Lisa1171

Lisa, where are you at in your journey? Are you still pre-op?

hello i have done everything all i need is my surgery date but i have to lose weight 3 weeks in a row for them to give me my surgery portin and serving size is an issue right now i do walk 1 to 2 miles a day

You are picking the tool for that works best for you. Having the surgery, whichever one is chosen, only works if your commited to changing your lifestyle. I have seen and heard more than a few comments and questions you are receiving as I was on the receiving end of them too. Disregard those comments and questions, just concentrate on you. Best wishes.

thanks

Sometime's i do 1 in the am and another at night i feel bad sometimes when i eat something not supposed to so it makes me want to walk more and i think ill cry if i mess these 2 weigh in's up two more weight lose the next two weeks then i get my surgery date.today was my neice birthday i had cake chicken breast and pop uugghh

After surgery you won't be able to do that, try to get your willpower up now before it will make you sick to do that. Good luck on the weigh in.

well my weigh in said i lost 1 lb alittle disapinting but i guess i need to just eat 3 healthy meals im just afraid of gaiing weight

Hello shrinkingPeach i weiighed myself today at my dr's in town it said i'm 5 lb's down then tomorrow i weigh in at the gastric bypass center so i know i lost something wish it was more but i'll take it i thought walking a mile everyday would of helped me lose more

Its a crazy balance, exercise adds muscle so sometimes you don't move the scale but you can tell in your clothes. Let them know you have been walking that mile every day so they will take into consideration your commitment to this. Also if you have been walking a mile every day for a week, its time to step it up and do a mile and a half? You've got this!

thanks

jane13 i have to have 3 weigh in's in a row where i have lost weight before surgery but i want to lose 1 hundred lb's after surgery

stevehud and jane13 thanks for the advise i have carnation instant breakfast shakes that are suger free but i also have some wheys protin shakes but havent tried it yet.I have been walking a mile everyday for the last week someone said im putting on muscle which should burn some fat

Muscle definitely burns fat, the cardio should do you good. Steve's pre-op diet is very similar to the one I did and it really does work. If yu are hungry still on it, have some reduced sodium chicken broth or SF jello. Drink a minimum of 64 ounces of SF beverage, no sodas. Get as much water as you can in that 64 ounces. Protein shakes count toward the 64 ounces. Be very careful which protein shakes you do, not all are made equal. Do Whey Protein Isolate, they have a higher percent of protein than others. Make sure they are low sugar, and watch what yuo are mixing them with. Use Fairlife milk or unsweetened almond milk. Message me privately if you would like more help. I started new eating habits Mid-January of this year and lost 45 pounds before surgery including my pre-op diet time. I am now 11 days post op and have lost 6 more pounds including the 4 I gained from fluid retention in surgery. Good luck! Don't give up you CAN do this!!!

Good for you, sounds like you are determined! Good luck!

the dietition said that alot of people who have gastric bypass use devrom its an internal deoderant lol anyone ever hear of that she said when u have the gastric bypass ur more gassy

Never heard of it! My surgeon did suggest I bring the melt on your tongue gas x strips to the hospital.

Oh and dumping syndrome is when you get to much sugar form either carbs or real sugar and it makes you feel awful! Like a major low blood sugar drop, dizzy, etc.

thanx bud - back at ya kathy

I had the sleeve one week ago. I only had the liquid diet one day before the surgery and now two weeks after surgery. It's not hard at all. I got a Taylor timer. I think it is an egg timer but you clip it on your clothes. Set if for 15 min and it beeps. Push it and it resets for another 15. It's great. So far I am dropping a lb. a day.

If I had it to do over again I would have had the Bypass in the beginning Its done so simple now days ! I had the sleeve done 2 years ago and lost a little over a hundred pounds but I stopped loosing so Im having the RNY (BYPASS) done! Good luck to you!

thanks everyone for the info

I had a hernia, too, and did not know it until after my sleeve surgery. Fortunately, my surgeon went ahead and repaired the hernia. Love my surgeon!!

I just had the sleeve on April14. The first few days you don't feel like eating. When hunger hits id chew on my vitamin and calcium chews that you need to take 2x a day. These chews are surprisingly satisfying. stick with the diet otherwise you'll be quite uncomfortable. I'm 11 days post surgery and I've lost 14.5 pounds! I'm very pleased and feel great, already clothes are looser. I try to walk 2x a day and that has helped also. Good luck!

I got the sleeve because there was no rearranging of my plumbing as with the bypass, and port as with the band.......just a smaller tummy to help you re-learn how to eat.

hello miss mac thanks for the comment im still not sure i heard that the gastric bypass u lose more weight but im leaning toward the sleeve

Happy Easter :-) just jump back on track and you can lose it again :-)

thank you shugal

Is this your preop diet? Post sleeve no way will you be eating 1/2 cup of anything at the beginning...

since we were all given different instructions, might be best to ask your nutritionalist.

ditto

I am 8 months PO and what the "normal serving" is on an item my serving is less then 1/2 of the serving. I do well to get in 3 to 5 bites this far out. my first 4 months I did good to get a few bites in at 1 setting. definitly talk to your NUT.