auntiemel

I can't stand broccoli, but love zucchini, so intent to incorporate a little in each meal. Try different veggies and find what you like. I use the ziploc steamer bags, and add seasonings like Mrs. Dash chipotle, or even just salt and pepper. I haven't tried the chipotle seasoning since surgery since spicy food is a bit too much for me right now, but as soon as my tummy lets me I'm so seasoning my food more!

Highest Weight: 337 Starting weight: 323 (when i went to doc) Surgery Weight: 312 Current weight: 286 I am 5'4 and my weight is more abdominal and upper body. Thank goodness I'm losing weight there! My old shirts are fitting and some of them hang on me like dresses now. I have also had my pants fall off a few times now! I know I haven't lost as much as some, BUT, I was only on a special diet for 1 month. I noticed that many who lose weight even faster are still on liquids and puréed foods for way longer.

The only noodles I have had were in liptons noodle soup and I ate a few spoons and put the rest in the fridge for later. I wonder if the noodles were small and cooked enough not to bother me, but breads and doughs are way too much to handle for me! I tried a tiny bit of pizza just to see and it was like a rock in my stomach. I have had a piece of toast that I split with my niece, but anything other than very crisp toast is too hard to eat.

Remember this feeling anytime you want to binge eat! I ate Peanut Butter and sugar free jelly one night and haven't had it since. It made me so sick! The nut said that the fat in the PB probably didn't agree with me. I will try it later on, but right now I focus on drinking fluids and Proteins. Any amount of chicken/turkey is very filling to me. I made the mistake of eating a tiny piece of biscuit with my eggs one morning and that stuck in my chest feeling took a long time to go away.

I can't take them on an empty stomach. I have to eat applesauce or some sort of food with them. If I don't I get sick within 10 minutes

I use stevia in my tea. I didn't realize some of my tea wasn't decaf and I drank it since the day I came home. I also got isopure lemon black tea that has 40 grams of caffeine and 40 grams of protein so I get my fix.

I am wearing a shirt that used to be tight on me and I look down and my boobs and stomach are disappearing! Oh well! Someday after kids I'll get a mommy makeover rofl

I also wore compression sleeves on my legs and got out at gas stations and rest stops to walk and stretch my legs. Every so often I would stretch and pump my legs in the car as well! Traveling soon after surgery and being idle can increase DVT risks, so I made sure to keep my legs moving ????

My husband and I drove to Vegas from Washington state two weeks after my surgery. I was really tired, but I was able to drive as I wasn't taking any pain meds. I brought water, protein powder, baby food, applesauce, and pudding with me. So I could eat when needed and kept my water bottle full the entire time. Just remember to sleep when you are tired and keep your fluids and protein up. I still haven't met my protein goal and I'm almost 6 weeks out. It's hard!

My nut said that some people will eat every few hours. Depending on the size of your stomach, you may have to eat 6 mini meals every 2-3 hours. That is what I'm having to do. A couple triscuits with cheese and shaved deli meat for one meal. A yogurt later on... I haven't met my Protein yet, so I'm now drinking half Isopure black tea with regular tea. It tastes delicious! I feel that eating and drinking is something I do all day. Not drinking with meals is the weirdest thing to me! It's hard to eat when you aren't hungry and nothing sounds good. Before I could figure out something to eat, now I look in the fridge and think...eh I don't want this or that

My nutritionist told me to be real about food. She said if you are craving a piece of candy to eat one of the minis. I have taken a nibble of a few candies, but I worry too much about dumping syndrome. I'm not ever really hungry either so when I eat I try to eat Protein rich foods and have some fruit as a snack. Right now a few grapes are hitting that sweet spot ????

Hahaha! There are some things i want to eat because they smell so good! Although I would never actually do it ????

I was interested in the body bug but I'm allergic to nickel and the back is nickel. So if I used it if end up with a rash that wouldn't go away until I stopped using it completely.

I burped nonstop for weeks! Try some gas x or maalox liquid that's an antacid and anti gas. If you can put your butt up in the air or pump your legs in and out like we do with babies. Honestly I barely let out any of the air out of my backside...it was all burps. I drank a lot of tea and it seemed to help.

Awesome! I can't wait for that lol

Okay ladies, I hope I'm not the only one who had this NSV lol, but using a tampon used to be a struggle for me to get around my big stomach! (When I actually had a period) I'm down a total of about 50 lbs from my high weight, 26 since surgery, and it has made this and so many other things easier! I also did the dishes without having to lean over the sink with my back killing me! Woohoo

I just bought a case of isopure black tea with lemon and it doesn't taste bad at all. I mix it half and half with regular tea and over ice. Even my sister and hubby couldn't tell it was a Protein drink. Hurray for isopure and not gagging over protein anymore!

I had the sleeve on 9/22/14 and am never hungry. I have to remind myself to eat otherwise I could go all day just drinking liquids. I chose the sleeve because I didn't want a blind stomach, the change in anatomy (besides part of my stomach being removed), and I'm a volume eater. You can still dump with the sleeve! I haven't had a major episode, but really fatty foods like Peanut Butter and sugary things like jelly bother me. I spent the first month drinking tea and Water and now I'm drinking Isopure black tea mixed with regular tea. It tastes like crystal light or Lipton packets and I get my Protein. I still can't eat much, I know they say that both the sleeve and bypass can stretch, but I'm never going to eat more than I should and have given up soda! How I miss it! But I took a tiny sip and let it sit on my tongue and it tastes so sweet and fake! No more diet coke for me! I also have no comorbidities, which is why some choose bypass over the sleeve. You can always go from sleeve to bypass if it doesn't work, but after bypass the only thing you can do is revision or band over pouch like Carnie Wilson did. I also didn't want to ever be scoped by a doctor or paramedic and having my bypass pouch perforated. Most bypass patients wear medical bracelets after surgery.

I had the eebie jeebies about bypass and my organs being rearranged, the thought of having most of my stomach taken out didn't bother me. I still have a stomach, it's just smaller ???? I was terrified of leaks. I had read too many horror stories (and remember leaks are very rare)! I am 6 weeks out on Monday and would do this all over again! Good luck!

If the waiter is nice, I just explain to them I had wls and that I would like to look at kids/senior menu and places I have been to have been fine. I haven't ordered off the kids menu though, usually just do a soup and salad and bring half home

I was told not to take anything bigger than a baby aspirin for a month. I have switched some of my vitamins to sublinguals and take a multi capsule from bariatric advantage. The capsule is bigger, but it breaks apart as soon as it hits your stomach (that's what I was told).

I started with DDDs. I'm only about 6 weeks out and I can already see a difference in their size! If I lift my boobs ups I can see a ton of saggy skin...they were saggy in my early 20s so I'm used to sag lol...after I have kids I want to get them lifted and maybe implants if there isn't tissue left

auntiemel03

I took 6 weeks off. I have been tired. Lack of protein and my iron. I have to take all vitamins with food now or I get sick to my stomach.