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It's not just the surgeons. Very frequently, it's the individual. You can counsel someone for 6 months about what to do/not to do, but ultimately it's that person's responsibility to comply and take care of his/herself. Some surgeons just do surgery and leave all the vitamins/protein/water talk to a nutritionist. But no matter who is dispensing the info, it's up to the patient to see it all through. No. There's a patch?? I'm pretty shocked none of your doctors told you about this option when you weren't able to keep your vitamins down! My doctor says it doesn't have the appropriate levels for a bariatric patient. However, she only does bands, RNY, and band/sleeve-to-RNY revisions, so perhaps that advice was specific to RNY. I dont have any problems with tolerating taste or texture in my vitamins. At this point in my journey, I'm able to tolerate small capsules. The only vitamins I have to take that have any taste are my chewable Calcium and chocolate chewable Iron.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you a bit here. Technically, it is difficult to "lose weight" while putting on muscle...but that's because muscle weighs more than fat on the body. So while someone who is gaining muscle might not notice drastic "weight loss," they will see fat loss. At my last few doctor's appointments, my weight only changed about 5 lbs from month to month. However my body fat % decreased 3-5% at each appointment and I gained anywhere between 2-4 lbs of muscle mass. Example: 5 lbs on the scale lost broke down to 9 lbs of fat burned and 4 lbs of muscle gained. So, while you're correct, when you're gaining muscle it may slow down your "weight loss," your body fat loss will increase. My doctor's primary goal for her patients is fat loss and muscle maintenance/gain. So while my weight on a scale doesn't shift much, my body is shrinking and sculpting because I'm gaining muscle and losing fat.

It is very possible to get enough Protein from food, but probably not at only 2 months post op. At 6 months post op, I still have the best days intake wise when I add protein to my drinks or to my yogurt. On food alone, I can barely break 90g unless I eat meat and cheese for every meal. Eventually people stop taking protein from shakes and supplements all together, which is fine, but at 2 months post op, you're setting the foundations for long term success. I dont have a protein shake everyday, but i make sure protein makes up 60-75% of my meal. If I have a salad, it has meat on it and I eat the protein before I get to the salad part. Which generally is never because I'm full from the meats. On days where I don't feel like eating much, I have a lot of greek yogurt and a protein shake or scoop unflavored protein into food. I agree, you don't need to necessarily DRINK your protein, but you need to be getting it in somehow.

Totally qualifies as an NSV, and a great one. I'm very fascinated by all the changes that have occured in the intimate relations department due to the changes in my body and my weight. Fascinated and appreciative LOL

Pardon me, but are you kidding? Yes. Not keeping up with Protein, Water, medications, and Vitamins will absolutely have adverse affects on you. Regardless of weight loss surgery, Vitamin deficiencies and dehydration are very serious complications. If you want to spend your time getting months of infusions to stay alive, and if you want to have that sick, gaunt look to you in order to reach goal, then by all means keep doing it this way. If you don't like your protein, do what SleevePerry said and find new ones. Don't like your vitamins? Find new ones. Can't remember them? Set alarms. Having a hard time with plain water? Try flavor enhancers. You have to do these things in order to be successful, otherwise you've wasted your time etc with surgery. Good luck, hopefully you're able to figure these important aspects out so that you dont have any long term problems or complications down the road.

I was not a runner. A few months before surgery I had an epic meltdown on a jogging trail because I wasn't able to complete a half mile running interval. I didn't try to run again until about a month after surgery. I started couch to 5k and couch to 10k and I never finished them. I downloaded an app (13.one, made by the same developers as couch to 5k/10k) and I got started about 13 weeks before my race. It was intervals. Every week it would increase. Then finally it was all running. And tbh I didn't get to finish it either LOL the weather got too hot to run long runs, even getting up early on the weekends it was just too warm to go and run. Before my half marathon my longest run was 7.5 miles. It should have been 11 lol so I was very nervous the morning of the half. It just takes patience and determination. And make sure you get yourself some good running shoes. Not all running shoes are created equal. Now I only run in Asics Gel kayano 20. They don't make them anymore so I'll have to switch to the newer version but that's my shoe.

I didn't know enough about the sleeve and there's not a lot of long term data on it. I know myself, I felt I needed the restriction of RNY and the potential for dumping things I shouldn't eat. Saline solution is used to tighten LapBand. No saline solution for RNY or sleeve.

Kept up with my Vitamins and Protein, used shampoos that are sulfate (foam) free, comb my hair out with a wide toothed comb in the shower with lots of conditioner. I thought about cutting it off or doing braids or a protective style, but decided against that. My hair isn't noticeably thinner until I have it straightened out. It's very thick and curly so while I've lost plenty, it isn't terribly noticable. It's gonna fall out period. It will grow back. It is frustrating, but stressing about it makes it worse. Taking pills and things that are supposed to make your hair regrow are cool, but all that did for me was give me additional hair in places I didn't want it :-| Good luck.

Other than Water Iced coffee w/ half & half and SF sweeteners Iced tea w/ SF sweetener I brew my own Black and Passion Tea (saves money in Starbucks runs) I cold steep tea bags and mix them with crystal light lemonade. Lipton peach green tea steeped in iced water with crystal light lemonade is fantastic. Sometimes I drink chocolate premier Protein when I'm replacing a meal. Crystal Light Trop50 orange juice diluted with water + a scoop of unflavored protein is a pretty standard Breakfast drink for me. But I still try to get in half a gallon or so of water. I usually can't but then some days I can.

Haha my license said 190. I just renewed it and I lied again, now I weigh less than the new one says. I'll never be found if kidnapped LOL

I met my surgeon in January. She put me on a preop diet immediately. I had RNY April 6. I had lost about 30 lbs before surgery on her preop diet. So since surgery 5 months ago, I've lost the additional 60.

Completed a half marathon last weekend!

Hey all. This past Sunday 9/6/15 was my 5 month surgiversary!! I have lost 90 lbs since starting my journey back in January. I've gone from a size 16/18 2XL to size 8/M. To celebrate my 5 month surgiversary, I ran the Disneyland Half Marathon! I completed 13.1 miles in 3:00:49 and smiled the entire course! It was incredible. I went from someone who once had a full blown meltdown trying to run a half mile exercise to someone who eats miles for Breakfast. I never ever thought I would see this day. So happy to have been granted this second chance at life and I'm glad to report I am using it to the fullest! I'm already registered for another run and contemplating two more.

1. They're disgusting! I find that they taste just a little bit like baby vomit would. Not that I've tasted baby vomit, but you don't forget that smell... 2. Before surgery you could shoot them and get in Protein "quickly," but after your body won't benefit from that. And despite the fact that they are low in sugar, you could dump them from taking down that much protein too quickly. The ones I did have, I diluted very very heavily with cold cold COLD Water and then I never bought them again. My post op instructions state you should make 20G of protein last about an hour if you're drinking it, so trying to quickly take down 42G at once might cause some digestive problems as your body tries to process it.

I think what the author is implying here connects with a prior paragraph that the majority of your weight is lost as a direct result of the decision to have surgery. And surgery should is somewhat an "easy way out" when it comes to controlling what you eat because your body simply doesn't allow you to overeat anymore or eat certain foods without paying dire consequences. So, theoretically, because that restriction exists, it's easier to watch what you eat/how much you eat. If I have just one extra bite of something, I throw it ALL up. Overall, I absolutely don't believe this was the "easy way out" as far as ways that exist to lose weight. If it were the easy way, everybody would do it. PS Hope your surgery went well, welcome to the loser's bench