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Just wanting to see what I'm looking forward to
Realself replied to AshNic's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I am only one month post op and I had a stall for 2 weeks or so. I lost 20 pounds in my first month. SW 267I was initially upset as I saw many others dropping quickly but I can't complain about 20 as with PCOS and hashimotos thyroiditis I have always lost slow and with surgery I probably couldn't have done 20 in a month. Everyone is different with their own pace. Learning to use the tool and follow all guidelines for best success! Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App -
Skipping Puree Stage
Pandemonium replied to mrshenry's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Any changes to your diet phase you should definitely get guidance from your doctor/weight loss team. The phases are there to help your new stomach adjust slowly and to minimize the risk of potential complications. Having difficulties in any diet phase can be stressful to deal with. You're only a couple of weeks out from surgery. I felt lethargic and weak 2 weeks out from my surgery too and that was without having issues with liquids. Your body is still healing and it takes time. Please make sure you speak to your doctor before making any changes to your diet phase! -
Is that 'full' feeling the same post op as it was pre op?
GeorgieGirl1957 replied to FlyGirl's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
No you didn't eat your last piece of pizza, but you may have had your last WHOLE pizza. 4 or 5 weeks post op, I ate 2/3 of a slice, left the round, hard crust but ate all the toppings. It was awesome. And I was quite satisfied. You'll be able to have it again, but not just now, and not all that you ate before. But trust me, you won't want it. A little dab will do ya... gg -
Let the CHANGE begin in 2010...yes, I want to be thin!
Delivered posted a blog entry in Delivered's Journey
I love to make New Year's Resolutions and commit to change at the turn of a new year. My commitments for change for 2010 include: 1. Focus on Spiritual Growth 2. Focus on Family 3. Focus on Health - Exercise 5 times per week - Appreciate who I am and how I look like every day (in the past, no matter how much weight I lost, I wasn't satisfied) 4. Focus on finishing dissertation - Propose by February - Defend by May - Graduate by Summer -
I was banded in January and never really had heartburn problems before or after banding. However, about a month ago I had a couple of days of heartburn. My last fill was in April so it was not brought on by a new fill. Since that initial heartburn start, I have regular heartburn several days a week. I now have been taking tums or prilosec regularly. It doesnt seem to be triggered by eating, more it is the opposite. If I don't eat for many hours I start to feel like I have heartburn, or if I stay up too late or sometimes I have it at night. I am more likely to have it when my stomach is empty. A few tums and half a glass of milk seem to knock it out pretty well, but if I just ignore it and do nothing it won't go away. I have decent restriction but I am not too tight. I don't PB or slime at all anymore. I might if I eat bread or Pasta but I don't eat those things. My hunger stays in check and sometimes I can eat a little more, sometimes a little less but everything feels workable. I am not sure if this heartburn is indicative of a problem or just par for the course being a bandster with decent restriction. Does anyone have any thoughts regarding why this situation may have arisen out of the blue? Any thoughts or suggestions or has someone had a similar situation?
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how long to wait 1st fill????
ddow58 replied to carebear99's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
6 weeks for me. I go on tuesday for my first fill. yahoo! -
how long to wait 1st fill????
vlp1968 replied to carebear99's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My doc. waited 6 weeks. I know it's tough until you get restriction- that's why it's known as bandster hell. Just know it will happen, may take a few fills. After the first one my doc. did them closer together when needed. -
how long to wait 1st fill????
spoiltmom replied to carebear99's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm wondering how this works also. I go for my first fill on Tuesday and I'm hoping if I need more I can go back in 4 weeks. I really want to get some restriction and see some progress. -
Hi. I've been there too. I did find some relief with the extra strength Gas-X strips. A heating pad on my shoulder helped (just be careful not to put it right on your incisions), peppermint tea, and walking. I also noticed that it hurt worse when I sipped on something very cold. It was better for me to drink liquids that were room temperature or warm beverages. I could not have sf popsicles for about a week - it hurt when I ate them. Not sure if any of these will help. It does go away - mine was pretty bad for the first week, and by about 10 days post-op, it was almost all gone. Good luck to you and congratulations on your new band!! Take care!! Becky
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What was your hardest part of surgery?
Justin1524 replied to Tha_Payne's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
I'm almost 2 weeks post op and breezed right through it. Pain for me was tolerable and pretty much gone 4-5 days post surgery. Sooner or later you'll eat something and feel a pain in your new pouch, take it as a signal to stop or slow way down. You have to learn to listen to your body. You'll be a lot less hungry and watch the weight come off fast at first. Enjoy the ride and look at it as a fresh start to better health! Congrats and don't worry too much! -
15 Days Post-Op Plateaued Weight
Grandcherokee replied to busiestbumblebee's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Here I am on day 9 ...I am feeling great..I have'nt lost a thing in two days, and I am not worried one bit..I did my research and know that it will take some time for my body to adjust. I am walking as much as I can and drinking my protein and liquids. I have my first post-op appointmnet next week. It isn't that hard to do if you are fully aware of what this whole process is all about. Hang in there......time will show you the way ! -
15 Days Post-Op Plateaued Weight
lisatherealtor replied to busiestbumblebee's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was banded Jan 3oth and am having a similar experience to other posters - my scale has been showing the same weight for almost two weeks now. I do understand that the weight loss is gradual, but I am sticking to the eating plan (900-1100 cal/day) and ex ercising (one half hour of elliptical or walking) and I'm frustrated that the scale has not budged despite being hungry every two hours. I have been logging everything on myfitnessplan and will print it out and bring it to my nutritionist to get her opinion and recommendations. Also, my doctor seems to be very conservative and my first fill is not until May 1st. I don't know if I can continue "being good" until three months post op with all the hunger I am experiencing. On a positive note, I am already off two blood pressure meds! -
15 Days Post-Op Plateaued Weight
sherrypep replied to busiestbumblebee's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was banded on 12/21. I lost 11 pounds the first week on liqueds and another 14 since. However, I can go a whole week without seeing the scale move and than it will move a pound or two. I stopped getting on the scale every day because it was depressing me. I had one fill 2cc and have no restriction. I don't eat any bread, no drinks accept tea and water, and very litte carbs. I know there are going to be times when I don't lose weight and times when I do well, it is a journey. Don't fret and keep on eating right and exercising (although I have been very lax with excercising) and it will all work out. Good luck! -
Is that 'full' feeling the same post op as it was pre op?
BlackBerryJuice replied to FlyGirl's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
It depends. I feel like I have 3 stages of fullness. 1 - I feel satisfied but feel like I could eat another bite or two (learning to stop here - with some hits and misses). 2 - very full and sleepy. 3 - flat out uncomfortable (heart racing, feeling flushed, etc) - this only tends to happen if I eat overly fast. I still find myself at 2 fairly often. The tricky part is each of these stages is literally ONE BITE away from the other. It's a learning process. -
Had my first fill yesterday and
2muchfun replied to Mandymoo13's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I snack on an apple, kirkland jerkey packets, cantaloupe, dill pickles, string cheese, blueberries. X fingers that you feel some restriction/satiety with your 1st fill? It took me 3 fills before I started to feel some restriction and my 4th fill really kicked in the satiety/restriction. Good luck. tmf -
Ladies: Post sleeve menses question!
_telia_ replied to Need4Change's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Same here, on birth control and still having a irregular period for the last two weeks. ???????? -
Usually medications/supplements promoting blood clotting and bleeding during or after surgery are stopped 2-3 weeks before surgery. These include low dose aspirin, multivitamins containing vitamins A, E, D, K, iron. Also blood thinners like warfarin. Sent from my SM-G950U using BariatricPal mobile app
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Surg date 3/17
Marie2016 replied to NitzayJose Ulloa's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I am scheduled for 3/16. Preop appt set- this is becoming REAL... -
Hello, Thank you for starting this group. I had been considering surgery off and on for about ten years. When I first looked into it, the Dr. I visited had two deaths, so I was not too motivated to have the surgery. Plus at that time I was only about 350 pounds. In 2007 I started a desk job, but my eating habits continued. I had a two hour drive home, and at one point I would stop at McDonald's get a meal. I would eat the meal, and then when I got home I would eat dinner too. Fast forward to December 2010 and I weighed in at 495 pounds. I went to a doctor and she put on medication. I lost 50 pounds, got sick, and gained 70 between June 2011 and December 2012. I weighed 520 pounds, and made an appointment to see my surgeon. I lost four pounds doing weight watcher, and two weeks before surgery I lost 23 more pounds by doing a liquid diet. The week and half after surgery I lost another 23 pounds, and I have lost 38 pounds so far. As of today I am down to 455 pounds, and I have been there since Sunday. I am five weeks out, and now I can start exercising. I am walking daily, and plan on increasing the exercise activity I can do. Today also is the first day that I was able to drink 64 ounces. I am going to try for another 32 ounces before I go to bed tonight. I hope this helps.
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YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! ???? My surgery is next week and being on my pre-op diet is starting to get boring. I just want to eat too!! But WE MUST BE STRONG!!!
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Soooooo I had off from work the past week from Christmas through New Year's and go back Monday. I have eaten so bad! I never over eat as I've never been able to or wanted to push that boundary. Nothing really bothers my pouch per say either. I just have been kind of grazing throughout the day which is not good and on unhealthy things such as potato chips and a cookie here and there. I was sleeved back on 01/31/15 and this is my first slip up since then. I do not plan on this becoming a habit or my new way of eating. I never want to go back to how I was before and I guess me coming here and talking about it is just me needing to get my thoughts out and see it in words lol. Well thats that and here is to an even better year than before for everyone. Thanks!
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I LOVE to entertain and to cook for family....will I be able to post-surgery?
2goldengirl replied to gina171's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I've been a mad cook since I was small (my mom started me out when I was three, no lie). I'm still a mad cook now that I'm sleeved. For me, the love for prepping food for those I love had little or nothing to do with me consuming what I've cooked. That's been true for years. I bake, but over the past couple years I've lost my taste for sweets. I bake it, but I don't eat it, and it's no hardship, because I simply don't like sweets the way I used to - but I still get a charge out of the doing of it. I stopped tasting while I cook quite some time ago, because even pre-sleeve, I found tasting spoiled my appetite for the meal. Someone else does my tasting, or I rely on instinct, which, by this time in my cooking life, is pretty accurate. I didn't do much cooking early postop, but I had a rough go early on and I didn't feel like doing much of anything. these days, my cooking is attenuated as we're remodeling the kitchen. Now I'm enjoying more meals out, and feeling the freedom of taking 3/4 of a meal home with me if that's all my sleeve wants. It's amazing how many meals I can get out of one restaurant portion! -
Having doubts before I'm even started
JupiterinVirgo replied to julie74601's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I think the preop liquid diet was the worst part. Those two weeks I was so weak I thought I was going to pass out on a daily basis. There were times when I didn't have the physical strength to walk across the room. At over 300 pounds, simply drinking three Protein shakes a day and cutting my caloric intake down the 600 cal was absolutely irresponsible in my opinion but required by my surgeons office. Every three or four days I had to eat a salad with chicken on it even though it was against the rules. It was not about head hunger, it was about physically staying upright. And yeah, you feel like **** during that time. The first four days were headaches for me. Then after that I just kept getting weaker. Then I would eat a salad with chicken on it and I would feel much better for a couple of days. And I just went on like that until surgery. I made a point to stick to liquids those last couple of days before surgery no matter what. This is supposedly to shrink the liver so that it is not in the way of the surgeon. However I have read that the truth is that the shrinkage is extremely small-almost irrelevantly small- but you know Western medicine: once they decide on a policy they do not update it despite evidence that disproves it for at least 30 years. One more thing: postop it's much easier. And no matter how miserable you are during the preop phase remember that it's only two weeks of your life. And then exchange, you get the opportunity for a completely new life experience with a healthier slimmer body that allows you to live the way that you want to. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
I was banded on 7/24/15 they said I have a large band (14cc) I had my first fill a couple weeks age (3cc) and I had 3 cc on the day of surgery. I went from 234 day of surgery to 219 doing very low carb and now I'm up to 227 after stopping low carb. I'm eating less than before surgery I've had a few mild stuck episodes. But I still have a big appetite. Is it because I need more of a fill with a large band? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Struggling with Water and Protein
2Bsmaller18 replied to WinterFish's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Yes I forced myself to drink. You can mix fairlife milk with the protein shake to make it less sweet tasting. I would give myself a goal like drinking 6 oz in 45 minutes. so i set a timer and played a game on my phone or watched TV and made myself drink a sip or a shot glass full of the shake every 5 minutes. Mentally i needed that distraction. It was harder for me to drink in the mornings initially so i kept a themos of cold water on my nightstand and if i woke up during the night i would at least get a few sips in during the night. I was allowed to eat creamed soups (not potato but celery, mushroom, chicken but had to strain out the pieces the first week. I had unflavored protein powder (Unjury brand) that i would add to the soup to increase the protein, if you don't have that you could add some fairlife milk to it. Some people said water tasted bad so i bought a few different brands in case one seemed to be better. it didnt matter for me. I also had sugar free Mio and crystal light i added to water. Sugar free Popsicle were good, That forces you to eat the whole Popsicle before it melts and that increased my fluids.
