hollirrose

I went to the store for my family and picked up easy things for my husband to "cook". Our son is only 5 so it was all on my husband. I bought things like bread, lunch meat, box meals, frozen pizza. I felt guilty about how unhealthy most of the stuff was.... But it got us through. While they ate I went on a walk. It will get easier. A couple of days post op I resumed cooking without any problems. I now cook meat that I will eat and make a veg and starch for them.

I now take my multi vit at bedtime. If I feel yucky from it I don't know because I am sleeping. I felt sick when I took it in the morning.

Ok so I know many are against fast food.... But mcdonalds let's you customize your meal on the website. I eat the grilled chicken wrap minus the wrap. Their website tells you the calories/protein for that meal. I get several of the wraps without the tortilla. Really there are several menu items (without tortilla or bun) that fit in our diet. Red Robbin also let's you customize your meal and gives you the stats. Love websites like that!

I told close frieds and family before I had surgery. I told co workers when I got back. It will be pretty hard to hide if you eat lunch with anyone. Trust me.. they will notice the toddler size portion of food you eat. I also had this fear that I would have this done and somehow fail. I really didn't want people to know if I failed. Now that I have lost a pretty big amount of weight I am more open about it.

Thank you for all of the encouraging replies. I feel like a weight loss princess today!

I had surgery 4/20. I could drink anything and pretty fast and never really felt full until 5 weeks out. That is when I was cleared for "real" food. I didn't think the surgery was working for me either because I didn't have the restriction that others seemed to. That is not the case now. I eat about 1 - 2 oz of meat per meal and I am done. I also stated 20 mg ppi twice a day. I didn't feel like I had acid but it has made a big diff. Now I don't really feel hunger (except head) any longer. Make good proteine food choices, when you are cleared, and you will find the restriction you hear others talking about. Track everything you eat on my fitness pal and be accountable for your choices. You will see ..this will work. Good luck!

I had surgery 4/20. I could drink anything and pretty fast and never really felt full until 5 weeks out. That is when I was cleared for "real" food. I didn't think the surgery was working for me either because I didn't have the restriction that others seemed to. That is not the case now. I eat about 1 - 2 oz of meat per meal and I am done. I also stated 20 mg ppi twice a day. I didn't feel like I had acid but it has made a big diff. Now I don't really feel hunger (except head) any longer. Make good proteine food choiced

Ok, I am not following my surgeons plan. Keep in mind I had my surgery in Mexico. It is funny that I would trust them enough to cut out my stomach but did not trust their post op diet. Their plan did not have a calorie goal. Here is their basic post op diet provided to me by Dr. Garcia in Tijuana. Meat-Must contain 7 grams per 1 ounce serving/Dairy-2-4 servings per day/Vegetables-1-3 servings/Fruit-1-3 servings/Starch-OK if whole grain/Fats-3 servings. I lurk on this forum all the time. What I noticed is that the successful vets pretty much have said that they followed 600-800 calories/60 or more protein/40 or less carbs per day. I started doing this from the beginning and the weight has just come off. I could eat more calories too, but I don’t. MFP keeps me in line. Sometimes at the end of the day I stare at my food log and regret the higher calorie food choices if I am hungry. J I also remind myself that I can have anything that I want. If I wanted a piece of cake or pizza I could have it. I don’t feel deprived (most of the time). I am also grateful that carbs/starches sit in my tummy like an elephant. It is a big deterrent not to eat them. It doesn’t hurt but it doesn’t feel good. At this point I basically eat meat/cheese/eggs/shakes. No starch and very few vegetables. BTW.. I think you are doing great. I was almost 75 lbs heavier than you when I started.

My fitness pal name is hollirrose. I would love to add anyone who friends me. Thank you everyone for all the positive comments! Sometimes a nice pat on the back just feels good.

It is nice to finally not be "circus fat"! . I feel good today!! I just had my blood work done so I can't wait to see the health progress as well.

I always like seeing progress photos so here are some of mine. I had surgery on 4/20/12 and have lost 85 lbs. A few of those were pre-op. I eat 600-700 calories a day that I track on MFP/min of 60 protein/min 64 oz water/max 25 carbs. I have totally got this! My only regret is that I didn't pick out a more attractive "progress photo" outfit.

Dr. Garcia did. You get a pre op diet/post op faq's when you book surgery. You also get a post op diet plan and follow up suggestions when you leave the hospital. You also get a welcome home email with much of the same info.

Ok.. a girl here but I want to answer some of your questions. Some of the questions I never even would have thought of pre-surgey. It soulds like you are trying to make the best decision for you! I as sleeved in April. Lactose intolerant?? I never had a problem with lactose before surgery. About two weeks after surgery I became very lactose intolerant. I knew that this could happen but was totally surprise that it did to me. I changed my Protein shakes, switched to no lactose “milk”, and kept some lactase pills around just in case. My intolerance has since just disappeared, which seems to be the norm around here. For some people it takes just a few weeks…others a year… and unfortunately some it never goes away. It is also different for each person. Some can’t do milk but have no problems with cheese or yogurt. Can you do spicy foods still?? Yeppers! Do certain smells turn your stomach that didn't before?? Yes and of all things it is turkey meat. I can’t stand the way it smells when cooking. I never had a problem with it before. Do any normal foods you ate previously not agree with you now?? I can eat anything…. but I feel uncomfortable when I eat anything like bread or tortillas so I avoid them for now. Any other things you can't tolerate after the sleeve?? Not really. food is just food now. I eat it …sometimes I still enjoy it.. but it is just food. This is not something I could have understood before surgery. I wish you the best of luck!!

Just to follow up. I never did get a response from Dr. Garcia. I also want to make it clear that I never would have emailed or called a US doctor directly. The only reason I sent him the email directly because that was what I was told to do when I left the hospital. His card with contact info had been provided to me if I had any questions or concerns. I forwarded my email question to Melissa and within just a couple of hours I had the an answer!