TheGamer

I had the week 3 stall myself. Just wait it out and once the body is ready to lose, it'll lose. You should be losing inches right now, even though the scale says you're losing nothing. Even with a multi-week stall between my week 1 and week 4 appointments, I still lost 16 pounds post surgery. Can you fail at this? Yes. But, I've yet to hear of anyone failing because they followed doctor's orders and did everything right. When people talk about regaining weight you'll usually see them talk about the self sabotage they did - high calorie, high fat, high carb foods that would make any dieting effort ('scuse me... "lifestyle change") fail.

I have that issue at night so I sleep with a bottle of water on the bedside. It's not uncommon for me to wake up a couple times at all, drink, and go back to sleep. During the day it's much easier to deal with. No idea if it gets any better, though

I'm between 500-700 most days. Remember, while calories are important, what's more important is the protein/vitamins aspect. Most of us have some significant weight to lose, so even if we were consuming 1000-1500 calories a day, we'd still be losing weight. I find that I have to eat every few hours at this point to get my Protein in by the end of the day, usually about 100 calories at a time.

No alcohol, no carbonation. I was told no booze for at least six months. I am looking forward to the six month mark, though. I've got a bottle of soju just waiting. Added bonus, surgeon said you become a super cheap date on drinks because one usually does it

So I've been put back on straight liquid for 24 hours and faced with the fact that Protein drinks are gross, I threw myself on the mercy of the local GNC with a plea to sell me something that wouldn't make me want to puke. They let me sample the Total Lean shakes and I ended up getting two cases (chocolate and strawberry). No chalky aftertaste at all and they've got Vitamins and minerals so they work as Meal Replacement. They've got 6g fat, 6g carb (3 fiber), and 25g protein. The chocolate tastes kind of like a YooHoo and the strawberry tastes like Strawberry Quik. Seriously yummy.

The reason they want you to wait is because think about it - how much nutrition are you getting right now? The body just isn't getting enough in to support a baby. The reason they tell you to wait is for both your health and the child's health. Accidents do happen, and if it does, the first thing you'd need to do is to get in touch with your surgeon and find out what to do, because it's going to be difficult to get enough nutrition in. I've never read in any literature that the pregnancy would need to be terminated, but it would require a high level of medical attention, that's for sure.

Celestial Seasonings Blueberry tea with some liquid splenda is my favorite. It has the most amazing aroma and tastes delicious.

You really don't even realize it happens. They give you something to relax you and you're semi aware of being wheeled in to the OR and you're really not aware of anything else after that until you come out of it. Of course at that point I wanted them to put me back under because I hurt like hell, but you take what you can get

Yeah, but I've done that since puberty. I was wearing them post-op with no issues at all. It's only been in the last few days that it's felt strange.

I dunno, in my head it's different than getting sick because it doesn't seem to be accompanied by nausea, really. It's just like my body says "Hey stupid, we can't hold that much down here. Try again later." and up it comes.

When you eat too much too fast and the body tells you that you can have it back. It's gross

I love the wasabi/soy sauce 100 calorie almond packets. They're tasty when I want a treat.

So the last couple of days I've noticed that I feel perpetually full. It's different from normal where I just felt like I am not hungry. I've even noticed that after much less food (HA!) than normal, like one ounce as opposed to two, I am having trouble not sliming. It just feels like something is sitting right under the juncture of my ribcage and not passing through and that it's impacting everything. I've had no issues drinking, taking my meds (including acid reducer), or anything else, but it just feels DIFFERENT. Anyone else experience this?

I have the same scale and I've noticed it's very wonky. The ballpark weights are right, I think, for the most part. But I've noticed sometimes it will "stick" on the last weight recorded and give that as the first weight the next day. I weigh myself 2-3 times with it just to make sure. Oh well, as long as the numbers keep going down, that's all I care about

I loved the Extra "desserts" flavored gum when I was on my two week pre-op. The apple pie flavored one especially!

I got Bariatric Advantage Meal Replacement shakes (lots o' Vitamins and protein) along with frozen fruit for smoothies, flavoring for the shakes like alcohol based candy flavorings, DaVinci and Archer Farms sugar free syrups, and since I was allowed broccoli, fresh florets to steam for a snack. I would not get a sherbert based smoothie, personally. It's going to be high carb content with all that sugar, even if you put Protein powder in it, that's not going to make it good for you. I was told to limit my carbs per serving/meal to less than 19, but that's just my surgeon. Follow what yours says to do. Remember, the liquid diet is difficult, but so is eating tiny portions and basing everything around Protein first for the rest of your life. Going back to what we used to do will only get us where we used to be. Instead, find ways to make the stuff you eat taste good. One of the shakes I liked the most was a pina colada one. 1 serving of vanilla shake powder, 1/2 c large pineapple chunks (in Water, drained), a little coconut flavoring, and ice cubes. Add splenda to taste if it's not sweet enough. Blend with water until smooth and there you go!

Without knowing her, I'm wondering how much your desire for and attention to succeeding is (consciously or not) reminding her of the fact that she's tried and failed to lose weight? I wouldn't say the lack of support and semi-sabotage attempts are conscious or even deliberate but I would guess that it's probably a factor in the behavior you're seeing. As we've all been there and done that in regards to weight loss, we know that every failed diet leaves us feeling worse than before. She did the more drastic surgery and it didn't work. Should she be supporting you? Yes, 100% she should. But we're only human, and if you succeed, it's only going to remind her that she failed.

This is the place I've found that sells the large bags of Bariatric Advantage for the least amount of money: http://store.carbessentials.net/ The catch is that they only sell vanilla and chocolate, but those are the ones I usually buy since they're good base flavors. If you order at least $75, shipping is free. They also sell the Calcium citrate chews and Vitamins as well, but the BA vitamins are vile.

I checked my bag of Chocolate Bariatric Advantage and the allergy warning says "Contains: Milk and Soy. No Gluten Containing Ingredients." So nothing about nuts on the warning at all.

I got advice from my surgeon. He said that some people are ready to get back to work in as little as a week. Personally, I took 2 weeks and then another week or two with some short days to re-adjust because I had some nasty nausea issues.

I could see 4-6 weeks when surgery was performed non-laproscopically. I mean at that point they literally had to cut you open and all. Now that it's minimally invasive (I have 6 scars ranging from 1/4" to 1" long) the recovery time is much faster than it was years ago.

Your first week is about losing all the water weight you put on from surgery in the first place

Sure! The easiest way to determine how much protein is in something is to look at the nutritional facts. It should tell you, per serving, how much protein a food/drink has. For example, my Bariatric Advantage shakes have 27 grams of protein per serving. My string cheese has 7g per stick. The yogurt I eat has 11. There are a lot of websites out there that will help you track what is in the food you eat, nutritionally speaking. I recommend that. If it's a food and you're not sure how much protein is in it, try googling "(item) nutrition facts" and it should bring up some websites that have the information you want.

If you got in 40oz of water and 20oz of Isopure (clear liquid) then you've had 60 oz of liquid. Just because the liquid has protein in it doesn't make it not liquid

Total opposite of mine. I've read other people, though, who said they were getting "real" food immediately after surgery while still in the hospital. There is no single unified theory of what to do after VSG, but there's no way that protein drinks are harmful. For a lot of us, protein supplements are the ONLY way we're going to meet that 70 grams a day.