walshie6981

A little about me, I am 34 year old female, new to this site. I had Gastric Sleeve August 21, 2015. I have lost around 28 pounds at this point but there are several things I am struggling with. I kind of hit a wall 5 weeks post surgery and was not losing any weight even while exercising 6 days a week. I would get so discouraged I stopped getting on the scale altogether. I don't want to become obsessed with the numbers and I am afraid that will happen, the great feeling of losing will make me want to get back on and see smaller and smaller numbers and the defeated feeling of NOT losing will be and has been quite discouraging. I am having a hard time with food. I have always had a very hectic schedule, working two jobs, very rarely getting 5 minutes to breathe, never mind actually taking a lunch break. I am used to scarfing down my meal in between phone calls and client interactions and eating as quickly as possible until the food is gone. This seems to be habit that is going to be very difficult to break. I am only working one job right now, but it is still very fast paced and the one with the least amount of downtime. I have taken steps to make sure I am eating something, which did not happen at all my first 3 days back from surgery, but I am still shoveling the food in, no matter how many times I tell myself I need to slow down and try "mindful eating." On one of the other posts someone suggested an app called "Eat Slower" and I downloaded that a few minutes ago to try. I have also noticed patterns that have me wondering if I have a food addiction. I have never considered that in the past because I never ate sun up to sundown as the term addiction implies and I can go 8, 10, 12 hours without eating anything at all and be fine. Now, however, once I start eating I can't seem to make myself stop eating, even when I am uncomfortably full and bordering on painfully full. I do not want to be another failed WLS statistic. I put my body through all of this trauma, I need to make sure I do everything within my power to make it successful so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I had my surgery just a few days before you had yours, August 21. When we were going through supplements to take I was told that the gummy vitamins were not good and to try chewables instead, Flintstones, etc. 1/2 a Flintstones vitamin is the correct dosage for children and a full vitamin is appropriate for an adult. If you're having trouble with the protein shakes and getting liquids in, try sugar free popsicles, they don't take up as much room in the stomach and they are very soothing to the throat on the way down. The regular protein shakes did not taste great so what Istarted doing was mixing the protein into a carnation breakfast shake, which tasted much more appealing. I would mix in 1/2 a scoop of the ensure chocolate protein powder with 1 8oz sugar free chocolate carnation and that brought the protein up to 20 g per shake so I was having an easier time hitting my numbers. With your medicines I would suggest trying to space them out throughout the day. I am still trying to drink water/crystal lite every other hour, at each of these times maybe you could take a different medicine, planning which ones need to be taken at the start of the day and which ones need to be taken before bed. Don't ever feel like you are alone, everyone is struggling in one way or another, as long as you keep working at it you'll get there and be thankful that you did. I know, I know, the Pollyanna attitude can be a bit much, but I'm trying, lol.