simplypearl

Bananas, breads, and sugar alcohols anything over 3g will give me what my Dr calls mini dumping I get light headed, heart racing, and shakes found this out 4 days after surgeru with certain popsicles

True confession time:

I actually *gained* two pounds back. Or that's what the scale says. I'm probably just retaining Water because I've been cheating with salty Snacks and not getting enough to drink to flush it through.

So anyway' date=' I had a heart-to-heart with myself today. "Self," I asked myself, "what gives with all the crazy wrong eating? The bag of jaw breakers you bought the other day, the popcorn and chips at work, the TWO Cookies? ! What--are you *trying* not to lose weight?!"

... and the answer came to me crystal clear. "Of course."

I think something snapped when everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY from the hair dresser to the check-out lady at the grocery store, to the housekeeping staff at work comments on my weight loss. No matter how nice or supportive it is, it's flipping overwhelming. Then there's the trip to the Cities last weekend (that's Minneapolis/St Paul for you non-midwesterners) and hitting four consignment/Savers type stores and loading up on clothes, some of which already feel loose (yes, even with the 2-lb weight gain). And finally, I'm sure taking all my "fat clothes" to a resale shop here was the last straw. I'm "shrinking" as one coworker put it, and I just want it to stop for a while. I want to catch my breath and get used to being this size before I get smaller.

I look at my poor daughter, 15, who weighs what I did a year ago, and it's shocking. Was I *really* that big? I was! And now I'm tiny compared to her, and I could shop from the regular women's sizes at the store, and I ran two miles with no pain or shortness of breath, and the whole thing is just a little bit too much.

This realization has put me back on track somewhat. I've bought my own high-protein snacks for work so I'm not tempted by the starches (which, BTW, make me nauseously gassy) and I'm indulging in canned fruit when I want to get my fill of sweets, but I need support. I need you all to reassure me that we will get through this together, because going from a size 22 to fitting --tight, but zipping up!-- into a pair of Misses size 16 pants in just two months is making me a little crazy.

Love you all, and hope to hear from you. If you're experiencing anything like this, please share![/quote']

I'm right there with you girl. The overwhelming part of it all is probably why I can stand to be around myself or others. Everyone assures me that it will get better. All I say is I hope so. You are doing fabulous! Keep your head up. Hugs!! And thank you for sharing

This week has been a roller coaster week for horrible emotions. Early on I want to just stay away from people for fear I was going to rip someone's head off. Now I feel as though I am annoying everyone around me to the point that they are starting to literally hate being around me. Please tell me if anyone can sympathize, or am I going crazy?

Anyone else find comfort in their big baggy clothing. My surgeon encouraged me last week to go buy new scrubs for work cause my pre ops one's are getting pretty baggy. So i took the advice, but I thought maybe the new clothes were causing my bad mood maybeso cause i went back to the old baggy scrubs today and felt so comfy.

Good luck to both

Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately, my pouch hates everything but liquid....or so it seems.

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Today, had a surgeon appointment and good news I was finally cleared to start regular foods. Thank you Jesus! he says everything is healing great and I am now -32 pounds post op

So, I am anticipating that tomorrow my surgeon will give me the ok to go back on regular foods. Yeah!!!! What were some must have foods that everyone found useful for regular diet again??

My Dr office surgery booklet gives many examples of thing wls patients should not eat post op. I always wonder why people still eat the junk or even start eating it again in the first place. Most people having wls have a food addiction to some extent, mostly to junk food. When drug addicts go through rehab they are not considered clean if they just do a little drugs. So how is it acceptable that we can consider ourselves healthy if we are still eating a little junk

I go Tuesday to have my 2month labs done. I'm scared! I've lost 41 pounds' date=' that makes me super happy though![/quote']

Don't be scared lab work is a good thing. If there are any issues going on they can fix them and Congratulations on -41!!

Oh and just a random thought. Does anyone find that all people want to do is hug you since surgery.i think secretly they are feeling how small i am getting. Cause they really can't tell cause my clothes are still huge. Hmmmm???

I get nothing but praise from my Dr office. And right now i am not losing big number which they don't expect because I lost 40 pounds before surgery. I think everyone here is doing wonderful.

I am still in the pre-auth phase but I have a couple questions:

I was wondering how soon you can shower after surgery? I can cope with ANYTHING if I can only shower each morning.

How soon did you return to work? I'm planning on taking two weeks off. (I have four weeks sick time saved up).

I was able to shower when I got home from the hospital. I had surgery on Wednesday and was home by friday. I took 4 weeks off work only because My surgeon wouldn't let me go back sooner because I work as a phlebotomist at the hospital, and he knows how crazy my job could get. Depending on your job two weeks could be ok.

Have you tried taking B12? That seems to give me a ton of energy! Good luck!

I am taking a sublingual b12. It seems to give me no energy. I take it only every other day ( Dr orders) and i don't feel any difference from day i do take it to day i don't

When was your surgery? i got tired very easy for a while too.

February20,2013 was my surgery

Thanks sunshine

Sorry I posted again. Didn't think it went through the first time:)

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get more energy. I am so exhausted by lunch time its not funny. I go to bed around 8 pm. Need to be up by 5 am. I have had my follow up for anemia 2 weeks ago and all my numbers were fantastic. I don't know who to talk to. Maybe its depression. If you guys have any energy tricks I would love to hear them. Or suggestions of which Dr i should talk to. Bariatric surgeon, hematologist, or psych.

Had my 6 week follow up today! Officially lost 30 pounds since surgery' date=' and 50 total. She said I'm doing everything right and doing amazingly well. She said I make it look easy LOL[/quote']

GREAT JOB!!!! I lost some weight before sugery too I think it feels awesome to tell people I lost x amount since surgery. Then they comment "Oh no you lost more" lol and then I tell then my overall total it's a big confidence booster for me. Cause I've noticed little changes but still see just me in the mirror. Congratulations on to lossq

I am beyond exhausted. I have a limited burst energy in the am and then drag horribly the rest of the day. This started 3 weeks ago and keeps getting worse. Had a post op visit with my hemetologist two weeks ago for anemia I was treated for pre op. All my blood work numbers can back very well if not better than 3 months ago. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can get energy??? And I don't know which Dr to talk with about... bariatric surgeon, Hematologist, or maybe psychiatrist. I appreciate any suggestions.

Interesting to know, I usually by one if I' m out shopping and need something. Thanks for sharing guys.

So my dr put me on Atkins pre op to shrink my liver im only allowed 20g of carbs per day....im not hungry but soooo exhausted could this be because of the low amount of carbs? Anyone else have this prob?

I had the same problem for the first few days of preop. It's from the reduction in calories. Cause you actually start to burn more calories in regular daily activity than what you are intake. I would get half way through work and just want to die from exhaustion.

Looking great, keep up the hard work!!!

Just noticed this last week. Actually, considered investing in a donut pillow to sit on