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I got constipated a week ago for 2 whole days. Aaaaaagony. I emaild the surgeon's office: nilk of magnesia (yeah, right) and went into the kitchen to cook up some prunes in water. Ate the prunes, drank the 1/2 cup juice and was nicely relieved. Wouldn't normally have any fruit just yet but rationalized it as really medicinal.

You know what? Just before surgery is a most stressful time and that'sw hen things pile on even more. Happened to me and I am thinking its just a celestial test sent down to make sure we're doing what we want to do...and are committed. Your dad sounds horribly unreasonable...but will a friend be with u on the day of surgery? I'm sure that will be an enormous help to u. And you're gonna be o.k., you know? Because all this stress wouldn't have dumped on you if you were not having the surgery. So "bring it on" and good luck!

Scale don't move unless I do. In other words: exercise. I'm going to see doc for 2d month f/u on Tuesday. (12/5 was date of surgery). I'm 45# down. Doc wanted 60. Guess I'm "in for it". But seriously, I have pers trnr 3x week and 3x on my own. Land and Water exercises. Yesterday was able to walk 5 blocks with walker! Even with all the gym/pool exercising, I have a hrd time walking outdoors.

I did not have a preop diet. I only fasted from midnight the night before surgery. It all depends on who the surgeon is.

I find that eating makes me hungry. Ihad 2 hb eggs for bfast before gym. Iended up running to the bathroom a million times and tht made me uncomfortable for gym. If I just have a protein drink, I don't have to worry. When I get back. From gym I eat "breakfast" ( usually a 'major' meal) and then have many drinks inbetween that and lunch. So I'm fine most of the day but come dinner I feel like I have to stuff my face and I do stuff it! And then heave away most of the night. Need to figure outwhats triggering my evening feedbag mode. I'm down 45# since 12/5. Almost 2 months. Is that average?

So wht would you advise her to do differently? How do your ages compare? I'm afraid I will end up like that person because I don't want to bother with cooking and experimenting with food. And at nite, I invariably eat too much. Damn

So wht would you advise her to do differently? How do your ages compare? I'm afraid I will end up like that person because I don't want to bother with cooking and expeimenting with food. And at nite, I invariably eat too much. Damn

Shared! And I am now going to see mysurgeon on 1/31 2 mo after 12/5 surgery....I went to museum yesterday and ate at shop there with friend. Forgot my eggs at home so bought wrap tuna. Threw out wrap, ate tuna and salad and sat while friend ate huge salad anddrank etc. But we enjoyed chatting and discussing exhibits and people etc. So no prob first time I took myself out to pasture. Comfort? Still prob but working on it. How? Can't say. Just distracting self when head hunger hits. Good luck. I'm 43# down and 100something to go.

Thanks...I am getting defensive because I fear failure. What have I done? Id been working with a shrink for 4 years and she became ill and isn't able to continue the work we started. I'm looking for (and may have found) another but since I've seen him only once, I don't know if we will work together or not. Before that, id been in ad out of therapy most of my teen/adult life so its not that I haven't explored the issue. But none of the exploration allows me to make that determined pronouncement of success if I just eat the right foods (I did eat fairly clean before as was raised without junk food) and even tho I've been in therapy forever, I still feel like a wimp in the face of food. Its always won and lived to laff t me. I'm 41# down at 6 weeks out and so far it would seem I'm able...but that doesn't stop the gremlin from lurking around each corner. The grehlin was eliminated...the gremlin wasn't. I can't shake that feeling even tho I try slaying the gremlin at the gym or in the pool 6 days a week. I AM trying. But I am not confident that will lead to DOING. And that's why I get defensive. Thanks for your offer to help.

Yep...I downloaded the preview on my nook ....but I will get it from the library ...thanks

Cowgirl Jane... Who is Dr. Kessler?

Thank you for saying what I hoped to convey..only u said it much better than I could...

All due respect but I still want to eat rolls and I still think @ the foods I liked...melted cheese on Pasta etc. I don't CRAVE them but I rememhber them and I remember the comfort food brought me...I haven't any dislikes except I used to enjoy spicy cheese but now I take exception and prefer swiss. I'm hungry much of the time and can distinguish real from head but hve no defenses against the head hunger especially now before actually working with the new shrink and this snowstorm that has me house bound. I couldn't get away from the stimuli today and living alone didn't help. I may not succeed at this project, Pookey, but I will feel resentment if you blame me for it. I don't KNOW that I can do it. No amount of anyone telling me I can is making a difference. All *I* have is hope.

I hear ya. I dunno if I can follow what you are advocating because once you come back to real food (after a month or so) the temptations are enormous. I may not have the ghrelin to cause hunger, but I have the impetus to hurry up and eat so I can get to whatever. My life changed big time recently: retired, developed a fib, started working out with prsonal trainer since may. Am now 5 to 6 times bper week and just fired up the old proforma treadmill (10 yrs old and used maybe 5 times!). Yet I was tossing my Cookies before for eating turkey pastrami (low fat) and haven't been able to keep anything down all day since then. Its great to have determination and will but we're humans, too, and subject to frailities. I wish I had your confidence but at 66 I've been on almost every wl scheme and even kept off 128# loss over 5 years but still I came for vsg at 308#. And still I remember saying for each time I lost wt and bought new clothes tc: I worked too hard to get where I am. I'll never go back to that. And each time, I did. Yep, even vegetarian diets, south b*tch diet, wwatchers, fasting, Soup diet, tops, overeaters anonymous, pills, shakes, you name it. Each was a tool, too. No? I hope you retain your determination and will to succeed way past when the surgery will be a vague memory for you. I hope I do, too. I hope we all reach success and stay there. That'd be the 2012 miracle. I'm going to work with a shrink who has strategies for changing the mindset (lifestyle). I hope with that support I can achieve our shared goals. But hope is all we got!

Sounds like you're able to control carbs. 12 chips? I would go mad trying. Just one and I will have the entire bag plus whatever anyone else is eating! Good for u.

Thanks for followup!

What sort of carbs do u eat?

At the same time, maybe there are vsg people who aren't carbaholics? U think????

I've not had any simple carbs since before surgery 12/5. I fully believe that if I touch one, I'll completely go haywire and be unable ever to lose another ounce. I've become carbaphobic. Thanks for pointing out that eating two starchy carbs is poison.

I started salad this week and ate celery hearts. It did absolutely nothing for me. I mean, I liked the crunch but thought I would be filled up with a stalk...nothing doing. Felt like I hadn't eaten anything and was "still hungry". What's your experience with celery?

Wow now I understand. I'm talking hearts not the outer tuff stalks. Oh! Munchy...here I come. Thanks for showing that. It really helps. What'd u do, google "stalking celery" <grin>

Far as I'm aware, celery is all strands and if u start peeling them off a stalk, you'll end up in a mental hospital with a ball of strands and no stalk. In light of the other topic I posted, 'taint worth it. But, if u are talking @ flavoring and need to lay off the salt, celery is good in Soup....

Ok...I stand corrected. Had the chance to chase this down on google and the more famous websites do say that people who have certain compromising conditions such as DM and *anastmosed stomach* AND stomachs made smaller (EXLCLAMATION POINTS) do have a tendency to develop bezoars. And I am right: they are closely related to feline hairballs. Grump. Probably not something I should be eating at this stage. Darn. Such a nice celery heart, too. (Glad I'm not a cat).

Its good to know this. It gives me something to look forward to. When did u start eating fruits? So far, they're forbidden and the stores have sales on blue berries and straws, too. I'm drooling. I want an apple. I'm going to try the celery again dipped in humus. I had @ 3 oz meatloaf and fauxtatoes (cauliflower) for lunch and am stuffed to the gills I have some rolls in my freezer that my neice bought when she was here waiting for me to come home from the hosp. I haven't touched them. I'm so amazed that I'm eating and losing. Of course, I work out like a dervish 5 to 6 days a week. I'm scared if I miss a day, I will gain 45 lbs immediately. It just feels that way, I know its not possible. I still think my surgeon and his dragon lady nurse are using an RnY diet with sleeved pts but am too cowardly to try eating what other folks say is permitted. At any rate, its good to know that u are able to eat celery without developing "hairballs" (which is what the word 'bezoar' brings to mind). I think our sleeves are similar. Thanks for sharing.

Staring at you in awe: pasta? PASTA? I wouldn't go near the stuff if I dared. I'm down 41 lbs in 6 weeks and want to lose another 20 by end of january. PASTA???? Sigh. How far out are you?