HealthyJudy

I would check with doc about flaxseed. My guess is that you need to wait awhile since it will expand in your stomach and might be too much to digest. My NUT said not gummie Vitamins, chew-able child vitamins were fine as long as they weren't gummie. So again, check with your surgeon or NUT.

I'm not great at technology. I asked about it when I first joined and someone told me how to get it. I think it was on sign up page for your account.

Where do you live in Arizona? My 22 year old daughter spent the summer working in Prescott. She is now back home in Maryland for 6 weeks and plans to move to Flagstaff in mid October to eventually go to school there.

I think its ongoing since the Water would fill up our stomachs and not allow us to eat enough Protein. Tonight I really wanted to drink my flavored water after i ate. but after 1 small sip I knew I would have to wait longer or I would feel sick. By the way, unless it has tons of ice in it, I no longer like the taste of plain water. I carry Crystal light flavor packets to add to the water. I never ever did this before surgery. So strange how taste changes.

Vegas can be challenging -- just skip all the buffets. We did a few dinner shows (we were near Branson) where the food was included. Dolly Parton's Stampede gives each person Soup, bread, a slice of pork, potato, corn on the cob and an entire chicken! (and dessert.) It was ridiculous. I had one small sip of soup, 1 bite of the pork, and a small part of the chicken. That was more than enough. I took some chicken back to the hotel refrigerator for lunch the next day and the rest went in the garbage. At the moment I felt sad to not be able to eat all the food while everyone around me was eating so much. An hour later I felt proud of myself,my body felt comfortable rather than stuffed and what mattered was that I had a great evening with my family. Food was minor part of it. What I actually miss the most is being able to drink lots of Water at meals. Not drinking is hard (and I mean water, skipping alcohol is easy for me) My guess is that come December splitting a meal with your husband will still be too much food for you. Most likely he will eat the meal and all you will want will be a few bites. My husband is having the surgery too -- hopefully also in late September. After that i think splitting an appetizer will be all we can handle!

Just got back from vacation. Usually I gain 10 lbs on a vacation. A Breakfast buffet was included in our reservation and each day I ate a little bit of an omelet and a little bacon. I had a Protein shake for lunch. At dinner I usually ate part of my husbands meal or got an appetizer. I knew I ate more than when I was at home but less than on most vacations so I decided I would be really fine with a 5 pound gain. Well, weighted myself this morning and I had lost 3.8 lbs. I'm ecstatic!!! So wonderful to know I can take a vacation and still lose weight!!! I am now down a total of 60 lbs (including presurgery diet.)

Oy! I am worried about that for this vacation. The extra medications work but they lead to explosive episodes -- not something for vacation. And last time took 16 hours so I can't even find a time that would work prior to vacation. I take Probiotics every day. I now am taking miralax everyday. I take amitza, a prescription medicine every day. I pill isn't enough and 2 leads to awful explosions. Ny day 4 i am very uncomfortable and my stomach is bloated - and I'll be wearing a bathing suit at times on this vacation. Nothing seems to work! Ahhhh!!!

Ladycook - I'm jealous that you just need to take 1 colace and poop! I regularly take 3 colace a day as my surgeon recommends and despite that and additional meds my problem remains. This is the only postsurgery problem I have and all the solutions work 1x and then stop. Ah well. I'm assuming that as I continue to take miralx plus amitiza plus add more vegetables this will eventually change but right now it is stil taking extra measures on day 4 to finally go -- and that 4th day is not fun. Not sure what I wil do on vacation. Ugh

Not a freak -- we all have so many different reactions to the same procedure. Hope your docs were able to give you meds to stop the diarrhea -- need to not get dehydrated. Now that I am at 7 weeks I am finally allowed to use Miralax. I'm hoping that will offer a long term solution. I;ve had several short term solutions but none of those are things I can take on a regular basis. They did offer immediate (well within 16 hours) relief and my weight started moving down a little again.

You have lost 50 - 57 lbs. That is awesome. Mu surgery was June 10 and I've lost 53. So our rates of loss are similar. I too get frustrated when scale goes up -- but then it goes down. For me I think it goes up when Im constipated. As long as we keep losing I think the fluctuations are fine. I do find that even when the scale stands still my body is changing and clothes that fit meat start of plateau get too big. This will happen. I know it is hard but we need to be patient. The presurgery weight loss is so fast since we are just starting that we get used to it and this continued weight loss seems so slow by comparison but it will eventually get us where we want to go. You are doing great!

That is great sugabear44. I'm also 6 weeks post op -- down 20 postop. I now weigh 221 but I'm still in a 1x. Our bodies must be shaped differently since I don't think I'll fit into a 16w until I'm 170.

Hadn't realized you were in your first post surgery week. Yes, that first week is so wonderful! I hope you make it to 17 in 10 but even at 13 you have done great! I've heard people say that with the surgery the biggest weight loss is the first 6 months. I lost the most during my first week presurgery and then during next 2 months presurgery. Since surgery it has slowed down but I'm glad to say that I am losing again after a 6 day stall. Total loss so far is 52 lbs!

Eight pounds in a week is incredible. Losses like 17 in a week don't last. Eventually we all slow down. I had been losing 3.5 a week but this week I only lost 1 -- which is too slow for me. Don't be surprised if your losses go down to 3 or 4 a week. That is considered by most people to be a lot. Best to you

Did you have a sleeve? With the sleeve they take out the part of the stomach that stretches the mot and the part that triggers hunger. So, hopefully the sleeve does not stretch -- that is how it helps you keep off your weight. We all need to redefine "normal" diet. Our new "normal" is very different from what we ate prior to surgery both in quantity and quality. We eat way less and we don't eat carbs. If you go back to how you ate prior to surgery you will get sick and also gain back weight. THe new norm is way smaller portions -- for example in a restaurant you might get an appetizer portion and east part of it rather than an appetizer main course and dessert. Think of all the money we will save! And you wil probably want to eat more fish and chicken and just some red meat. And cut out Desserts, Pasta etc. Remind yourself that food is just to stay nourished -- it is no longer our entertainment. You can do this!

Thanks LoreL I don't think I'm gaining muscle (haven't exercised yet) but what you wrote is such a wonderful reminder for all of us. I get very frustrated when the scale doesn't go down -- or goes up -- but then I try something on and find out that what fit me last week is now too big. Yes, a lot is going on in our bodies.I'm still looking forward to the day I have a smaller body with less room in it for all this XXXX to be going on!