kellyw74

I was sleeved 5/9/11 I usually eat what is handy for Breakfast and lunch and make something different for dinner. I measure all my food and at this point (4 months), I can not eat any more than 2 oz of Protein at a time. I rarely have room for anything else either. I usually eat foster farms meatballs, grilled chicken, tri-tip, pot roast, scrambled egg, tuna or chicken salad, costco chicken burger, roast beef, pork chop, grilled ribeye. i have 2 oz of this for b-fast and lunch most days. For my Snacks, I usually have peanuts, cheese, pure Protein Bars, beef Jerky, more protein, banana or watermelon. I also do not eat bread, rice, Pasta, etc. I occasionally will have a BITE of my husbands baked potatoe, but really don't even like it anymore. Hope this helps! Kelly

AWESOME!! Congrats!! Kelly

You will be just fine. We will all be just fine! They have been doing this for years, just realized recently that it works for overweight people too!!. My neighbor, God bless her little self, had most of her stomach removed 14 years ago because of cancer and is still kickin'!! She is the tiniest little thing, but she is still alive! I didn't even think about this being the same thing until someone else posted this subject a few months ago and I thought, hmmmmm, I guess I will remain thin!! Don't worry your head about it!! Kelly

That is a great one!! I donated 26 bags of clothes to charity. Nothing I had fit me anymore.!! SO AWESOME!! KElly

Congrats and I agree, get a new dr. kelly

When a regular sized bath towel wraps around you WITHOUT any gaps! That has to be the best feeling. I realized this last night when I got out of the shower. I even wrapped it past the gap about 7 or 8 inches. HOW FREAKING AMAZING!!! Kelly :) :)

Does it sound like a kitchen sink draining??? I call it my gurgles!! I do it too! It is SOOOO annoying! I am 4 months out as of yesterday and it seems to not be AS bad, but it still does it. Kelly

any red meat steak or roast with some onion and garlic is good. just add a little water and set on med for 5-6 hours. i put it on before i go to work and when i get home it is done!! so tender and juicy makes great left overs whole chicken and turkey breast is good too. just do the same as above minus the onion. DELISH. can pick it off the bone and have pleanty of moist ready-to-go protein! Kelly

I am sorry you are feeling so awful! I have read on here that lots of people have this issue and it is probably something that you ate that your sleeve did not like. They say you should go on liquids for a day and give your sleeve a rest. Give it time to calm down. If you have broth, drink that, Unjuy chicken soup would be nice. Just do clears for a day and see how you feel. Then slowly introduce stuff again. Just like we did in the begining. Good luck on feeling better! Kelly

You know, I am a firm believer in fate!! I believe if it is my time to go, I will go. No matter what I am doing, I will go! So, if you are meant to go, you will. Having surgery or getting hit by a bus. I know that may sound mean, but that is the way it is! Everyone has this fear about this surgery. You just have to overcome it. I was scared too, but then when I got my surgery date and it was TOTALLY real to me, I felt really calm and at peace about it. I remember I had a two hour drive home from my office visit that day and I thought to myself, "Self, is this really what you want to do???" Becasue it is sooo friggen real now! I felt good about my decision and wasn't scared anymore. I prayed and prayed that everything would work out and it did. I had lost 100lbs 3 different times on my own, only to gain it all back. I knew this was the gift that God wanted for me. I wasn't scared any more. Even the day of my surgery, I never got gittery or nervous. I knew I was in good hands, not only my surgeon, but God's hands. You will be too! Kelly

You need to call that dr. and ask to be seen before the time expires. Tell them it is urgent and that if you are not seen what will happen. That you will have to start all over again! Most people WILL make exceptions. Please don't give up on yourself. You are worth it! FIGHT!! Kelly

I am 4 months out today and most days I feel pretty good, but by Friday, I am beat! I have anemia and take lots of iron, so I think that helps me to feel good most of the time. I get up everyday during the week at 5am to go to work and get home at 5pm. After I cook dinner and exercise, I am pretty ready for bed, but not exhausted. Friday's, I can't hardly keep my eyes open after 8pm. LOL Kelly

At this stage, I would say 1/4 c. that is what I ate at that stage. Then about 12 weeks you should move up to 1/2 c. Eat as little as you can, for as long as you can! I truely under eat my sleeve at this point. And who is your dr. that he is not educating his patients on how to eat after surgery?/??? GEESH! Kelly

AWWW! Let me be the first to say Happy BIrthday and congrats!! How wonderful!! Kelly

At 8 weeks, I could eat anything too. Some things sat a little heavy and didn't feel so good, but I could eat it without being sick. I am 4 months out today and have not been sick or had food issues at all. If the dr. says you can do it and you can, You are fine!! Kelly

I am sorry that you are having such a hard time, but really, don't be so hard on yourself. You are human and the sad thing is that we have to eat!! That is what makes this so dang hard!! The good thing is a nibble or two will not make you heavy!! That is what is so great about the sleeve. YOu can have a cookie if you want one and will not get fat! Before, I would eat 10 cookies!! Can't do that now!! I am scared of getting sick from sugar, therefore, I don't go near it!! I do have sugar-free Russel Stover candy in case I should need it. I have only eaten one p.butter cup since my surgery May 9th and that was just this weekend. It was really good and could not tell it was sugar free. I suggest getting some and keeping them around for the times you NEED somthing. That way, you can have one and not feel bad about it. Hugs, Kelly

Yeah, I was gonna say "ANEMIC!!" The exact same thing happened to me after surgery. I was soooo tired, pale, dizzy and just could not stay awake!! My dr. took some blood and that was the problem He gave me ferrous gluconate pills 325mg twice a day and within 2 days, I felt like a new woman!! I also take BA Iron chews a couple times a week. Now that I can eat, it has helped alot also. I had my levels rechecked 2 months later and they GREATLY improved. I am still anemic, but they are lots better!! I have very heavy periods and always have, I am sure that is what caused it. I had a period before surgery, then 4 days after surgery, I started again. That is probably what made it so bad for me. I hope you feel better soon.!! Kelly

18 lbs in 11 days is AWESOME!! Keep up the good work! Kelly

I think IMHO, that they just don't want you to drink soda because it really isn't good for you, period. I quit drinking the stuff 10 years before my surgery, so not a problem for me, but before that, I use to drink 6 diet pepsi's a day! So I get it!! Kelly

Aww, that is so AWESOME!! we would never "judge" you. It is the little things that add up and make us so happy!! Keep up the good work! Kelly

For me, I really undereat my sleeve for fear of puking. I don't really know what full really feels like! However, lately, I have been eating a little more and I have, on a few occasions felt a sensation in my throat. Just like it was sitting there. Like if I took another bite it would be bad. I also gurgle alot. That has ALWAYS been my cue to stop. I don't know if it really means anything, but that has always been when I would quit. One bite or ten. I measure my food, but never eat it all. Kelly

So happy for you!! Kelly

calcium citrate is the only form of calcium that is asborbed after sleeve surgery IF you are taking a PPI such as prilosec, zantec, pepcid, aciphex, protonix, nexium, etx. Kelly

I have seen them, but have not tried them. I use the pills sometimes, I am 4 months out. I also want you to know that Bariatric Advantage has AWESOME calcium citrate chews. The lemon, chocolate and caramel ones are SOOOO YUMMY. Those are the only ones I have tried. I also use Calcet chocolate fudge and lemon. They are like little petit fours. SOOO GOOD! I mix it up with the citrate and use all of the above. Try some of the chewable ones. They are sooo good! Kelly

I never was an emoitional eater, I was a volume eater. I do get hungry and I do still want to eat, but it is different now. It is weird to explain, but eating is just not fun any more!! I can not eat much and really don't look forward to it like I used to. I do it to live now and not for entertainment. I am 4 months out on Monday and you really learn to adjust to the small portions and it really is o.k.! I make much better food choices now and don't eat crap. If I want something tho, I have it because I eat so little of anything, it really doesn't hurt my weight loss. Good luck to you! Kelly