catwoman7

12 lbs in nine days isn't slow. Most "normal" WLS patients (meaning not the types on "My 600 lb Life") seem to lose about 15-25 lbs the first month after surgery (and it slows down after that). So you're right on track!

I use the Web version because I'm mostly on my laptop, so it always shows up there. I only use the cell phone app version when I'm away from home and eating something that's off plan, so I won't forget to add it when I get home. However, you can see the protein there (on the app version) if you scroll to the bottom of the food diary page and click on "Nutrition" (it gives you the whole breakdown). and yes - there are thousands of items in the database - and those would all include the protein in them. I almost never have to add anything manually.

I thought separating drinking from eating would be really hard for me - and it was at first - but i got used to it pretty quickly. I'm seven years out and still separate them.

I wasn't required to do that (I just had to work with a dietitian for six months, as my insurance company required it), but as someone else said, I know some surgeons won't operate if patients are over a certain BMI (like 60, for example - but that varies).

we weren't allowed to eat them early out because of the starch, but I eat them occasionally now. It's been a few years, but I think I started eating them when i was about a year out.

the only time I ever used anything like that was when I was in India because you sweat like crazy there. It's kind of hard to keep hydrated. Around here, you probably wouldn't need it.

for recipes, check the blog "The World According to Eggface". She's a long-time bariatric patient and is very active in the bariatric community. She also loves cooking and has recipes posted for every stage.

a lot of people take over the counter ones. I've been taking Centrum (or the generic equivalent) since I had surgery seven years ago - the chewables the first year or so, then the regular tablets. If you do over the counter, you usually have to take two of them, though.

I track everything I eat and drink in MyFitnessPal. It calculates all the macros for you.

I had my surgery several years ago, but I was only allowed to walk for the first four weeks. After that, I was cleared to do anything but weights. I could do weights starting at eight weeks out.

yes - I think it's pretty common to get hungrier when you exercise. Your body wants those calories back that it burned off!

I had to check my results because I wasn't sure if it broke the results down that much (i.e., whether they tell you how much fat is in your stomach). Mine does break it down into left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, and....trunk. So yes - it does. Or at least mine does (although trunk also includes chest - it didn't break it down further than that)

I had a DEXAscan - it's one of the more accurate ways of finding out how much fat you have. Not the kind you get at a doctor's office - those just measure bone density. But the kind they have at university sports labs or those commercial places like DEXAFit. They'll run you around $100-150. But it'll tell you what your fat percentage is, among other things. I had mine when I weighed 146 lbs. I wanted to see how much more I needed to lose. I was surprised when the technician said - "you're done. You have 22% body fat - you don't need to lose any more!". (I've since gained weight though, unfortunately....). I'm glad I did it, though - otherwise I would have kept going.

I wasn't allowed to do anything except walk until I was one month out.

food not tasting good is a common reaction and is almost always temporary. the sick part isn't normal, though. Has this just come on recently? If so, maybe a stricture (??) (I'm not familiar with mini-bypass, so not sure if this is common with them. About 5% of regular bypass patients get them - but I don't know about mini-bypass). I'd see a doctor or go to urgent care...this isn't normal.

which surgery did you have? Have you been like this all along, or is this a new development? Just asking because if you're a bypass patient and if this just started, you could be developing a stricture. You're in the right time frame for it. otherwise, like the above commenter said, maybe your stomach isn't quite ready to progress, so in this case, you'll need to back up and stay at the previous stage for a few more days and try again lastly, lots of people can't handle eggs for the first few weeks or months after surgery - so that could be another reason in any event, I'd let your clinic know what's going on.

you can revise sleeve to both gastric bypass or duodenal switch. I know of several people who've had those revisions. you can also revise a bypass to a duodenal switch, but that's a complicated surgery and only a few surgeons in the country are qualified to do it. Basically, they have to completely reverse the bypass, then create a sleeve, then do the intestinal part of the DS (DS is a sleeved stomach with a partially bypassed small intestine) I don't know the answer to your other question (about the pain) - maybe someone else will.

making yourself sick will only make it worse. You are healing - I can't imagine forced vomiting would be anything but harmful on your stomach. Just don't do it again.

probably not. I felt more tired than usual the first month or two post-surgery, but not like I did during the pre-op diet.

I didn't eat any rice or tortillas for at least the first year out. I can handle them now, but only in small quantities because they sit in my stomach like a brick (I'm seven years out). I can eat all of those meats and have been able to handle them for a long time. Some were too dry for me the first few months out, though. The only way to know is to try them and see how you react.

I didn't use them the first few months after surgery, but I do now. Although some surgeons (not all) say never, I think it's more of an issue early out.

it's probably the tomatoes in the pasta sauce. I had issues with those the first few months (and still do, occasionally). I'd just start with some over-the-counter thing like Tums or some magnesium-based antacid. As far as home remedies, I know one person who swears by mixing a spoonful of baking soda in a class of water and drinking that..

a whole burger is a lot. At seven years out, I rarely eat more than half a burger.

a friend of mine from another forum had the same issue. She was able to find a surgeon willing to do it (and it was successful) at the Mayo Clinic.

many women complain that their cycles and moods get wonky for a few weeks or months after surgery. It's due to estrogen being released during the rapid weight loss (estrogen is stored in fat cells). It'll eventually stabilize.