johnlatte

If you are having that much pain after a month, I might think about the hospital or urgent care and have it looked at, or go see your PCP. Severe pain for a month, regardless of the circumstances is not normal. Everyone is different, and it may be just the muscle as your surgeon suggests, but if it is making you uncomfortable, you should have it looked at. There are liquid pain killers that can be prescribed that does not affect your stomach. I did have some pain around where my drain was, but it was very manageable and got better daily. It was the last of my incisions that stopped hurting, but I expected that. Take care of it and get your self better okay?

Unfortunately (or not) I have been able to eat anything..2 wks out. No throw up, no pain. I did have about 4 of my sons. I had that they tasted good. I also had a cheeseburger (no bun). I almost ate the whole thing.I sometimes wish i couldn't eat that stuff!

You may want to be really really careful. At two weeks out, your stomach is still healing. You won't notice a lot of restriction until you are healed. Typically after two weeks, most folks are getting their nutrition through purees so that the stomach doesn't get stretched and pressure put on the incision. Tread softly so that you will be okay in the long run

Super cool!

Stalls are going to happen. Everyone and everyone's body is different and react differently to a significant change in diet. I had a pretty long stall myself but seem to be coming out of it now. Focus on the long term, not the short. Stay in the game, it will turn around. Make sure you are doing every last thing by the book. There's are reason for all those rules that they give you. Your body is fighting like crazy to hold on to all the fat that it can. It sucks but that's how we are wired up. Yes you do have a long way to go, but each day it gets a bit shorter, and a bit easier. Make sure you are tracking exactly and honestly what you are eating. Make sure you are eating 5-6 small meal a day, get your Water in, stay on the Proteins. There is no magic bullet here, just a lot of hard work. It didn't all go on you in a day and it isn't going to come off in a day either. Stay strong and it will happen.

Great Job!

I am so back into running again. Not great, but getting there. Hopefully will be competition ready by fall. I love running with the kids now,

Just curious, of those of you that are having the gurgles, how many are taking some sort of PPI? Sort of doing my own survey....

Greek yogurt has more Proteins than other yogurts, but it doesn't have to be plain I wouldn't think. I wasn't a big fan of it either, but got used to it, now I don't mind it. Yoplait makes some non fruit flavors like honey vanilla and key lime in their greek yogurts that are pretty good. They might be a bit more palatable. I also recommend thePremier shakes that are already mixed. You can get them from Sams or costco. I really am not a fan of shakes and powders in general, but the Premiers are not super sweet and go down really nice. You just have to keep experimenting.

High five Cheri....I almost just dropped VST all together because of some of these posts. I want to be supportive, but geeze. If you haven't done your homework, and you haven't had real conversations with your Dr. before you climb up on that table and let the cut you open, then I don't know how much you can get here. If you don't understand that this surgery doesn't solve much other than restricts what you eat and that you have to work very hard to make it work, I'm not sure there's a lot of help here. There are a lot of good questions that get asked here, and those I really enjoy answering, but most make you want to bang your head.....

A small gain a month out isn't unusual. You body is adjusting to the decrease in food (nutrients) and is holding on to all the fat that it can. Try tracking what you eat (myfitnesspal or something like it). Make sure you are getting your Water and your Vitamins. As far as workouts go, you should be getting at least 30 minutes of cardio, that will raise your heart rate to a level that will burn fat. There are websites that can help you determine what level that is. You might want to get a pedometer and track your steps. Shoot for 10,000 steps a day but 5,000 to 7,000 is a decent start. Keep the Protein coming and the carbs down low. Just because you have been cleared for all foods, doesn't mean that you should eat them. Even though you are restricted in the amount of food you can eat, you can still overdo on the carbs and sugars. I'm finding that my post-op diet is way more different than any other diet that I've been on, and is certainly different than it was before I was sleeved. I was a very slow loser pre-sleeve and nothing has changed about that post sleeve. Keep working at it, you'll see results

Pretty darn good list. Very close to what my nut and surgeon have me doing. Good to follow if you don't have nut or surgeon close by.

My surgeon explained to me that one of the reasons that he puts people on the pre-op diet is so that they get a good understanding of how their diet is going to change post op. I'm just wondering it you couldn't do a hybrid of both. I'd hate think what will happen post op when you are pretty restricted for quite a while.

I wouldn't do it personally. I know that others say its fine. I do agree with the op about the ginger though. Ginger tea would be good too.

My schedule was like this...2 weeks liquid, 2 weeks puree, 2 weeks soft and then more regular foods, but I am still not eating just anything I want. My nut is keeping me off cereals, oatmeal, fruits and starchy, fibrous other veggies. I'm sticking with it because it has worked for be so far and the major goal of this situation it to eat healthy post op. (I am at 7 weeks) I am at 800 calories, 80-100g Protein, 40g carbs.

I typically have 1 RTD shake a day

Fish works well.

I eat cottage cheese, humus and pimento cheese.< /p>

grilled chicken chopped really well.

I avoid anything in a can (chicken, tuna, salmon), all breads (don't care if I ever eat it again)

can not managed to get eggs to settle down, but can make egg salad and it is fine.

My surgeon, assigned me to a nutritionist, and I met with the nutritionist once a month. It's part of the educational process of what I could and could not eat post-op. It help me TONS and I was really glad that did it. My first nut. appointment post-op was with a different nut and that didn't go well at all. Woman had a serious load of attitude, so I made all my future appts. with my old nut even though she is in a different office and is way across town from me.

1 year and I plan on sticking to it.

seated curls (or standing, but seated seemed to work better for me), Olympic bar curls. All kind of variations on the multi cable rack.

Watch the carbs...track them with myfitnesspal or some type of tracking program. If you are working out more than before you possibly are putting on some muscle, so you can expect some gains. Make sure you are getting all your protiens and waters in. More cardio helps too. At about week 3 your body adjusts to the sleeve and holds on to the fat much harder than before. Going as low carb as you can, and getting in all your exercise, is going to get you going again.

My nutritionist is keeping me off of bread and cereals for at least 4 months. I've had a couple of pieces of popcorn it was fine. I am off as many processed and white flour carbs as possible. Don't need them, as they were the biggest part of why I needed the surgery to begin with.

My Dr. recommends 1 year before alcohol. Absorbs into intestines very quickly. Lots of carbs, empty calories etc.

Good for you!! Good luck with your journey.

Goodwill have been awesome for me. Also a couple of other thrift stores have been good. Ebay works good too. I'm a shorts and t-shirt guy anyway. So it doesn't matter that much. I bought a couple of pairs of track pants at Wallyworld that have a drawstring. Wear them to the gym and out and about on the cold days.

I haven't told anyone except my wife and my best friend. I didn't get real specific with her either, just said that I was having stomach surgery. I was sleeved on a Tuesday and took vacation days, and went back to work on the following Monday. I was never a big lunch with the guys kinda of person, so it hasn't been too hard. I don't plan to tell anyone, it isn't their concern.

I didn't tell my PCP until after I had my sleeve. BUT he was all on board and started figuring out how we were going to get me off the meds. I was pretty shocked, but he's been a good guy since I started seeing him. Now my endocrinologists is another story. He just kept prescribing more and more and I just couldn't take it anymore. That's what get me started on the road to WLS. Now I fax my sugar tests to the PCP every two weeks and his nurse calls me with the plan of action. Hang in there, there are good Drs. I was lucky, but I know that there are more out there.

I'm about the same spot. The only issues that I have had, was if I ate to big of bite or eat too quickly. Haven't tried alcohol yet and made it a goal to stay off for a year. I can pretty much eat what I want, but am still eating a lot of "soft" foods. eggs though still kinda give me a problem if they aren't cooked just right.

I didn't have one. I did, per my ins. co have a 6 month supervised nutritional plan, but they really never gave me a diet to follow, just watch what I eat and exercise.