johnlatte

I was sleeved on a Tuesday and was back in the gym on the following Monday. I mainly walked on the treadmill for a couple of weeks until I got the staples out, then I moved on from there. I lift (although not a lot) and run, do the elliptical and the arc trainer for cardio. The sooner you get a good exercise routine going, the better you will feel.

It would be hard to say for sure since everyone is at a different fitness level. I would check with your Dr. before starting. i am about 40 lb over and I am on Week 5. I haven't had a lot of problems except for a nagging heel spur. I typically don't like to run at this weight (been here before) but I am really close to the point where running isn't so tough on my joints that I can do it. But I love to run, so I am going at it albeit slowly. If you do start make sure you have good running shoes that fit well. A foot or leg injury is really tough on running and a lot of those injuries can be prevented with the proper shoes.

I haven't noticed any change at all, for anything that I eat or drink. Some come here and say that happens, but I must be a different type of mutant. I liked the brand of protein shake that I use. (Premier). I drank them for a long time before surgery was a thought, and still drink them today.

I doubt that it has been studied specifically. That's probably why there are so many schools of thought. There is a post on thinnertimesfourm.com (can't post a link) that seems to be a good as explanation as any from a bariatric surgeon. I personally never have bought into the whole "it will stretch your sleeve" idea. It doesn't seem physically possible as the gas is going to dissipate in both directions and doesn't spend a tremendous amount of time in the stomach. I do buy in to the fact that soda (regular or diet) is totally an unhealthy food item and I can see how it could make you feel uncomfortable. It does that with a regular stomach if you drink enough. There have been scientific studies that drinking diet soda still leads to obesity even though there's no sugar involved. For me, I just decided that there wasn't enough room in my life for soda, so I gave it up. I was a heavy diet soda drinker, but really had no problems kicking it. I'd rather be healthy.

If you don't like Protein powders this is a good and easy way to get some protein in. You could also add Protein powder to this as well. Enjoy. 2 cups frozen strawberries, 2 tsp Peanut Butter, 1 frozen banana, 4 oz Greek yogurt, and ice. Blend away!

Saw this today while at the gym. TV was set on the local AM news show. Basically a neat way to exercise, when you are traveling or can't get to the gym or just want to mix up your routine. Get a deck of cards.... Assign an exercise to each suit For example: Hearts = burpees Clubs = v ups Diamonds = squat jumps Spades = push ups (or what ever exercise you want to do) Flip over a card and do the exercise 9 of hearts = 9 burpees 3 of clubs = 3 v ups and so on keep turning over the cards as soon as you finish one exercise. Try and do as many cards as you can.

johnlatte - log every day (6 months out). I tend to eat a lot of the same things, but don't mind sharing a pretty boring eating routine.

I track, but I track a lot of things in my work so to me it isn't a big deal. It keeps me accountable and I am really interested in the nutritional value of different foods, so it helps with that. Also, my nutritionist has access to my MFP account is always leaving me notes there anyway and I get texts from her if I am not tracking things. I think she's starting to stalk, but that's a whole different movie of the week.

I think it is in the crossfit/bootcamp playbook.

I went in on Tueday AM and was home on Wednesday by 5:00p.(was ready to go a lot sooner) I had a drain that came out on Wednesday. I had some staples in the main incision area, but the rest were stitched and glued. The staples stayed in for a week, and came out at the Drs office at my first post op visit.

Never got a list to avoid except for carbonated beverages (for good) and alcohol (a year). Basically was told that high fatty food and overly sugary foods may cause some nausea. So far, both have caused me to be a bit queasy, but nothing terrible. I did have a problem with eggs right after surgery which is common. But that has since gone away. I pretty much can eat what ever I want, but smaller quantities.

I doubt seriously that you did any damage. I would lay off the PB for a while though. Maybe a month or so. Don't do the crunchy type or the natural stuff you grind out at the natural food store. Stick to the plain old off the shelf stuff. Truly a sip or so isn't a big deal, just be careful going forward.

Crap happens...drink lots of water to flush out the sodium. Get back up on the horse tomorrow and it will all be good. We all have days like that, so we pick up and move on.

You do get points for not writing surgerversary though! Get to the gym and make those flaps go away!!

As long as you follow your eating plan and exercise you can lose as much weight at you need to lose. The sleeve is only a tool, it isn't going to magically take the weight away. The stomach size is reduced, and the amount of food you can intake will be reduced. If you continue to eat high calorie foods, even with the sleeve you will either slow down the weight loss or you will not lose the weight. The hardest part is getting your eating habits under control and getting the right amount of exercise. It is very easy to eat around the sleeve. The amount of weight you lose depends on you, not the surgery.

It really isn't anyone's business. I didn't disclose my wisdom teeth surgery, nor my colonoscopy or scoping of my left knee. I tend to keep my medical business to myself. I really don't care what people say or think. I've been a fat ass for so long, there's nothing that I haven't heard or overheard. People are going to say or do what they will. I didn't have the surgery to lose weight, I had the surgery to get healthy. I am a pro at losing weight, and have done so about 10 times. Keeping it off, meh... If people can't or don't want to understand and except that, they certainly can kiss my slowly shrinking posterior.

Ahhh there you go glasshopper....that's what I'm talking about. You're not fat either...just sayn' Black? hmmmm nice look.. .

All the way boo! Can't stop the train!

See.. right there I disagree..you are that strong, you didn't eat it. You wanted it, but you held back. Looks like strength to me. Look, there's not a day that goes by that even after 20 years, I don't think that I couldn't easily slide back into my old lifestyle. I don't mean food wise either. But I use that as my strength. I know its out there, I know it isn't any problem at all to obtain and no one would ever really know..but I know, and I know that I (we) deserve better. Is it hard?, oh hell yeah, but can you beat it... yep you can. You aren't too far from where you want to be, and I wouldn't be stupid enough to blow smoke up your bloomers and tell you that it is all easypeasy, but you've come far and you are almost there. You are strong or you wouldn't have gotten this far now would you? Yep family doesn't get it, husband (or my stb-ex) isn't as supportive as we'd like sometimes. Speed bumps....don't let them drive the bus, you drive it...no one is really going to understand, because they don't live with it every day. You know you can do this....

If I had a nickle for every time I "sprained my middle finger" at the stb-ex, I would have been able to pay cash for my surgery....

A couple of things, first most likely you are experiencing head hunger or you have a fair amount of gas/acid in your gut that feels like hunger but really isn't. Are you taking a PPI? Most Drs will prescribe something for the first few months post op that will address this. There are also OTC meds you can get. The last thing you want to do is eat at this point. Your stomach needs time to heal, not to work. Staying on your nutritional plan, set up by your Dr. and your nutritionist is the best way for you to achieve the kind of success you need. This is all part of the process of healing and getting healthy. You aren't starving at this point, not really.

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This is very true. Hunger will return at some point. It may take some longer than others. I went almost 5 months before I started getting the munchies, but I get them now. I'm not talking about head hunger, this is the plain old stomach growling type that was there before surgery. It's fine, you just learn to deal with it and move on. I eat about 5 times a day to keep things from getting out of whack. Not an issue, but the hunger will reappear.

True, the stomach is smaller, however it has no control over what goes into the stomach and how many times someone eats. It is very easy to eat around the sleeve. Falling back on old bad habits, eating high calorie foods, not exercising are all ways to put back on the weight. The sleeve it only a tool, it works if you do the right things, if you don't it can't help you.

A lot of the "rules" have to do with certain foods that are a) really unhealthy or b)can be trigger foods for other bad eating habits. Realistically, there isn't really a lot of foods that you "can't" eat. Carbonation can make you uncomfortable, high fat food and high sugar foods might make you nauseous. Alcohol and coffee are typically not great on a perfectly intact stomach, so a surgically modified stomach has more chances for additional problems, plus all the empty calories. All these things do not happen to everyone and a lot of these so called rules apply to those that had bypass surgery and may not necessarily lend themselves to the sleeve surgery. I really don't have a problem eating or drinking anything. However, I have made a commitment to be as healthy as possible, using the surgery as a tool to restrict my caloric intake. I might have a different mindset than a lot of people that feel that eliminating certain foods or drink, is denying things in their life that they must have. You are going to get a lot of answers to this question, just like you will get a lot of answers about diet, exercise, activities post op etc. Every Dr. seems to follow a different playbook. Really there seems to be no real fast rules to anything post op. My suggestion is to follow faithfully what you Dr and nutritionist plan out for you. That way you have the proper support system in place and they can answer your questions in a way that makes the best sense for you particular situation.