Matt Z

Here is more than likely why your arms got bigger, you are doing upper body strengthening.

Personally, the Bypass is my choice. I had the band installed in 2011, long story short, I was revised to the bypass this past march. There are a decent number of folks that end up having their sleeves converted to bypass as well. The Sleeve has issues with GERD and acid reflux that the bypass doesn't have, Not sure why he even offered the band, even 2 of the largest band manufacturers have given up on it at this point. Good luck in your progress forwards!

If I'm remembering correctly JP Drains are subcutaneous, they do not go through your muscle.

Ok... turn this around and look at the positives. Did they cancel on you? No. Did they reschedule you? Nope. Just take the win where the win is. I get that you don't want to wait any longer and having to wait the whole day seems rough, but, it's better than if they postponed it on you.

Personally, I respect the rules. It says "no men" in the women's room.. so I don't post or reply there. Just because someone CAN do something, doesn't mean they SHOULD do something. It's a respect thing, but I guess not everyone seems to care, I'll joke around and point it out to some members posting in the Guys' room... but I've seen others ask women not to post, or let them know it's the guys room... and they just don't care. To me. It's about the rules and the respect in following the rules.

Personally, I don't typically, I did in the calculations above because folks do (and have been advised to).

Stalls occur all over the place. If you are not tracking body fat, you are missing another key measurement. You can lose body fat and not "weight". Happens quite often, just not many folks are tracking their body fat %'s with their weight, so they don't see the decrease in body fat %, just "weight". But as much as it's called "Weight Loss Surgery" it's really "Fat Loss Surgery". Muscle atrophy is "weight loss" but it's not what we are aiming for, which is why it confuses me that so few people are tracking their fat % trends along with their weight trends.

I do love going to the gym... well, not the "going" part, but working out and the feeling you get from all the endorphins afterwards is quite a pleasing feeling. I know you said to not say that, but, it's true, for me anyway. Now the rest here might start treading into some of that slippery slope junk but.... I still eat "ice cream", I just buy Halo Top "ice cream", super low calories for an "ice cream" lots of protein and almost no sugar. The trick is to find alternatives to the foods you ate and loved. For that Lasagna, it'll be a totally acceptable meal, just swap out the noodles for noodles made from veggies. Make sure the meat is a low fat version and then make it how you normally would. You'll be more than able to eat it that way. You'll be able to have wine down the road, your doctor might tell you 3 months, or 6 months or 12... some say "never"... but once you are healed up, if you can tolerate it, you can consume it. Just as long as you track the calories, etc I've found that some cut strawberries and a banana makes a fantastic snack. I also keep Kay's Natural's protein snacks around as well. Snacking is more than ok, just need to find those alternative items.

@hayr995 I was all over the place for the first few weeks: Happy that I finally had the procedure done (I was a revision from a lap band so I was happy the band was out too) Depressed on and off over the foods that I couldn't eat that I would see on TV or smell as my family was cooking their meals. I just would take a second to remind myself of how much better life in general is going to be once I shed the extra weight. Excited over the weight loss. Frustrated over all the things I couldn't do. Even had a few moments of being totally unsure of what I did, not feeling like it was the best decision. This occurred while I was on my second night still in recovery. Just felt scared and nervous and upset that I screwed up and made the wrong choice again. But, I just kept moving forwards and eventually all that went away. I still get moments here and there where I go "sigh, I'll never be able to eat that without some serious issues" usually that happens when I'm watching TV and a commercial for some new food product comes on, I just make sure that when that does happen, I remember what that food did to me, how it made me feel *after* I would eat it and how much happier and more energetic I am now. It's normal to be scared, to have emotions that fall all over the place at the drop of a hat for no reason with these surgeries, but it's very important to just keep reminding yourself that, the journey might be hard but the reward is well worth it!

@GeminiSky odd shapes and appearances around or under areas that were worked on is normal.. it's crazy weird looking, but it goes away as you heal. For coughing, you want to cough, it's a very good thing. To make it hurt less, you can take a small pillow and press it into your incisions decently hard when you sneeze or cough, this will help keep things from pulling apart. Eventually you can just use the heal of your palm over the area that still needs it, for me it was the main incision.

Over 4 months out... still no hair loss. Not everyone has to deal with this for whatever reason. I didn't do much of anything differently than most folks do, I took biotin for a few months before surgery and I still take it daily. That's really the ONLY thing I did specifically for hair. But others have done the same and had issues. So it's a gamble if it'll even happen to you.

@George OG for muscle growth you really don't need to hammer down the proteins, you just need to be a bit smarter about them. Casein protein taken at night, is a slow acting protein that helps repair and build muscle mass overnight while you sleep. For muscle growth, find out what your 1 rep max is, just like it sounds, this is the max amount of weight you can only lift once and that's it. If you can lift it twice, that's not your 1 rep max weight. Once you know what your max is for that body part, reduce it by 20% and do 8-12 reps, 4 sets. Growth takes time though, but if you keep up with this method, you'll gain mass. There are lots of other different types of sets you can do, but if you focus mainly on doing 8-12 reps at 80% of your max for 4 sets... you'll be good. Don't worry about anything else extra for your intake, outside from lots and lots of water.

There are a LOT of variations in these. Your best bet, if you want to know EXACTLY what *YOU* will be facing, is to contact your surgeon's office and ask them. Every doctor/hospital/patient is going to be vastly different.

I think it was just morphine or codeine, it wasn't a mix. I wasn't taking them throughout the day though. As far as the boots, I wore them for the time I was in the hospital (3 days total, Surgery was Wed at like 6am left on Friday at noonish), but that was it. I didn't need any extra medication, no nausea meds, no extra pain meds. When I was in recovery, I had the tylenol drip and an on demand morphine pump as well. Same deal there, I'd hit the morphine button before I had to move or if I was trying to go to sleep. If the act of laying down is hurting, check out the "log roll" method of getting in and out of bed. I used that A LOT. Might help reduce the irritation and speed up the healing for you.

I used my pain meds as sleep aids. They sent me home with 10 of the high strength narcotic pain management pills. I didn't need them throughout the day normally, so I would take them prior to going to bed to help keep any potential pain issues at bay and allow me more sleep.

Try to add some Mio or other sugar/calorie free flavoring to it, might help.

Don't worry about it! That's what they are there for... I'm actually really glad to see someone saying they are calling their doctors office with questions, rather than post here when they REALLY should be talking to their doctors. The biggest thing with surgery is to make sure you just take your time, don't worry about the things you CAN do, worry about what hurts. Swelling takes a while to go down too... but you'll be alright. Focus on healing first, then all the crazy exercising... but again, if you can do something, and it doesn't cause any issues or pain... then it's just fine to keep doing. And I'm confident that your doctors will tell you the same thing. Just as long as you are resting because, if you don't rest, it can take longer to heal!

The initial walking is really to prevent blood clots and to help get the gasses trapped in your abdomen out. It's not about actual "exercise" exactly. I was on the elliptical for 10-20 mins a time, 2 or 3 times a day after like 2 weeks or so. But the first few weeks you REALLY want to focus on healing, getting up to walk to the bathroom or to the kitchen, or just around the house for a minute or 2 every hour is more than enough to keep things from clotting up. But all in all, if you can do time on the treadmill and nothing hurts, you aren't passing out, "nothing bad is happening" then keep doing it. You'll be fine! Your incisions are not going to be fully healed in 3 days... they won't be fully healed in 13 days, and they won't be fully healed in 23 days. Average healing time for an abdominal incision is 1 to 2 months. You'll be able to do a lot more as time goes on, but you won't be fully healed up for upwards of 2 months.

Don't worry about tiny gains. If you are not tracking body fat % as well. Just remember weight is only 1 number and even though it's called "weight loss surgery" it's not about dropping weight, it's about dropping fat. We can lose "weight" by losing muscle mass, but that's not a desired effect, so focus on the fat loss part and not the overall weight. Once you get cleared for more exercise, ones that will allow you to strengthen, you'll notice more changes. You are not failing, just, everyone's body is different and some take longer to "figure out" what's going on with the changes, your body is being forced to totally readjust it's normal processes, your diet and intake seem really good, just keep that up, focus on healing and don't worry too much about small gains right now.

slow downs happen all over the place, some generally effect everyone at the same time, but lots are just all over the board individual occurrences. Having a higher starting BMI, you can drop some serious amounts of weight, your call out stats appear to show 100 lbs already since March, which is fantastic. Pay attention to your BMR, the amount of calories you burn just from being alive. As we age, and as we lose weight, this number drops. So we have to adjust our routine to keep the weight loss the same rate (or just accept the changes) https://www.active.com/fitness/calculators/bmr So for you, without knowing your age, I'll just assume 35 Your starting BMR was 3042 calories per day Today your BMR would be 2607 calories per day That's a rather large change in caloric burn per day , 435 calories less per day are getting burned, just because you lost 100 lbs. So, keep tracking your intakes, keep your water intake in the 128oz range if possible, and keep exercising. You'll either need to accept the slower weight loss or change your daily exercise or intake or both to cover the 435 calorie change to keep your original caloric deficit the same. Hope that helps!

I guess then you are confused then, because no where did he mention pain at all.

Search the site, there are literally hundreds of separate posts about the dreaded 3rd week stall. It's pretty common. It's not an issue. Things will start up again, just keep following your instructions.

Very cool... I've been delaying my follow up sleep study until I get closer to my goal weight... but with how much my sleep has been suffering, I might bite the bullet and go for another study to see if my sleep issues are now because of the CPAP.

Did you even read his post before commenting? I was the same way, zero issues at all. Nursing staff were calling me their dream patient before the end of the first night. Zero nausea, zero issues with pain or pain management, didn't need any extra anything, hardly needed the nursing staff at all. Zero issues with drinking. I also joked that I didn't have the surgery that it was all for show.

Am I reading this correctly? You are trying to get your bypass reversed? Have you spoken with your doctors about this, because typically the bypass is considered a non-reversible surgery. Does it happen, sure, but it's usually a last ditch effort due to complications with reverting this surgery.