Jazziejt

I am 60, surgery was this year August, 2015 this was the best decision I ever made. I am one of the those people who need a wake up call. I am more aware of understanding how and what kind of foods that work with my body. This is a life changing surgery for me. I am really excited about reaching my weight goal of 140, the doc say 160. I want to say congrats to anyone that has made this decision to have surgery.

I was just searching the site for people in my age group and you. I notice you stated your surgery was this year. How are you doing after surgery?

I am 60, surgery was this year August, 2015 this was the best decision I ever made. I am one of the those people who need a wake up call. I am more aware of understanding how and what kind of foods that work with my body. This is a life changing surgery for me. I am really excited about reaching my weight goal of 140, the doc say 160. I want to say congrats to anyone that has made this decision to have surgery.

Your story was really encouraging for me. All the things you say was hard to do, I am suffering now, so I can really identify. Thanks for sharing.

Yes that was a good read, thanks for sharing.

Wow that is a major accomplishment and you've only just begun! Congratulations!

I am 22 months out and I am at goal. I do weights 5 days a week with a 10 minute treadmill or elliptical warm-up:
Monday: Shoulders
Tuesday: biceps and Triceps
Wednesday: back
Thursday: chest
Friday: legs and gluteus
On weekends (my "off" days) I'll choose a day to run or do a CrossFit type of workout.
However, my first year post-op was cardio intensive, 4-6 days a week. Now that I'm a clean eater (90-95% of the time) and because I burn plenty of calories during my weightlifting sessions, cardio isn't a must for me anymore.

Apparently!!!

I found a recipe for adding Protein to Jello and I've come up with some really good mixes but this one is my favorite. I'm on my preop liquid diet and my doctor said this was fine and would probably be fine post op as well.
You will need
sugar-free Orange Jello mix
Water
vanilla Protein Powder (I used Quest Vanilla Milkshake)
Fat-Free (sugar free if you can find it) cool whip or whipped topping (optional)
Prepare Jello as instructed on box. Whisk Gelatin completely. Add 2 scoops of protein powder and whisk thoroughly. The mix will thicken and look a bit milky. Don't whisk it so much that it's foamy. The protein will separate. Pour into container or individual containers for small servings. Refrigerate until set (I let mine set overnight). Top with a small spoonful of whipped topping when serving or eating (again, optional).
Tastes just like that classic Popsicle without the sugar .
I don't wanna give the macros on this because your protein might be different than mine.

I do not think there is a single person who has gone through this surgery that does not end up with loose skin around their tummy. It all depends on your age, whether you have had children, how heavy you are to begin with and how much you choose to exercise during the weight loss phase whether or not you will be able to tighten this up some.
I will tell you honestly that this was the least of my worries as I went into this surgery. I knew that would be the case but the trade off of good health was way more important. Now that I have lost quite a bit of weight, I have that issue as well as lots of loose skin in my arms, butt and legs. I exercise, am 52 and realize that I will probably have to have some plastics to improve those areas when my weight stabilizes. I am 100 percent ok with it and was going in to surgery.
Good luck to you, I am guessing you too will find this is not the most important thing to be concerned about. I am guessing your weight has caused more serious issues and if not, it certainly will in the future.

That area is called the pannus and some insurance companies will pay for its removal depending on how many inches it hangs over pubic bone and what kind of uncomfortable conditions arise as a result think yeast, chaffing, odors, infections....

Why can't I just delete a post? Updated version...bought a new butt and it looks fantastic. I had a little freak-out over nothing a few days after surgery...all better.

Hi everyone
I am new to the forum. Currently I am waiting for an op date for bypass surgery. I have been on my wls for 12 months with nhs completing assessments getting ready for surgery: psychology assessment, sleep study, pre liver shrinkage for 2 weeks, seeing dieticans, now I am doing a weekly psychology meeting on emotional eating.
Is there anyone here that is at the same stage as me, if so would love to link with you.

Had my surgery too. I also had a hernia repair while they were in there. First day I was npo the whole time except ice chips. I medicine cup every hour. I slept alot this day and didn't have much gas. Second day I could 2 medicine cups of liquid every hour and I was allowed broth and watered down apple juice. I mostly drank the juice and Water. Didn't have an appetite at all. Started to get gas this day. It hurt a bit. 3rd day I really have gas pains but I'm up and walking around as much as I can and was still allowed just 2 med cups an hour. Still didn't have an appetite. So now it's day 4 and the gas pains are minimal. I feel a little pressure each time I drink. I still don't k ow my fill point yet so I don't take in much at a time. Still don't have an appetite for any broth or anything like that but I have drank almost 11 ozs of my premir Protein Shake and almost 64ozs of water. Last thing I want is to get dehydrated. I got to walk around outside 2 times today then it started raining. But my room is upstairs so I've had to climb stairs and I walk around the house too. When I went into the hospital I weighed 351. When I left the hospital I weighed 358 from all the Fluid that they gave me. Today I weighed in at 345 whoopeee!!!!! I really don't want to eat any of the broths or anything the thought of it and the smell of it makes me nauseous. I do feel like I could eat other foods but I have to wait 2 weeks until I get to the doc to see what he says. So until then I guess I am stuck with water, juice, and Protein Shakes. How is everyone else doing that has had thier surgeries? Are our situations similar?? Hope you all are doing as well as I am!!

I just got scheduled for March 16th too! It's fun to have surgery buddies
costco has "Premier Protein" premixed and ready to go drinks that have 30g Protein 160 calories, 5 carbs and 3 gm of fat and they are really good. Trust me I gag on some Protein Drinks if they are to gritty or have a nasty Protein taste.
I only have to do a 3 day pre-op diet, but I have been drinking a lot of these drinks just to prepare myself and lose more before surgery.

thats what they give me. I found 25 gr shake at the GNC store, they are called total lean but they have 17gr of carbs so maybe too much! I'm little confuse on shakes and Vitamins