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wwboy

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  2. Posted

    Big protip: Eating too much sugar just makes me feel crave more food in general. Weird!

    This is absolutely true for me.

    For the months before surgery, I only allowed any sweets once a week or less. And it was a small amount even if that. I was shocked at how easy it became after a month or so.

    Now, almost two months post op, if I allow myself something with refined sugar (dessert, candy, etc) the next hours and days are miserable because I crave MORE and MORE. It's very challenging.

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  4. Posted

    Thank you friends. Your encouragement is helpful. Another victory I discovered today is that my body get percentage has dropped about 10% since surgery. I feel pretty happy about that as well.

    Hoping the path continues.

    I actually sent my food logs to my nutritionist today - asking for feedback. I'm expecting some constructive advice and or encouragement from him. Thanks again

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    Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha :)

    Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:

    1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.

    2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.

    3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.

    4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.

    Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.

    Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.

    Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.

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    What I've been noticing over the past few days is that my emotional eating drives a ton of my eating...I know I'm not physically hungry yet I WANT certain foods: candy, crunchy, fatty, etc.

    One way I can tell these WANTS apart from hunger needs is that I get fixated on a certain food or snack and in my mind, the only thing that will make the desire go away is having that exact food. When it's real hunger, essentially anything will satiate the desire.

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    I really relate with this.

    If I stick to 3 meals and maybe a small snack of a Protein shake or something, I'm golden because I'm not hungry and the meal keeps me full. But if I graze, I can eat as much as I ever did all day long!

    I've thrown out a bag of chips and now that a bucket of nuts is the next "low hanging fruit", I might need to throw it out as well! I eat Snacks out of boredom, out of stress, out of annoyance, out of...you name it.

    What they say is true. Surgery doesn't fix anyone's underlying problems around eating for bad reasons...

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  8. Posted

    I took reading materials but never felt like reading. I took several different changes of lounge about clothes - only wore a hospital gown and then one set of clothes. Brought toiletries, didn't really use other than the toothbrush. I had some incontinence supplies I needed i guess....but that's about it.

    Slippers. Yes. My own pillow. Yes. Long cable for phone. Yes. I felt so bad that nothing else was useful or mattered.

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  9. Posted

    Same thing for me. 6 weeks out and I'm cold all the time almost. And definitely at night. My wife sleeps hot and I always used to. But I now have an extra blanket folded in half over only my half of the bed! And we're constantly fighting with the thermostat haha. My assumption is that I'm losing fat insulation which is a good thing :)

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  11. Posted

    I have had a lot of this. I really notice a difference when I'm not drinking Water very well. Its really a commitment to get enough in because it literally takes us all day long!

    I actually had a couple units of saline given to me a few weeks ago because my bp was so low -- I felt better then than I've felt since the whole period here following surgery.

    Perhaps Iron has a part of it but I'm doubtful because I'm not multiple months away from surgery - only weeks. Doesn't seem like enough time to develop a real deficiency.

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  12. Posted · Edited by wwboy

    It'll get better. I'm only 7 weeks out but I so relate to your feelings. It's definitely a scary and vulnerable place to be. I just started more solid foods this week and I'm seeing light at the end of this tunnel.

    My advice would be: pay attention to those food wants during this time. They're obviously not tied to need or to real hunger. It's a head thing.

    What do those foods do for you emotionally? What is driving the desire? Is it anxiety about something? Boredom? Fear?

    Those impulses won't go away unless we deal with their roots. How can we replace food in that equation with an alternate healthy coping mechanism? This is a good season to start working on these things.

    Courage!!

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  14. Posted

    The meat ball was a homemade one that was actually quite large. A small portion for me was about 1/3 of a whole one along with some sauce.

    Interesting hearing about raw greens...I wonder if that was it? I had some of the meatball by itself again today and took a very long time to chew. No issues.

    Thanks for the feedback though.

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  15. Posted

    Greetings all, I'm now a bit over 6 weeks after surgery. Last night I threw up after eating (well, after only eating part of what I had planned).

    My wife thinks I was eating much faster than has become customary for me post surgery. I also was eating a couple new foods for me since surgery (a pretty dense meatball with Pasta sauce, and a tiny bit of spinach salad).

    I pretty much immediately felt like I had a brick logged in my esophagus or upper stomach and felt terrible - like I needed to lay down as soon as possible. Excused myself from the table and once I got back to my bedroom, I felt like I was going to lose it. Pretty soon after that, I threw it all up. Felt better immediately.

    No nausea otherwise, no fever etc, no real pain to speak of.

    Has any of you experienced this? Did I just eat too fast? Not chew enough? Eat too much?

    Thanks!

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  18. Posted

    I ran into several people who gave me grief about the very concept of me losing weight...I felt as though my decision somehow confronted them or threatened them somehow. It's weird. I guess for some people weight has a huge impact on social standing...if I lose weight then you are forced to think about me differently and therefore yourself differently.

    Not fun. But I felt like inevitable. Don't let it derail you if you feel this track is your best decision now.

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  23. Posted

    I had surgery the same day as you. Was 276. I'm now 254. I am doing my best to keep my head on my shoulders and not feel disappointed or entitled. It'll all happen as it should :). Plus, I weighed 312 in April so that's almost 60lb in tota as a part of this process! Amazing

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  25. Posted

    Wwboy, I can so relate to your feelings in your first initial post. My surgery is on Monday. I have made myself a wreck reading and overthinking every possible issue/complication that might happen! Can you share with me what made you finally decide you were doing the right thing?

    My concerns go from the worst possible outcome (dying on the table) to just flat out loving food so much I'm afraid I will miss not being able to eat the things I love. Feeling so conflicted

    You know, a big piece of the puzzle for me was listening to the responses of people on this thread...one person remarked: "it's risk vs. reward". That really stuck with me. The more I thought about it and prayed about it, the more I came to accept that NOT getting surgery was not a zero-risk proposition...which I think is our tendency as people. Staying put had its own risks. And as I weighed my options, it became clear that the risk of surgery (while precipitous) was actually smaller than the risk of not getting surgery -- and of course the potential rewards of surgery completely dwarf the "reward" (if you could call it that) of continuing my old path.

    Another thing I thought about was all the conversations I had with trusted friends and mentors before I even got to this place in the process. About 8 months ago is when I started thinking about getting surgery. I didn't entertain the thought until I had long conversations with my most important allies in life. Each and every one of them concluded that they thought it was right for me. While I don't just automatically do what other people think I should, I'm not dumb enough to imagine that I can't benefit from the advice of those I trust. It didn't make sense to question all of their advice and support just before it was 'go time' because I got cold feet.

    I wrote another related thread to this one...an update after my first surgery (I ended up having 2...read the post to see the details (http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/356802-updated-approved-but-should-i-go-through-with-it-a-second-time/).

    What I can say now, is that I'm 4 weeks post-op today. And so far very happy with my decision. The negative side-effects are present. But I can deal with them. I've lost almost 60lbs overall since last April and I'm down 22 or so since surgery. I weigh less than I did as a senior in high school, my clothes are falling off, and I feel so much more physically active and 'able'... It's glorious. I'm off of my BP meds, metformin, etc. And I'm sure I'll get to quit using my CPAP within the next year. One month out, I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

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