Tired all the time!

[Mimistar 78]

Good morning everybody,

In six weeks out and starting to have trouble getting my liquids in. No pain or anything. Just not enough hours in the day. And I'm tired all the time. Anyone else having this problem. How did you get through it. I'm sure it is adding to my 2 week stall.

:-(

[tigerbelle 328]

mimistar, I could have written almost that exact same post...I had my VSG May 6...I am just getting over about a 2 week stall, so hang in there..I have been focusing on getting my Protein and have done a fairly good job...the liquids is a different story--most days I get in about half of what my nutritionist recommends...I am trying, though--it's a tough job time-wise to get in the liquids in between the mini-meals during the day...also, I still cannot drink much liquid at a given time...and like you I am tired all the time...some evenings I am too tired to even get my walk in...I look forward to advice here as well

[SueJH 205]

I just had my 2 week follow-up with my NUT today. She said the tiredness is totally normal and is typically the last thing to go. Hang in there!

[Mimistar 78]

Thanks ladies. It's nice to know I'm not the only one. I was beginning to thank I was ungrateful because I was being lazy......but in not, I'm just so tired by the end of the day.....I can only walk around the corner a few times.

[tigerbelle 328]

I just got back from my daily 20-minute walk...I feel like a failure sometimes when I hear of other sleevers working out daily at the gym and walking a mile or two a day...I am so tired when I get home from working all day that it is a tremendous effort to even walk to the end of my street and back (hence the 20 minutes)...I honestly don't know how others do it...I guess it doesn't help that I am 51 years old

[cindymg 629]

Thanks ladies. It's nice to know I'm not the only one. I was beginning to thank I was ungrateful because I was being lazy......but in not' date=' I'm just so tired by the end of the day.....I can only walk around the corner a few times.

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Like you I am six weeks out. I was so tired the first few weeks, I thought there was something wrong and had my doctor run a whole batch of blood tests! They were fine. My NUT and I finally decided that I was getting used to living with "normal" blood sugar, after having ridiculously high blood sugar.

At about week 3, the first time I tried to walk a few blocks, I thought I was going to pass out. But I kept remembering a phrase from the "Just for Today" poem -- "Abraham Lincoln said most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be." In other words, I was never going to feel any better until I made up my mind to feel better.

Now, three weeks later I am up to nearly a mile and a half walking. It's not the 4 miles I used to do, and sometimes I overdo and am really tired the next day. But it's progress.

I overheard a woman a few weeks ago stating that "everything" counts towards exercise. Getting dressed to go to exercise counts. Driving to exercise, even if you don't get out of the car, counts! I loved her rationalization!

It's hard not to compare yourself to others, but your body is your body and your timeline is your timeline. You'll get to where you want to go if you believe you can.