Sleevarilla

I'm going to disagree with "hop on a scale." Give your body time to heal. Everyone gains weight when they are in the hospital, almost everyone has a stall at week 2-3 post-op. If you're worried about what the scale says, this stall will generally be more frustrating. Frustration is NOT what you need when your body is recovering from major surgery. Just take it easy on yourself, surgeons understand about gaining weight while you're in the hospital and they know about the stalls. Also, remember that your surgeon works for you, you hired him/her. They didn't hire you. Don't ever be intimidated to ask them questions, even if they are tough questions. This is your body, your surgery, your journey. You get to take it the way you want, not the way anyone else wants. Your body will take about 6-8 weeks to heal, cut yourself some slack, rest and listen to your body right now. The weight will come off, and it doesn't have to happen the first 2 months after surgery.

All of the nerves were sliced through when they removed your stomach. You will never have the same full feeling again. As you progress to soft foods, you will determine what your new normal is. Right now, on liquids or pureed, you won't have a full feeling at all. Foods/drinks of that consistency just slip right on through. Once you move up to soft foods, you'll quickly feel that restriction. The gurgling could be acid. Are you on a PPI? Also, tiny tummies have a lot to say ... they rumble, grumble, squeak and chatter. I think it's kind of endearing, lol.

The goal, for me, is balance. Eating well, moving my body, enjoying the journey.

Don't back out. That's the best advice, lol .. stay strong, eyes on the bigger picture. I stayed in the hospital for 2 nights, but my surgery ended up being very late in the day (I didn't get to my room until after 10pm.) Best of luck!

Has it made changes? yes and no... I still have cravings and longings, although the actual, real desire to eat those things has diminished. I fell much more empowered to walk away from my trigger foods. My main weakness was allowing myself to become hungry .. when I got hungry, I would eat a *lot* of whatever I craved at the time - whole bags of Reese's minis, 2-3 meals at Taco Bell, etc. So, this surgery has helped in two ways with that: I don't get as hungry and I physically can't eat an entire bag of candy. Plus, it just feels really, really good to have the strength to not eat like that anymore! As I progress more and more, I am craving that feeling of making a good choice more than I'm craving candy.

Just ... no. No on many levels. I see that you haven't had your surgery yet so you haven't experienced the normal stall at week 2-3 post op.

Break up with your scale. You're investing wayyyyyy too much in what it tells you on a daily basis. Pay attention to your body. You just had major surgery, give yourself a break and some time to heal. Throwing tantrums and pity parties won't make things better .. get tough, get strong and take control of yourself and be perseverant. Stalls won't last forever, although they can last for weeks. This is YOU throwing up your hands and assuming failure, it isn't the surgery that's failing.

Just because one person loses 50 pounds a month doesn't mean you will. Just because someone else only lost 10 pounds a month doesn't mean you will.The only thing that will come from comparing myself to anyone else is frustration. I am not comfortable rushing this journey, it isn't a race. It's my journey, my lawn, and I'll tend it and not worry about other people's lawns.

I have not eaten jello at all, but I had regular pudding on the pureed stage and had no problems at all. I also try to not eat much refined sugar, so the only sweeteners I use (which is very, very rarely) are honey or pure maple syrup. I understand that my yogurt is going to have sugar, but I do what I can. I, personally, don't want to use any artificial sweetener.

Not really. In the beginning, yes. Once you are healed, you can eat pretty much whatever you want. All the sleeve does is force you to eat smaller portions. Head hunger, cravings, longings ... I still have them. I was in the store the other day staring at a box of Halloween Cadbury eggs and having a debate with myself if I could still eat the whole box. I finally snapped out of it and walked away. Surgery does not alleviate us of personal accountability. You still have to tell yourself "no" all the time. You still have to make sometimes-difficult decisions about what you allow yourself to consume. Nothing, I've found, about this journey comes easily. Hunger, however, improves greatly with surgery. I always made the worst decisions when I allowed myself to become hungry .. so that has empowered me greatly. I'm sure you've heard the phrase: this is surgery on your stomach, not your head.

I am too busy working on my own lawn to notice if the grass is greener on the lawn of anyone else.

I told my surgeon the first time I met him that I would not eat anything sugar-free or fat-free due to the processing and chemicals. He said he didn't care as long as I got my Protein in. I think a lot of the material we are given as sleeve patients was originally for bypass patients, since they suffer dumping. To answer your question about weight loss, I am losing steadily and do not seem to be suffering for my choice to not go sugar-free, low-fat, fat-free, etc. Even if this means I lose a little slower than others, who cares? I have to be comfortable with what I put in my body and I am not going the processed food route.

I had no problems meeting my Fluid and Protein goals immediately after surgery. However, I'm in the minority. All of your nerves were sliced through when they removed your tummy - therefore your "full" feeling will never be the same, as you progress you will discover what your new normal will be. On the liquid stage (and even pureed), you likely won't have any full feeling at all because Water and "slidy" foods just slip on through. I didn't really feel restriction until I moved on to soft foods. Just because you seem to be on the luckier side of things like I am doesn't mean that we necessarily should drink that much in a gulp or that quickly. You are always in charge of how much, how fast and how often you send anything to your tummy.

You aren't feeling hunger. All of the nerves, etc were sliced through when they cut your stomach. Acid and thirst both mimic hunger. I understand it feels like hunger, but it's more likely acid or thirst. Also, don't mistake a talking tummy with hunger growling. Our new tummies talk a lot, grumble, rumble, squeak. Factor in head hunger too.

I didn't really know the results of any of my testing until my results visit with my surgeon. The gastroenterologist said that he was approving surgery for me, but that's all I knew prior to visiting with my surgeon. As hard as it was, I just had to trust the process to a degree and ride it out. Best of luck!

Weight fluctuates a *lot* after surgery, so I did not weigh myself until my 2 week appointment with my surgeon.

Hang in there! Everything keeps getting better and better!

I'll just copy/paste the copy/paste I did less than a week ago: I'll just copy/paste the answer I gave to someone else less than a week ago who asked the same thing: A search will show you dozens ... and dozens ... of threads about the stall that happens around week 2-3 post-op. Your body just had major surgery. Give it a break and relax and get well. Put the scale away and don't bring it out again for a couple of weeks. Be good to yourself, let yourself heal. Stalls happen all the time, this isn't a sprint it's a marathon.

syntrax has many, many flavors that aren't sweet ... unjury as well.

Call. Your. Surgeon. Now. You simply have to have more than 10oz of Fluid per day.

I knew I had a hiatal hernia; it was diagnosed during pre-op testing.

No fear. How can you be afraid when you've done something that not everyone could do? I sincerely doubt that you will be the one person who doesn't lose weight with this surgery Relax, you'll heal faster and have a smoother recovery.

I'll just copy/paste the answer I gave to someone else less than a week ago who asked the same thing: A search will show you dozens ... and dozens ... of threads about the stall that happens around week 2-3 post-op. Your body just had major surgery. Give it a break and relax and get well. Put the scale away and don't bring it out again for a couple of weeks. Be good to yourself, let yourself heal. Stalls happen all the time, this isn't a sprint it's a marathon.

Take your PPI in the evening.

Are you passing gas? Passing gas is very important ... I didn't have my first BM until about 5 days post op