Finding_Stacy

It doesn't matter if you're 400 or 150, if you don't exercise, walking a mile is intense. My personal advice from past experience if you can walk a mile while having a conversation, then pick up your speed and add another mile or two. Once you can walk five miles easily, then start running. But if you jump right into trying to run a mile, or something equally strenuous when you're out of shape, you're only going to hurt yourself. Take it easy and start with what you can do and go up from there.

It doesn't matter if you're 400 or 150, if you don't exercise, walking a mile is intense. My personal advice from past experience if you can walk a mile while having a conversation, then pick up your speed and add another mile or two. Once you can walk five miles easily, then start running. But if you jump right into trying to run a mile, or something equally strenuous when you're out of shape, you're only going to hurt yourself. Take it easy and start with what you can do and go up from there.

It doesn't matter if you're 400 or 150, if you don't exercise, walking a mile is intense. My personal advice from past experience if you can walk a mile while having a conversation, then pick up your speed and add another mile or two. Once you can walk five miles easily, then start running. But if you jump right into trying to run a mile, or something equally strenuous when you're out of shape, you're only going to hurt yourself. Take it easy and start with what you can do and go up from there.

Cheer up, buttercup. We've all been in a slump, or will be, at one time or another. It's exhausting having to be accountable for every single thing we put into our mouths and screw ups happen.
How much did you gain? Women can fluctuate five to seven pounds each month, depending on their hormones. If you feel up to it, send me a private message on what you've been eating, or if you log it into a Fitbit, take a screen pic and send it. It might be nothing, it might be something. I feel slumpy today. I ate a hotdog today. Even though it's a low carb food (2 carbs), it's a terrible choice loaded with sodium and questionable ingredients.
Oh, you know what I have been hooked on? Dunkin Donuts medium iced Decaf coffee with 4 creams, 2 splendas, and a shot of unsweetened vanilla. It makes me sad that I do two coffees a day for the last couple of weeks. It adds 6-8 carbs a day that I could not be consuming if my coffee ways didn't suck me back in 😔.

Cheer up, buttercup. We've all been in a slump, or will be, at one time or another. It's exhausting having to be accountable for every single thing we put into our mouths and screw ups happen.
How much did you gain? Women can fluctuate five to seven pounds each month, depending on their hormones. If you feel up to it, send me a private message on what you've been eating, or if you log it into a Fitbit, take a screen pic and send it. It might be nothing, it might be something. I feel slumpy today. I ate a hotdog today. Even though it's a low carb food (2 carbs), it's a terrible choice loaded with sodium and questionable ingredients.
Oh, you know what I have been hooked on? Dunkin Donuts medium iced Decaf coffee with 4 creams, 2 splendas, and a shot of unsweetened vanilla. It makes me sad that I do two coffees a day for the last couple of weeks. It adds 6-8 carbs a day that I could not be consuming if my coffee ways didn't suck me back in 😔.

Ha ha hope I'm not offending anyone! I am tired of typing about my weight or food intake or 'congratualtions'. And that ****. I want to say it with pictures!!

Imagine being chastized for your weight at 140!! Ridiculous. I remember one of my old boyfriends saying he'd never seen me heavier when I was 136 (in high school)!. There were always the comments - oh she'd be perfect if she just lost that last 5 pounds... little did we or they know this would lead us to have to lose the last 50 or a hundred pounds!

How are you doing anyway? Hope it's going well. I'm in a slump - didnt weight myself all last week and thought I had lost but I'd gained! I am not eating enough veggies or Protein Shakes, etc. It feels like I'm never doing it uite right. I get that feeling from everybody! Just about. except the really arrogant ones.

I joined a great Facebook group that is constant moitvation. you should check it outl. let me know if you want the link
Thinking about you and all the APRIL SLEEVERS out there!!

Ladddaay (read this with a terrible Jerry Lewis impression) How've you been?
Thanks, but I never really did pre-op dieting. I was/am in the research program so they just gave me their meal plan three nights before surgery, for two days, and then they put me on liquids 24 hours before my surgery. I mean, I think I lost six pounds..but nothing drastic like you and so many here.
And physically fit exes with a side of arrogant @sshole--yeah, I had one of those too. I used to have to be around him all the time, but thankfully I havent seen him in three years since my daughter graduated high school. I should've dropped him in College when he told me to join a gym because I was 140.
i hope you're doing well and kicking mucho @ss!!!!

It doesn't matter if you're 400 or 150, if you don't exercise, walking a mile is intense. My personal advice from past experience if you can walk a mile while having a conversation, then pick up your speed and add another mile or two. Once you can walk five miles easily, then start running. But if you jump right into trying to run a mile, or something equally strenuous when you're out of shape, you're only going to hurt yourself. Take it easy and start with what you can do and go up from there.

thank you all for your input, it really does mean a lot, keep in mind i'm only 5 ft. 2.

Keep in mind you don't have very much weight to lose, if you're indeed 174 right now, and you've already taken off 31--which is fantastic. You're not going to lose at the same rate as someone like myself who was starting at 225 pounds to lose. I think you're right on track with eating and drinking. That's where I'm at right now and I'm a month out. I remember being shocked, and a little sad, when I was able to eat a cup of yogurt or drink a Protein Shake within a half hour. liquids pretty much go right through your stomach, and you can eat more yogurt than, lets say, chicken breast. Once you start eating real meat and real food, you'll find that you eat less than the soft stuff, feel full longer, and will probably start losing again.
Our bodies just need a break around 2-3 weeks, but keep the Water up, up, up and it will pick up again.

Keep in mind you don't have very much weight to lose, if you're indeed 174 right now, and you've already taken off 31--which is fantastic. You're not going to lose at the same rate as someone like myself who was starting at 225 pounds to lose. I think you're right on track with eating and drinking. That's where I'm at right now and I'm a month out. I remember being shocked, and a little sad, when I was able to eat a cup of yogurt or drink a Protein Shake within a half hour. liquids pretty much go right through your stomach, and you can eat more yogurt than, lets say, chicken breast. Once you start eating real meat and real food, you'll find that you eat less than the soft stuff, feel full longer, and will probably start losing again.
Our bodies just need a break around 2-3 weeks, but keep the Water up, up, up and it will pick up again.

Keep in mind you don't have very much weight to lose, if you're indeed 174 right now, and you've already taken off 31--which is fantastic. You're not going to lose at the same rate as someone like myself who was starting at 225 pounds to lose. I think you're right on track with eating and drinking. That's where I'm at right now and I'm a month out. I remember being shocked, and a little sad, when I was able to eat a cup of yogurt or drink a Protein Shake within a half hour. liquids pretty much go right through your stomach, and you can eat more yogurt than, lets say, chicken breast. Once you start eating real meat and real food, you'll find that you eat less than the soft stuff, feel full longer, and will probably start losing again.
Our bodies just need a break around 2-3 weeks, but keep the Water up, up, up and it will pick up again.

But look how much weight you lost and I bet you rarely crave anything outside of what you normally eat. Low carb is the key to curb those pesky cravings, giving us an abundance of energy, and keeps us emotionally balanced with fewer mood swings.
You're doing great, Bliz!

I followed a low carb way of eating for six months prior to my surgery (insurance-required diet program), so when I got to my post-op food stages, I refused to eat more than 20 carbs in a day (as I had been doing). This meant that I stayed on liquids for an extra week (3 weeks total post-op of liquids) because I wouldn't eat the second stage of food that added ripe banana, oatmeal, cream of wheat, and stuff like that.
Getting into ketosis is such a heinous experience that I didn't want to have to go through that again. At almost 8 months post-op, I still don't eat more than 20 carbs per day. (It's been over 14 months total, now.)
This approach isn't for everyone, but it has served me well.

I've always been strict with my carbs before and after surgery. The first couple of weeks I kept them below 10--some days below 5 (not intentionally). I ate sugar free, grain free and still do. The only carbs I have right now come from broccoli or my Premier Protein shakes. My doctor's plan is a 120 carbs a day, which is ridiculous. If I followed that, it would take me five years to get half of my weight off. So, right now I keep them under 20 net, I eat anywhere from 460-750 calories a day, drink 80+ounces of Water, and my Protein is +75.

I've always been strict with my carbs before and after surgery. The first couple of weeks I kept them below 10--some days below 5 (not intentionally). I ate sugar free, grain free and still do. The only carbs I have right now come from broccoli or my Premier Protein shakes. My doctor's plan is a 120 carbs a day, which is ridiculous. If I followed that, it would take me five years to get half of my weight off. So, right now I keep them under 20 net, I eat anywhere from 460-750 calories a day, drink 80+ounces of Water, and my Protein is +75.

Who's doing your surgery? I'm at University of Chicago.

I think your nutritionist is misinterpreting the data. It's not that the bypass is NECESSARILY more effective long term, only that we have more EVIDENCE of it being effective long term. The sleeve as an individual operation is a relatively new procedure, so we just don't have as much long term data either way vs the RNY. But the info we do have is very promising.
I've done a lot of reading and from my (layman's) understanding, the bypass will help you lose weight faster (6mo to a year) vs the sleeve where you typically lose slowly over a period of 18 months. The typical difference between loss I think is often 10% of your weight ON AVERAGE, which may or may not be a big deal to you. (It wasn't to me, which is why I went with the sleeve.) Regain typically comes down to compliancy post-op more than what procedure you get. The average losses comes from the people who lose 150 lbs and completely overhaul their life and the people who eat around their surgery and lose less than ten or go on to gain past their original weight, so honestly I really didn't take it much into account when I was picking my procedure. I was much more concerned about the life I'd be living post op with both procedures and about my individual comfort level with the concept of the procedures themselves. Sleeve fit my vision for my future, so that's what I chose even though my surgeon was more in favour of the RNY as the "gold standard".
It is true the RNY is more invasive and also produces more restriction both in terms of volume of food AND type of foods you can eat. A lot of the things I can very easily eat post-op with my sleeve could make your average RNY patient very sick. some people see this as a pro to the RNY, others a con.
There are good reasons to pick either procedure, and sticking to the plan long term will bring success with EITHER procedure. After that it comes down to other factors: if you have GERD, if you have type 2 diabetes, how much weight you have to lose, how comfortable you are with malabsorption of nutrients, the speed you want the weight loss to be, whether you'd prefer the proven track record of the RNY, whether you want the ability to revise down the line, etc.
There's a lot to consider here, so definitely stick around and do some reading, but don't let the nutritionist tell you that you HAVE to get the RNY just because "after 5 years the sleeve stops working" and accept that as gospel or use it as the only deciding factor in your choice. Any surgery can result in weight regain, just as any surgery can result in stunning lifelong success. The specific surgery itself isn't nearly so important as the lifestyle changes you implement alongside your chosen procedure.

Congratulations and welcome!

I'm curious. What brand of shakes are you using? For instance, the Premier Protein shakes have 30 grams of protein per shake. Are you not finishing even one shake a day? Have you tried eggs or chicken yet? Does that hurt your stomach too? I'm just trying to figure out how you can get more protein in, because your body and skin needs that, and Water, for proper healing and shrinking.

You can always get the unflavored Protein Powder to add to your yogurts. I feel like anymore I survive on chicken breasts. I sometimes eat my oikos triple zero vanilla yogurt, but really do eat my protein first, then that other stuff. Either way, it's hard meeting these protein goals some days.

For me, I got my period the night I came home from the hospital, so I was bloated and gassy anyway.

This weekend I'm going to try making cauliflower Pizza Crust. Only 2 net carbs a serving, but for us, 0 carbs since we would eat a quarter of that. Gosh, I love this restriction.

Congratulations and welcome!

I'm curious. What brand of shakes are you using? For instance, the Premier Protein shakes have 30 grams of protein per shake. Are you not finishing even one shake a day? Have you tried eggs or chicken yet? Does that hurt your stomach too? I'm just trying to figure out how you can get more protein in, because your body and skin needs that, and Water, for proper healing and shrinking.

You can always get the unflavored Protein Powder to add to your yogurts. I feel like anymore I survive on chicken breasts. I sometimes eat my oikos triple zero vanilla yogurt, but really do eat my protein first, then that other stuff. Either way, it's hard meeting these protein goals some days.

For me, I got my period the night I came home from the hospital, so I was bloated and gassy anyway.

Completely normal. Like everyone else said, educate yourself thoroughly going in, and also, stay away from what can go wrong. I, myself, never read any of that stuff because I didn't even want it in my head. I watched a ton of before and afters on YouTube, so as on surgery day, I was actually giddy with excitement.
Yes, I was still nervous, but I was 95% ready to start a new life and reclaim myself again. So, I say, hit the YouTube's before and afters and that will reenergize your decision, pushing those wayward thoughts to the back of your mind where they belong.
Good Luck!!

Completely normal. Like everyone else said, educate yourself thoroughly going in, and also, stay away from what can go wrong. I, myself, never read any of that stuff because I didn't even want it in my head. I watched a ton of before and afters on YouTube, so as on surgery day, I was actually giddy with excitement.
Yes, I was still nervous, but I was 95% ready to start a new life and reclaim myself again. So, I say, hit the YouTube's before and afters and that will reenergize your decision, pushing those wayward thoughts to the back of your mind where they belong.
Good Luck!!