Ellie_Grace

That is great, congrats!

HaHa funny, but today it is more likely me doing the farting along with him.....joys of the surgery LOL

Mami what does the DI mean at the beginning of your topic (DI over here)? just for the life of me cannot figure it out and it driving me crazy. Your weight will come off you are still so early in this process, just keep on moving and eating enough and enough Protein etc... the same as we keep telling everyone and you will eventually lose it. But yes I hear it slows down drastically and that scares me LOL I am not a patient person!

I take the hair, skin and nails vitamins plus over 75G protein (including the shake) daily and my multivitamin and use Nioxin shampoo as well. Do you think the hair, skin and nail vitamins is good enough in getting in the biotin and zinc or do I need to buy those and take them instead? This is so frustrating, to have to worry about another thing, but we knew it was a possibility but ugh!!

I am in Fresno, which is about 3 hours south.

Got them both and accepted both... looking forward to seeing your progress in there.

I started with fruit at about 2 1/2 months out and eat fruit at least once a day. There is no fruit I can not eat and enjoy having something other than Protein. I also map out my food intake on Myfitnesspal before I even start eating, so I know I what I can eat ( I have pretty much figured out the amount I can eat at a time by now, although sometimes I can eat less and protein is always first) and always ensure I eat the correct level of protein. My doctor forcefully reminded me to eat fruit and veggies as well and to not only eat protein as this is not healthy either. Try to maintain a balance with a focus on protein first but do not forget the veg and fruit part of your diet. I have not had every kind of fruit, just to clarify, but I have had necatrine, peachs, grapes, apples, pears, plums, apricots, banana, strawberry, other berries, lemon but no oranges or other citrus. NO melon (was warned to stay away from watermelon by doctor) which is fine since I hate watermelon anyway. So far I have had no reaction to any fruit and ate skin and all. But each person is different so try each one, a little bit at a time, to see what will work for you.

I am down 71 pounds only. This seems like such a silly thing to complain about but it does make things difficult and it is painful. But I just have not found anything to help it either. Pillows do not even seem to help.

Oh my gosh!! My butt (tailbone)hurts all the time! I mean when I am sitting my behind is in constant pain these days. Heaven forbid I sit on the floor or other hard surface, because then it is way worse. Even on my soft couch or soft office chair my behind is just in pain. It aches and I think it is that I have lost my awesome soft built-in padding, but OUCH!! Any idea if or when this will go away and I can stand sitting again. I have no choice but to sit and do my job etc, but wow I never thought I would prefer to stand over sitting.... To make it worse I am so lightheaded (massive headache and dizzy as well) the last couple days I do not want to stand either, what a situation Ha-Ha. Of course even lying down is kinda an issue (but since I only lie down at bedtime it is not such a big deal) but when I lie on my side my bones hit the floor or bed and hurt the same as my tailbone. I want a bit of my fat back, and the sad thing is that I am not that thin in those areas yet, can you imagine what it will be like when I get to my goal. Oh my gosh!!! Whining over... LOL

Clarification I did have a liquid diet post-op but not pre-op. I hated it by the way, but I am thinking no one really enjoyed that stage. lol

My doctor does not even do the liver shrink diet and said he only had to cancel one surgery in all the time he has done this surgery due to liver issues. He says he puts an extra unneeded burden on his patients so he and his other doctors in his group do not require or want us to do that diet. I would not overly stress yourself out, I am positive you are fine. I ate light but I ate until the night before surgery, no liquid diet ever. I just chose to eat lighter just because I was already in the process of changing my eating habits but I certainly ate normal food and had no problems. The heavier you are the greater the chance of there being an issue with your liver, but even then my doctor said it is still a rare complication that will impact your chance for surgery. So breathe and enjoy this time before your surgery.

Wow that stinks. Protein shakes will be helpful that is for sure. But wow this should have been a consideration, the fact that people have diabetes and other health issues (like ours) that can not or will not eat unhealthy food. What about the vegatarians in the bunch? Not even a salad, fuit or plain piece of chicken. Just pack yourself something to eat when everyone else is sitting and make yours look awesome and tasty so they envy you your food. It is crazy how thoughtless so many people are to the health of other people, the people planning the even probably have no problems and went cheap. Hope you have a great day doing all the other events they have planned at least. On the positive side you will be the one that will weigh less the day after the event whereas everyone else will have gained a pound.

ROFL.....

I worked the day before surgery. I would have gone crazy staying home the day before surgery. At work I was kept busy and was able to stop dwelling (ok not really but on and off I was too busy to let the worry and excitement drive me crazy) on my upcoming surgery and instead focus on work. Otherwise if I was just sitting at home waiting for the day to pass it would have dragged and I would have gone totally bonkers. As for your disability covering the day off I have no idea, since it is different at different jobs and in different states. Best of luck for your surgery!

There are many of us already using this application. I did not know about the scan feature, how does that work? Anyway you can add me if you like I am odiemom101 under my name you will find many of the RNY Talk people there (I think all but 2 people are RNY Talk people actually).

My doctor told me to go for it as soon as I felt like it. I think it was 2 or 3 weeks at most, had no problems.

If you put in BMI it tells you the weight in number form for your height etc. I am at 4 months tomorrow and have lost almost 70 pounds. I started at 261 and am 5'5". My goal is 145,which was 116 pounds to lose and dr said it a reasonable goal. It falls at the top range of the healthy BMI. Keep in mind the less you have to lose the slower it might come off. But in a year at longest you should meet your goal. What is your height? What is your current weight and goal?

Date of surgery. 6/7/12 Starting weight 261 Last week weight 194.6 Today's weight 191.8 Loss this week 2.8 pounds Total weight loss 69.2. Almost at 70 pounds weight gone- whooohoooo

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I was afraid of something interfering with the surgery all the way until after I got out of surgery (now I worry I will screw it up). Even so much so I would not get rid of my fat clothes (I kept only a set of clothing my current size at the time) and put them in the garage and told my husband they had to stay there until after I came out of surgery. I fought bagging up the old clothes and was having anxiety attacks about what happens if they can not do the surgery, so husband agreed to put them in the garage but he made me bag up all those clothes. He then made me go shopping for smaller clothes to hang in my closet, the best decision ever. So the weekend after my surgery (Surgery was on Thursday) my husband took my clothes to a friend and they were gone. I had previously, like 6 years previously, been denied surgery, so I was sure something would happen this time. But here I am almost 4 months out and many more clothes gone and many more clothes bought YAY. Still in size 18, but I was 24/26 before surgery. I have yet to shop in real stores, just thrift stores so looking forward to that! Congrats on the approval and it will happen and just think in 3 months you will posting similar things as I am right now in order to be encouraging to new members in their journey. that is what is so awesome about this forum. We get support and we can give it too.

I had an interesting learning experience related to this yesterday at work. Recently many many people have begun commenting on my weight loss and how great I look, etc. My response is normally thanks I had gastric bypass etc... But this one woman made the same comment and I gave my normal response and she kinda did a double take and said "Ok, but I meant what are YOU doing to make this happen" Here I was minimizing my own efforts in my weight loss journey all this time instead of taking any credit for my hard work and trust me it has been hard work. So I told her how my diet is now low carb, low fat and low sugar and how I work out an 45 min to an hour every day etc. But it was weird to be put into my place because here I was not taking the credit and giving it all to the surgery. It was nice to have someone recognize that it does take hard work on our part, it is just sad it was not me giving myself credit this whole time. So now I am trying to decide what answer to give the next time I get a wow you are looking great due to weight loss comment. Pretty awesome that someone recognized that this is hard work even with the surgery, well at least for me it has been hard work. Getting in enough Protein, Water, excercise, meal planning, proper thoughts etc.is not easy, it is actually all consuming some days.

Guys go buy new clothes at the thrift store. Wearing lose baggy clothes does nothing for your self-esteem and makes you lose out of the awesome feeling of feeling great in the new you!! I bought clothes at the thrift store prior to surgery and getting into them and wearing new smaller clothes is the best motivator and image builder. I wont wear too big clothes at all now, I rather limit my clothing to a few things than look like a bag lady (Like I used to be since all my clothes were too big) Thrift stores are cheap and you can find cheap nice stuff. I feel so much better about myself and being in nice looking better fitting clothes makes all the difference to seeing the changes in the dropping weight. Try it... do not wait until you lose all your weight, it is not worth it. buy a few things in each size as you are able to and enjoy being the new you. Wait until you get to your goal weight/final weight to buy brand new clothes but clothes that cost 2 to 3$ each for the in between sizes is so great and made all the difference to me. Wearing bigger clothes makes you look heavier than wearing clothes that fit, so at least have one or two outfits that fit. I was so excited because now I have just started getting rid of my 20W clothes because I realized they are too big and I only wear my 18W and 18. That means I have gone from 26W to 18, and I have none of the too big sizes left in ,my closet, except for the two outfits I kept to show the drop in size later.

Wow! Congrats on your new blessing. Just take care of yourself and do what your doctor tells you to. Eat healthy and exercise and you will probably still lose the weight to a certain extent plus after the baby is born you will continue to eat right and exercise and the weight will come off then. It will not be a waste, but I have a feeling it will just be a bit harder. It is possible and there are many that have done this and been pregnant. We have one member on here pregnant with twins right now. Just take care of yourself and your baby and the rest will work out. Again Congrats, what exciting news! How many children do you have or is this your first?

Heal fast!

Hey, I had my surgery June 7, 2012 and I was wondering how many of those that had your surgery during that month were still active in here and how you were all doing? Are you glad you did your surgery? what struggles have you had? Where are you today in your journey? etc I am doing ok, I have passed the half-way mark and almost down 70 pounds now. I am at 192.4 and want to get to 145. I am starting to feel hunger once in awhile these days and it is weird. I still eat between 700-900 calories a day and I exercise daily of some form or the other. I strive to get in over 75g of Protein and have acheived that pretty much daily (with one or two days of not being able to), I am frustrated with the size of clothing I still have to wear. My body is holding on to the weight in my stomach, so my thighs and face etc look thinner and fit into smaller clothing but my stomach makes it so I am stuck wearing a bigger size. I just hope the bellyfat starts to go away more in proportion with the rest of my body soon! My family is still supportive and we are getting out doing a bit more outside. I still want to be more active with them but currently most of my activity happens in the gym. Can't wait until the weather gets to be less than 100 and 90 so doing outside activities will be nicer. My husband still makes me my Protein shakes daily and likes trying to figure out ways to make them taste better, Ha-ha but no real luck yet. I still shop at the thrift stores ever few weeks to get smaller or add to the size I still am stuck in. I enjoy that. I actually bought a pair of rock star jeans at Old Navy because I could get a pair of pants that fits my thighs for once (because the ones that fit my stomach flap in the breeze in the thigh area) even though they are a little snug in my stomach. I wear 18W and a fair amount of size 18. I could fit into a couple 16W but those are still iffy around the stomach. I love feeling good in the clothes I wear and will not go out in something I do not feel good in. That is a change for me, I did not care really before. Now I wear makeup before I go out and make sure I look the best in what I have available in my closet. I think all the compliments at work etc help in making me what to care about what I look like, whereas before even when I tried to look good, no one would notice or say anything. I hard a really hard week last week, PMS I think, and was feeling sorry for myself and craving everything under the sun. I did not eat anything I craved but it was the worst time that way for me since the surgery. I was hating the idea of exercising even. I was feeling sorry for myself yet at the same time I knew I was grateful for the surgery otherwise I would have given in and cheated and given up, so another positive point to this surgery. I still live with the fear I won't meet my goals, or I will do something to mess this up, gain back the weight, etc.. All irrational fears to some exent but as I said it was a sucky week, and am so glad I am in a slightly better place today. I would so do this surgery again in a heartbeat. The journey so far has been amazing, not all free of rocks or hills but doable and the rewards are better then the struggles so far. I now eat normal so to speak. I do not have to sip my Water, YAY!! and have no issues with getting in my water, that is super nice. I can eat anything healthy and am trying to expand what I eat, but doing that and getting in protein is still an issue. I need good high protein recipes that is not just a piece of baked protein. Overall I am happy with where I am and am looking forward to the next 4 months to see where I will be compared to today. P.S. sorry this is so long!! I tend to be wordy LOL