NWgirl

I was told to do a low fat diet for a few weeks prior. I did the low fat for two weeks, and the last week I did a pseudo liquid. I figured it would be more motivating to lose the most weight possible pre-op.

Hmm, so you want someone else to waste their time writing you a post of what to get when you could easily search the forum and find one of the hundreds available? That's pretty ridiculious. Thanks for being honest, I guess.

oh dear, that sucks

there is a thread somewhere on here for people who practice weight watchers. edit: the name of the forum is "Weight Watchers Online: Support Thread" for some reason my touchpad isn't letting me copy the url so just use the search feature to find it.

Just take it one day at a time and remember why you did it to start with.

Why do you feel judged? These ladies are trying to warn you that some of your actions may cause you problems down the road. No one has judged you. We are all in the same boat, with the same device, striving for the same goal. Sometimes we hear things we don't want to hear, but we know that they are not meant to hurt us. I think you're confusing the concern of others for your health with the idea that they may be judging you.

I would say make sure to get a lot of protein. my dietician gave me an equation to find the amount of protein needed, which is body weight x 0.3. According to this calculation, you should be getting around 150g protein a day. I drank the Costco premier nutrition chocolate shakes for my pre-op. They are 160 calories each and have 30g protein. I would drink one for breakfast and one for dinner and have a Quest protein bar for lunch. Good luck and I am sure you will lose more than 60 in two months if you stick with the diet plan!

I have read that some people go back to the post-op diet for a short time to try and get their head back in the game.

Bring a small pillow to hold against your stomach. It really helps when you are getting up/sitting down or rolling over.

Around 1200 for me.

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That's terrible!

Some places don't require you meet with a nutritionist. If you are concerned, call your surgeon's office. If they don't have a nutritionist on staff, ask the office for a recommendation or try and find someone local who deals with bariatric patients.

Yes, because you let the stomach calm down the first few days and then you start with mushies and go up to see what you can eat.

I would file a complaint with the office manager about the receptionist. If they tried to reschedule you to a day that did not work for you, then it is on them. I would see how they treat the complaint. If they don't care, I would find a new Dr.

You are supposed to do liquid for a day or two and then mushies for another day.

high cholesterol and high blood pressure are considered co-morbidities, esp if the insurance company is paying for meds. the whole point of submitting is so insurance can decide if the procedure is medically necessary- not only for your health, but for their pocket book. It's a lot cheaper to pay for one surgery than to pay for all of the preventable health problems. I personally gained 10lb before my initial assessment because I too was in the 38/39 BMI and had borderline high chol/high bp but am not on any meds. I was approved the first try with anthem bcbs.

I have read that some hiatal hernias push against the pouch and can cause other problems.

I would also say it was probably the tube down the throat.

if you live with these people, you can't expect them to change their eating habits because you are changing yours. They probably don't know what to say to comfort you right now, and maybe you are feeling low because of the liquid diet and not having food as an emotional crutch. it will all get better soon, keep your chin up don't take things so personally (much easier said than done).

I think a low carb tortilla would be better than the cheese. Cheese has a lot of calories.

usually you return to normal foods at 4-6 weeks depending on your Dr.

Sometimes a spouse doesn't support this decision. I think it's unfair of them to expect you to stay heavy with current or future health problems assured to arise. If someone I loved could get something done to prolong their life and prevent suffering, I would do everything in my power to make it happen. I am sorry you are going through this.

I flew to Las Vegas from Portland, Oregon and back the same week as surgery and felt great. I didn't get too much pain like others after surgery, so I was pretty much back to normal the day after.

There is a post going around dedicated to the lapband with plication. If it was available for me at the time of surgery, I would have gotten it.