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Just hang in there. My blood pressure was up and down during the 6 month supervised diet. In the end it will all work out if you follow the plan. I will say, and you probably already realize this. Having WLS requires great patience. Patience is required every single step of the way and at every phase. Keep your eye on the prize! That is my mantra, I live by it every single day.

I would absolutely make my own and give it a try. Ground beef can be tricky in those first few months following bypass. Sometimes depending on the meatball, I still struggle. They need to be pretty soft or they hurt my chest.

@@MarciaN You have a tough decision to make and of course no one but you should make it. I was a habitual yo yo dieter so my opinion is based only on my own personal experience. I have lost hundreds of pounds over the years (I am 52) only to gain it all back and then some. At first losing weight was easy for me so honestly I'd I gained some back, no problem I knew I could lose it again. The problem with that thought process is we do not realize what we do to our metabolism by yo yo dieting. As I got older that weight got harder to take off and was usually put back on in a shorter period of time adding even more weight. Then by the time I hit 48 years old it simply would not come off at all. It did not matter how little I ate or how much I exercised, i would lose 10 or 15 pounds out of the gate, get stuck and then give up. This was difficult to accept because I am a stubborn woman and have great will power. The heavier I got, the worse I felt. I literally destroyed my joints and particularly my spine. Then of course all the comorbitities come on and pretty soon it is just a vicious cycle of trying regaining and getting fatter. I ended up with a huge list of comorbitities including stage 3 kidney disease. my situation is a classic case of metabolic disease that I brought upon myself. It was never going to get better without surgical intervention. When asked if I ever regret having bypass, my one response is I only regret not doing it 10 years ago. I truly truly mean that. I am now 127lbs lighter, 17 lbs from my ideal weight. I am thrilled I did it every day. I should also say, I literally destroyed my spine and unfortunately there is nothing that will take my pain away or resolve my severe arthritis. My only advice would be don't let it ever go so long. If you get the weight off leveraging your new plan, great but work your butt off to never again let your weight or metabolism get out of whack. I wish you the very best in your decision!

I love these posts about diet myths! Keep them coming!

I was just going to suggest the exact same panty as @lipsticklady. Obviously there is no perfect solution but these are as close as I seem to be able to get. I buy the microfiber ones as well as I found the in all lace at Victoria's Secret. They are very pretty.

@@Dub I actually buy my pistachios at costco. They have the wonderful brand already shelled pistachios in bulk. They last quite some time and are significantly cheaper than buying them in other stores. I don't like their other Kirkland brand nuts, I buy my other nuts on occasion from buddy squirrel nuts. I used to work there about 28 years ago. They do their own roasting and everything is very fresh. I will say these are a special treat because they are ridiculously expensive.

Instead of eating the stuff, we will be getting dressed up and scaring the crap out of the kids! It is a family tradition that is usually followed by Chinese food take out. That will not be the case this year at least for me........

Still cannot eat them without feeling sick. Although I try every couple of weeks, last week I tried poached, although it stayed down, I felt yucky after. I miss eggs!

@@Finding myself again Welcome and congratulations on getting approved! Prayers for a safe surgery and speedy recovery!

I am so happy and excited for you. Best wishes for a safe surgery and speedy recovery! P.S. I am so happy that I went with RNY! I would not change it for anything. You will do well given how prepared you are.

I am with @@winklie on this. Get yourself back to the hospital and demand answers and solutions. This is absolutely not normal, something did not go right with your surgery. I am 13 months post op tomorrow. I still can barely eat 1 cup of food at mealtime. I try to get between 1000 and 1200 calories a day and most days have to snack like heck just to get to 1000. Also, you really do need to quit processed foods and focus on good home cooked Protein. It keeps you full a lot longer and gets you the protein needed. You should not be eating Pasta of any kind at this point. Low carb, high protein. Carbs should come from vegetables and some fruit. I am so sorry that this has happened to you and want you to be successful. It has to start back with your surgeon right away. Please take good care of yourself! You deserve to be healthy after everything you have hone through. Please take the time to hold your surgeon accountable. In addition, I would call your nut and ask for a specific guide to your required diet ASAP.

Nuts, cheese, jerkey better than popcorn!

I absolutely love Halloween! In fact my husband and I love it so much we got married on Halloween 28 years ago. When we have purchased houses, we chose Halloween to close on them. LOL. It is our lucky number too! For many many years we have had huge Halloween parties where friends would fly in or drive in and stay the week, weekend, whatever they could. We celebrate Halloween in my family bigger than Christmas. My family and friends would also get dressed up for trick or treat, come to our house and scare the neighbors. Our house was called the Halloween house in our neighborhood and we always got a huge turnout, people would drive in from other parts of the city to see it. At our costume parties we always had to dress up and finding great costumes in a size 3x was near impossible.i spent a small fortune on our costume after all we were the host and hostess. Although this is the 2nd year in many that we are not having a huge party, I am excited that I could actually find and purchase a costume in a size large and it will likely fit great. I will say it is kind of sad that we sold our home and moved states so a party this year is near impossible. Hopefully next year! Halloween rocks!

No, but boy can I relate! My legs are getting skinnier all the time but the loose skin on my thighs and by my knees sure is ugly! I would love to horde in on the responses you get.bcongratulations on a great job!

Wow! You look fantastic! Congratulations!

I eat them all the time for a snack. I have just learned to put them into 1/4 cup portions and I count them on my fitness pal. Along with cheese, nuts, jerkey and the occasional piece of fruit , they are the Snacks I focus on. They actually fill me up and keep me full and have decent Protein. I am not a calorie counter although I do track my calories. I more so count my protein and carb grams.

What a great post. Half the battle is being accountable to yourself. I have been using my fitness pal religiously for the last year. I track absolutely everything that goes in my mouth both good and bad. I don't think I will ever stop doing that now because it makes me realize my choices. I believe it honestly helps me to make much better choices in the end. I still weigh daily however I have a talk with myself every morning before I step on that scale. It sort of goes something like this "You know, you likely did not lose any weight since yesterday so don't let this number side track you, don't let it ruin your day" then if I have lost, I am ecstatic, if I have not or if I have gained I usually know it is a simple fluctuation and I usually give my scale the bird and go on my merry way. LOL but I do not allow it to ruin my day. I will say if I have not lost anything everyday for a week or so, I know I am in a stall and will simply stay off of it for a week. Then the next time I step on I am usually ok. I have learned to simply embrace those stalls and stay the course because sooner or later they break.

You are definately letting your fears get the best of you. The good news is that those fears are normal. We all had them. I learned that I really needed to reverse them. For example what will happen if you do nothing at this point? You will continue to gain weight most likely and if you don't already have comorbitities, you will develop them. I know, I did it. I waited and waited and waited. By the time I realized me fear was the problem I developed high blood pressure. High cholesterol, severe Gerd, sleep apnea and worst of all stage 3 kidney disease. All of this from waiting too long. I tried diet after diet to lose hundreds of pounds over the years only to gain it all back and then some. I had my metabolism so screwed up that finally I could no longer lose weight at all. I ruined my joints, especially my spine and that cannot be reversed. I did however cure my diabetes, Gerd, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and got my kidney disease into remission in a matter of months post op. Don't let your fears stop you! Use them to move forward. Go see a psychologist that specializes in obesity. They can help. Good luck and keep us posted!

My longest stall lasted a month. For me increasing my calorie count a bit has helped during certain times when I was exercising a lot and barely getting 700 calories a day. However I have had many stalls in the last 13 months and the reality is they will happen and there really isn't a lot you can do about them but realize your body is simply taking a breather. If you follow the plan, the stall will ultimately break on its own. I am only sharing my experience here but I have had quite a few. Also the closer you get to goal weight the more things slow down and you have to work really hard at being patient and sticking to the plan.

I eat Peanut Butter with my apples a couple times a week but I measure to ensure I don't over do given the high fat content and sugar. This is a slippery slope for me because since my surgery I absolutely LOVE the smell and taste of peanut butter. Yum! It is probably one of my favorite treats.

I can only speak from my personal experience and I had the RNY procedure, not a revision. I also have a high tolerance for pain mostly because I have had 5 spinal surgeries and they are pure hell. Honestly I found that first the first couple of days pain meds helped with initial surgical pain but honestly the real pain mostly came from the gas they pump into your belly for the procedure. Pain meds don't do anything for that at all. They simply don't touch it. the only thing that worked for me was walking walking walking, sipping Water and a heating pad. The other pain I had was when my bowels were starting up again, that can be very uncomfortable but I honestly found that chewing gas X tablets really helped that situation. I took liquid Vicodin the 2 days I was in the hospital and the first day at home. After that I moved to liquid Tylenol and honestly the alcohol in that simply did not feel very good so I quit taking pain killers all together on day 2 home from hospital. By the liquid Vicodin was horrible feeling to my tummy too. It honestly made me not want to take it. It really wasn't that bad but I do know that others really struggled with the pain.

The decision is difficult. I ended up going the bypass route because I suffered from Gerd and bypass will cure that problem. The sleeve on the other hand can make that situation worse or cause it in many cases. For me, the bypass was not difficult at all. I have had no complications and am so very glad I went this route. I wanted to make sure I was only going to have this type of surgery 1 time and 1 time only. Now a year out and 124lbs lighter, I would do it all over again in a second. I can eat pretty much whatever I want, not that I do! I am so much healthier. Gone is type 2 diabetes. Severe Gerd, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea. Improved stage 3 kidney disease has gone from stage 3 to simply a history of it! Life is very good after RNY gastric bypass.

Woot woot! Celebrate those victories!

Not executing the liver shrink can be a problem for you come surgery time. I have to be honest (not judging here), I wanted this surgery so badly that I followed my pre op diet to a t. I was on a liquid only, no food for 10 days. I think it would have been harder to execute if I had been allowed a chicken breast or salad like some. I Sam with Dub on this, I would call your surgeons office and let them know you had a stumble, they might suggest liquids only in an attempt to lose a few more pounds by Thursday's date. This liquid diet is both for your benefit and your surgeons. There have been several posters who made it to surgery day, they began the procedure only to be closed back up and told until they lost more weight their surgery could not be performed. I also read about 1 who ended up with an open bypass because the shrink did not happen as it should have. Don't mess around with this, you really want to be safe here.

Yeah! Every doctor I have seen about this has told me not to worry that as soon as my weight loss slowed down, my hair would stop shedding. They were right for sure! After 12 long months of which 9 I shredded about 2/3 to 3/4 of my hair volume. Now, I have short hairs poking up everywhere and the shedding has finally completely stopped. It actually is funny and if I wasn't so happy to see all those beautiful new hairs I would be annoyed because I swear I look like alfalfa from the little rascals! Everyone going through this just really needs to have faith, it will come back!