Lauraazucena

I eat bananas, apples without the skin, mangos, grapes with no peels and I'm 1 month out

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Found this website that specializes in weight loss surgery Vitamins. It's celebratevitamins.com. not sure if anyone on here has heard of them
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I had almost no pain. There was a little soreness in the abs, but I never opened the bottle of Oxy the gave me.
I was quite tired for the first two weeks, and I was craving food until I hit purees.
At about week 4, I was completely normal, physically and mentally.
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Do follow your post op diet
Do focus on Protein and Vitamins
Do call your doctors office or dietician with questions
Don't over eat to try and hit your goals
Don't eat things off plan while your stomach is healing
Don't drink food or eat too quickly even when you can or you could "dump". I found that one t the hard way.
I did not need medication after leaving the hospital. I started feeling more normal at purees and totally normal once back on regular food

Any suggestions as to what type of Vitamins to take post RNY surgery
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It's so frustrating when people who have no clue what so ever try to give you advise and end up trying to persuade you not to do it or they try to crush your hopes and dreams. No one understands except in here.
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Yep, it's like oh wait I never tried

Only one person gave me a negitive comment and that was, "Can't you just diet"
I know it was because she was scared for me having the surgery and she has been supportive ever since but Geeze Louise.
Like I hadn't been yo yo dieting for the previous 30 years.

I got from scared to death to excited beyond belief. I am looking forward to being able to easily do the everyday things that right now are hard for me..like tying my shoes (my back is so stiff in the am, it makes it difficult I want to run and play with the kids, go into a room and NOT look for a "strong enough" chair, buy cute clothes. I think these thoughts help me to deal with the fear. Sent from my SM-G930T using the BariatricPal App

Finally got a date! Anyone else being sleeved on April 24th? I've been fine this whole time but the more time flys the more I start to feel nervous. I've completed everything except psych eval and I have 1 more nutrionist visit!


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So as long for me but I keep sucking My stomach and I'm like in a couple of more weeks it's going to be a major change .I am so excited and have been but then I just got nervous this feelings is probably normal but at this time I only want happy thoughts .
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Found this website that specializes in weight loss surgery Vitamins. It's celebratevitamins.com. not sure if anyone on here has heard of them
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My surgery went 100% better than I thought it would. Very little pain. Only getting rid of the gas. Good luck!

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Thank you for the advice.

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You know what? I don't tell people because most of them have some sort of advice that they want to give me. I used to tell people, but know I just say thanks and if they ask how I tell them I watch what I eat (which is true).

Human nature is a funny thing. Focus on the work you need to do to eat healthier and exercise. When people see the results you can decide what to share. People know I am working hard to eat healthier. I don't mention my lap band because it is only one tool. Counting calories, low carb, high  Protein, turning down dessert. Those things they see me doing.
Lap-banded and love it!

It's so frustrating when people who have no clue what so ever try to give you advise and end up trying to persuade you not to do it or they try to crush your hopes and dreams. No one understands except in here.
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Afternoon all!
I'm writing this on a super awesome day: my one-year post op date! This day last year, I weighed 387 pounds and was in recovery after my bypass. This day two years ago, I weighed 450 pounds and saw very little hope of making it past 30. Today I am 207 pounds and perfectly healthy. How times change.
I've learned so, so much in the last two years since I started down this road towards health and happiness. Some of the things I learned were tough lessons, some of them were illuminating and freeing, but all of them together have brought me here. "Here" is a place I never in a million years thought I could be. "Here" is an entirely different Abby, an Abby I thought was sort of a childish dream, or maybe a fairy-tale I told myself to comfort myself during the painful years I spent being obese and incredibly unhappy and uncomfortable.
I still struggle every day with the person I was, the person I am, and the person I am becoming. I struggle to regain my self-image, and to regain an understanding of who I am outside and inside. I struggle with the social and emotional changes that have happened since my surgery, namely the way that people suddenly treat me like a human being because I am no longer painfully obese. I struggle to forgive the cruelty that I experienced at the hands of so, so many people, including my own family and friends. Including myself. I struggle with food cravings occasionally, and with the gravity of the change my personality and habits have gone through. I struggle with that tiny voice of fear in the back of my mind that tells me I couldn't possibly keep this goodness up. I struggle not to compare myself to others and I struggle to keep clothes on my back as I continue to drop sizes. Every day is a struggle.
Every day is also a miracle. I would do this again, and again, and again... forever if I needed to, if it would bring me back here every time. This road has been a little bitter, a lot of sweet, and a wilder ride than I could have possibly imagined or prepared for.
And it ain't over yet!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to all of you here who have been a part of this journey with me, whether you realized it or not. Thank you to all the vets who slapped some sense into me and the kind strangers who listened during times when my anxiety was out of control or when I was feeling so bad about myself that I felt hopeless. You all share a little piece of my victory with me. I wouldn't be here without you and the enormous host of other people outside of this site who have supported me and encouraged me and been proud of me the whole way. THANK YOU. I have a life now, and a future that simply did not exist for me two years ago.
I am ecstatic to be able to share these pictures and my progress with you all today. I love you all.
<3 Cervidae (Abby)
Stats!
Starting weight: 450 lbs
Surgery weight: 387 lbs
Current weight: 207 lbs
Weight lost since surgery: 180 lbs
Overall weight lost: 243 lbs
Jean sizes lost: 20 (size 34 to size 14)
Waist inches lost: 28 in
Hips inches lost: 35 in
Neck inches lost: 4 in
Shoe size lost: 1.5 sizes

Thanks for the information. Having RNY surgery in April
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Just got my Vitamin levels back from 7 weeks post op...everything is normal...thank you PatchMD

Love them. I have them on autoship from the store in this app. I use the set of four, B12, multi, Calcium, Iron
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Great reminder about the importance of fiber! It is being called a "pre-biotic" and should be used along with pro-biotics. I had GI issues for many years due to frequent antibiotics. Probiotics and Fiber helped heal my gut.
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Laura Thank you so much love!
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You all will do great!! The recovery for me was super easy and the results are great. It's normal to be anxious; I have had surgery multiple times and always feel anxious. I actually went through the process 4 years ago and didn't go through with it. I wish I had! I was sleeved last summer and it was the best investment I've made!
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It's so frustrating when people who have no clue what so ever try to give you advise and end up trying to persuade you not to do it or they try to crush your hopes and dreams. No one understands except in here.
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