jdel408

Same exact thing happened to me. Same time frame, same weight even. Just like any other diet I have tried, the first thing I lost was all the Water weight. Then, since I was only eating about a 1/4th or 1/5th of what I was before, my body went into a sort of starvation mode holding on to everything I consumed. I busted through the plateau pretty easily. Here's how. 1) I added tasteless Fiber to all Protein shakes. 2) I made sure I drank a lot of water (the body needs water to burn fat). 3) I walked. It sounds frustrating, I know, to hear "just exercise and you will lose weight" but what it actually did was kick start my body's fat burning process. Your body needs fuel to keep going and if you are only consuming so much food, it will have to turn to other sources for fuel (i.e. body fat). I only walked for 20-30 minutes per day and 5 days later I had dropped another 5 lbs. I will say that by increasing my water intake, I did gain 1 or 2 lbs the first day, but you have to trust me, it will magically fall off after that. There will be times that you don't feel like walking but these are the best times to go. It's your body saying "hold on, don't do that, not enough fuel to do that" so it takes just a little discipline to bust through the plateaus.

Well then this would go along with my second suggestion of making it an industry standard to have a specialist on board that will help create a pre and post op diet specific for individuals. I would suggest that before anyone makes a decision on a specific Surgeon, make sure that surgeon has this resource available. Coming from someone who chose the Mexico route, I would almost guarantee that the SOP on this route is to hand you a pamphlet on your way to the airport that EVERY patient gets outlining your post op diet. So if there will not be a set standard, then having a set dietary guideline for every patient can't be a good thing. BTW - No one is shoving food into newly stapled off, practically amputated stomach. Simply onto pureed Soups and non-clear Protein shakes.

case in point.

There seems to be a plethora of different post op diets and diet plans. To me, this is somewhat disappointing as I feel like there has to be a "more" or "most" correct post op diet. Even if it has to be altered a little bit here and there to meet specific patient needs, there should be a solid, standard, uniform post op diet guideline for foods and scheduling or "phases". For instance, the very well made, professional looking guideline I have says that I am to be on the "soft food" diet after just 3 days. This includes just about anything as long as it is pureed or mashed. Here is a clip from that: "• 3 Days to 3 Weeks Post-op: Home Soft Diet (high Protein foods). Try to consume 4-6 oz of fluids every hour. You should be consuming approximately 550-700 calories and 50-70 grams protein. " Some of you are on clear liquid diets for a full 2 weeks after surgery which seems highly unnecessary to me. I am no authority and I only say that because I am doing fine 8 days post op and well off the clear liquid diet. Even the nomenclature of the the phases and food types on VSG post op diets is confusing and conflicting. Some call it pureed stage, some call it "mushies". My doctor had never even heard the term "mushies" before. What, exactly, is a "full liquid"? I bet there is wildly conflicting definitions of a "full liquid". The purpose of my post is to put out there the need for an authority on this subject to get into circulation a very STANDARD, post VSG operation diet plan complete with definitions and calendars. - OR - Throughout the industry, make the entire VSG procedure incomplete without a very thorough personalized diet plan designed for each individual. Make it an industry standard so that doctors are required to have nutritionalists on site to create your own personalized, easy to follow, well defined diet plan. Even though I am doing fine, it is concerning to think that maybe I am causing damage to my sleeve by entering stages to early. Conversely, I am sure SOME of you would be ecstatic to know that perhaps you can have some blended Soup today rather than in another week. It is still a new field but as it grows in popularity, it will need standards.

My first spoon of tomato soup was amazing. Careful though because some tomato Soups have more sugar than a soda. I have a relatively low sugar soup and ad a half a can of tuna, blend it all up and it tastes excellent and is a good source of Protein. It is quite amazing to see the variety of different post op diet schedules everyone has. I wish it were more consistent. I am only 8 days post op and have now started the soft food phase based on the literature given to me by my doctor. This seems way earlier than most of you but I must say, I have absolutely no problems eating anything blended although it must be in very small amounts. Weight is falling off as well losing 1 or 2 lbs every day so far with a total of 23 now lost since pre op liquid diet.

walking wasn't the miracle savior for me either although I did recognize it's over all importance in getting blood circulating and healing the body. However for relief of gas, it did not seem to help me at all. Time was all I needed and I would say it was completely gone on day 7 for me.

As the above members stated, call your doctor immediately. One thing to consider though is that if you are only 4 days out, chances are you are still on a variety of meds. If you cant keep water down, maybe you are still in the hospital and receiving meds by IV. Certain pain meds both orally and by IV would make me throw up for a period after ingesting/receiving them, even by IV. You might still be having a bad reaction to anesthesia too. Don't worry, I doubt it's the water that's causing this. It might be something very simple.

This happened to me immediately post op. Not sure why. I thought it was just a body thing going on in dealing with all that had happened over the last few days. Hope it gets better though. I sound sick all the time.

I have been researching quite a bit and so far have come up with 2 possible causes. One is Calcium deficiency and the other is that certain antibiotics can cause this to happen. Lord knows I was being hit with more antibiotics than I thought was possible for 48 hours following op. Unfortunately, I can find NO WHERE that explains how to fix.

I woke up today and noticed that my 2 front teeth on top and 4 front teeth on bottom are turning grey and translucent. Obviously incredibly disheartening. Has anyone heard of this? More importantly, does anyone know how to fix it and prevent it in the future?