TXJess

Is your liquid intake a lot of broth/bullion? these have a LOT of salt in them which will also make Water weight stay put. Make sure you are getting non-salty fluids in and are walking to help more the fluids out of your cells. This is a post-op phase and you will begin to loose soon.

It's not uncommon to not lose or even gain right out of the hospital. You are pumped full of liquids and your body is traumatized.
I went into surgery 359 and came out 372. I was pissed. My surgeon said it can take (on average) 2 weeks to process the fluids and swelling from the surgery.
HW 385 SW 359 CW 305 Sleeved 10/5/16

While it's possible, because there are serious complications and higher risk because of obesity, here's my experience.
In my circle of friends, a person died several years after having some unspecified WLS. (No one really knew WHAT our friend had done, but the person who was with her at the facility was NOT impressed with the surgeon/facility.) She never followed through on the post-op diet plan, and had a number of health issues. She hated that she'd had the surgery, and said she had issues with food intolerance and other problems every since. However, she lost very little weight and like I said had lots of issues. While I haven't seen her medical records, as a nurse I can tell you that it's incredibly unlikely that she died as a result of the surgery, or even its complications.
Another friend of mine lost his sister several years after a gastric bypass. He insists that her health was compromised by the surgery and she never really recovered from it. Again, I don't have access to her records, and didn't socialize with her so I don't even know the extent of her post-op issues, but it's very unlikely that the surgery caused the death that many years out.
I personally know two people who almost died after lap band due to severe infections. I know three people (including one of the ones with the infections) who ate around their bands and were actually worse off from having it.
So I had some friends who had deep concerns about my safety for the surgery. But the sleeve is not the bypass or the band. The bypass can result in some issues with nutrient absorption that can cause long-term health problems if not properly managed, and the lap bands are particularly prone to infection because it leaves a foreign body in the person. The sleeve has a very good safety record. There can be some long-lasting complications, like reflux, but severe complications are not common, and are usually manageable. Also, over time all of the WLS's have become safer because the surgeons learn more about what works and what doesn't. Once I educated them about the difference between the surgeries and the safety record of the sleeve, they quit trying to scare me out of it, and have been very supportive.
My sister had the sleeve several years ago, and then had some complications with the skin surgeries. She also tends to go on and on at length about things with everyone who will listen, so everyone in the family has been subject to her monologues about food and diet and the surgery. So my parents had concerns about the complications, not realizing that her complications were actually from the skin surgeries. And they were worried that I would become "no fun" to have dinner with anymore. Once I cleared up the confusion about her surgical complications, and assured them that I have no reason to lecture anyone about what I'm eating or why or to police their eating, they dropped it.
My dad also didn't understand why I couldn't just quit eating stuff that's bad for me, and exercise. He was able to drop his excess weight (about 50#) that way and keep it off, because he's a very disciplined sort. Once I showed him the new science about set point and the pressures and drives the hormone system does to keep the weight on, and the evidence that the surgery re-sets the set point and blocks many of the hormone drives, he understood why I was doing it.
Bottom line, you are doing this for YOU, and for your health. If you and your team are good with the plan, ultimately that's all that matters. You can try to educate people, because many times their concerns or objections are based in things they've heard that aren't quite right. But don't let them get you off track or convince you not to do what you and your medical team have decided is in your best interests.

I'm still waiting. Seriously, it is hard to tell, because I keep pushing harder and harder. Mrs. LittleBill says I have lots more energy, but what does she know? I do know that for the first couple of weeks, I could barely drag myself off to bed. Things are better now, but I am still bushed at the end of the day.

I had a hard time on puree/soft to get enough food and Protein in. I started adding unflavored Protein powder to anything that it would mix into. I froze Syntrax Protein drinks into ice-pop tubes to boost fluids and Protein intake. I kept up with the Protein shakes to give myself a good protein base to work from, and added the puree/soft foods on top of that. I ate stuff like refried Beans with cheese, lots of greek yogurt, and made up Protein Powder with 1/2 the liquid to make pudding. I also found later that Fairlife milk has quite a bit more protein than regular milk, so I've switched to that to boost my intake. It's hard to get all the protein in to start with, and the calories stayed very low for me until I was on a full diet. My doc said my #1 priority is fluids, and my #2 priority is protein, and for the first 2-3 months post-op that's all she wanted me worried about.

After I had my son, I had gained 100 lbs. I started yoyo dieting and would lose 20 lbs but still be in the same size. After excessive gains and losses I noticed that plus sized clothing isn't accurate. I could gain 20 lbs and still fit into all my clothes and then I weigh myself and see a 20 on increase! Like whoa!! On the flip side, when I was a size 6 which seems like sooo long ago if I'd gain a 5 lbs (during that time of month) I'd need a size up cuz then the 6 was too snug. Each size allows room for 5-10 lbs in "regular" sizes. But you can gain 20 lbs and easily still fit in your plus size clothes. <---I blame this for not catching myself before hitting my all time highest weight.
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As you get smaller, you'll change sizes so much faster.
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You think? I couldn't even fathom that thread so I stopped reading it.

I never go swimming while eating tacos, so that's not a problem for me.

That's swimming. No SWIMMING for an hour post op.

Everyone knows that it isn't safe to eat taco's 45 minutes post op; you need to wait 1 hour.

Well now I guess I'm thankful for my pain. I know they did something. Oh - and I can't really eat. So there's that.

My husband is behind me 110%, however he will say "you look great to me" or "you really aren't that big". Honey, all due respect, I can't even tie my damn shoes without un-buckling my pants and taking a deep breath and holding it. Dude...hush up. Support me and we will be alright. Love ya.
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Good luck. My surgeon told me not to cheat on the pre-op diet at all. He said that the first 3-4 days will be rough, but after that, I shouldn't be hungry anymore. If I cheated, i would be hungry the whole time. It turned out to be true. So much so that the last day of Clear liquids was a breeze.

Good luck. My surgeon told me not to cheat on the pre-op diet at all. He said that the first 3-4 days will be rough, but after that, I shouldn't be hungry anymore. If I cheated, i would be hungry the whole time. It turned out to be true. So much so that the last day of Clear liquids was a breeze.

"Well, have you tried just diet and excerise?"
Like every other overweight person on the planet, only about 100 times......

Good luck. My surgeon told me not to cheat on the pre-op diet at all. He said that the first 3-4 days will be rough, but after that, I shouldn't be hungry anymore. If I cheated, i would be hungry the whole time. It turned out to be true. So much so that the last day of Clear liquids was a breeze.

Sounds like you have a tough situation altogether for everyone in your house. We all make do with what we have though.
One of the things that was really the hardest thing for me at first was the guilt about why I couldn't just lose the weight and maintain a healthy weight without the surgery. For some reason it felt like the surgery was an admission that I wasn't strong enough. So I did a lot of sole searching and had a very honest discussion with my doctor about it. What resulted for me was a script that I live by now. Maybe it would help you to develop a similar internal script. this isn't a tougher skin, just a different way to look at things.
#1 - my weight/fat is not me. This is something I carry around and I want to get rid of it. Maybe I did pick it up in the first place and that was stupid, but I want to put it back down. It doesn't define me. I can hate it without hating myself. People can comment on it without it being about me. It's my 100 (now 80) pound bag of rocks I carry around.
#2 - "Why can't I have (fill in the blank)?", or "but it's Christmas", or "how do you celebrate". I had (fill in the blank) for years and it did me no favors, or "I'll have plenty of Christmases in the future since I'll be healthy", or "food is fuel, not feelings".
#3 - But the surgery is so extreme. I hear this the most. My family was against this for me at first. My son begged me not to do it a week before the surgery. My response is now - I have demonstrated time and time again - at least five or six times since you have known me that I can lose the weight. What I have been unable to do is to keep it off. The surgery is a tool that will help me in the long run keep this weight from returning.
Anyway - hope you are having a lovely day and that you get a break at your house sometimes.

When you become a connoisseur of cold food that started out warm...

You ask, 3 days post-op, if you can smell your friend's husband's beer.

I'm not a vet yet, no. I'm a noob. But I took what you and others had to say very respectfully and I have responded with grace. So you're comments a very much welcome just not the parts where you sound like you're on a condescending power trip about new people like me that ventured to try half slice of cheese before they ought to have or the girl who tried a broccoli cheese Soup. I took this rant seriously and have chosen to move on without issue.
Newbies like myself are great and everyone learns from mistakes (or they die ultimately if not). It's simply work in progress for everyone.
Everyone has been instructed differently and adhered to them in their own way. It is rightful to be concerned and upset but at the same time serves no good if we're gonna be harsh to one another and make assumptions about one another and about one representing all.
Peace man, peace.
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That is a very hard thing, what the other poster said about never dating someone who was obesee, now that they where at a healthier body weight(goal weight). We have worked so hard to change our bodies and improve our health, that sometimes it might seem taboo to date someone who is obese, for fear that their eating habbits will pull us back to unhealthy ways. Every person has to come to their own resolutions about their bodies and weight, in their own time and way. Bariactrics is not a fix all, it's just part of the bigger solution.
From my own personal experiences, it is very difficult to stay on the diet/task at hand when you are the only one in the house with restrctions on diet. And sometimes there is resentment on both sides. I wish sometimes that my husband could feel the distain I feel when I've gained weight and my bras don't fit or my jeans are to tight, it sucks. I know that going backwards will literally make me go backwards. Sometimes I think the spouses who are not surgically intervined need more therapy then we do.

Thanks Frenchie for posting this. I'm only eight days post-op and this is such a good reminder.

How do you feel today? Hoping it finally went through last night.

Thanks Frenchie for posting this. I'm only eight days post-op and this is such a good reminder.