BLERDgirl

Healing & to help you lose weight. Think of it like an infant, you start them on liquids: formula, breastmilk, etc..., you then progress to soft foods and then to solids as their new, tiny tummies adjust. Congrats on your bouncing baby tummy! How long and the method may vary surgeon to surgeon. I was 2 weeks All Liquids. No I did not cheat.

If it's interfering with your way of life, you may want to seek counseling.

@@Indieflickers - I don't know then, perhaps increase the water intake to balance out the fiber? I'm sleeved but I've had zero bowel issues. I'm regular as clockwork, avg. 2 a day.

it only triggers an warning if you close out your daily diary with under 1,000 calories a day(for females, for males it's a little higher).

I use the app and until I was eating 1,000 calories a day I just ignored the warning. It's not set up for bariatric pts so eating 400, 600 and 800 calories a day isn't going to be recognized. However I was more concerned with being able to log my calories, macro-nutrients and exercise in one easy to use app/site.

The normal range for BM varies from 1 - 3 times a day to every 3 days so you are withing range.

A quick google for sticky poops says that one of the causes can be a high protein diet. If your bloodwork is fine this may be why the doctor isn't overly concerned. You can try adding some fiber to your diet and that may help things.

I just made my home easily accessible. I cleaned, did laundry, washed extra comforters & my favorite comfy robe. I also made some vegetable broth and stocked up on 2 week's worth of protein shakes/drinks. I stocked up on cat food and kitty litter, then moved things around so I could tend to them without lifting or bending the wrong way.

How far out are you?

Hopefully some of the revision sleevers will chime in, however I think the key will be working with your nutritionist to make sure you switch to maintenance once you hit your goal weight. Thankfully their isn't as much of a malabsorption issue with the sleeve as there is with bypass so you could prevent getting too skinny with a proper diet.

I attend. It's run my bariatric program. They have several at various locations & times. They are facilitated by the program nutritionist. Occasionally have guest speakers. The last one I attended the speaker was a plastic surgeon who specializes in skin removal surgery. They also have a graduates support group. I don't go every month, but I do stop in every so often. Especially when they have guest speakers that interest me. I find it to be an invaluable source of encouragement and information.

I told exactly 5 people. My sis, my mother, my bestie, the friend who recommended my surgeon to me (he did her bypass the year before) and a friend in ATL who was sleeved a month before.

They allowed that? My hospital won't allow you to take a cab home from the hospital. It has to be a person you know or you have to use one of those companion services.

I did. I didn't want my family sitting there twiddling their thumbs while I was in surgery. I had my besties drop me off for surgery and left instructions for the hospital to call my family once I was in recovery. I live about 30 mins from the hospital so that way they could meet me once I woke up. The hospital can be a stressful experience for many and just sitting there waiting while their imagination runs wild was not something I wanted or need to put my family through. My mom was there when I work up in recovery and my sis & bestie came to see me after work when I was in my room and settled. Just less stressful all around.

@@BLERDgirl, where do you find these? And are they Bobs Red Mill or some other brand? I haven't seen anything in either health food store...everything's sweetened with stevia (yuck!). I'm trying to find a vegan protein powder that is a mixture of Proteins and that is no more "grainy" than your typical whey powder. Anybody have suggestions? Unflavored would be best but something that's very lightly sweetened would be okay. The ones I am talking about are Bob's Red Mill. You can order them off their website but I find I get cheaper shipping if I cal them. Also make sure to check the ingredients list to make sure they use monkfruit and not stevia. I haven't looked at the site in a while and I don't want you to have incorrect information As for a vegan protein powder Orgain wasn't too gritty but I think they use stevia. Biochem wasn't bad either. However I find that vegan powders in general are slightly more grainy than whey or soy isolates. One of the things I found that helped was using a nutra bullet type of blender.

I do the same as @InnerSurferGirl - no artificial diet foods. I eat zero fat yogurt, but that's made with skim milk. Otherwsie it's real butter on the rare occasions that I have it. I try to stick with healthy fats, but I don't avoid them.

thats the thing there closed on weekends so i can't Then I would wait until Monday. Typically a clear liquid is anything you can see through but no darker than apple juice. Some programs allow a little more wiggle room on the pre-op diets but you need to clarify with your program. If they didn't give you anything in writing and you aren't sure, I would skip it.

That's why our mind set toward food has to shift from just primarily pleasure to primarily fuel. It's not an easy thing to do! Complete relearning process. Most of us not only ate when we were hungry, we ate when we were happy, we ate when we were sad, we ate when we were bored. Now we're being asked to eat to live and fuel our bodies. That may mean in these early days, creating a schedule and sticking to it. No more no less.

I would say no, they aren't clear because they have fruit in them. You really should call your NUT and ask.

At 5 days out thinking about food is perfectly normal. Just make sure you keep it down to thoughts and not actions. You've come this far as long as you stay the course it will be fine. Meanwhile find something else to occupy your mind. Once you start to progress back to foods, you can experiment with ways to get the flavors you like in a more healthful manner. For example I found that yogurt mixed with Protein powder and allowed to sit in the freezer for a bit, made a good substitute for pudding and gave me a nice protein boost. I also discovers black bean Pasta which helped when I wanted pasta. Many have reported liking the Campbells (I think) Soup starters. They have flavors like tortilla soup and such. Mixed with a bit of unflavored Protein Powder it can be a nice variation from sweet shakes. But use this time to think about how to adjust your eating habits. A year from now one slice of pizza and a salad may be satisfying, or you'll find you no longer even crave pizza.

Try the clear drinks instead. Isopure make premixed ones, Syntrax nectar can be made with Water. I used ProSource NoCarb the first 2 weeks post op. It was great thinned with water or added to herbal teas. Also look for protein rich beverages. Kefir ( a yogurt drink), cream of chicken, beef, etc... thinned with broth, etc... Milk of choice: cow, hemp, almond have the most protein.

Perfectly normal. recovery time varies person to person. Some of us snap back in a matter of days, other need a few weeks to sort ourselves.

It's not uncommon but not everyone experiences this. I was peeing like a race horse from the moment I woke up in recovery. In fact it's the reason why I walked in recovery; I had to pee! I just didn't want to use a bed pan. My first day I may have gone to the bathroom every 30 mins. I didn't weigh myself until my 2 week f/u. Thankfully I saw a loss.

Unless you were ginormous you should be fine. I started at an extremely high BMI and didn't even have a pre-op diet. I just ate sensibly the 2 weeks prior to surgery. My surgery went off without a hitch.

Consult your NUT. Calorie goals will vary from individual to individual. However the point of the first 6 -8 months is to keep calories low . We all have plenty of fat reserves to live off of so as long as we hit protein/fluid and supplement goals we'll be okay.I think I did something like 400 - 600 the first 4 mths then did 800 calories until month 8 or 9. Even now I hit between 1000 and 1100 calories a day. I'm hitting a protein goal of 100gms and work out 4 - 6 days a week.