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Tough call. I was definitely up and about right away after surgery. But its kinda like recovering from a c-section -- you aren't supposed to lift more than 10 lbs. When I got home, I had to pace myself, but still helped around the house with cooking and dishes. I fold laundry, but don't carry the laundry basket. Is your 19 month old in a toddler bed? Can you change them on the floor? Do you have any childcare options so you can rest? Sent from my SM-G970U using BariatricPal mobile app

I don’t run either. I once told my doctor that the only time he will ever see me run is if something is chasing me to eat me alive. That’s okay though. After I get my sleeve on 10/1, and you have recovered more, we can swap faux running videos. 😉

I had my surgery done a little over a month ago and the first 10 days were hell. It gets better. Focus on water over everything else right now.

And July 1st for the win with 6 siblings. New_Me 2019

July 2019 Challenge created !!! As promised

I walked by the same 3 chocolate chip cookies about 10 times today. They are still there. This whole process is 85% mental. I will not cheat. Surgery on July 8!!

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Our group of February 2019 Weight loss buds has a pretty long. Congrats on bonding and forging new friendships.

Okay so I THINK I have everyone from our July Thread, let me know if you're missing.  July 2019 1- @KarenLR75 (VSG) @MFaulk3 (GB) @texasnewf (VSG) @Jaybe08 (GB) @Ren951 (VSG) @sweetsagi 2- @amaynard (RNY) @SublimeLemons (VSG) @PantxaPetita (VSG) 3- @alex76 (RNY) 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- @Midnightsun @jennj (VSG) @lynnielynnie 9- @Mom_of_Chaos (VSG) @MgbGirl 10- @Cathyp @Nefelibata214 11- @KIA1988 12- 13- 14- 15- @punkyisland (RNY) @vdbarbie (VSG) @2ndTimeFreedom (RNY) @Jdymitc (VSG) 16- @thillman1987 (RNY) @Bradleydana97 (VSG) 17- @BMaines 18- @tal 19- @MaryEC (LapBand) 20- 21- 22- @ARMoma45 (RNY) 23- @New_Me2019 (VSG) @kbee88 24- @LessFee (VSG) @mrsbrown12115 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- @LindseeNohan 30- 31-

I am 10 days post op and feel like I am hungry especially later in the day. I am drinking between 50-64 ounces of fluids and eating a protein source every 2-3 hours. Any ideas what I can do to get the hunger feeling to pass?

I had knee replacement surgery on 11/7/2011 and it was the best thing I ever did! It bothered me that 1 Ortho wanted me to lose 30 lbs first. What the heck is that all about !?! I went to a 2nd surgeon who agreed with me. How do you lose weight when you can't hardly walk? My doctor told me it would take about a full 2 yrs before you are really back to full range of motion. He was right. Also, do yourself a favor. Get a Sports Medicine Rehab Physical Therapist! One that works with athletes and full performance recovery. Believe me, there is a difference! My first PT provider was more interested in meeting the minimum range of motion 30 days out, and not what I wanted. I wanted to walk like normal, and have very little range of motion issues. So, I did another round of PT with the sports medicine folks and believe me, there is a difference! I can run now if I were into running! Now to get rid for the stubborn weight! I'm scheduled for a VSG on 10/1/19! Good luck!

I'm 63 and am scheduled 10/1 for VSG surgery in Mexico. I have already had 1 knee replaced and the doctor stated that he thought that alone was a really good reason to have the surgery.

I am really getting fed up with my lack of weight loss. I get it's normal at 3 weeks out but I lost 13 pounds in 10 days then 2 pounds in the next week and 1 pound over the last week. I haven't lost any inches for over a week now. I feel the same guilt and shame I've always felt dieting when people would tell me that spinach and bell pepper was causing me to stall because they have a sweet taste or I must be eating more than I think or sleep eating. People always insist that's it's just a simple matter of calories and that heavy people could just be thin if we eat less. Except the last few weeks have shown me that is such a bunch of bs. I really hope I start having some steady weight loss soon.

Okay since You Asked; HW 365+ October 2017 Height 5ft8 8inches Calculated BMI 55.49 weight at first real visit at OSU Bariatric Spring 2018 still well into mid 300s- they calculated me still well over 50 BMI- I believe,52 I was 72 years at,this time, knew this would be my last best chance at losing to a normal size- knew the diets I had tried gave no real help, tried for years and years, normal diets, weird diets, any diet that came down the pike! All I ever lost was. RESPECT,FOR MYSELF On my surgery day after their guidance and a months of Liver-shrinking diet 319,pounds September 5th 2018 Surgery --RNY,gastric Bypass Surgeon- Bradley J Needleman MD- department Head- Bariatric Medicine- Metabolic We8ght Loss and also a Full Professor in OSU's College of Medicine. These are the cold hard facts And I also heard the nay-sayers and what they said " Bariatrics =Elective Mutilation You will be put on a Selective Starvation Diet, you will be. a Case of Adult Failure To Thrive" 'You are Too Old ! You are too Broken Down! You will Die on The Table! Not Just JOB in the Bible had False Friends. But still I went forward with My Plans - fought an up- hill battle, Many programs don't accept applicants over 60 let alone 72.. But I wanted a chance to continue living, my quality of Life was pretty abysmal, I couldn't breathe, move well because of Arthritis. Even my PCP, supposedly my true friend, told me I wouldn't live past 75, too many things I was at risk for as well as the ones I already had. But I studied my possibilities, learned as much as I could. Bariatrics seemed to be My Last Best Hope- presented my Body to one plan, went their program not once but twice only to be denied. And I won't say the excuse they gave, it was unfounded, error-laden , and it about put me into an emotional tailspin. Then my Red-head stubbornness kicked in- They didn't want ME- fine- I didn't want THEM! So iI applied to the program I had wanted all along, the other someone recomended. Always go with your gut, it knows more than your BrainComprends! And this one, at Ohio State University was truly what I needed, I was treated well, the challenges they gave were d9able and Still are! But enough Back Story. Today, almost 10 months later I have gone from a Size 28- 30W to a loose size 20, quickly going into a 18n never EVER DREAMED I would escape Plus Sizes! My BMI is now 31.1 & I am now below 200 pounds- 198.9 says my Digetal Scale, and yes it does talk to ME. After years of buying cheap models, getting so angry I pitched them in dumpsters or against the wall, I have a good, fairly expensive but accurate model. Has it been easy? Nope- one of the hardest but most satisfying things I have done. And I did not have a textbook recovery- things happened that are fairly rare, but after years of feeling a total screw - up, that I was so pitiful I could never succeed at anything in life, I have found I am a Strong resilent woman, and a good part was the help and consulting of my Bariatric Plan, when I felt like giving up, I knew they believed in ME and so I can believe in ME too. Oh My story is not completed, I am still a Work in Progress. Although originally I am at the point They Forecast, I plan to still do my utmost to make it down to the 15 Junior and 175 I have dreamed of. Right now I weight the same as I did when I married my Late Husband 51 and a half years ago. Oh the body has scars,dings, as the pounds disappeared I am left with loose floppy skin in some places, truth be known I was obese almost from birth, but I am Alive, when I shouldn't be, less arthritis pain, less shortness of breath, look how long- winded I am now , even on paper or the internet! But Baby IT IS WORTH IT! I have drowned my fears in tears, as Martin Luther King once said " I have been to the mountain!" Well I have been tested , found to be true to my commitments, motivated to CONTINUE until I too have my total VICTORY! And if I can do it with the Basal Metabolism Rate of a Sick Sea 🐌 Snail, I think everybody else can also So join me in the journey, our paths may not be the same, few are, but if they parallel let's walk together! On Bariatric Pal you never need to feel ALONE, we are world🌎wide, we can talk the talk because we too have walked the walk- we offer support, we offer friendship, if you, too, feel you've got what it takes- join in! It has been so worth it for ME!😝🍀And today I feel lucky to relate all this!

July 19! Lap band

You are really close to us and on the same journey. Hang in there July will speed by and August will be here before you know it. New_Me 2019

Yoga was canceled because a big weird storm popped up by surprise, we had a 10% chance of rain! It was so strange because it was pretty strong and lasted over an hour. They do this every week so I’ll go again.

I love otters but I went last weekend and did the roller coasters... Woohoo fun stuff and 19 k steps in the process. Watch some otter videos and do the rides!

So happy for you my surgery is scheduled for this Friday June 28 the but we can still be surgery siblings lol I am a mother of twin boys 3 1/2 years old and a 19 months old baby feeling very nervous and I am still trying to prepare with everything I couldn't see your cart can you share what did you actually bought? Do you have any water protein that you choose? The plate and the water bottler why do you needs those and the scale is a good one ? Please advise thanks Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

I have two boys 31/2 years old and 19 months old baby how long will it take for me to recover to be able to take care of my babies with no help :-( I am having a hard time with my support system Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

I **LOVE** the sugar free popsicles! I used to eat them before. They were on sale a few weeks ago, so I now have about 10 boxes in my freezer!

I didn't get it out of medical necessity- the only weight-related condition I have is PCOS. I got it because I've been fat literally as long as I can remember, and I told myself that 2019 would be the year I did something about it once and for all. I had tried sooooo many different things, but I always regained lost weight and then some. So I had surgery 2/6/19, and I am so happy I did. I have a 5 yr old son, which was one of my biggest motivations for getting the surgery to lose the weight, and I can finally run around with him and do stuff with him and not be instantly tired.

I haven't said much about this unless you aw my posts on struggle with my dr's office staff in trying to get them to push paperwork through to Cigna. It was such an awful experience and it wasn't the insurance company! I had talked to Cigna 15 months ago about their requirements then before I ever found a surgeon. When I asked for recommendations on here and in personal life, several docs recommended but out of 2 recommended, I knew 1 took Cigna and he had good reviews. I didn't call the other doc as he was in Frisco (30 min drive) and doc I chose was 10 mins away. My knee is messed up & driving aggravates it. He is sharing digs with another doc (OB/GYN) as his private new office ais being built. His 1 med tech/office person (he also has office mgr) is one of the most difficult people I have EVER encountered at a dr's office and that is saying A LOT! Especially since I helped care for both parents and have a kid that had an immune system issue growing up. I've had her be hateful to me, be rude, dismissive. The doc; however, was so nice that I've shrugged off med tech's behavior as I have no idea if maybe she is maybe related and was afraid of losing him if I said something. I felt dr & I were a good match though. I had planned to talk to him after surgery about how rough it was to deal with his tech. Flash forward to this week & she called to tell me to come to hospital at a diff time for my Mon. surgery to check in (origcheck in time was 12:30, new check in time is 1:30. I was a bit surprised and as I'm curious..I blurted "what happened?".then said, "sorry, never mind...so when will actual operation take place as I have some people planning to come". Well, I obviously had 'exceeded my question quota' as she sighed & quickly said "2:30" (orig surgery time was 2). Then she basically ended call. Now call me crazy, but changing hospital check in time to be an hr later and NOT changing surgery time seemed odd, but ok. Oh, she did say that "the hospital changed things around". Well, since I got to know a nice lady at the hospital when I called to schedule my appt for surgery and found out she didn't even have my orders/show I was on list for surgery - this was a WEEK after my dr. had told me my surgery date and grouchy tech said to be sure to call hospital ASAP if I didn't hear in a day. When they told me they had no info about my surgery, I sighed as this has been story of my life anytime this person is involved. I've had to deal with her icy attitude anytime I'm in the office as I ended up pushing the 'put things through to insurance' with the doctor as she absolutely REFUSED to and said that I needed to quit calling my insurance as I was getting them confused. CIGNA themselves was frustrated with her& called the Office Mgr to ASSURE them they were ready to APPROVE me. I took a copy of the policy and showed him wording that she kept misinterpreting (did not point it out, told him Cigna was waiting..and asked what his 'take' on "within the past 6 months" meant. He agreed easily that I had indeed met all requirements based on wording of policy and he'd have them push papers through. Next visit, she would not make eye contact. Her face was in a scowl and she only spoke the bare minimum. I've kept telling myself - the only person I care about is the doctor and I like him, he gets my 'clotting issues'...and he understood immediately that my info on CIGNA was correct. AFTER all this, when I call hospital back about surgery/check in time change, the nice lady there said "you are not scheduled for 2:30 (sad thing is I knew med tech lied), the doc made some changes and you are now on list for 3:30. That is all I wanted to know, what time the SURGERY is. And no, the hospital changed nothing. The changes came from dr's office. Why be dishonest about that? Makes no sense. So all this "history" is simmering in the back of my head/heart obviously & past few days all I can think of (well, I do think of good things too, but this is the 'really getting to me stuff')..is how awful and hard she has made the process. Who knew an office staff person could be more difficult than insurance? Cigna was a dream! Now to top it off, my husband is unhappy that my coumadin to lovenox bridging plan was given to me by dr on a sticky note. Maybe he intended office staff to type it up (I showed it to them though & they just handed back), but when I pulled it out yesterday, my husband expressed BIG concerns that something that is so critical to my health (my last, MINOR surgery - I ended up throwing more clots even with a filter in because lovenox bridging was dosed wrong).. Hubby uncomfortable that info just on a 'sticky note'. No dr signature, no official paperwork, etc. When I was at hospital for pre-op...all I kept hearing was about the"some dr" up in Frisco..in glowing terms - they weren't talking to me, the hospital staff was talking to ea other. I said at one point "he must be a really good dr" and the woman said "he is incredible". NOTE: All docs @ this hospital are either contractors or part owners if they wish. Both my current dr & the one ppl were talking about are both contractors so there was no 'reason' for them to 'wax poetic' about the other dr. My dr is new to this part of DFW area. All of this to say....I'm so torn - turns out this other dr is the one I decided not to see as he was in Frisco. I've been willing to put up with abusive/rude behavior from my drs staff that I like as I don't want to 'upset apple cart'. I've ignored my misgivings &husband's misgivings about getting my critical coumadin and Lovenox schedule handed to me on a sticky. I still feel he is a really good dr. Now though, I have found out that this other dr has much more extensive reviews..and they are just as good if not better...and ppl rave about him and his staff. What is more, they are willing to meet with me and have a discussion (I called to ask if they had ever had anyone switch at last minute) to see what would be best for me and even likely my surgery date will not change. Do you think this is all part of jitters - I'm not SEEKING to postpone my surgery at all. Have I been ignoring what my gut has been trying to tell me all along? I KNOW my husband is not thrilled with the dr I've chosen. Am I nuts for taking another look at this???