#1Mima

My prayers for your family and the baby, God bless!!

This is my first post to this forum although I have been lurking here for about nine months. I decided to join this group today and tell you my story.
I started my "sleeve" journey in April, 2012. My insurance company requires six months of a supervised weight loss program with my PCP and a psych evaluation. I attended a bariatric surgery information seminar in May, 2012. I met with the surgeon three times and had two appointments with the dietician at the hospital. I also had a scope of my stomach and esophagus, blood tests, EKG, and a sleep study.
My PCP submitted all the paper work to the hospital where I am having surgery. It has been one week since everything was mailed in for approval and today (Oct. 22, 2012) I received the acceptance from my insurance company and notification that my surgery is scheduled for Nov. 5.
I have to begin my Pre-op diet this week--Protein drinks, yogurt and a small salad are allowed on my diet.
I am happy to be here and looking forward to a new beginning...

So I'm offically 2 weeks post surgery today!! YAY!!! I'm feeling pretty god, but I must admit I'm not getting ALL the fluids in. It seems theres not enough hours in the day!! I hade scarmbled egg for Breakfast, it iwas good! It took me foerver to finish but it was good. I am dnow try a mozerella cheesestick and it's goin down nicely! How is everyone feeling? I hopw all is well with all of you!!!!

Hi there,
I had my surgery on Oct 1st my surgeon was Dr. Zeni and I'm doing well still a little sore but for the most part I'm happy with the outcome. My total weight lost is 25lbs to date this is pre and post surgery weight loss combined. Good luck everyone!!!

Here is another recipe
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 tbs psyllium husk
- 1 scoop vanilla Protein powder (met rx is the best!)
- 1 whole egg
- 1/4-1/3 cup Water (or almond, soy, or regular milk – I used water)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Mix all in a bowl
2. Spray pan lightly with PAM. Make sure it’s on medium heat.
3. Flip when no longer runny (wait about 30-40 sec)
That’s it! Full of Protein, Fiber, and overall deliciousness. So far it’s my best version the original Tone it Up protein pancake. Way less carbs!
NUTRITION INFO:
195 calories, 6g fat, 8g carbs, 29g protein

My husband and I are both sleevers, and we eat a lot of sushi. Since I can't eat regular white or brown rice but CAN tolerate rice paper, we make spring rolls with boiled shrimp, julienne veggies (cucumber, lettuce or cabbage), some cilantro (ESSENTIAL, in my opinion), all wrapped up in the rice paper. It's cool, it's no-cook, it's high Protein, and it's fantastic. We dip into peanut sauce, which is basically Peanut Butter, some chili sauce, and some soy sauce with a squeeze of lime juice, thinned with Water. We LOVE these! For you carb trackers, there are 4 carbs in a piece of rice paper--and I can only eat about half a piece of the rice paper-wrapped spring roll at a time. You may be able to handle more. Enjoy!!

I like to bake or grill foil packets filled with shrimp, mushrooms & zucchini all topped with salsa.
I also like those ingredients in spaghetti sauce topped with mozzarella.
How about shrimp served chilled with cocktail sauce? That never gets old for me!
I love shrimp.

Thank you Doxieville. I just had my 1 week post op appt with my surgeon this morning and I forgot to ask him. I see him again in 3 weeks, so thats why I asked here. Thank you for reassurance about no stretching with liquid. I dont think Im overdoing anything because when I feel full I stop drinking for a few minutes. I just needed reassurance because I have read so many posts on here about folks barely getting in 3 oz of liquid and I obviously can drink way more than that in a 30 min timeframe. This is such a wonderful forum and I appreciate all opinions and posts here. It is so good to hear from such a large population. Thank you again! (-:

Mine its October 18! I can honestly say I have done some serious fantasizing about food during this Optifast liquid diet but just two more days and I can say I have not cheated a single time! Something to be proud of, I think. =) I have just be telling myself that soon at least some of my hunger will be abated, and perhaps I can start living my life a little less centered around food! I appreciate anyone's prayers for me Thursday.... To be quite honest I am a little scared.

Has anyone tried the new Crystal lite flavors? My favorite is Appletinni. They have Mojito and Margarita flavors too. Since I DO NOT like milk or milk products I've been drinking my Protein Shakes with a variety of flavors, I get tired of the same thing. My Dad makes me all kinds of Soups, lentil, black bean, pinto Beans, pea split. I just didnt do well with the Tomato Soup though! I say ADD VARIETY!! Good luck!

Hi everyone! Best of luck to all of you having your surgery soon. God bless and have a speedy recovery.I am about 11 days out. I feel really good. I went to a wedding on saturday and I even danced twice! I felt really good but perhaps I over did it. On sunday at church I got a SUPER sharp burning pain on my right side of my tummy. I've been doing really good otherwise. Fluids and Protein Drinks all good! My Soups are getting a ltittle boring. I may try my own chicken and veggie Soup and blend it! That taste of canned soups isn't that good. My dad makes my other soups, but like I said, I get bored easily. Hope everyones doing well. I will figure out how to update my traker ticker or whatever it called, really soon!!

On Tuesday I will be two weeks post op and I am getting really sick of liquids...what have other people been able to tolerate at two weeks post op?
*Jess*

I am just so nervous. Not to just have shakes. I don't really care about that. But more because I don't LIKE shakes.

I had to take 4 huge antibiotics for dental work. My tummy hurt so much I ate a bowl of mashed potatoes!! I decided I needed something to absorb the pills and carbs be damned. It worked!!

I am down to a fantastic size 4. I have lost 47 pounds

Hey everyone! Just started this thread for the post op octosleevers of 2012. I had my surgery yesterday and all is well. Gas pain is terrible but I've been walking around. Full Fluid dinner tonight. Sippin on my oh, cream Soup and pudding. They saline locked my IV, catheter is out and I love walking around. Nausea and pain are so far under control. I'm giving myself 3 hours to finish this meal

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't been on but we have had internet issues the past few days. I am officially one week out today. I don't have an appt. till my 3rd week which wont be until 30th. But i'm feeling better everyday! I've lost 10lbs. since the surgery! But I'm still full of lots of ari and gases so that might factor into too. I'm doing great with my Fluid intake, LOVE all my Soups that my Dad makes for me! The supprot from ALL my family has been amazing! Even my daughter in Georgia, (that's about to give birth Nov. 4th) It's been great so far. I am so very happy I made the decision. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOUR UPCOMING SURGERIES!!!

Has anyone tried the new Crystal lite flavors? My favorite is Appletinni. They have Mojito and Margarita flavors too. Since I DO NOT like milk or milk products I've been drinking my Protein Shakes with a variety of flavors, I get tired of the same thing. My Dad makes me all kinds of Soups, lentil, black bean, pinto Beans, pea split. I just didnt do well with the Tomato Soup though! I say ADD VARIETY!! Good luck!

I found another recipe! Cant wait to try it.
INGREDIENTS:
1 scoop vanilla flavoured soy Protein powder
1/4 cup egg whites
1 tbs psyllium husk
1 tbs ground flax seedabout (or Chia seeds)
1/4 cup or a little more of unsweetened almond milk
DIRECTIONS:
Mix all together and grease pan lightly with coconut oil. EVOO is ok too.
Make pancakes as you would regular ones! Flip after about 30 sec on medium to low heat.
For syrup: SF Syrup, SF strawberry jam with a bit of Water and drizzled! You could also use agave nectar, Peanut Butter, or just top with fruit!

Margarita's and whiskey sours but the Doc probably would not agree with this liquid diet.
But seriously I drank about a gallon a day of crystal lite. Mix up the flavors so your taste buds don't get bored. And 2 Protein drinks a day. Then in the evenings I used powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken Soup as a treat. The headaches went away after a couple of days and the hunger will subside to a point the further along you get.

The book arrived today. The name is : Everything Post Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook.
It has over 150 recipes.
When I borrowed it from the library, I made some of the meals and they were great and so, I ordered the book.

So, my wife had her surgery and came out ready to go, but all she wants to eat is mashed potatoes, because the liquid diet was so blah she doesn't want anything from it, besides a Protein Shake. I need ideas to make her some food that tastes good but isn't a straight liquid for the next couple weeks. Thanks. couple

Well is 12:29 am 10/10/12 my surgery went great and I feel good. Best advice I can give is to get up and walk as soon as they will let you. And keep asking them to let you walk. Next thing follow your pre-op diet Dr said my liver looked great and made things easier on him.

I am a October sleever 10/03/12