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It isn't normal but I had insane energy and still do. It also helped me heal insanely fast after my surgery a year ago. I was on roller coasters 2 weeks post op personally and having sex within 4 days of surgery (staples still in) Oh I had laproscopic not open.

I was 350 July last year PRE-OP. I'm now 196-199 give or take. I'm a 6'1" 40 year old male. My original "GW" was 250 (it was a number I wanted to see again) My next "GW" was 220 (a number I weighed when entering Freshman year of High School) My next "GW" was to drop below 200 (accomplished and holding below currently) Now I say all this because a "GW" can be a moving target if you ask me. I've hit 3 of my personal goal markers and when my surgeon and his staff ask me where I'd like to be I respond quite honestly with, "on a beach." I'm happy with where I'm at. BMI can use some work I suppose and I'll probably settle in around 170-185 in the end with summer coming around and thus the ability to get out and walk daily. Don't sweat the numbers. Sweat the protein and the water - count those numbers! Don't eat sugar don't eat bread and enriched flour products. And yup - too early to be worrying about it :-)

It depends where the gas sits but if ur in extreme pain and I mean take a 350 pound man down to the ground in tears - pain.....then odds are its on diaphragm and it will hurt to breath. Then lay in left side. All my weight pushed into bubble and forced it to move and then it disappeared.

My gas bubble ended up sitting on my diaphragm - talk about pain! Took me mind over matter to lay on my left side (side where the largest port was put in and the most staples were) but once I did and placed all my weight on the side the bubble moved and vanished in mere moments. My advice is this - take it day to day. Never give up. Never think you are in control, you are not. Follow directions from your NUT. Don't eat tortillas or breads of ANY KIND. Eat protein and a lot of it - as much as u can fit before the full feeing. Protein shakes, drinks, bars, etc when you reach solids. Muscle burns fat so long muscle works against us. Be happy! Your about to have your life changed for the better but your brain is going to go thru some serious mind fucks as you travel on this journey.

Seems like your looking to blame a lot of people for allowing you the surgery from the psychologist who you saw for an hour or so to the surgeon whom never seems to be there when u are. Fact is we are adults. This was a major surgery for all of us and we all did our research and no one could have prepared any of us mentally for this type of surgery. You WILL get thru it. A reversal? You wouldn't think undergoing a major surgery to reverse a major surgery will be an option. In fact I can imagine it being a massive risk to preform it. I hope you seek some help psychologically and spiritually because there is nothing that can alter ones mind other than oneself. Choose to be happy and you will be happy. Choose to be angry and you will be angry. Your fulfilling your own prophecy though - eventually your going to push even your fiancé away by choosing to be so angry. Smile you WILL BE OKAY.

Salivation is a sign of your pouch being over stuffed not dumping. Dumping is from my understanding a painful and disgusting diareah that is pretty much uncontrollable. 1 tablespoon would probably be a smart choice. Puréed. Then chew for 60 seconds. Then chew another 60 seconds. Then swallow half of what's in mouth. Then other half. Then repeat until you have turned 1 tablespoon into 4-6 bites. You'll be fine in time and you will learn to adjust.

None of that is what u need right now. Ur filling ur pouch with the secondary stuff and u only get so much room. Try Syntrax Nectar Protein - it's sugar free and carb free and loaded with protein and chocolate truffle 2 scoops mixed with 16 oz of water will give u 1/2 of ur needed daily protein. Try quest bars and quest protein chips - also both easy to digest. DO NOT eat pita chips and hummus until u have gotten ur protein amounts. Your sabotaging yourself by doing so. You will be "burping" up meat at this rate because ur pouch is full up on pita. Sorry if this is harsh but you chose this route like we all did and u should hear that it's protein FIRST! Throw the chip crap away. 6 months out maybe have one. Right now vegitables and fruit are not even something u need to be eating if u aren't getting protein amounts yet. Vitamin supplements are to take care of everything but protein.

I guess I should have clarified more so that it's the enriched flour carbs I avoid completely or the straight up carbs coming from all those skittles and m&ms inused to eat by the bag. Beans and such I enjoy in reasonable amounts. And give those flavored tuna packs a try too - I used to mix tuna packs with a whipped up egg and divide it in two portions (one in fridge) and the other I'd heat up some oil in a pan (just a little) and I'd get a nice crispy like patty made with egg and tuna (tastes great and was easy to digest)

Don't eat carbs! Not after 5 weeks. Number one. Number two is you will find many things that work and others that don't - so experiment. I was able to eat tilapia but not salmon, beef but not chicken, filet but not strip...... But DO NOT EAT CARBS!!!!! Protein ONLY! Talk to your NUTT and surgeon about any physical issues though but be honest with them. This has to be a joint effort for us all and when we start thinking we control the weight loss because we have the surgery - we lose. We all got excessively fat over years of poor choices, make the right ones now and if you can't digest something then try something else next time. Come back to the original issue food in a month or so as it may change. May never change. (I can eat most anything now but I still choose ZERO carbs unless from Vegitables or some fruits) ZERO soda, ZERO sugary candy

I found experimentation to be the best thing. An egg mixes well with tuna and makes a nice patty with a little olive oil. Sprinkle some salt on it and u have a crispy tuna patty - tons of protein too. Maybe some crab meat? Shrimp sautéed in a little butter and seasoned well? Salmon patties? Chicken salad? It's not the meat that won't sit well, it's the DRY meat. Add some moisture with butter, gravy, etc. make it more medium than well done. The point behind no corn or enriched flower the first couple months in the more successful programs is because our bodies NEED protein and theirs ZERO need for enriched flour and corn. Some of these programs around are nothing more than herding fat people thru a turnstile and knowing they will be back for revisions. Do some research. Don't eat enriched flour or corn. Don't drink alcohol, etc etc. Make smart decisions.

I have tried the cheese chips and cheese shells. Problem I found was that with high protein and low fat and low carbs my shits (as in frequent as they were) were even more solid and painful. Protein makes your shit hard and large. Add in cheese and u back that up further and it gets bigger and harder to get out. Want pain in the ass - have rny, eat 100+ grams of protein, and then add cheese crackers and cheese shells to the mix......you will find the bathroom wall, floor, and ceiling issues though since you'll be in there for quite sometime groaning over the excruciating pain of getting those infant sized turds out of your anus. Just my opinion.....oh and make sure to have a plunger near by

Steve, I'm not sure that the best advice to give someone that recently had the surgery is to go back to the bad habits of consuming high starchy corn or flour shells. Instead the rule of thumb is to load protein and try to avoid the crap we used to allow to rule our lives. I have a close friend who lost hundreds of pounds with the surgery and looked great until she slowly thought she could eat chips and candy and in a short time she's put on half of what she lost. So sure once in a while eat a taco if your a year or two out. But everyday on anything high starch is poor judgement.

Try Syntrax Nectar protein mix - high protein, zero carb, zero sugar! I mix chocolate truffle with decaf coffee and add sugar free creamer

I'm 6 months out and I enjoy taco salads - I take all the fixings my family uses minus the shells and put them in a bowl. Yummy!

Set a plan. Schedule your exercise, even if that is walking 3 miles a day - do it at the same time every day without excuses. Personally I got a dog so no matter how much I may want to sit on my ass, he needs to go outside for a walk and he's a pretty big motivator since its walk or clean up a mess.