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Protein Drinks

Wow..I was sleeved back on Nov 19th.. I could barely get more than 1 dixie cup of anything in at my 1 month mark.. Were you able to eat the burger? I still am not able to eat more than 2-3bites of straight protein..take it slow and chew

Awesome job...

I agree 100%.

Great job everyone. I started at 209lbs and hovering around 162lbs for 2 weeks. I feel great. Dowm from size 16 to size 10.

This waa best decision I made. My physician is very pleased with my progress. Notice Hair loss the past few weeks. Not really concerned. I am craving for crunchy or salty in evenings but not hungry at all. Taking all my Vitamins. Know I should be getting at least 20 oz of Protein Drinks into my diet. Family extremely supportive. Challenging to eat out without wasting food or making so obvious to other couples or friends why Im not eating much.

Hummus, grits, chicken broth, cream of wheat.

Try sports bra. I had same issue and it really helped. Get the ones that are lite weight and the band's across your incision areas are thin.

If you can take a few weeks. Your body needs the rest. You can adapt to your new routine, exercise, nutritional guidelines and liquid intake. You dont realize how tired your body will get during the day. My original plan was 2 weeks off and work remote 2 weeks. Right after surgery i decided to take full 6 weeks. Having the sleeve wsd the best decision I've ever made. Listening to my body abd taking the time to recover was the 2nd best decision. I recommend it 100%. I too have a management position that in most cases is a desk job with 7 hrs of meetings a day lots of stress and fast pace. All of which is not conducive to a successful healing. In addition to my sleeve i also had hietal hernia repair. I have had zero complications. Also the time gave me time to deal with all post op without having to field questions from folks in the office. I decided to keep personal business to myself and husband. You will have so many dynamics and changes going on. Good luck

I was sleeved on Nov 19th. Doing well. Down 31lbs..

I ate about 2 cups of popcorn Friday night at the movies. I would have expected to have a reaction prior to 36 hrs later.

Never again. It's Monday night and the nausea has subsided some.

Yesterday I started to experiencereally bad nausea and diarrheaout. Not sure what's going on. Really hard to attempt to drink or eat. Uhhh

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silly head

dixie cups are those cute, teeny paper cups that would be in a bathroom dispenser

gas X is for heartburn

good luck next monday

speedy recovery

kathy

The day has COME JAN 26TH SOO NERVOUS!! ANYONE GOT ANY GOOD TIPS FOR ME

Stock up on gas x

Walk several times a day

Dixie cups

Small baby size utensils

listen to your body and rest

Patience

Pray.. feel confident and embrace this new journey. It will be one of the best decisions you ever made. Remember it's a tool and follow the doctors and nut directives. Also this journey is yours you own it. You can't focus on others and how they feel what they do or don't do. Good luck.

Way to go. Your doing a fabulous job. Thanks for checking in and providing motivation and updates on your progress.

How is everyone doing?

I'm assuming most the people out there loving their sleeve has moved on from the forum, so I thought I would purposefully come back and post an update.

Pain - Non existent..

Excercise - Just got cleared to excercise. Started with a couch 2 5k program yesturday. I loved running before the sleeve. It was hard to hold myself back to running only 60 seconds at a time.

food - I can pretty much eat anything.. But some things just aren't worth it.. Red meat sits hard and heavy in the stomach.. So I try to limit that. I've only had three throwing up experiences since I got sleeved. And none of them were from food. I switched from Prilosec to Pepcid.. And that was a mistake.. Three times though is all it took for me to figure it out. It also allowed me to get off all antacids..

Vitamins and pills - Still take double chewable multi and double Calcium caltrate. B12, BComlex are once a day. Hypertension medicine still once a day, but off the metformin for good now.

As for how much I'm eatting... I usually stick with 4 - 5 ounces of Protein.. And then will throw about 4 ounces of what else is there (Potatoes, Veggies, Pasta).. Finish all the Protein then try to make it thru half of the other stuff until I'm full, but not uncomfortable.

Weight loss has been extraordinary.. Had a couple of stalls, but usually the weeks after the stalls the weight just falls off.. I've also noticed the stalls relate more to my sodium and Water intake than anything else.. So if I keep drinking my water(Crystal Light Lemonade) and reduce the amount of pasta/potatoes/etc.. It falls right back off fast..

Yesterday I started to experiencereally bad nausea and diarrheaout. Not sure what's going on. Really hard to attempt to drink or eat. Uhhh

Why everytime I asked my doctor about Constipation he keeps referring me to probiotic pills does that suppose to be good for constipation? I'm 7 1/2 months out so upset with this freaking standstill I've lost 93 pounds but nothing in the last month any sugg2estions???

I experienced constipation for several weeks. I'm 8 weeks post op. I started taking probiotics 3 weeks ago and within 24 hrs regularity kicked in . I swear by them.

I have a question, because I'm very confused. I had my surgery Dec 18th. So far I've lost 25lbs. I'm happy with that loss but the past 2 days the scale is reading that I'm gaining weight. I have no idea how that's possible since I'm surviving off of hot tea and the occasional half-cup of Soup. Any insight??

I have a question, because I'm very confused. I had my surgery Dec 18th. So far I've lost 25lbs. I'm happy with that loss but the past 2 days the scale is reading that I'm gaining weight. I have no idea how that's possible since I'm surviving off of hot tea and the occasional half-cup of soup. Any insight??

The same thing happened to me this past week. It was very frustrating. I increased my actual Water intake and for 2 days most of my intake was Clear Liquids. Also realized I had not taken my probiotic for almost a week.

This morning I was down 3lbs..

Sleeved on 11/17. Down 29lbs. I return acknowledge to work Monday 1/5.

Doing really good progressing nicely.

A week off seems too little, I am week since surgery and can't seem to have enough energy or concentration for work. I had planned 2 weeks off, but today felt iffy.

I was sleeved on Nov 17th. Down 29lbs. My original plan was 2 weeks off and return back to work the Monday after Thanksgiving. I had also made arrangements with my management to work from home for 2-3 weeks.

A few days post op I decided to give my body the rest and exercise it truly needed to recover and be successfully on this journey. Although my job allows remote working it is extremely intense , fast pace and high stress levels.

I decided to take short term disability and use the time to rest, get my Protein intake in, walk and exercise daily and really educate myself on nutrition. This was the best decision for me. I return back to work on Monday.

I should make mention that in addition to my sleeve I did have a hernia repair.

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