Mremilio

Thanks so very much Mremilio...you rock! I am 7 weeks out and feeling so much better. I've been getting in all my Protein now and eating real food...love Turkey, ground and patties...LOL. I still have a bit of dry mouth and don't pee that much but I am hydrating the best I can. Just want to thank you for sharing and being there for a sister in need....Blessings your way!!!
Thank all of you for your time and concern...didn't notice all the other messages...sorry for that.

@work2Bskinny @Mremilio you both look great!

No hunger from day one.....and don't confuse head hunger (cravings/old habits) with hunger. Also thirst feels like hunger but its not. I try not to going too long without eating or drinking cause it causes me to try to eat or drink fast and then I get that full feeling that I don't like.

I am 7 weeks post-op and have lost 54 pounds. I had to wear a hideous dress as part of a wedding and when I was going through my closet I decided to try it on....
  

My advice is to ramp up slowly. Work one are of the body per day (upper body day 1, lower body day 2, core day 3). Do 5-6 different exercises, 2 sets of 12-15 reps each. Start with low weights and 12 reps. Then work your way up to higher weights and more reps. Also, be sure to stretch well AFTER working out. Stretching cold muscles does more harm than good. Here's my current routine:
Upper Body
One-arm dumbbell rows
Triceps kick-backs
Dumbbell hammer curls
Dumbbell flys
Dumbbell lateral raises
Wall push-ups
Core
Dumbbell side bends
Dumbbell crunches
Reverse crunches
Bicycle crunches
Back extensions
Pendulums
Plank (just hold as long as I can)
Lower Body
Single leg squats
Lying single-leg raises
Lying adduction
Lying abduction
Bridges

I sit here in tears thinking about how far I have come... how my life has changed for the better... how I have struggled emotionally to adjust... how I have had to learn to love me (good, bad and ugly)... how hard I have worked and continue to work in the gym 5 days a week... how good I feel... how good I look... I saved my life and I am so glad for the second chance. I looked at myself in the mirror this morning and I smiled and cried.

You look like a normal, healthy weight to me.
I've told this story before, and I'll tell it again. I'm not there yet, but my husband who had RNY almost 9 years ago was complaining to his surgeon about this very same subject. He went from 300lbs down to about 170lbs. He was getting all the "You look like you have AIDS, Cancer, etc.." and the "You're too skinny! Put on some weight!" comments.
His surgeon shrugged his shoulders and said "There are so many overweight and obese people these days, nobody even knows what a normal, healthy weight looks like anymore".
Made sense to me.

And lastly sleep...if you can ... A hour here .... An hour there....just don't dis pare .... Stay comfortable , read stuff on here , watch tv, walk a bit.....it will get better????

2. Concentrate on staying hydrated....if you feel you are dehydrated (dry mouth and not peeing) go to emergency room and ask for iv fluids.

That's great!!!! Keep up the good work????
That's me at 295/ 245lbs

That's great!!!! Keep up the good work????
That's me at 295/ 245lbs

I had hiatal hernia same time as vsg and I had gerd really bad. Especially at night I would wake with mouth full of acid....6 weeks post op and dr is weaning me off nexum(currently takin 20mg) and no problems...will know a couple of weeks from now if I can quit it forever. I think if I have to take for rest of life I'm okay with that.

That's great!!!! Keep up the good work????
That's me at 295/ 245lbs

I agree with Maggie and Jeanie.Also, I used to weigh myself everyday too. I used to get discouraged also because I wasn't dropping fast enough and my weight use to fluctuate between 1 to 2 pounds at times. I do not weigh myself like that anymore. But I know I am progressing because of how I feel and my sizes. I have gone from a 22 to a size 12 now in jeans. No more elastic stretch I am in the zipper and pocket club now!!!! HHHHHEEEEEYYYYY!!!!! I also went from a 2xl shirt to a large. Okay supermodels watch out! It will happen it just won't be as quick as we want it.But I do agree. If y have concerns you should talk to your surgeon. 30 pounds is still wonderful and still a loss. Your body has to realize your different eating lifestyle and get used to the change. It will come off the way and time it's supposed too. If you feel depressed and discouraged talk to us. We are all in this together. We can offer support and encouragement. Now let's DO THIS!!!!!

That's great!!!! Keep up the good work????
That's me at 295/ 245lbs

I spent my whole adult life thinking I could do this on my own. I lost over 50 pounds several times and gained more back with each attempt. i even joined a gym twice and signed up for swimming lessons.I kept trying and trying until I had a stroke. I was becoming my mother who died too young of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. She was 5'2" and weighed over 320 pounds. I wish she could have had a sleeve, but nobody was doing them in 1992. I got one on 12/23/2013, to save my life. I am coming up on 18 months.
My sleeve is inconvenient. Not giving in to my taste buds is maddening. My tongue always want more long after Miss Tummy is done. She is the boss of me and wins every arguement one way or the other. My family understands why I did this to myself and are supportive because we have lost too many family members to the ravages of - not cancer - but obesity
My grandparents, parents, and most of thirteen sets of aunts and uncles are gone now, taken down in their sixties, when a trim few others lived well into their nineties. Mother died at 67. Her mother and all of her eight brothers and sisters lived to their late 90's in good health. Grandma made it to 98.
Now my 60 first cousins are being picked off by obesity one by one in their forties and fifties. My oldest brother died of a heart attack at the age of 47. He weighed 420 pounds and needed a double coffin built and twelve pall bearers.
As you progress, this process gets better. I can eat a cup of food at one sitting and that is fine. I did not nearly need all the food I was eating before. My energy level is great, now. The first two months, I thought I was going to drop from exhaustion from getting up and getting dressed.
It is a crying shame that we are socialized around eating rather than enjoying each other's company. Why should my family care if I eat an apple instead of a huge piece of Aunt Esther's apple pie with two scoops of ice cream? Do I want to hurt her feelings or just go ahead and tape the pie to my hips?
I do hope you can come to terms with your doubts and stay here for support and encouragement. There are indeed people here who struggle with differences between expectations and actual results. What's done is done, so look forward....the best is yet to come. Wondering "if only" is a crazy-maker. I like the idea of focusing on all of the new things you will be able to do as the weight drops off and you begin to recover further out. Eating more nutritiously results in a happier heart, lungs, brain, muscles, nerves, bone, skinn - all of that. And the next thing you know, your pants are falling off and you feel better.
Hang out here with us. I wish you good luck and good health and a better day tomorrow.