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Day 10: What are you most grateful for in your childhood? My brother and sister. Our parents worked multiple jobs when we were growing up and we took care (and fought amongst, lol) each other. Oh, the fun and laughs we had daily. ❤️

I'm on day 4 of 14 day pre-op (Sleeve on 11-21-19). I'm feeling super tired/low energy, anyone else have that?? Wondering if it is 'normal'?

I got mine 10 years ago and it worked great-until it didn't. I was never able to eat meat without getting sick, so I just became a vegetarian, but I was OK with that and now I'm happy about it. But back in January I started to slime and vomit almost immediately after EVERY meal, so I had the fill removed and then only got sick about three times a week. But that respite only lasted about 2 months, then I was getting sick again, even after just drinking water sometimes. They did barium swallows and it looked great-no slips, dilations-things of that sort-but still something was wrong. So I went back to the surgeon where he explained that if even if everything looked great on an x-ray, scar tissue develops where the band rubs the stomach, and that's what's causing the restrictions even with no fill in the band. And it was just a matter of time before it restricted so bad NOTHING would get through it without much difficulty. So it's coming out Nov 20 and being revised to an RNY during the same surgery, and I can't wait. I hope I'm not changing one problem for another, but I don't think so. The plus of this is the transition should be easy since I've practiced the "eating rules" for 10 years and know the difference between "head hunger" and true hunger, and maybe finally I can eat without dreading it and wondering "would I get sick THIS meal". I know the portions will still be small, but if they go down without the sliming and "productive burping" and pain I'll be happy!

some people gain up to 10 lbs from the IV fluids they give you in the hospital. I'd wait a week and see what happens. You may have lost all that water weight from the IV fluids PLUS that extra 2 lbs. and losing 6-20 lbs the first week? No. Maybe six - but losing 20 lbs the first week would be very unusual. Maybe for someone on "My 600 lb Life", but for more "normal" WLS patients, that would be an exception. I didn't even lose 20 lbs the first MONTH, and I started out at over 300 lbs.

Saturday 11.09 - Maintenance : 5'4" / 57y F/ 19.5mo PO RNY / 130.2 lbs Congrats @Tracyringo I'd count you there too. Congrats on making a great breakfast choice! I love your menus, and love @ms.sss. And I also get to live vicariously through you 2! Yesterday I was AWESOME SAUCE. Until last night happened...uh oh. It was a stressful day. Ha! Like life doesn't happen to everyone and our challenge is know ourselves and not eat because of emotional issues. But it was a stressful day all around, starting with our support meeting and ending with working to clean out our storage units all afternoon. Ugh. We got a slight sensitivity building lesson from our group leader yesterday about not being judgemental or too harsh on the newbies to the group. Cuz apparently one had complained that we were too mean to her and too Judge Judy. And I'm pretty sure be we she meant me. So I felt bad for hurting her but I also felt marginalized. I also feel like we are not there to enable someone--especially someone so soon out of surgery doing terrible things and who still had well over 100lbs to lose--who wasn't losing well. This girl wasn't even 2 months out and was already going out eating pizza, Chinese and Mexican food and boozing it up, talking about taking multiple shots with her son and passing out at a bar and needing to be carried out and what a buzz she was getting from it, and then complained she wasn't losing. So I told her that everything in moderation is a myth to many of us and that it wasn't magic bean surgery. That she needed to not squander her honeymoon period or I could pretty much guarantee she would never make it to goal. In fact only one other lady in our group besides me is even close to goal. One girl was, then life happened to her too and she's regained 40-50lbs. The other will never make goal cuz she eats too much and too much good stuff. Then I promptly went out and didn't follow my advice. I did good at lunch, but by last night...LOL on date night and late date night--yeah, all hell unleashed. I found cauliflower crust pizza at a local pizza joint and had 1 1/2 pieces of a 10" crust and some chicken caesar minus the croutons with about 1tbsp dressing (and a glass of cab). Felt delightfully satisfied without being hugely full. Dinner I had 4 deep fried mushrooms then could only eat a small amount of salad and 2 grilled shrimp. So nicely satisfied. (Over estimate food portions to try to keep things honest.) But the 1 glass of wine with lunch, 2 glasses with dinner, then the whiskey and decaf coffee at the end of the night with more snacking is where it all went wrong. Oddly enough I'm down 0.2lbs so this morning I'm 130.2lbs and Saturday is definitely in a cheat day range for the week. Daily Totals: 1690cals; 81g protein; 87g carbs; 9g fiber 78g net carbs. (Woke up hungry this morning and thinking about having chaffles with butter and syrup with eggs and bacon...I'm thinking late night eating and too many carbs/booze is to blame. Today I'm gonna stick to salads and grilled chicken or shrimp. And tomorrow it's back on the straight and narrow. )

Yesterday, Sat, Nov. 9 Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 114.9 lbs ..."leftover" salad lunch, followed by a birthday dinner at a chinese restaurant and then cake and coffee at my place afterwards = mix of both fair and poor food choices yesterday. I feel round of bloat coming on, as I've got brunch with BFF and our fams in a couple hours and brunches are oh-so-carby. 9:00am - peppermint tea with Stevia 11:00am - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + 2.1 oz grilled chicken + 2.8 oz steak + asparagus + cauliflower mash + peaches + avocado 3:30pm - 4 oz crispy pork + 1/8 cup fried turnips + 1 bite of squid + 2 sauteed shrimp + 1/4 cup Chinese broccoli + 5 cashews + 1/4 cup sliced mangoes 6:30pm - 1/8 cup lemon raspberry cheesecake + 1/8 cup mango cheesecake + 1 Halloween fun size Reese's peanut butter cup + 1 oz chicharron + 1oz peanuts 10:30pm - * leftovers from my 11am meal * Totals: 1844 cals - 142g Protein - 100g NET carbs - 89g fat

I had my surgery on the 26th sept 2019,and I know exactly how you are feeling.I am seeing great weight loss ,but I am missing eating big time!Eating and drinking played a really big part of my life and now that’s been taken away,I feel bitter about it,as my eyes are still greedy,but I know my stomach won’t take it.What I’m trying to say is,you are definately not alone,in the way you are feeling and hopefully our journey will get easier over time x

I’ve lost 10 pre op, and 9 post . I’m weighing daily . The last time I lost 3 pounds was 11/3. I looked at the calendar and it’s only been 18 days. I know I’m being impatient. I’m also worried that I’m doing something wrong or not doing enough.

Wow, 8 months. I saw the doctor/clinic advertised online. I made a phone call, gave my credit card and scheduled the surgery for the following week. My weight was on the low side so It was suggested I gain 10 lbs prior to weigh in. I don’t think I understood the impacts of the surgery. I really didn’t understand the hiatel hernia repercussions. But that came up an hour before surgery. I am still recovering from dairy earlier in the week but I’m so happy with the weightloss.

This has been an amazing journey so far. I am down 77lbs from my heaviest weight and 45lbs of those lbs since surgery 7/31. I've slipped up a few times and got back on track immediately. The first post OP holidays are going to be really hard, having to cook my family's favorite holiday foods and just being exposed to all those carbs and sugars. I typically keep leftovers after the holidays but planning on getting rid of everything except the proteins. Glad to hear everyone is doing great!! [emoji4][emoji4] 5'4" Starting weight 297 VSG on 7/31/19 Surgery wt: 266 CW 221 GW 135 Sent from my [samsung Galaxy] using BariatricPal mobile app

Yes I’m a VGS patient and the main reason I chose VGS over bypass was exactly bc of malabsorption. Had I been even 10 years older, I might have chosen bypass, but I’ve still got to work full time while maintaining super-high levels of energy and focus. This info stays here, but my career is extremely youth-oriented. It’s extremely difficult for those of us >50 to keep up. Lately at my age and stage I was STRUGGLING physically to hang in there. A chain retail pharmacists MUST be able to work 10-12 hour shifts with zero breaks, downtime or relief all the while being able to multi-task incredibly heavy burdens. One moment of distraction (which most commonly is a result of a full bladder, empty stomach, or physically worn out body) can be deadly and every single one of us is aware of this at all times. For me, side effects from malabsorption, whether it be dumping or fatigue from vitamin and nutrient deficiency wasn’t an option if I want to be as safe to the public as each and every person deserves. On the other hand, being chronically tired and physically wrung out due to carrying around 100+ pounds excess weight wasn’t helping so that had to change. I figure with just the weight I’ve lost so far, I’ve given myself another 10-12 years extended career time, which is amazing since I’m 51 and I’d love to keep working part-time after age 65. I’ve always been a slow metabolizer. Even when I was a thin college student, I’d gain weight easily if I didn’t keep track of calories and activity. Even though WLS gives us a metabolic reset, mine prior to being completely messed up wasn’t the best so I’m expecting that I’ll never be the girl who can maintain in the 1800-2000 range even with increased activity. Honestly I’m okay with that. If I have to maintain at 1200-1400 daily, then that’s what I’ll do. I have this tool. I plan on using it for the rest of my life. I will use my tool and I will use IF. I do battle intense constipation. Like Sillykitty, I’m a 1-2 times weekly “mover” and once it hits 4/5 days, I’m uncomfortable. It does take me at least 3 days though bc the discomfort starts. I use senna/mom about once weekly, and that’s on top of my daily miralax. I drink plenty of water, but I’ve always battled chronic constipation so it’s nothing new. Side note: weighed myself this morning (still slightly constipated,BTW) and I’m now exactly GW -5 pounds. I’m thinking I’m going to set a goal to lose 2.5 more pounds between now and thanksgiving so if I do have some holiday bounce I can stay right around 150.

That is awesome, I think I am going to start mine today, surgery is not until Dec 10 but she gave me a list of things like chicken, fish, egg whites, etc. with a list of vegetables and the protein shakes. I tried the protein shake Unjury (Chocolate) it was really good. I am so ready to utilize the tool of RNY just to be on the losing bench! LOLOL Each visit I have maintained my weight of 266 well I gained 1.8 pounds and it was because I stopped using my food journal and I knew what I was eating was not right. I told myself I was having a food funeral but couldn't go all out because I felt guilty doing so and that 1.8# wt. gain showed!

Had a training afternoon with Tom Stoltman today - Scotland’s strongest (and worlds 5th strongest) man 2019. Managed to finally get my 180kg deadlift, increased my axle overhead PB to 60kg and had a play with some atlas stones, great fun! IMG_6507.MOV IMG_6505.mp4

@november11 Hi I'm new to the site and would love to be a part of the November calendar and become buddies with one another, as we start this journey. My surgery date is November 19.

Couldn't agree more. I actually didn't feel super comfortable with my surgeon (mostly because I had no direct contact with him before the day of the surgery, and the surgeon actually switched a few days before). If you feel confident in the hands of your surgeon I think that's a good and even strong sign. There will be so many strange feelings and mysterious symptoms that come throughout the various stages of recovery, and you will want to have full confidence in your surgery experience when encountering them. And like @GreenTealael already said, surgery might give you a perspective that makes you not sweat the small stuff. I just went on my first vacation since surgery (10 months and 100 lbs ago) and what I noticed is that 1.) no one cared what I looked like or even really noticed me at all and 2.) everyone else is also a little loose/saggy/scarred themselves. Hope this helps your decision making.

Hi, Did you just have your surgery? I had mine on wensday Nov 6, 2019. Sent from my SM-G973U using BariatricPal mobile app

I had RNY 10/11 surgery weight 211 and I'm 190 now. So about the same as you. I figure the slower it comes off the better chance of keeping off. I'm also hoping it will mean less saggy skin. Keep following the plan. You're doing great!

Just checking in with 10/2019 folks. How's everyone doing? Sent from my SM-G973U using BariatricPal mobile app

Everyone loses at a different pace. On Average, I've lost 0.45# a day for the last 338 days. However there were times over the last 11 months where I didn't lose anything for 2-3 weeks, and then all of a sudden I would drop 10 pounds.

I'm approaching three years out. I have light skin, you cannot see any of my scars (5). None! I don't recall how long it took for them to completely fade away but it wasn't that long, maybe 9-12 months. I have a friend who had surgery over 10 years ago, she is more of an olive complexion; you cannot see any of her scars either.

Back history..... I joined the site back in 2008-2009 i think. Back when it was called Lapbandtalk. Of course, it was for people that had the lapband done. Which i did back in 2009. SW 232, weight the day my band was removed 143 March 2017 due to a slip. This is a revision for me. I know most people say.... well 30lbs is nothing, but when your 5'2" it is. I have told no one except my husband about the sleeve. I didn't want to hear all the crap from all the people. I did what i thought was best. and because i had had a previous WLS and was cash pay.... sleeve it is. Band SW 232, LW 130... removal weight 143 (i stayed here for years) 2009-2017 Sleeved SW 173.5, CW 144.4 (as of today). Sx date Aug 28, 2019....... 10 weeks and two day PO. Chris

Thank you for the inspiration, Silly Kitty! It is truly one of my favorite outfits that make me feel 10 feet tall! ;] Absolutely, the fashionista twins! Have you been wearing your pants suit lately? Really versatile. Here's a close up of the seamstress magic. She took the fabric belt and added a more structured, better laying collar. Then, to my surprise - matched up the crane necks which I thought gave it a neat finished look. If you do wear it again... take another picture.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Current Weight 149 BMI 27 Happiness 8/10 😂 It's been a wild ride y'all. Still I firmly believe it was a fantastic choice. You don't know the end results when you begin a project (including tje hiccups) but thays perfectly fine. I don't mind a challenge. I have started in one place (VSG) changed to another (RNY) which i never imagined as a possibility or necessity for me because i never had reflux prior but i remain excited and hopeful about the future and about all of life. My weightloss is old news to most people. Its no longer jarring, shocking, surprising, exciting or headlining so I get to settle into real life and stay the course permanently. Am I afraid of regain? Yes and No. I am afraid of going above a certain weight 160-170s (Beyonce pre Coachella weight 😂) but everything under that is gravy 😍 I will not eat myself into a higher range. I also will not exercise my self artificially lower. I spoke with my nutritionist about a year ago about this ans its not for me. If it happens it will be medically induced, and Ya girl will be honestband open about everything going on. Do I have perfect food habits? Yes and No. My habits are perfect for me. Balanced. I can eat a salad and dessert. And feel no guilt. Dial up or down my intake according to need. (*I do no/never have food addiction* so in this way I believe I got off easy. If I had to contend with that I'm not sure where I would currently be, but hindsight wise choosen full DS, IMHO anything else is not a good choice) Do I love my post WLS body more? Yes and No. I loved my body from the start. Never hated it ever. But when I was heavier I began to become randomly sicker i a matter of weeks. I had to have surgery. No choice really. But now I feel the same way I NEED plastics. No way around it. I don't look horribly melty but I'm heading in that direction if i lose anymore weight. Have I gained any new insight now vs earlier... You've guessed it! Yes and No. I'm still the same old GTL albeit updated model 😎 but I have learned to meet people where they are and work with them there amd move on when the path diverges. No more people projects. I have a few real projects I'm still not done with so i need to focus on important stuff 😥 I'm a little more chill in certain ways But a little more aggressive in others (i STILL call people out on their BS) Pics soon I'm on the move...

The sleeve doesn’t fail. It’s mechanical. The surgery is a tool, nothing more. If you still eat like crap, the sleeve will fail. If you snack all day long on calorie dense food, the sleeve will fail. If you drink caloric drinks, the sleeve will fail. Edit: Just to clarify, if you're talking about "stretching" your sleeve will never stretch more than 10-15% from the size that it was surgically changed to. There is a lot of research to back this up. So if someone tells you they stretched their sleeve back out, and thats how they gained the weight, they're not being truthful with you in all likelihood.

Yesterday, Thu, Nov. 7 Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 113.7 lbs ...didn't get a chance to visit Costco yesterday, so I went through another day SANS salad. 😢😢😢 9:00am - coffee with Stevia 12:00pm - 3.5 oz grilled pork chop + 1/2 package shiratake noodles + 2 tbsp salsa verde + 1 poached egg + 1 slice bacon 3:00pm - 1oz grilled pork chop + 1/2 an avocado + 1 poached egg + 1oz cheddar cheese + 1/2 fl oz sunflower seeds 5:00pm - 1/2 a Pure Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate Bar + 1 Keto Choco-Coconut Fat Bomb + 1 Almond-Caramel-Sea-Salt Kind Bar 8:30pm - 2.5oz grilled pork chop + 1/2 package shiratake noodles + 3.5 oz sweet potato & apple casserole + 1 slice bacon + 2 tbsp sour cream + 1 tbsp fried onion topping 10:30 - avocado smoothie (1 avocado + cashew milk + stevia) Totals: 1909 cals - 100g Protein - 56g NET carbs - 135g fat