TheGamer

Iron deficiency anemia is both super common and easy to fix. I've been that way since my early teens. Get some over the counter SlowFE or other slow release/iron tablet. I just take generic iron tablets that I get from the vitamin isle. You want the stuff that gives like 250% RDA and just take one a day, just not with any calcium containing foods or products as calcium interferes with iron absorption. I take one tablet a day and have for years. There may be a little gastric discomfort initially, like the first week or so. Exceptionally graphic notice: green poop is a possibility until your body goes "WOW, IRON!" and all is well. On the up side, getting your iron deficiency under control can help you have more energy

Same. I was given clearance to drive as long as I was not on pain meds. I did, however, keep a firm pillow between me and the seatbelt until I felt better

It depends on what you're measuring. liquids are usually rated by volume. Solids are usually by weight. I've never really thought about which they classify semi-solid food under, but in my head I always assumed volume. Also, this is why the US measurement system sucks.

One is weight and the other is volume. The two do not always correlate.

Eh, I wouldn't be paranoid. My experience is that my body is pretty up front with me when something is not going to work. Cold drinks? Body says not gonna happen. Too much food? Body says ow. Eat too fast? Body goes "Here, have some of that back." If there's no feeling of discomfort then based on my experience you're fine. I'm still at that stage where I'm learning what being full actually feels like. Before I would always have to eat and eat to get that feeling of full, but it was always the feeling of "too full". So I'm learning what full enough is.

I ended up planning too much for after surgery before surgery >.> I have a TON of stuff in my cabinets that I never even touched because there was a lot I could no longer tolerate after getting sleeved. One of those things was baby food (which is vile and if I ever have a kid they're never having any because I wouldn't inflict baby food on anyone) which, thankfully I have a coworker with a baby so I'm going to give all that to her

It depends on how fast I eat it. I also like Fage yogurt because it's thicker than the Chobani (though Chobani apple cinnamon is omgnom). If I sit there and take like... 30-40 minutes to eat a container I have no problem eating the whole thing because I space it out. If I inhale it? I have to stop halfway through.

The difference between puree and chewing is that pureed steak is vile. Chewing steak is delicious.

What you're experiencing is frustratingly normal. It irritated me (and does still because I'm not ENTIRELY out of it yet. I'll lose one day, then not for the next two) because I'm terribly literal and I'm like "NO, I AM ONLY EATING 600 CALORIES. THERE IS NO WAY I AM NOT LOSING WEIGHT." and then I'd GRRR a lot. But, the fact that a month out from surgery I was down 2 pants sizes and I was like "Okay, so I am losing even if it's not in numbers." so I was more okay with it. I STILL WANT TO SEE DROPPING NUMBERS THOUGH *grumbles*.

I'm slightly guilty! I'm terrible about chewing most of the time because... FOOD. Seriously. So I try to smoosh up my meat or whatever it is I'm eating so that I'm not tempted to just rip chunks of it off or anything. I've eaten too fast a few times and it's a bit uncomfortable. Sliming is icky.

Week 3 stall is totally normal, unfortunately. It's not related to pureed food. How long it lasts is different for everyone, but it seems to be at least a couple weeks while your body adjusts. Just keep sticking to your diet and rather than weighing, you may want to take body measurments because even though you're not losing weight, you're losing inches

This site is supposed to be sleeve only, so I figured everyone was sleeved. I don't think you're doing anything wrong as long as you're sticking to what your doctor told you to do! Everyone recovers at a different rate, every surgeon has a different idea of what to do after surgery (though it seems most guidelines are similar!). I was eating some things earlier than I was supposed to just because I wouldn't have gotten my Protein in any other way, (especially fish and eggs). I found that the more "solid" something is, the less I can eat of it before I reach being full. I could drink a cup of broth, but maybe a half a cup of yogurt (ha! I wish). Then maybe just a couple ounces of tuna. The more liquid something is, the faster it's going to go through the stomach, which is why we're not supposed to drink before or after we eat.

I've not tried them, but I believe there are some savory flavor protein soups. I believe Unjury makes a chicken soup one, which might help!

There's still so much fat stigma out there, and even though WLS is just one tool to help with weight loss, there's a huge stigma about that, too! After all, you "cheated" to lose the weight when all you should REALLY need is "diet and exercise" (cue eye rolling here). Personally, I've been very open with the people that I know that I see on a daily basis. After all, it's pretty obvious when I'm gone for two weeks and return not eating. My coworkers have been super supportive and amazing about the whole things. On the other hand, I have lots of people that I know say, online, and I've not given them specifics. All they know is I had "gastrointestinal" surgery. Why? I don't want to have to go through the whole thing multiple times and I don't want to deal with the fact that even if you're losing weight, fat stigma still exists.

If it's something I really, really want? I'll try it within reason. Like when we had our Thanksgiving potluck at work, I had a 1" square of pumpkin pie and it was delicious My new rule is just to really carefully moderate anything. Take a bite and chew it until it's pasty and then I'm good to go.

Yeah, it's not uncommon to find that the body has changed. I have terrible trouble with cold things. They make me feel very nauseated very quickly, which is bad because I love milk Everyone seems to react to being sleeved differently in terms of what we can tolerate now. Above all else just listen to your body. Try a little something and if it doesn't work, try something else. I've got a nice list of about 5-7 high protein foods that have never given me trouble and if it weren't for those? I'd probably starve Well, more than I am, medically speaking.

Have you tried shakes or other clear protein drinks? I personally have trouble tolerating them but a lot of people don't seem to. There's also the unflavored protein powder that you can mix in liquids. No idea if you're a fan of tuna or not, but I really like the Sunkist Sweet & Spicy tuna with about a teaspoon of mayo in it. It's got like 100 calories and 19 grams of protein, IIRC.

I'm making it super easy by staying home by myself All my family lives hours away and because of surgery physically and financially it's not a good idea to undertake a major trip right now. I figure I'll spoil myself by getting some deli turkey and maybe make some carb friendly pumpkin pie or something.

Judging from what I've seen here, a week 3 stall is pretty common. After all, most of us are living on super low calories now. Haven't bothered to ask because I'm doing everything right nutritionally and I really can't complain about losing 50 pounds in about 6 weeks. There are a lot of reasons to stall or plateau and while I'll grumble and I hate them royally, I know it's just a part of losing a lot of weight really quickly.

Mine's down considerably, too. Prior to surgery I was at about 140/90 medicated. At my 1 week I was 120/80. Three weeks out I'm 110/70, still on meds. They think I'll be able to stop soon. I'm really looking forward to it.

I did not have an issue with my PCP. In fact, I kept him out of the loop until having him sign off on it was the last thing I needed. That's because he kept harping on me about weight without actually listening or even trying to find out what weight loss things I had tried that didn't work. For him it was "I'm your doctor so I have to tell you to lose weight." One day I snapped and told him while I appreciated the sentiment that he didn't seem to understand what weight loss struggles were like, so that weight loss was something he was no longer allowed to discuss with me. Needless to say when I went to get the paperwork signed, he didn't give me any trouble

Mine lasted about 2 weeks. Then I was down about another 4 pounds, but this morning I was the same weight as yesterday. I have a LOT of trouble getting in more than 600-700 calories though, which doesn't help.

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This is my favorite sugar substitute: EZ Sweetz It's basically liquid sucralose. Like nearly straight liquid sucralose. It's stronger than anything you're going to get at the grocery store. One drop is as sweet as a teaspoon of sugar and because it's liquid? Zero carbs. So while you'll get about 1g of carb per packet with stuff like splenda, nutrasweet, etc, you get nothing with this and it really does taste just like sugar. While the 3 pack is pretty expensive it lasts forever. I've had it for about 2 months and I've not even used up one bottle and I use it in tea, in shakes, in yogurt... Best stuff ever.

If you can tolerate it, don't forget to use unflavored protein powder. I swear I lived off hot cocoa with Nectar unflavored powder for my first two weeks.