JessterNC

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I have to wonder about the OP. I was physically active until around 2000, at that time I broke my foot and even walking became a huge challenge. I tried to watch what I ate, but to suddenly come to a screeching halt in what I could do and being put in a wheelchair for the next 6 months sent my metabolism into reverse. But I wasn't able to shut down what was eating, in my mind, I still needed to eat the same amount. By the time my mind and stomach caught up with what my body could do, I weighed over 260 pounds.
Ironically, my weight only went up about 20 pounds over the next 15 years, but as my ability to exercise decreased even more as the problems with my knee, hip and foot got worse I was unable to lose weight and not be hungry all of the time.
I decided to do this operation because my abdomen is shot, I have three massive hernias and I have to lose at least 50 pounds to get my abdomen finally and permently fixed. I had my sleeve on July 23rd and have lost 28 pounds. I don't feel hungry and my energy is coming up. By just loosing this small amount I am able to walk about 1/2 a mile a day. This is HUGE for me.
So if the OP is being honest, and his program works for him, more power to him, but don't tell me that his system will work for me when he doesn't know my situation.
We have access to a wide variety of tools to reach our goals, how we use them is really up to each of us. Which we choose to use is up to each of us based on our own specific needs and situations.
I think it is unfair to tell anyone that since their system worked for them then it must work for everyone else and conversely just because a tool doenst work for someone doesn't know it wont work for me.
I am here to support people using the tools that will work for them. I am here to offer guidance to others based off of my experiences, will they match 100%, no, but I know what my experience has been and what works and doesn't.
I think when the intent of a post is to demean, belittle or ridicule the efforts of others then the whole post needs to be questioned. True support requires people to cheer our successes, share the burdens of failures and encourage each other as we struggle, all without judging. No one wants to write everything about themselves and that is ok, we go from what is shared with us, and as my Dad used to say, if you are in a hole, stop digging.
Some people, just need to read what they state and stop digging and just read, help where they can, praise when needed and remember that ignorance is bliss, that is why some people are happy.
I don't know about y'all, but I am proud of what I have accomplished, I am proud of the changes I have made in my life, I am proud of the look I see in my wife's eyes. And I don't care what tools I had to use to get here, I HAVE DONE THIS!

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am a little over 4 weeks post-op and as far as my surgery is concerned, things have been great. I have lost over 30 pounds, didn't really have any problems after surgery, am walking over 1.5 miles a day and was able to start the school year by attending all of the work days ( even though I was exhausted when I got home). The fact I was able to go back to school was HUGE since I missed most of the 2nd semester due to problems with my abdomen.
Monday was our last work day and I really felt like things were off to a great start, I was ready for the students to arrive on Tuesday and get things off on the right foot. I ate dinner Monday night and had a snack of sugar free pudding and settled down to try and get some rest, then it started. I started to vomit, and I didn't stop for 2 hours, every 10-15 minutes. I thought maybe I had eaten too fast, maybe my sleeve didn't like the chocolate pudding that night, but at least it stopped and I was able to fall asleep around 1130. Not the way I wanted to night before the 1st day of school to be, but I felt I was going to be okay. Then around 130 AM it started again. I started vomiting again, but this time I was also in extreme pain. I felt like someone had my abdomen in a giant vice and was squeezing like crazy. I knew what it was, but I didn't want to believe it. I had been down this road before. My wife took me to the local ER, there was no way I could make it the 3 hours to the hospital where my sleeve was performed and they started pumping pain meds and stuff to stop the nausea and vomiting into me. The CAT scan confirmed it, I had another intestinal blockage.
The ER doctor called my sleeve surgeon and he said to transfer me to Chapel Hill. So the first day of school, the day I had looked forward to all summer, found me not in my classroom meeting my students, I was in the back of an ambulance, being rushed to Chapel Hill facing the possibility of my 5th abdominal operation in 18 months. My wife is also a teacher and I told her to stay home, let me get there and find out what is going on and she could come down as soon as things were settled at home.
Finally, as I was being put in the ambulance they were able to stop my vomiting, I had been sick like that for over 12 hours. We made the 3 hour trip in a little over 2 hours. As soon as I got in my room I was met by a team of doctors. They decided to see if the obstruction would clear on its own so I didn't have to go through another operation. So every 2 hours I was given shots of pain meds, every 3 hours shots to control my vomiting and nothing by mouth.
On Wednesday, I had some former students who are now students at the university come by and see me. I slowly started to feel better and late Wednesday evening the blockage cleared. They let me try liquids Thursday morning, and soft foods for lunch. Everything went okay and they agreed to discharge me Thursday evening. I was put on a very restrictive diet, basically if it wont go through a large straw, I cant have it. I wont be using a straw, but I am on soft foods for the next few months.
My wife and I got home around 930 Thursday evening. I asked the doctors if I could go to work on Friday and at first they told me no. But I kept asking, that is where I needed to be and they finally agreed to let me go. I made it through the day. I was so exhausted when we got home, I sat on the couch and fell asleep around 730. I woke up around 11 hurting pretty badly so I took my pain meds and was finally able to go back to sleep.
Here I sit on Saturday morning, very sore, very tired, but happy to be home, happy to be still feeling like my life is going to be normal. We are still on track to have my hernias fixed in December, but this almost derailed all of it. Even though things are going well, I got my reality check and have to constantly remind myself this is a process and I still have a long way to go. I cant tell you how scared I was, how I felt that once again, something was going to happen to mess everything up. But thankfully that wasn't the case.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and I guess what I hope I remember, is to stay positive, no matter what life throws at me, this is a journey and like all journeys there may be some detours or stops along the way, but I will get there in the end.
Have a great day

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I, unfortunately, have way too much experience with abdominal surgeries, this was my 4th in the last 18 months and 12th in the last 20 years, so I will give you the advice my surgeon would give me. Walk, walk, walk, and then, walk some more. I know it is painful, but that is the best thing you can do. It moves the gas around and helps wake the bowels up.
I took some mirulax to help jump start the BMs and take some every other day keep things moving.
But walking is the best thing you can do. After I got home I would walk 10 laps around the house every hour.
Good luck and I hope you get feeling better soon.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I have to wonder about the OP. I was physically active until around 2000, at that time I broke my foot and even walking became a huge challenge. I tried to watch what I ate, but to suddenly come to a screeching halt in what I could do and being put in a wheelchair for the next 6 months sent my metabolism into reverse. But I wasn't able to shut down what was eating, in my mind, I still needed to eat the same amount. By the time my mind and stomach caught up with what my body could do, I weighed over 260 pounds.
Ironically, my weight only went up about 20 pounds over the next 15 years, but as my ability to exercise decreased even more as the problems with my knee, hip and foot got worse I was unable to lose weight and not be hungry all of the time.
I decided to do this operation because my abdomen is shot, I have three massive hernias and I have to lose at least 50 pounds to get my abdomen finally and permently fixed. I had my sleeve on July 23rd and have lost 28 pounds. I don't feel hungry and my energy is coming up. By just loosing this small amount I am able to walk about 1/2 a mile a day. This is HUGE for me.
So if the OP is being honest, and his program works for him, more power to him, but don't tell me that his system will work for me when he doesn't know my situation.
We have access to a wide variety of tools to reach our goals, how we use them is really up to each of us. Which we choose to use is up to each of us based on our own specific needs and situations.
I think it is unfair to tell anyone that since their system worked for them then it must work for everyone else and conversely just because a tool doenst work for someone doesn't know it wont work for me.
I am here to support people using the tools that will work for them. I am here to offer guidance to others based off of my experiences, will they match 100%, no, but I know what my experience has been and what works and doesn't.
I think when the intent of a post is to demean, belittle or ridicule the efforts of others then the whole post needs to be questioned. True support requires people to cheer our successes, share the burdens of failures and encourage each other as we struggle, all without judging. No one wants to write everything about themselves and that is ok, we go from what is shared with us, and as my Dad used to say, if you are in a hole, stop digging.
Some people, just need to read what they state and stop digging and just read, help where they can, praise when needed and remember that ignorance is bliss, that is why some people are happy.
I don't know about y'all, but I am proud of what I have accomplished, I am proud of the changes I have made in my life, I am proud of the look I see in my wife's eyes. And I don't care what tools I had to use to get here, I HAVE DONE THIS!

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I am dealing with the same situation. My wife is also over-weight and I have seen her struggle with it ever since we got married. I love her so much, and I feel awful that I was able to go down this path and she cant. I say she cant because she is too afraid of having the surgery period, she doesn't want anyone cutting on her. That may be my fault because of all I have been through, she has told me she is terrified about that.
So I try to support, I try to encourage, I try to show her how much I love her, no matter what. But I don't want my encouraging to come across as anything other than supportive. We have talked quite a bit about this but I still worry I will say the wrong thing.
Yesterday she decided to start following the eating habits that I am on. She is watching her calories, sugar, fats and Protein from my fitness pal. She is making really healthy choices with her food, she is eating similar things to me (she has the Soup but no Protein powder and eats a salad). She is also walking with me every other day.
I just want to be there for her the way she has been for me through everything. For our anniversary I got her a drawing of 2 old people sitting in rocking chairs on a porch, told her that is what I want for us in 30 years, her to be by my side watching the sun go down, that is my dream.

I have to wonder about the OP. I was physically active until around 2000, at that time I broke my foot and even walking became a huge challenge. I tried to watch what I ate, but to suddenly come to a screeching halt in what I could do and being put in a wheelchair for the next 6 months sent my metabolism into reverse. But I wasn't able to shut down what was eating, in my mind, I still needed to eat the same amount. By the time my mind and stomach caught up with what my body could do, I weighed over 260 pounds.
Ironically, my weight only went up about 20 pounds over the next 15 years, but as my ability to exercise decreased even more as the problems with my knee, hip and foot got worse I was unable to lose weight and not be hungry all of the time.
I decided to do this operation because my abdomen is shot, I have three massive hernias and I have to lose at least 50 pounds to get my abdomen finally and permently fixed. I had my sleeve on July 23rd and have lost 28 pounds. I don't feel hungry and my energy is coming up. By just loosing this small amount I am able to walk about 1/2 a mile a day. This is HUGE for me.
So if the OP is being honest, and his program works for him, more power to him, but don't tell me that his system will work for me when he doesn't know my situation.
We have access to a wide variety of tools to reach our goals, how we use them is really up to each of us. Which we choose to use is up to each of us based on our own specific needs and situations.
I think it is unfair to tell anyone that since their system worked for them then it must work for everyone else and conversely just because a tool doenst work for someone doesn't know it wont work for me.
I am here to support people using the tools that will work for them. I am here to offer guidance to others based off of my experiences, will they match 100%, no, but I know what my experience has been and what works and doesn't.
I think when the intent of a post is to demean, belittle or ridicule the efforts of others then the whole post needs to be questioned. True support requires people to cheer our successes, share the burdens of failures and encourage each other as we struggle, all without judging. No one wants to write everything about themselves and that is ok, we go from what is shared with us, and as my Dad used to say, if you are in a hole, stop digging.
Some people, just need to read what they state and stop digging and just read, help where they can, praise when needed and remember that ignorance is bliss, that is why some people are happy.
I don't know about y'all, but I am proud of what I have accomplished, I am proud of the changes I have made in my life, I am proud of the look I see in my wife's eyes. And I don't care what tools I had to use to get here, I HAVE DONE THIS!

Went to the dr today and got my stitches taken out. The 6 hour round trip was very tiring, thank goodness we don't start school until Aug 12th so I can recover tomorrow.
My surgeon is very pleased with how I am doing. He told me I can start to move to solid food on Friday. I am very pleased with things.
I feel good and cant help to think that I will get feeling even better.
Thanks for all of the support as we all move through this!

Day 4 Post-Op Update
I decided I would only weigh myself once a week, and decided to do it on Monday. So as of this morning I am at 275, 6 pounds down from my weight on Wednesday before the surgery. I am pleased with that, I know it will fluctuate over the next few months, but it is nice to know that I am starting to lose already.
My pain management is going okay. I am still having to take the pain meds every 4 hours, but I am sure the pain level will decrease over the next few days.
I have been monitoring my BP and it has not been over 130/82 so I actually haven't taken my BP meds since before my surgery. If it gets above 130 I will take the meds again, but considering my BP was 150/100 last week without meds, that is a great improvement.
I am still drinking 3 oz of full liquids every hour and seem to be doing okay. I mix Water, Protein powder w/skim milk, and strained cream of chicken Soup. I am getting my Protein so am pleased with that as well.
Finally, the biggest fear I had was my intestines waking up. I had not had a BM by this morning so I called the clinic and we increased my Mirliax to twice a day. I took a dose around noon and things finally started working!! So my biggest fear has been dealt with and my wife and I are so relieved.
I am really pleased with how things are going and cant thank everyone enough for the thoughts and prayers, not only for me, but that we share with each other. That extra layer of support of understanding, knowing that there is a place we can turn to address fears and concerns and have them shared by people who are dealing with the same things, or who have went through them, that relief, it cant be explained. To have a place to discuss fears and concerns and share our successes, to me anyway, is vital to success of any life changing decision like this.
You, and this place, has made things so much easier for me and my family. I know we will still have our ups and downs, but for the first time in a long time, I feel like I have some control and am not only reacting to things around me.

We were told we could have Decaf and count it as a liquid. No waiting

I am 198 lbs, 32% bmi and 22 yrs old. I workout a lot but have the same problem of losing weight and keeping it off. Initially I went to the bariatric clinic to what I imagined would be a doctor talking me out if it. Instead he told me it was a great idea that I was doing it to be healthier, aid my fitness goals and look better instead of doing it because of obesity diseases like many people did. I was surprised he didn't try to talk me out of it, but then again I thought it was cause that's the way he stayed in business. I went to all the other doctors, psych, cardiologist, nutritionist, gastro, and I was surprised they all encouraged me to do it. Telling me it was a great way to be healthier and help my weight loss journey. Only the gastro said " you don't look 200lbs" but once he heard what I had tried hr encouraged me too.
Anyway, I'm having surgery on Friday and I'm excited for the begining of the new me! Congrats on being able to do it without the sleeve. Props to you. Wish I had the determination you seem to have!

I definitely think you should try to figure out some way to bring a snack that you can sneak in between classes between breakfast and lunch or add some flavored Protein to your Water. And definitely make sure you have water with you at ALL times. You need to be drinking all day long.

@@JessterNC - what about keeping a Protein drink on hand for that long stretch between Breakfast and lunch? powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury has non-flavored Protein you can add to your Water or flavored water. It will head off the hunger pains. I was told to not eat a bunch of small meals. I was told to only eat when hungry. Thirst sometimes presents itself as hunger. Sip Water (protein in it) and have a smoothie available around 10...that my suggestion, until you go to lunch. dehydration and lack of protein will make you feel tired. Are you on BP meds? I had to break mine in half after losing about 25lbs or my BP went too low.

I smoked for 22 years, at least 2 packs a day, most of the time 3-4. Right before I got remarried I asked my soon-to-be wife what she wanted as a gift and she asked me to stop. So June 20th, 2003 was when I "officially" quit.
But many times I felt I had it under control, so I would have just 1/4 of a smoke, then 1/2, next thing you know it was the whole thing. I know the physical craving for nicotine can disappear in 7 days, but that did nothing for the mental craving.
I needed something to keep my hands and mind busy...so I started to make latch hook rugs. Yea, a 40 yr old guy watching football, making latch hook rugs, it was funny to watch, but hey, it worked. All of my family got latch hook rugs for Christmas that year!
I asked my Dad who quit smoking 20 years before I did if the desire ever goes away, and he said no, it will come back at the weirdest times, and it does. So I keep a rug in the closet and when the desire for a smoke comes along, I work on the rug.
Keep your mind and hands busy, I would suggest trying something you have never done before, because if you are anything like me you would smoke while doing almost everything, so I needed something that I didn't have memories of doing while smoking.
Good luck, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

I am 17 days Post-Op and have lost 28 pounds. I feel good about how things are going. I have had some learning experiences along the way, what it means to be "full", what happens when I push those limits, and how to monitor, not just how much I eat, but also what I eat.
But on Wednesday I go back to my high school. Due to other health issues I haven't been there since the end of April. I haven't seen any of my co-workers since then either so I am not sure what their reaction may be. I am nervous as to what they may say and do. I have worked there for 9 years so this is going to be a new experience for me. I am working hard trying to discover how to live as the "new me". I feel like at times I don't know this person I am now. I am wearing clothes I haven't worn in quite a few years.
I am also struggling with how I will maintain my eating schedule. I will eat Breakfast around 6-630. School starts at 830 and my classes are 90 minutes long. I wont have lunch until 130 and school ends at 330. I have been eating about every 2 1/2 hours and I know I cant continue to do that so I am really having a hard time figuring out how to do this. I talked to my dr and he said to do what I need to but just to make sure I keep my Protein up.
I am also kind of worried with my energy level. I still get tired in the afternoon and I definitely wont be able to take a break in the middle of the afternoon. So I am really hoping that I can push through the day without running completely out of steam.
I am excited about getting back to work, but I am also nervous about how it will all go. The students come in next Tuesday. I have 4 days to get things ready in my classroom. I know I will be able to, it is just kind of scary to go back into the world after being at home for this long.
Good luck to everyone as we all continue down our journey of re-discovery and learning to live our new lives.