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*I apologize for the novel in advance* I can say for me I haven't even had surgery yet but my tentative date is Oct 30th...Whoop..Whoop! But anywho, I AM the heaviest out of ALL my friends, which I have never had a problem with cause I don't let my weight define me, I'm cool, a good person, a loyal friend & have a dope personality on top of all that. But when I started telling my "thinner" & I mean "much thinner" friends that I was gonna have the sleeve surgery, I started getting comments from them like, "Really, how much does the Dr want you to lose?" & I reply with, "well they want me to be around 155 - 170 if not smaller" & everyone that I have said that to, they answer me back with, "well damn I need to start getting in the gym so I can be where you need to be at." I don't say anything cause I'm like whatever, but I don't understand why it matters to them of me having to get to that weight/size. I mean they are all smaller than me now, so why does me getting smaller & healthier have such an affect on them? I guess I'll never understand, but I'm doing this for Me & my friends know how I am though, I'm quick to cut someone out my life that I feel shouldn't be apart of it. My nutritionist would tell me, "Sometimes in this journey you may lose friends before, during or even after surgery. But you didn't do this for them, you did this for You!" Did anyone else encounter comments, or situations like this?
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Once the scale stops for 2 months (and inches also stop coming off), then you know you have reached the end of the surgical- induced weight loss.
If you want to lose more, it's back to old fashioned diet and exercise. Diet is still more important than exercise. Losses will be as hard to come by as they were before you had surgery. It takes commitment to the program.
Figure out how many calories you now consume, cut out a couple hundred, and things should start moving again. Real food is better than fake food. Cut out sugar and white flour.

I'm 6 months out. These rule breaks I've done all along.
1. No Protein Shakes. Get Protein through foods and drink.
2. Use straws carefully
3. Consume caffeine.
4. Eat more than 4 times a day.
5. Usually don't get over 64oz fluids
6. Drink up to the meal, but not during or after.
7. I eat more than the recommended carbs each day (fruit, Beans, and potatoes).
8. I eat cake and ice cream at birthday parties.. as much as I want (in a single sitting.. not all day).

I'm four years out and carbonation hurts my sleeve. So I guess I'm the reason it's a rule for some!
I drink caffeine but it's fine on my plan.
I'm another one who doesn't do the drinking/eating together thing. I drink while eating not always but frequently.
"Snacking" is fine on my plan as well or I'd have to admit to breaking that one too. Lol.
I should add i maintain at goal too!

You should be fine. Just take it as easy as possible and plan for extra naps before or after you work! The first day or two will be rough, but you'll get your energy back soon!

I have been sleeping a lot. I'm two weeks out, and last night I went to bed just after 8 and didn't get up until after 9 this morning! I went back to work last week and was exhausted. I think sleep just helps us heal.

I think it's like when you plan a big party, or a wedding. You spend a year planning and prepping and getting excited about the big day, and then the big day happens, and the next morning you wake up and say, "now what?" We plan so much for surgery, that once it happens, we don't have anything to fixate on any more. After surgery, you're just waiting... waiting to heal, waiting to feel better, waiting for the number on the scale to go down.
i don't have any advice, but I understand how you're feeling. I've started planning a vacation that we are going to take in a few months, just to give me something else to be thinking about.

You should be fine. Just take it as easy as possible and plan for extra naps before or after you work! The first day or two will be rough, but you'll get your energy back soon!

I'm a bartender so I don't get paid unless I work. I will be very careful but I need to work. I'm drinking Water and eating sugar free water ice and popcicles

Good for you, I am hoping to go back the 2nd of October, my doctor wanted a full 2 weeks recovery. What liquids are you drinking?

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I’m not sure. I’m about to look it up because I spent almost $200 on their products.

I think it's like when you plan a big party, or a wedding. You spend a year planning and prepping and getting excited about the big day, and then the big day happens, and the next morning you wake up and say, "now what?" We plan so much for surgery, that once it happens, we don't have anything to fixate on any more. After surgery, you're just waiting... waiting to heal, waiting to feel better, waiting for the number on the scale to go down.
i don't have any advice, but I understand how you're feeling. I've started planning a vacation that we are going to take in a few months, just to give me something else to be thinking about.

Hi Everyone! I was sleeved on 9/13, and I'm now 11 days out. [I had a Realize lap band on 6/30/2010, I lost some weight (about 30 lbs band surgery) and then stayed the same for years. I did the HCG diet and got down under 200, but then regained. I had a revision to gastric sleeve on 9/13/2017. ]
I have a very high pain threshold so I haven't had anything super bad after my discharge. The first night after surgery was the worst, the gas really added to the pain. They said walking would help, so I walked for about 15 minutes the first evening with the nurse, then again with my daughter later in the night and they woke me up to take my stats about 5:00 AM so I walked more and then went back to sleep and then kept walking multiple times, whenever the pain was getting too much, along with heat packs on my shoulders and sternum. Since coming home, I took liquid Tylenol 3 times. I was doing OK, then overdid it walking my 2 little dogs on Wednesday and then later on starting having a sharp pain in my lower left (not constant, just when I was in certain positions or did certain motions). I searched the web and found multiple mentions that it was likely from overdoing and to rest more, by Friday afternoon, that pain was gone. I mostly feel tired. I do have soreness at the largest incision.
I lost the first few days, but then the last 3 I went back up 1 lb (tiny amount each day). So far, I'm down 6 lbs from day of surgery. I'm eating between 500-800 calories a day, I'm using My Fitness Pal to track my food, (it's great and free). I'm OK with the Protein Shakes. I researched them before surgery and got samples of different brands and flavors, so I had ones I liked for after surgery. I'm adding unflavored Protein Powder to pureed Soups and other beverages (low cal juices, liquid yogurt, V-8, buttermilk).
I researched gastric sleeve diets and found most doctors say Week 1-2 full liquids, Week 3-4 Soft Pureed foods, Weeks 5-6 Soft Food, Week 7+ regular food. Some have the 1st week as clear liquid. All seem to recommend 60 grams protein/day. The ones that do mention a Water goal list a total of at least 64 ounces of liquid (which includes the Liquid Protein shakes.) Eating solid food can hurt us at this early a time and all my research shows the longer you stick with this diet, the more you will lose. I keep telling myself, "it's just for today, it's not forever" and I can eat 'real' food again in 2 months of surgery, this time will pass.
I'm mostly surprised about the hunger. Everything I read seemed to agree in saying we won't have hunger after surgery (or that the great majority won't have hunger), but in reading the replies, it seems I'm not the only one with hunger, it seems like most of us still have the hunger. My stomach also was growling and rumbling the other day!
Thanks for the tip on the free Kindle download of Never Binge Again, I just downloaded it.

6 days post op... and it’s hell. I don’t want shakes or Soup, just Water. I ordered all these Unjury products and can’t stand the taste. 12 pounds down in 6 days but I know I can’t live off water and popsicles. Trying to stay strong.

I was sleeved on 9/20 and I have been very cautious about not drinking too fast so that wouldn't be uncomfortable. Today I have been taking larger drinks without discomfort, so I was wondering if I am not feeling the full sensation. Right now, I'm still having gas pains and incision pain, and a lot of gas movement/sounds so maybe I can't get a good idea of what it feels like because of everything else going on? Thoughts? Similar experiences? Thanks!

Agreeing with Polly

I'm a week out, and eating around 800 calories a day on full liquids. I wasn't given any caloric guide. My understanding was that this is a healing time, and it's important to get Protein in so the body can heal. When we make the switch to solids, it will be important to track calories.
But maybe im just confused! It's crazy how different all of our surgeons are with what they want us to do. I'm trying hard to just follow the plan my doctor gave me.
when I had the lapband, my doc didn't give me much to go on, so I tried to follow what I read online, which was not good for me! So now I am reading about everyone else's experience and reminding myself that I need to follow the plan I was given.
But believe me, I have a ton of questions for my 2 week follow up appointment next week!

This book is a good place to start so you can understand the science.
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CVV2AE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Bus7ybP5P45SW

Just like WLS understanding the science behind it makes it easier to understand, follow and make the right choices.


/r/keto on reddit is a great place to start. I am just going to warn you. Keto is a commitment just like WLS. It isn't a diet it is a lifestyle and a way of eating. If you stop eating keto and go back to carbs the weight will pile on. Keto is not some fad diet you can follow for a little while drop weight and go back to eating trash. If you can't commit to it for life, there is no reason to even start.
Keto replaces carbs with fat to keep you satisfied and once you are keto adapted your body runs on fat.

Exercise increases your appetite. That is why I don't do it.

Try upping your Water and then if you are hungry eat chicken or something really high Protein. Doesn't have to be much. But it's OK to eat if you're hungry, the trick is to make the right choices. When I exercise more I need more protein. Sometimes I finish my run or yoga and then go shove my face into some roasted chicken and eat like an animal. And I LOVE it. lol! I love my chicken. Carbs/sugars post exercise? Don't do it! Water and Protein?? Hells yes!

I started running and the past week my appetite is more but I'm still losing. I just make sure if I grab something it's high in Protein and low in everything else!

...I started exercising a few weeks ago. I noticed the same thing. I found on the days that I am super hungry all day no matter what I eat or drink, I lose a large amount the next day (~1 lb) on the scale. When it happens to me, I double down on my Protein Shakes to get some extra Protein in, try to drink more Water and try to enjoy my metabolism finally figuring out how to work again good luck!

Egg was so hard for me the first day I had a bad reaction, tachycardia and numbness on my left arm, I was so scare so, I tried again a after a week and it was better. I usually eat a cottage cheese in the morning. chicken puree with pumpkin puree, all from scratch. But I bought baby food for those days that I can't cook, because I am busy. I bought beef, chicken and ham, just add a little salt and is edible. But I cook my meals most of the time, love to cook, I eat the same as I cook for my family, just modify to my diet. When they eat Pasta I eat pumpkin puree or mash potatoes, or mash malanga or plantain. I haven't eat salad as of yet.
How I cook the chicken?
Salt
Taco seasoning
Lemon few drops
Garlic powder
Oregano powder
Paprika
Bbq rub for chicken
Then I puree with light mayo as per my nutritionist.
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I start the puréed phase in seven days. I can have soft cooked eggs, and anything that doesn't require chewing. Example puréed sweet potato, puréed dark meat chicken, puréed fruits, etc. My doctor says if you have to chew it then it's not puréed so just pulverize it. Lol.

Hi, New here. I’m 3 days post op. So far things are okay. I’m doing about 1/4 a cup of Soup for lunch/dinner and portioning it out slowly. A few issues is after I swallow I get a constricting feeling right at what I assume is the top of the stomach (this happens even after the first ‘bite’ so I don’t think I’m pushing the pouch too hard.
I’ve got some bad bruising around two of my incision points the surgeon said was expected. And they’re obviously the most tender at the moment.
Supposed to be on this liquid diet for 2 weeks the transition into purée....but dammit I want scrambled eggs so badly.
I lost 92 lbs pre op officially so we’ll see where we go from here.