WestieLove

I have always had the most success and personally feel my body functions better on low carb. I typically stay under 25 net carbs a day. However some days I feel like my fat is too high (60g usually from eggs, cheese, avocado, meats, and salad dressing) and I am not sure if I eat too much Protein (100+ grams) sometimes where my body is burning the protein and not the fat. So I have 3 questions for you low carbers... 1. How many calories do you typically eat in a day? 2. How many grams of fat do you eat in a day? 3. How much is too much protein?

What are you eating? Are your expectations too high? Are you getting the reccomended protein and water? My surgeon pushes low carb which is best for me... I have always been most successful on Atkins so that is what I am doing. I am only in mushie phase but am not eating some things other are like oatmeal, yogurt, cottage cheese, pudding, etc bc it is not low carb. But that is just what works for me. Are you logging your food... this is a HUGE help for me so I know exacltly what I am getting each day and requires me to measure my food. Might try tracking your food and showing the nutritionist in your surgeon's office for advice. Don't lose faith... its a marathon not a sprint....

I actually made broccoli soup and put unflavored whey protein in it to get the protein in and ate it once a day in addition to my shakes. I added extra chicken broth to make it runnier.

299.8!!! First time under 300 in 4+ years! I am so excited I can hardly stand it... and I got to start mushies today... first realy meal in 3 weeks... today was a good day

Congrats! I am 1.6 lbs away from joining you and can not wait! I have been bad and weighing myself daily hoping for it. I think I am only making it worse! Keep up the great work!

I totally agree about the hunger feeling different post op. It is like intense and painful. I did soooo good on the pre op diet with the shakes and did not feel hungry very often and if I did it was not painful and I could ignore it. Now every 2-3 hours as soon as I feel it it is painful and I have to get something in immediately. I was not expecting this. I am just trying to split protein shakes and eat jello cups or 1/2 cups of soups as needed to eat something every few hours. I still have till next Wednesday till I can even have mushies and 2 weeks till my 1st fill. I am hoping that will help. I think maybe bc of the plication and not having any fill in my band, the liquids are just going though my system so fast and nothing is sitting in my stomach. Hopeing the mushies will sustain me longer without the hunger pains because right now I am struggling.

I dont know if all surgeons are the same but for me there was no liquid put in the band when you have the initial surgery. It is just put in place then gives your body time to adjust to the forgein body and there is a little restriction just because it was placed at the top of your stomach. I go in 3 weeks post op to have my 1st fill.

I am also 5 days post op and am experiencing the same thing. I had band and plication and wasnt sure if my stomach was cramping/ digesting/ or I was hungry but I think I have figured out that I am getting pretty hungry and it hurts when my stomach rumbles/growls. I am trying to "eat" every 3-4 hours to help this by trying to get 4 shakes and then soup in the middle of afternoon/night if needed. I think it is odd bc I feel like i was less hungry on the 2 week pre op diet when I was on shakes only for 7 days and the pain of hunger feels worse now. I hope this gets better!

Just curious how long it too for the incision site pain to go away? I am 5 days post op and am getting better each day but my left side with the biggest incision through my muscle is still pretty sore and I have one in my bra line which I am nervous to have to go back to work and wear a bra so just curious on everyone else's experiences?

It is not like a serious intense pain it is just seriously uncomfortable. I think I just do not understand the new feelings in my plicated stomach. I think it is part gas/ sometime part hunger/ part cramping/ spazums from the plicated stomach. I just dont know how long this will last or if there is anything I can be doing to make it better.

I had my plication/ band surgery 3 days ago. My incision sites are feeling better- except the left side where they put the band in which is the biggest incision through my stomach muscle- and the incision where my port is near my bra line... which I am nervous to try to wear a bra! Anyways... I feel like I have done a pretty good job of getting up every few hours and moving around to try and get gas out. My shoulders never hurt so I think I am going pretty good but on occassion I am having some serious internal pain. I am wondering if this is more from the plication part and I am just going to have to get use to the new feelings in my plicated stomach? It is like I can not tell if I have gas, my stomach is cramping/spazuming, im hungry, or it is just digesting. Anyone else experience this? How long does the gas last? and is it all from the surgery or do I need to try and not take air in when I eat?

Good Luck to you! Tomorrow is my last day band free too! Going in 7:30 am Wednesday. I am hoping to get some kind of relaxation help as well... I'm sure the nervous will trump the excitment the morning of surgery!

Hello Everyone! I am new to the forum and am having my lapband/plication surgery on 8/8. I am excited, anxious, nervous, and all other emotions combined. I am on my liquid only phase on my pre-op diet and hope it gets easier after surgery. I am very excited to be on this journey and hope this tool will help me kick my bad habits once and for all. One of my biggest drivers to have the surgery is I am 28 and my husband and I are looking to have kids in the next few years and I do not want to pass along my habits to my kids like my family passed along to me. So excited to start this new life and this journey and look forward to getting to know some of you as we go through this journey together!!