 16 lbs the first month, and I started out MUCH heavier than you (and starting BMI is one of the factors that affects your rate of weight loss - or at least early on). As long as you follow your plan and your overall trend is downward, despite the occasionally fluctuation or stall, you're golden. In the end, your success will be due to how compliant you are to the plan - not how fast or slow the weight comes off.
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Don’t ‘only’ any of your weight loss. I always say every pound you lose. It doesn’t matter how fast or slow you lose because we all lose at the rate that right for us & our body. Yes, this is likely a stall. They’re a very normal & important part of your weight loss progress and you’ll likely experience more of them. It’s the time your body takes to come to terms with the changes that have occurred (weight loss, dietary changes, etc.) & when your body resets your metabolism & the hormones that manage your hunger, satiety, digestion, etc. Stick to your plan & you’ll notice the scale moving again … it just might take up to three weeks.
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Post Gastric Bypass - Does My Unused Stomach Still Send Me Hungar Signals?
Tomo replied to boofie3's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
There is a significant decrease of ghrelin after RNY (statistically the same as vsg), and an increase in leptin (satiety). At one year post WLS, they observed an increase in fasting acylated ghrelin in both as well. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31680051/ -
I'm getting so frustrated, 7 months out and almost 2 months stalled
Sunnyer replied to SuziDavis's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I totally understand what you are going through, and I'm with you in the frustration. I'm 8 months from surgery and I've stalled for the last three months. I've only lost around 20 kilos (44 pounds) and I'm still 15 kilos or 33 pounds from healthy weight. I can't believe this is all the result I will get from a very costly and difficult surgery. I'm halfway there, and I don't know how to jumpstart my weight loss. It seems to make little difference what I eat. I don't eat a lot. A typical day for me is 8-900 calories. I went on a week long trip this Easter and decided to eat whatever. I still didn't eat a lot at every meal, because I get full really easily, but I ate regular food and didn't write down calories. I normally use myfitnesspal, but skipped it this week. The result? I still weigh the same as I did three months ago. Now I've gone back to low carb and I've gained 100 grams. During my vacation, I walked a lot. Didn't make any difference. I haven't exercised as much as I wanted to, because I've had repeated injury, but I still try to move as much as possible. And I cannot fast during the week, because it makes me so tired and cranky, and I need energy for working with difficult teenagers. I'm at a loss what to do. -
Whole-Food Plant-Based Nutrition Resources
feedyoureye replied to PollyEster's topic in Vegetarian or Vegan Eating
I had the sleeve don in 2010. I was lacto ovo vegetarian the whole time. I lost slowly for the first two rears, then started to gain. I employed 5-2 semi fasting program and lost to goal (90lbs) by year three. I maintained for less than a year, then slowly started to gain until around 2019 when i platoued at 20 lbs under my initial weight. Around that time i was diagnosed with breast cancer. I went to a “surviver clinic” run by my medical plan(Kaiser). They recommended i go whole food plant based to reduce most causes of premature death. I was motivated. That was 4 years ago. I am currently down 35 pounds from my high. I wish i had done this insted of surgery, because whole food plant based relies on eating a lot of food to work. I can eat quite abit now… i guess my stomach has stretched out quite a bit, but i still cant eat as much as i could before surgery. Check out nutritionfacts.org for lots of current research on nutrition, weight loss and health. -
Tips/Tricks to get thru the 2 wk pre-op liquid diet??
cjones75 replied to longhaul68's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
You are lucky you get to have non starchy veggies. I can only have liquid and it really hard. You get sick of the sweet shakes pretty fast -
Bloating & Gas Pains
Quetta89 replied to greekgoddess2468's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I have once maybe you are eating too fast. Sent from my moto g power (2022) using BariatricPal mobile app -
How long should it take to eat 1/4 cup of pudding?
dskg posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm 3 days out of surgery and on protein liquids. I can't figure out how fast or slow to be eating in order to satisfy my hunger and make sure I don't stretch out my new pouch. I ate a 1/4 cup of pudding in about 10 minutes and am feeling guilty that it was too fast. My stomach gurgled and I felt it stretch. Am I damaging the pouch? How do you all eat slowly and satisfy the hunger? -
this is a lot to unpack, but one thing I wanted to mention is that most people lose their sense of hunger for up to a year, so that is not unusual. Mine came back at five months out, and honestly, even though it was weird to get used to, I wish I'd been one of the small minority whose hunger never comes back. It was so much easier to stick to my plan and lose weight when I was never hungry and didn't give a flying flip about food. I actually found it pretty liberating after awhile. you won't start feeling restriction until you're on solid food. Purees and fluids go through your stomach pretty fast. As far as hunger and fullness signals, again, if you're like most of us, you're going to lose your sense of hunger for a few months - up to a year. And when those signals return, they might be different than before. I don't feel "full" the way I did pre-surgery. It's hard to describe, but when I start feeling pressure in my chest, I know it's time to stop eating or I'm going to be sorry. Some people have even weirder signals, like sneezing or a runny nose.
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Am I recovering TOO fast?
Arabesque replied to JustJovi's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Everyone recovers differently & can or can’t tolerate different things at different times. Not everyone experiences temporary changes in their senses taste &/or smell. Some can drink cold drinks easily while others find warm or hot drinks easier & more soothing. Some people are advised (by their surgeon) to progress through the stages more quickly while others need to stay at a stage longer. You won’t really feel your restriction (a tightness across your chest) until you’re eating more solid foods & the nerves that were cut during the surgery are healed. The pain you initially felt would have been from stressing, straining or irritating your healing tummy. You shouldn’t use your restriction or discomfort as a signal you’ve eaten or drunk too much or too fast. Not everyone dumps. Less than 30% with sleeve & less than 40% with bypass. But it is easily managed by avoiding those foods that cause it (fats &/or sugars) which you should be doing while you’re losing weight. In time even those who do dump may find they can eat a small amount of these foods without issue. It is important to follow your plan. Remember all because you can doesn’t mean you should. The plan is in place for a reason. Initially to protect & support your healing tummy (think of all those sutures & staples holding your tummy together) & then to support your weight loss (awareness of portion sizes, calories, nutrition, food choices, reflect on old eating habits & establish new habits, etc.) Conversations with your surgeon & dietician would be of benefit to ensure you are making the best choices - behaviours & foods. If your surgeon feels you are healed enough to progress more quickly, they’ll let you know what you are able to do & eat now. I am worried you chose to eat cake at 4 weeks post surgery. It was your choice but was it a self sabotaging behaviour? Cake at week 4? What will you eat in subsequent weeks? Only you know the answer to this. Maybe a conversation with a therapist will help. And yes you will lose weight while your calorie intake is in deficit even eating cake but your focus should be on the nutritional value of what you are eating when your intake is low. Protein, protein, protein then vegetables & eventually some fruit & complex multi/whole grain carbs. -
I know the title may sound odd....but hear me out. I'm 5 weeks post op, so just over a month. I don't feel "restriction" as much or as painful as i did initially. I still feel it but i feel like it's not as significant of a feeling as before. Also i feel like I can eat more than i should already without pain. I had a piece of cake the other day at a birthday and felt fine, no dumping syndrome or any issues. That was really surprising to me. Also, I don't have changed taste buds like everyone else seems to (so far). Everything still tastes the same to me! The only thing is i prefer very cold water now and before i was fine with room temperature water. Another thing about water is I feel like I can take like 2 or 3 gulps without any issue. I know you aren't supposed to and before it would hurt a bit but not anymore. I'm still losing weight though. On my date of surgery i was 195 and today I'm 174. I'm just worried that maybe I'm advancing too fast? Anyone else been through this?
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Everyone's journey is different, you will see those that started to loose fast at the beginning and slowed down, and others that were the opposite. Surgery was end of month, so I count the calendar months to be easier. I lost 1st month 18.70 (including preop), 2nd month 17.4, but after it has been 8-10 per month. I did review my diet and cleaned it up a little and added exercise so I think this month will be different.
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Thinking I might losing weight to fast
Not sure replied to Catina B's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I had the same issue I lost 87lbs in 3 months started at 323lbs now 5 months out and weighing in at 201lbs. Good news is it has slowed down to about 1-2lbs a week now and some weeks I have started to stall. My team basically told some lose it really fast and others at a more controlled rate but they assured me that it was not too fast. Hope this helps. -
GBP exhaustion and shortness of breath When does the exhaustion and brain fog and weakness get better?
Kels WG replied to Kels WG's topic in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums
Thanks so much! I am trying to consume more calories and I think I need to have my doctor revisit my BP meds maybe. I am dizzy often when I exert myself or even think too hard about moving fast! -
Thats brilliant - Yes I went back to liquids today to give my tummy a rest. I'm moving too fast I feel - 4 weeks yes. Sure I want it all now!!!! Thats great now I'm not loosing my mind.
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I started at 373 lbs and lost 16 lbs the first month, and then about 10 lbs (give or take a couple of lbs) per month for about six months after that. Then it gradually dropped. After the first year, there were months when I only lost about 2 lbs. I ultimately lost over 200 lbs, 100% of my excess weight. people lose at different rates for all different reasons, many of which you have little or no control over - such as age, gender, starting BMI, your percentage of muscle, your metabolic rate, various genetic factors. The two factors you DO have control over are your activity level and how closely you follow your clinic's food plan. If you do well with those, you'll lose the weight, whether fast or slow. In the end, your success depends on how compliant you are with the program, not how fast or slow you lose the weight.
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March 23 buddies yet?
Happy with two replied to ceri84's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hiya Jenn, I had my bypass on March 10th. today was a good day food wise no pain, (to be fair I'm going well) but at times if I eat too fast or drink too fast oh boy does it hurt. right in themiddle of the chest. and yes the saliva. All normal apparently and will subside in time. I'm just impatient and want it all right now. Hate taking my medication as its a few big tablets............yukkkk Best of luck.
