February 2024 Surgery Buddies?

[Newtransformation79 6]

14 hours ago, NickelChip said:

I've been making a smoothie most mornings with frozen fruit, spinach, and unflavored Protein Powder. I was having that most mornings before surgery, so I've just tailored it to be a little thinner now with Water or milk, and I seem to tolerate it well.

I've done well with eggs of every variety, and also smoked salmon, which is so delicious. I can generally eat 2 eggs or 2oz of the smoked salmon. Cheddar cheese is good, as is cottage cheese with peaches. Oh, I also adore edamame! They have it shelled and lightly salted in the produce section of my grocery store in a small tub and it is so pleasant to eat, kind of snack-like, I guess. tuna salad has been nice, too. I've done okay with ground turkey and chicken, but it's not as appealing right now, although I do like a turkey sausage Breakfast patty.

I made a ricotta bake that was really good. I mixed 8oz ricotta, an egg, and some chopped spinach (thawed from frozen with Water pressed out), and spread it into an 8x8 baking dish, topped with some diced Italian chicken sausage, then covered in marinara (look for one with no added sugar), sprinkled with mozzarella, and baked for about 20-25 minutes until the cheese was a bit browned. Like a lasagna without the heavy noodles.

I wouldn't be able to hit 90g without significant use of Protein Shakes, which I also can't stand because of the artificially sweet flavor. But maybe you can try making some Soup, like a pureed bean or carrot ginger, and add unflavored Protein to it? I plan to try that next week for variety.

I have been tolerate eggs, hard boiled and scrambled I will usually do hard boiled 2 for Breakfast with my Decaf coffee with sugar free Creamer, or I have tea with a tsp of honey. I also will do 3 oz of egg whites, with 2 oz of turkey ground and will add some buffalo wing sauce. snacking I will usually do a Protein Shake (premier) or I will make one of my vanilla Isopure with unsweetened almond milk and drink that, and/or I will have cottage cheese 3 0z, or applesauce unsweetened, hummus 2 oz, turkey sticks cut up about 2. water in between those, then lunch will be chicken salad that I make from scratch, I just take chicken in the can add tbsp of light mayo and some shredded cheese and mix together. ( I prep a lot for the week due to work) I will do avocado smashed 3 oz of that also. I usually cannot get all that down. so I will go back later and eat the rest on break. I will also have another protein shake later with my snack. For dinner, I have chicken salad and broccoli and or shredded chicken 30z's and some veggie. I do like to have a snack later after dinner about hour or so. I do turkey stick or I have a Popsicle.

[kissabeth 5]

I just got my staples out this morning - I had no idea how much they were hurting me! It's such a relief!!! ❤️

One thing I've noticed though - I've lost so much weight in my belly that the movement of the skin below it kind of jostles my incisions. It's keeping me from doing too much movement-related stuff, so I'm hoping now that they can heal the rest of the way, I can get back to moving more XD

How are you folks healing up?

[ToucanSam 17]

15 hours ago, NickelChip said:

I've been making a smoothie most mornings with frozen fruit, spinach, and unflavored Protein Powder. I was having that most mornings before surgery, so I've just tailored it to be a little thinner now with Water or milk, and I seem to tolerate it well.

I've done well with eggs of every variety, and also smoked salmon, which is so delicious. I can generally eat 2 eggs or 2oz of the smoked salmon. Cheddar cheese is good, as is cottage cheese with peaches. Oh, I also adore edamame! They have it shelled and lightly salted in the produce section of my grocery store in a small tub and it is so pleasant to eat, kind of snack-like, I guess. tuna salad has been nice, too. I've done okay with ground turkey and chicken, but it's not as appealing right now, although I do like a turkey sausage Breakfast patty.

I made a ricotta bake that was really good. I mixed 8oz ricotta, an egg, and some chopped spinach (thawed from frozen with Water pressed out), and spread it into an 8x8 baking dish, topped with some diced Italian chicken sausage, then covered in marinara (look for one with no added sugar), sprinkled with mozzarella, and baked for about 20-25 minutes until the cheese was a bit browned. Like a lasagna without the heavy noodles.

I wouldn't be able to hit 90g without significant use of Protein Shakes, which I also can't stand because of the artificially sweet flavor. But maybe you can try making some Soup, like a pureed bean or carrot ginger, and add unflavored Protein to it? I plan to try that next week for variety.

Ratio Protein ... I find at Walmart... it's like yogurt, 28g

OWYN 32g Prorein shake. Not as cloying as others I find...still getting sick of them though

tuna w Iight mayo 17 g

Some scrabled eggs and I am over 80 every day!

Edited March 14 by ToucanSam
Clarification

[LisaCaryl 96]

2 hours ago, kissabeth said:

I just got my staples out this morning - I had no idea how much they were hurting me! It's such a relief!!! ❤️

One thing I've noticed though - I've lost so much weight in my belly that the movement of the skin below it kind of jostles my incisions. It's keeping me from doing too much movement-related stuff, so I'm hoping now that they can heal the rest of the way, I can get back to moving more XD

How are you folks healing up?

Oh, I didn't have staples. I had stitches on the inside that dissolved and glue on the outside. I'm healing very well. I did wear a band around my belly on and off for the first 2 weeks. That helped a lot!! I highly recommend it. I don't need it anymore cuz things are mostly healed.

https://a.co/d/5z0wYgL

[CeCe0904 2]

February 29th 2 weeks post op

[Newtransformation79 6]

9 hours ago, kissabeth said:

I just got my staples out this morning - I had no idea how much they were hurting me! It's such a relief!!! ❤️

One thing I've noticed though - I've lost so much weight in my belly that the movement of the skin below it kind of jostles my incisions. It's keeping me from doing too much movement-related stuff, so I'm hoping now that they can heal the rest of the way, I can get back to moving more XD

How are you folks healing up?

I can only imagine the relief. I had no staples with the sleeve.CONGRATs on the weight lost. I get the loose skin, I am noticing it on my arms and my fuba.

I just had glue over my incisions that I broke out week 1 and by week two I had to take it off due to how red and itchy they were getting. When I went for my 2 week she said that was fine , too just make sure I didn't soak them or put the cream on them directly. They have now healed and just like a scab, I am month PO OPP.

[NickelChip 1,217]

Oh, hello, three-week stall. I see you've arrived like clockwork.

I'm one of those people who weighs every morning as soon as I wake up. I started doing it the day before my pre-op diet began. I won't do it forever, but I really wanted the record so I could look back and see what patterns my weight loss actually took, because I think it's easy to forget over time. Plus, I like graphs.

So, I hit 217 lbs on Tuesday, and have now been that weight for 4 weigh-ins in a row. I think my body must have access to a calendar because it hit the 3-week mark perfectly. I mean, I'm kind of impressed.

[RonHall908 130]

6 minutes ago, NickelChip said:

Oh, hello, three-week stall. I see you've arrived like clockwork.

I'm one of those people who weighs every morning as soon as I wake up. I started doing it the day before my pre-op diet began. I won't do it forever, but I really wanted the record so I could look back and see what patterns my weight loss actually took, because I think it's easy to forget over time. Plus, I like graphs.

So, I hit 217 lbs on Tuesday, and have now been that weight for 4 weigh-ins in a row. I think my body must have access to a calendar because it hit the 3-week mark perfectly. I mean, I'm kind of impressed.

After surgery my weight loss has been slow. At least I think it's slow compared to how much I'm eating. 750-900 calories per day. Actively walking and resistance train 6 days a week. Day of surgery I weighed 284 lbs. As of yesterday I weighed 270 lbs. This is my 5th week out from surgery. I didn't lose weight for nearly two weeks. But, 14 lbs in 5 weeks isn't bad. I expected more.

[kissabeth 5]

15 minutes ago, RonHall908 said:

After surgery my weight loss has been slow. At least I think it's slow compared to how much I'm eating. 750-900 calories per day. Actively walking and resistance train 6 days a week. Day of surgery I weighed 284 lbs. As of yesterday I weighed 270 lbs. This is my 5th week out from surgery. I didn't lose weight for nearly two weeks. But, 14 lbs in 5 weeks isn't bad. I expected more.

Ooof, yeah. So I weighed myself several days ago after uh... my digestive system decided to clear itself (took a while). Just to see.

I LOOK a lot thinner already - I'm just over 2 weeks out - but I just wanted to see. And the results were lovely.

BUT.

I made the mistake of weighing myself in the couple of days after that, and of course it jumped up a bit, and I realised that I will make myself crazy if I do it every day.

A lot of processes are reorganising in there! If you've started solid foods (I'm allowed soft solid foods, and that certainly makes for highs and lows!), that's going to make things jump around a lot, I just think the number has to be less important than it once was.

I know weight loss is a lot more complex than the first law of thermodynamics, but if you're up and moving around at 750-900 calories a day, something is being converted to the energy you're using, and maybe having lower weight loss numbers here is a good sign - you're doing consistent resistance training, so you're retaining or gaining (dense) muscle instead of eating away at it, while dropping the (lighter) fat.

Good job with the 6x week exercise - that's awesome

[Noelle74 53]

15 minutes ago, kissabeth said:

Ooof, yeah. So I weighed myself several days ago after uh... my digestive system decided to clear itself (took a while). Just to see.

I LOOK a lot thinner already - I'm just over 2 weeks out - but I just wanted to see. And the results were lovely.

BUT.

I made the mistake of weighing myself in the couple of days after that, and of course it jumped up a bit, and I realised that I will make myself crazy if I do it every day.

A lot of processes are reorganising in there! If you've started solid foods (I'm allowed soft solid foods, and that certainly makes for highs and lows!), that's going to make things jump around a lot, I just think the number has to be less important than it once was.

I know weight loss is a lot more complex than the first law of thermodynamics, but if you're up and moving around at 750-900 calories a day, something is being converted to the energy you're using, and maybe having lower weight loss numbers here is a good sign - you're doing consistent resistance training, so you're retaining or gaining (dense) muscle instead of eating away at it, while dropping the (lighter) fat.

Good job with the 6x week exercise - that's awesome

16 minutes ago, kissabeth said:

Ooof, yeah. So I weighed myself several days ago after uh... my digestive system decided to clear itself (took a while). Just to see.

I LOOK a lot thinner already - I'm just over 2 weeks out - but I just wanted to see. And the results were lovely.

BUT.

I made the mistake of weighing myself in the couple of days after that, and of course it jumped up a bit, and I realised that I will make myself crazy if I do it every day.

A lot of processes are reorganising in there! If you've started solid foods (I'm allowed soft solid foods, and that certainly makes for highs and lows!), that's going to make things jump around a lot, I just think the number has to be less important than it once was.

I know weight loss is a lot more complex than the first law of thermodynamics, but if you're up and moving around at 750-900 calories a day, something is being converted to the energy you're using, and maybe having lower weight loss numbers here is a good sign - you're doing consistent resistance training, so you're retaining or gaining (dense) muscle instead of eating away at it, while dropping the (lighter) fat.

Good job with the 6x week exercise - that's awesome

I’ve been weighing every morning too and notice it goes up and down a lb or two but then goes down again in a day or two. Thankfully my body hasn’t realized there’s a three week stall yet but I’m expecting it any day now. I’m working on the exercise 🤦‍♀️ part of things. It’s been hard because I have been getting headaches and nausea the last few days. Today I’m breaking it down step by step and keeping notes of my Water and Protein intake so I’m on track!

[NickelChip 1,217]

1 hour ago, RonHall908 said:

After surgery my weight loss has been slow. At least I think it's slow compared to how much I'm eating. 750-900 calories per day. Actively walking and resistance train 6 days a week. Day of surgery I weighed 284 lbs. As of yesterday I weighed 270 lbs. This is my 5th week out from surgery. I didn't lose weight for nearly two weeks. But, 14 lbs in 5 weeks isn't bad. I expected more.

Mine has felt slow too. I went from 238 to 223 on my two week pre-op diet, which was so fast, and now at 3 weeks post-op I'm only at 217. Did you lose a lot pre-op? That can slow the post-op loss in the beginning.

I figure 21 pounds in 5 weeks is awesome, but 6lbs post compared to 15lbs pre feels very slow indeed!

I know there's a lot going on internally, and that pre-op, it's mostly fluids that are lost. I know I need to remember that this is a 12-18 month process that will happen at its own pace. But it's hard to be patient in the beginning when so much of what you read and hear are these crazy high weight loss numbers the first few months. Of course that's often with people who had a much higher starting BMI. But it sure does make you dream of it happening faster.

However, I will take the victory that I've had to start pulling out smaller jeans and bras already because my pre-op favs are way too loose now.

[RonHall908 130]

2 hours ago, NickelChip said:

Mine has felt slow too. I went from 238 to 223 on my two week pre-op diet, which was so fast, and now at 3 weeks post-op I'm only at 217. Did you lose a lot pre-op? That can slow the post-op loss in the beginning.

I figure 21 pounds in 5 weeks is awesome, but 6lbs post compared to 15lbs pre feels very slow indeed!

I know there's a lot going on internally, and that pre-op, it's mostly fluids that are lost. I know I need to remember that this is a 12-18 month process that will happen at its own pace. But it's hard to be patient in the beginning when so much of what you read and hear are these crazy high weight loss numbers the first few months. Of course that's often with people who had a much higher starting BMI. But it sure does make you dream of it happening faster.

However, I will take the victory that I've had to start pulling out smaller jeans and bras already because my pre-op favs are way too loose now.

From October up to my two week liquid diet I lost 60 lbs. That was a 4 1/2 month span. Two week pre- op I lost 15 lbs. My surgeon said I will have stalls. But, then I'll have times where it will seem like it's falling off easy. I'm impatient as well. Back in June I tore my meniscus and it requires surgery. They won't do surgery until I hit a certain BMI. I'm within 10 lbs of hitting that number. Lose a couple pounds a week is still a victory. As you said, this process takes months.

[RonHall908 130]

3 hours ago, kissabeth said:

Ooof, yeah. So I weighed myself several days ago after uh... my digestive system decided to clear itself (took a while). Just to see.

I LOOK a lot thinner already - I'm just over 2 weeks out - but I just wanted to see. And the results were lovely.

BUT.

I made the mistake of weighing myself in the couple of days after that, and of course it jumped up a bit, and I realised that I will make myself crazy if I do it every day.

A lot of processes are reorganising in there! If you've started solid foods (I'm allowed soft solid foods, and that certainly makes for highs and lows!), that's going to make things jump around a lot, I just think the number has to be less important than it once was.

I know weight loss is a lot more complex than the first law of thermodynamics, but if you're up and moving around at 750-900 calories a day, something is being converted to the energy you're using, and maybe having lower weight loss numbers here is a good sign - you're doing consistent resistance training, so you're retaining or gaining (dense) muscle instead of eating away at it, while dropping the (lighter) fat.

Good job with the 6x week exercise - that's awesome

I'm losing inches. Which means it's going in the right direction. Also since I'm still 5 weeks out everything is still healing and getting used to the bypass.

[BlueParis 117]

I've hit the dreading 3 week stall too... I'm also weighing daily and starting to get a bit down that nothing is budging. I'm one month post surgery tomorrow and haven't lost anything for 9 days.

I didn't have to do a preop diet because my starting BMI was 32.6 but I was careful and did loose 7 pounds in the two weeks before surgery. BMI is now 29.68

I was 200.4 pounds at surgery and am now 182.6 - so I've lost 17.8 pounds since surgery. I'm a bit off what the surgical team reccomended because they wanted me to loose 20 pounds in the first months ... so unless I loose 2.2 pounds overnight I've failed at that.

I know that stalls happen but It's really really getting me down and upsetting me. I've even put on 1.2 lbs in the last week. And I'm following everything to a T. I'm walking an average of 12k steps/ 5 miles a day. I'm eating under 800 calories. I'm drinking all the fluids. I'm just really upset that nothing is moving.

16/02/2024	200.42
17/02/2024	200.42
18/02/2024	200.42
19/02/2024	200.42
20/02/2024	200.42
21/02/2024	200.42
22/02/2024	200.42
23/02/2024	194.92
24/02/2024	194.92
25/02/2024	194.92
26/02/2024	194.92
27/02/2024	190.08
28/02/2024	190.08
29/02/2024	190.08
01/03/2024	189.20
02/03/2024	187.88
03/03/2024	187.44
04/03/2024	186.34
05/03/2024	185.02
06/03/2024	183.70
07/03/2024	182.38
08/03/2024	182.82
09/03/2024	182.05
10/03/2024	183.92
11/03/2024	181.50
12/03/2024	181.94
13/03/2024	182.60
14/03/2024	182.60
15/03/2024	182.16

Edited March 15 by BlueParis

[Noelle74 53]

33 minutes ago, BlueParis said:

I've hit the dreading 3 week stall too... I'm also weighing daily and starting to get a bit down that nothing is budging. I'm one month post surgery tomorrow and haven't lost anything for 9 days.

I didn't have to do a preop diet because my starting BMI was 32.6 but I was careful and did loose 7 pounds in the two weeks before surgery. BMI is now 29.68

I was 200.4 pounds at surgery and am now 182.6 - so I've lost 17.8 pounds since surgery. I'm a bit off what the surgical team reccomended because they wanted me to loose 20 pounds in the first months ... so unless I loose 2.2 pounds overnight I've failed at that.

I know that stalls happen but It's really really getting me down and upsetting me. I've even put on 1.2 lbs in the last week. And I'm following everything to a T. I'm walking an average of 12k steps/ 5 miles a day. I'm eating under 800 calories. I'm drinking all the fluids. I'm just really upset that nothing is moving.

16/02/2024	200.42
17/02/2024	200.42
18/02/2024	200.42
19/02/2024	200.42
20/02/2024	200.42
21/02/2024	200.42
22/02/2024	200.42
23/02/2024	194.92
24/02/2024	194.92
25/02/2024	194.92
26/02/2024	194.92
27/02/2024	190.08
28/02/2024	190.08
29/02/2024	190.08
01/03/2024	189.20
02/03/2024	187.88
03/03/2024	187.44
04/03/2024	186.34
05/03/2024	185.02
06/03/2024	183.70
07/03/2024	182.38
08/03/2024	182.82
09/03/2024	182.05
10/03/2024	183.92
11/03/2024	181.50
12/03/2024	181.94
13/03/2024	182.60
14/03/2024	182.60
15/03/2024	182.16

You’re doing awesome!! I wouldn’t worry about 2 lbs. That can fluctuate from one day to the next or even throughout the day. I can not wait to be where you’re at!! I’m watching that line to get into the 29th percentile and sooooo close!! I’m at 186lbs today three weeks post op.