stacyrg2

I was sleeved in May 2014 and converted to RNY in July of this year because of severe GERD. While I was sleeved, I never vomited. Not once. I've thrown up once since my conversion surgery and it was when I tried to introduce a new food (quinoa, although I ate it all the time with my sleeve). Nausea and vomiting is very individual and there's no guarantee that you will ever have either.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by what affect the reduced portion size has. For me, it has allowed me to lose weight at a relatively slow but steady pace. I'm maintaining a 133lb loss 2 years and 7 months post surgery. Also, a forced reduced portion size has allowed me to change my relationship to food and to understand what a proper portion size is. Being 2 years 7 mos post surgery, I can eat a relatively normal portion size. 3-4 oz of Protein and about 1 oz of a vegetable. I now know, and more importantly understand how food is fuel and what the appropriate amount is to fuel my body. If you had something else in mind by your question, let me know and I'll try and clarify my answer.
My advice would be to work on your head. Realize the the surgery is just a tool to help you keep weight off. You're not going to wake up skinny and you shouldn't let that discourage you. This process takes hard work. So work on your self and commit to doing the work. Finally, I would recommend choosing a surgeon and team that you trust and then following your plan. I see so many people challenging their doctor's plan because "they know what's best for their body." If you are at the point where you need surgery, somewhere along the line, your way has failed. I decided at the beginning to put my faith in my surgeon and follow what he tells me to do. You know what? It's worked. I never could have lost the weight . . . and more importantly kept it off, by straying from plan.
Good luck and feel free to ask if you have other questions.

I was sleeved in May 2014 and converted to RNY in July of this year because of severe GERD. While I was sleeved, I never vomited. Not once. I've thrown up once since my conversion surgery and it was when I tried to introduce a new food (quinoa, although I ate it all the time with my sleeve). Nausea and vomiting is very individual and there's no guarantee that you will ever have either.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by what affect the reduced portion size has. For me, it has allowed me to lose weight at a relatively slow but steady pace. I'm maintaining a 133lb loss 2 years and 7 months post surgery. Also, a forced reduced portion size has allowed me to change my relationship to food and to understand what a proper portion size is. Being 2 years 7 mos post surgery, I can eat a relatively normal portion size. 3-4 oz of Protein and about 1 oz of a vegetable. I now know, and more importantly understand how food is fuel and what the appropriate amount is to fuel my body. If you had something else in mind by your question, let me know and I'll try and clarify my answer.
My advice would be to work on your head. Realize the the surgery is just a tool to help you keep weight off. You're not going to wake up skinny and you shouldn't let that discourage you. This process takes hard work. So work on your self and commit to doing the work. Finally, I would recommend choosing a surgeon and team that you trust and then following your plan. I see so many people challenging their doctor's plan because "they know what's best for their body." If you are at the point where you need surgery, somewhere along the line, your way has failed. I decided at the beginning to put my faith in my surgeon and follow what he tells me to do. You know what? It's worked. I never could have lost the weight . . . and more importantly kept it off, by straying from plan.
Good luck and feel free to ask if you have other questions.

I mix my Quest Protein with Water. Seems fine to me. Honestly the best way for you to mix it is the way that works best for you. Try a variety and see how you like it.

chewable Protein exists, look for it in bags labeled "beef jerky" or sticks of "turkey jerky" and similar

Oddly, this is an open forum and anyone can respond to any post. You have no control over that. The post that are irritating you are from vets who have been exceedingly successful with their surgery. This posts like this one and attitude like you are demonstrating that drive the vets away in droves. Babbs made a good point. How does sucking the hell out of crap like bugles and pretzels satisfy a craving for "crunchy?" You satisfied a craving for carb filled crap.
I'm 2.7 years post surgery, down 133 lbs and value every word that Babbs, Bufflehead, Lipsticklady, et al. take the time to post. I read responses to your and think why the hell do they, or me, waste our time.

Do you mean to make Protein Shakes? I use vanilla unsweetened cashew milk -- I like the taste better than almond milk or Water, and regular dairy milk and soy milk are too high calorie for me (cashew milk is 25 calories/cup).
Another good option if you need more Protein is Fair Life or Carb Master milk -- lower calorie and higher protein than regular dairy milk.

Since you like certain outdoor activites, when not look into exercises that compliment or supplement those activities? If kayaking is something you like and want to get better at, what physical attributes improve that performance? Weighted rows, lat pulls, cardio conditioning... Maybe the key for you is to find a goal not associated with a weight but at improving performance?

Oddly, this is an open forum and anyone can respond to any post. You have no control over that. The post that are irritating you are from vets who have been exceedingly successful with their surgery. This posts like this one and attitude like you are demonstrating that drive the vets away in droves. Babbs made a good point. How does sucking the hell out of crap like bugles and pretzels satisfy a craving for "crunchy?" You satisfied a craving for carb filled crap.
I'm 2.7 years post surgery, down 133 lbs and value every word that Babbs, Bufflehead, Lipsticklady, et al. take the time to post. I read responses to your and think why the hell do they, or me, waste our time.

Calories are likely your problem. At your age, height, and weight, you are consuming about the number of calories you would need to maintain if you are more or less sedentary.
If I were you, I'd schedule your appointment with your nutritionist and work with him/her to map out a plan for yourself. I'd also get back to journaling everything you eat and drink in a day.
Good luck!

Three months isn't a stall, it's maintenance. Unless there is something very weird going on, you need to cut down on your calories and up your exercise. If you haven't already, figure out precisely how many calories you are taking in each day and lower that by at least 200.
If you are very confident that you know precisely how many calories you are taking in (you are weighing your portions, tracking everything on MFP, not having "cheat" days or "treat" meals or taking little tastes and bites here and there) and your calories are below 1200 per day, you may want to check in with your medical team and/or get your resting metabolic rate tested.
Good luck!

@@Anna Nim I'd discount that entire thing, except for this last part right here...
"But remember, if you are locked into this thing and absolutely have to like a Lemming going towards a cliff; no matter what you do, you will always be my princess and I will always be your dad and I will always be there for you."
Let's hope he means it. It looks like seeing is the only way for him to believe.

"continuous medical monitoring . . . nutritional supplements . . . tablespoons of bland food"
He makes it sound like you are going to spend your life being trailed by a rolling IV bag, a team of medical professionals with clipboards, and someone to feed you eyedroppers full of Ensure and liquid vitamins on a schedule. Trust me, that is not my life and it won't be yours either. Good luck with your surgery, and your dad! Promise yourself that you will work extra hard just to prove him wrong

Teeth breaking one:

Then I thought, perhaps a spelling mistake for:

This reminded me of yet another spelling example (very cute though):

Finally I found this:

And amazingly there is a war regarding bugles on BP!
Bugle trumpet World War 1

Lastly, my favourite: Peter Sellers "the Party"

I know DS (the switch) uses a sleeved stomach, so yes, that could potentially make GERD worse (just like the sleeve can). I'm not sure about SIPS. If they use a sleeved stomach for that, too, then yes - there's that risk.

Oddly, this is an open forum and anyone can respond to any post. You have no control over that. The post that are irritating you are from vets who have been exceedingly successful with their surgery. This posts like this one and attitude like you are demonstrating that drive the vets away in droves. Babbs made a good point. How does sucking the hell out of crap like bugles and pretzels satisfy a craving for "crunchy?" You satisfied a craving for carb filled crap.
I'm 2.7 years post surgery, down 133 lbs and value every word that Babbs, Bufflehead, Lipsticklady, et al. take the time to post. I read responses to your and think why the hell do they, or me, waste our time.

People you can talk until you are blue in the face and type until your fingers bleed, but you can not give common sense through osmosis. People either have common sense or not. I find it unfortunate and frustrating that people who fail at this journey do so by there own failures and then say " well it didn`t work for me." Clearly this is medically proven to work, there is no problem with the tried and true procedure. The problem falls squarely on the patients lack of ability to follow up on there bargain so to speak. No one likes to fail at anything, and nothing will help these people until they can get to the point that they realize that this procedure is only a tool. Until you can change the way you think about your diet, you are destine to fail it just that simple. Name calling and getting pissed is not going to get you anywhere, perhaps a long hard look in the mirror will serve you much better, maybe that might get you to take a bit more control of your life and your health.

I call BS on that. She didn't have 6 people visit her profile yesterday so how did 6 people message her? The name calling tells the entire story here.

@@Heather Leigh
You're another new forum member who name calls and gets defensive and rude when given good advice by vets like @@Babbs and @@Bufflehead ?
I'm going to go ahead and block you now and I'd suggest you block me. Clearly you don't need the advice of people who've walked this road successfully, relying on smart choices NOT "luck".

Forum members like @@Babbs and @@Bufflehead are veterans that have given the majority of us on here very wise, informed and good intentioned advice. They will not hold your hand while you are doing something harmful to your body. You asked, they gave you a direct answer. If you don't like it, just move on. I am 10 months post op and have taken every grain of wisdom they have offered because they have had such amazing success.

I wasn't aware there were threads I could and couldn't post on.
Learn to take some constructive criticism and not become so damn defensive, will ya? I wouldn't have been as successful as I am without the veterans on this forum. If you're going to be contestanly defiant you're going to have a long, hard road ahead. Listen. Learn.

@@Heather Leigh
Well, you have a mouth. We know that because you've been sucking on Bugles and pretzels with it. Here's a concept: Why not ASK your surgeon what your plan is?

No luck is needed when one follows a sensible plan.

You're 3 weeks out. Are you supposed to be having anything crunchy? And you're not having "crunchy" if you're just sucking on them anyway? And where's the Protein?
And DON'T tell me I'm not being 'positive'. You just had major bariatric surgery and have a post surgery diet you're supposed to be following. Grow the hell up.

Are Bugles and pretzels on your list of approved foods?
Other crunchy things you can turn into mush: Cookies, french fries, Ritz crackers, potato chips, Hershey bars . . . but this isn't the way most of us eat post-sleeve, and for good reason. This is the time to be adopting healthy habits and learning a new way of thinking about food, not plotting ways to get high-carb crap into your body.

I love how the ones who respond to the "I ate a burrito 2 days post surgery" posts with "we're all human, we all 'cheated,' it'll be ok" are almost always new post ops. For the most part you never get that from the vets, because the vets know what it takes to be successful. Yet, the vets are seen as bullies, and haters and whatever the buzzword of the day is for someone who won't validate your choices. You ate a burrito 2 days post surgery? Good for you! It wasn't a "mistake," it was a choice. For the record, I didn't "cheat" on my pre OR post op diet. I didn't choose to eat things off plan. I was given a food plan that I followed because I wanted to be successful at this. And I have been. 2.5 years post surgery, 133 lbs lost, at goal, but still losing slowly. So, stop with the "everyone did it and survived" responses and mentality. You chose to eat off plan and you didn't get sick or injure yourself? Good for you. But stop with the generalizations that everyone does it. And to all of you who are seeking validation for bad CHOICES (not mistakes), stop complaining that you're being bullied when the successful vets on this site tell you how foolish you're being.