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I was sleeved yesterday and have ZERO pain. I hope the same happens for you!
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I'm actually a little over a month. My surgery was on 21/7. I'm down 29 lbs. I can't believe it! I feel amazing, and have noticed that when I go up and down the stairs a million times per day, I'm often running! Who would have guessed?
We're deep into winter in Minnesota (-14 degrees here today) and I don't DO outside in winter much, so I've been walking 2 miles a day on my treadmill. I have to fight my son for it though, because he runs several miles per day *as a reward*. If only we all loved running so much.
Eating has been going ok most of the time. I'm on solid food now, but I'm still figuring out what things I can't eat. For example, today for lunch was 1/2 a turkey Breakfast sausage and 1/2 an egg. (so a total of about 10 small bites, eaten over half and hour.) Nope! One of them was not ok, causing me to throw up for the first time since surgery. Oh man, my chest hurts SO BAD when I've taken one too many bites!! Feels like an esophageal spasm. Happened in a restaurant a few days ago. So not fun.
As long as I think about it, I have no trouble getting my Water in. I have several alarms set on my phone. They say things like "start drinking now" and "stop drinking now" and "start eating now" so I can be sure to follow the 30/30 rule. This works pretty well for me.
The last couple of days I have noticed I feel hungry now. STARVING somethings, but if I just drink my water or have a couple bites of a Protein snack, it goes away.
Constipation is probably my biggest enemy these days. I'm kind of in a weight loss stall right now and feel like if I could just POOP I'd lose again! LOL Every number I hit, I feel unsatisfied with it. Like, I was stuck at 185 for a week. The day I hit 184, in my head I was all, "Yep, there's 184, but that was so yesterday. I want 183 now."
Anyway, so far I'm so happy I did this, and can't wait to see where I'm at in June!!

I'm actually a little over a month. My surgery was on 21/7. I'm down 29 lbs. I can't believe it! I feel amazing, and have noticed that when I go up and down the stairs a million times per day, I'm often running! Who would have guessed?
We're deep into winter in Minnesota (-14 degrees here today) and I don't DO outside in winter much, so I've been walking 2 miles a day on my treadmill. I have to fight my son for it though, because he runs several miles per day *as a reward*. If only we all loved running so much.
Eating has been going ok most of the time. I'm on solid food now, but I'm still figuring out what things I can't eat. For example, today for lunch was 1/2 a turkey Breakfast sausage and 1/2 an egg. (so a total of about 10 small bites, eaten over half and hour.) Nope! One of them was not ok, causing me to throw up for the first time since surgery. Oh man, my chest hurts SO BAD when I've taken one too many bites!! Feels like an esophageal spasm. Happened in a restaurant a few days ago. So not fun.
As long as I think about it, I have no trouble getting my Water in. I have several alarms set on my phone. They say things like "start drinking now" and "stop drinking now" and "start eating now" so I can be sure to follow the 30/30 rule. This works pretty well for me.
The last couple of days I have noticed I feel hungry now. STARVING somethings, but if I just drink my water or have a couple bites of a Protein snack, it goes away.
Constipation is probably my biggest enemy these days. I'm kind of in a weight loss stall right now and feel like if I could just POOP I'd lose again! LOL Every number I hit, I feel unsatisfied with it. Like, I was stuck at 185 for a week. The day I hit 184, in my head I was all, "Yep, there's 184, but that was so yesterday. I want 183 now."
Anyway, so far I'm so happy I did this, and can't wait to see where I'm at in June!!

I'm actually a little over a month. My surgery was on 21/7. I'm down 29 lbs. I can't believe it! I feel amazing, and have noticed that when I go up and down the stairs a million times per day, I'm often running! Who would have guessed?
We're deep into winter in Minnesota (-14 degrees here today) and I don't DO outside in winter much, so I've been walking 2 miles a day on my treadmill. I have to fight my son for it though, because he runs several miles per day *as a reward*. If only we all loved running so much.
Eating has been going ok most of the time. I'm on solid food now, but I'm still figuring out what things I can't eat. For example, today for lunch was 1/2 a turkey Breakfast sausage and 1/2 an egg. (so a total of about 10 small bites, eaten over half and hour.) Nope! One of them was not ok, causing me to throw up for the first time since surgery. Oh man, my chest hurts SO BAD when I've taken one too many bites!! Feels like an esophageal spasm. Happened in a restaurant a few days ago. So not fun.
As long as I think about it, I have no trouble getting my Water in. I have several alarms set on my phone. They say things like "start drinking now" and "stop drinking now" and "start eating now" so I can be sure to follow the 30/30 rule. This works pretty well for me.
The last couple of days I have noticed I feel hungry now. STARVING somethings, but if I just drink my water or have a couple bites of a Protein snack, it goes away.
Constipation is probably my biggest enemy these days. I'm kind of in a weight loss stall right now and feel like if I could just POOP I'd lose again! LOL Every number I hit, I feel unsatisfied with it. Like, I was stuck at 185 for a week. The day I hit 184, in my head I was all, "Yep, there's 184, but that was so yesterday. I want 183 now."
Anyway, so far I'm so happy I did this, and can't wait to see where I'm at in June!!

I'm actually a little over a month. My surgery was on 21/7. I'm down 29 lbs. I can't believe it! I feel amazing, and have noticed that when I go up and down the stairs a million times per day, I'm often running! Who would have guessed?
We're deep into winter in Minnesota (-14 degrees here today) and I don't DO outside in winter much, so I've been walking 2 miles a day on my treadmill. I have to fight my son for it though, because he runs several miles per day *as a reward*. If only we all loved running so much.
Eating has been going ok most of the time. I'm on solid food now, but I'm still figuring out what things I can't eat. For example, today for lunch was 1/2 a turkey Breakfast sausage and 1/2 an egg. (so a total of about 10 small bites, eaten over half and hour.) Nope! One of them was not ok, causing me to throw up for the first time since surgery. Oh man, my chest hurts SO BAD when I've taken one too many bites!! Feels like an esophageal spasm. Happened in a restaurant a few days ago. So not fun.
As long as I think about it, I have no trouble getting my Water in. I have several alarms set on my phone. They say things like "start drinking now" and "stop drinking now" and "start eating now" so I can be sure to follow the 30/30 rule. This works pretty well for me.
The last couple of days I have noticed I feel hungry now. STARVING somethings, but if I just drink my water or have a couple bites of a Protein snack, it goes away.
Constipation is probably my biggest enemy these days. I'm kind of in a weight loss stall right now and feel like if I could just POOP I'd lose again! LOL Every number I hit, I feel unsatisfied with it. Like, I was stuck at 185 for a week. The day I hit 184, in my head I was all, "Yep, there's 184, but that was so yesterday. I want 183 now."
Anyway, so far I'm so happy I did this, and can't wait to see where I'm at in June!!

I'm actually a little over a month. My surgery was on 21/7. I'm down 29 lbs. I can't believe it! I feel amazing, and have noticed that when I go up and down the stairs a million times per day, I'm often running! Who would have guessed?
We're deep into winter in Minnesota (-14 degrees here today) and I don't DO outside in winter much, so I've been walking 2 miles a day on my treadmill. I have to fight my son for it though, because he runs several miles per day *as a reward*. If only we all loved running so much.
Eating has been going ok most of the time. I'm on solid food now, but I'm still figuring out what things I can't eat. For example, today for lunch was 1/2 a turkey Breakfast sausage and 1/2 an egg. (so a total of about 10 small bites, eaten over half and hour.) Nope! One of them was not ok, causing me to throw up for the first time since surgery. Oh man, my chest hurts SO BAD when I've taken one too many bites!! Feels like an esophageal spasm. Happened in a restaurant a few days ago. So not fun.
As long as I think about it, I have no trouble getting my Water in. I have several alarms set on my phone. They say things like "start drinking now" and "stop drinking now" and "start eating now" so I can be sure to follow the 30/30 rule. This works pretty well for me.
The last couple of days I have noticed I feel hungry now. STARVING somethings, but if I just drink my water or have a couple bites of a Protein snack, it goes away.
Constipation is probably my biggest enemy these days. I'm kind of in a weight loss stall right now and feel like if I could just POOP I'd lose again! LOL Every number I hit, I feel unsatisfied with it. Like, I was stuck at 185 for a week. The day I hit 184, in my head I was all, "Yep, there's 184, but that was so yesterday. I want 183 now."
Anyway, so far I'm so happy I did this, and can't wait to see where I'm at in June!!

I'm actually a little over a month. My surgery was on 21/7. I'm down 29 lbs. I can't believe it! I feel amazing, and have noticed that when I go up and down the stairs a million times per day, I'm often running! Who would have guessed?
We're deep into winter in Minnesota (-14 degrees here today) and I don't DO outside in winter much, so I've been walking 2 miles a day on my treadmill. I have to fight my son for it though, because he runs several miles per day *as a reward*. If only we all loved running so much.
Eating has been going ok most of the time. I'm on solid food now, but I'm still figuring out what things I can't eat. For example, today for lunch was 1/2 a turkey Breakfast sausage and 1/2 an egg. (so a total of about 10 small bites, eaten over half and hour.) Nope! One of them was not ok, causing me to throw up for the first time since surgery. Oh man, my chest hurts SO BAD when I've taken one too many bites!! Feels like an esophageal spasm. Happened in a restaurant a few days ago. So not fun.
As long as I think about it, I have no trouble getting my Water in. I have several alarms set on my phone. They say things like "start drinking now" and "stop drinking now" and "start eating now" so I can be sure to follow the 30/30 rule. This works pretty well for me.
The last couple of days I have noticed I feel hungry now. STARVING somethings, but if I just drink my water or have a couple bites of a Protein snack, it goes away.
Constipation is probably my biggest enemy these days. I'm kind of in a weight loss stall right now and feel like if I could just POOP I'd lose again! LOL Every number I hit, I feel unsatisfied with it. Like, I was stuck at 185 for a week. The day I hit 184, in my head I was all, "Yep, there's 184, but that was so yesterday. I want 183 now."
Anyway, so far I'm so happy I did this, and can't wait to see where I'm at in June!!

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I'm 3 1/2 weeks out. Those first two weeks I had so much IN MY HEAD to deal with about eating!!! Fixing dinner for my kids, handling all the food. Oh man, it was SO HARD!!! Now I'm kind of "take it or leave it" with food. Some days I have to remind myself to eat so I have started setting alarms on my phone when to start/stop drinking and when to eat!

I was sleeved on 12/7. I have stalled twice. Once for four days, and I'm currently in day 3 of another stall. I've noticed the days I struggle to get my Protein are the days I stall.

I'm 3 1/2 weeks out. Those first two weeks I had so much IN MY HEAD to deal with about eating!!! Fixing dinner for my kids, handling all the food. Oh man, it was SO HARD!!! Now I'm kind of "take it or leave it" with food. Some days I have to remind myself to eat so I have started setting alarms on my phone when to start/stop drinking and when to eat!

What a rotten way to come into Christmas. So sorry! I am guessing you're still retaining a lot of Fluid since your kidney was messed up. Keep drinking as much as you can to help flush it. Did they put you on lasix or anything l like that?

I'm a lactation consultant. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE delay surgery until you're done breastfeeding.

I have issues with the whiney people on the show. I still watch though. And the enablers. OH MY WORD!!! But remember, they post the most interesting cases, or most annoying people, on the show.
So when I was in the hospital for my sleeve one of my nurses (just happened to be a new neighbor I hadn't yet met) complimented me on how well I was doing with all the changes. I am no super strong person believe me, but I have had a lot of surgeries the last two years due to cancer, plus chemo, and all that comes with that. Compared to all that, this surgery was a radar blip for me, and nothing more. (so far. I'm only 3 weeks out. LOL) Anyway, I was doing laps every hour, starting a couple hours after surgery, mostly because my back hurts so bad to lay in bed. The nurse, who was sleeved herself two years ago, said, "A lot of the people in this (bariatric) unit are used to having people do everything for them. A lot of them are pretty whiney, and a lot are hard to get up and moving because they think if they feel ANY pain at all their world is ending." Her comment reminded me of the show because I see a lot of that on the show.

I find this show so frustrating! The enabling spouses and families (especially feeder husbands!), the lack of rule following by the patients, Dr. Naz's lack of personality...

I enjoy "Fat Doctor" much more. It's about people more like us who aren't so super morbidly obese. The doctor on the show is a sweetheart, and I feel much more empathetic than Dr Now. It's a UK show and you can catch episodes on YouTube.

I have been on Biotin since I my last round of chemo 2 1/2 years ago. I have had no problems with unwanted hair growth.

Today I start pureed foods. Well, my doctor said I could start anytime after today if I feel I can tolerate it.
I have noticed there is a very fine line between "that is enough", and the very next bite which is "that was one bite too much and now I'm miserable." I'm eating *very* slowly. (30 min for a greek yogurt) so I have time to see how each bite feels in my stomach for a minute or two before taking another. But if I bite too many? Oh the misery! LOL I spend the next 3 hours burping or wanting to vomit. (thankfully have not vomited since surgery, but there have been times it would have felt better to do so!) How do you know where that line is? Is it just a learning curve with our newly altered anatomy?

Thank you. Yes, I am measuring out everything. I learned last week that cream of wheat, even a single small bite, is absolutely a NO food for me! I could't eat the entire rest of the day. Not sure what that's about. It was very thin (could pour it off a spoon, since I was still on full liquids) Other than that, it seems the sweet spot to stop is between 1/4 - 1/2 cup, depending upon what the food is.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Today I start pureed foods. Well, my doctor said I could start anytime after today if I feel I can tolerate it.
I have noticed there is a very fine line between "that is enough", and the very next bite which is "that was one bite too much and now I'm miserable." I'm eating *very* slowly. (30 min for a greek yogurt) so I have time to see how each bite feels in my stomach for a minute or two before taking another. But if I bite too many? Oh the misery! LOL I spend the next 3 hours burping or wanting to vomit. (thankfully have not vomited since surgery, but there have been times it would have felt better to do so!) How do you know where that line is? Is it just a learning curve with our newly altered anatomy?

One size fits all... Interesting. I have seen many like you who eat everything in moderation, and they aren't attacked. I fall in the moderate carb (eat whole fruits and sometimes whole grains) vs low carb, and no one attacks me. Discussions, debates are always welcomed here. It's the self created drama that is not. If you get my drift...
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Starte pre-op diet on 11/25 dropped 8.
Surgery on 12/7, down 14 since then.
I haven't seen the other side of 190 in several years, but expect to this week!

There were a couple of times -both while on the phone - when I was making my kids dinner and popped something in my mouth without even thinking. Totally out of habit and being distracted.
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If you cannot manage the pre-op diet, and knowlingly sabatage it, you're going to have a hard time post op.
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Sleeved on weds 12/7, home the next day. Walked a mile on my treadmill tonight. I have not had any pain, just some discomfort from the gas but nothing much. Had a terrible time dishing up dinner for my kids tonight. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Ugh!! Keeping my sights on those full liquids next week!! LOL
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