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I log everything in myfitnesspal as I am also worried about my Protein intake. At least this way I have an indicator as to how much I am taking in, if its low for the day, I have an extra glass of milk with extra milk powder in to boost my protein for the day and also it helps with my liquid goals.

I have just measured myself and using the measurements from before my surgery, I have lost 42 inches from my body, gobsmacked!

Unfortunately, 6 of those inches are from my boobs

I don't think thats a normal reaction to be honest. I have no pain when eating and I had surgery just over 2 months ago.

I have just measured myself and using the measurements from before my surgery, I have lost 42 inches from my body, gobsmacked!

Unfortunately, 6 of those inches are from my boobs

And after my presurgical consult Tuesday morning at 11:15 am EDT I will be able to tell you Ohio State University' s policies for me. My Life After Bariatric Surgery booklet, all 56 large pages says 2-4 weeks, then qualifies it by saying Subject to BMI , general physical condition and Surgeon's Discretion. So We Shall See What We Shall See, but at any rate I will do what they say for I want my RnY bypass with a ferocity few can credit!😷🍀😛🙏🍀

Watching a bariatric surgery being done on Youtube gave me serious respect for the liver shrinking diet.
The surgeon is working SO CLOSE to your spleen when he/she does a bariatric surgery.
Spleens are terrifying. They bleed if you breath on them wrong...and they bleed dangerously.
Giving my doc plenty of space to work around an organ that resembles a hemorrhage hand Grenade with a loose pin....is extremely purdent in my mind.
Reducing a fatty liver is also good for anesthetic metabolism and general recovery.
Also...doing the liquid diet gives you a psychological clue what you're in for. If anyone is gonna find not eating intolerable and have cold feet...better they reach this conclusion before surgery...than after surgery.

That's a great question for which I have no answer - low carbohydrates and some caloric restriction is what's needed for the "shrink the liver" thing that some docs seem to need. I'm beginning to think that the whole liquid only pre-op diet is one of those "that's the way we've always done it" things. Some say that it is supposed to be helpful in getting you used to all the liquids post-op, but I never found that to be a problem as you don't feel like anything else at first - it's pretty self policing unless the program specifies post op liquids for a lot longer than is necessary. No pre-op diet here, and I never had any problem adapting to the post-op world, and neither did my wife when she went through this.
It's all a big YMMV thing, but a word to those lurkers/researchers who are just getting started in considering WLS - ask questions well ahead of time when looking at different programs and consider one which is more "patient friendly" in this respect.

I have just measured myself and using the measurements from before my surgery, I have lost 42 inches from my body, gobsmacked!

Unfortunately, 6 of those inches are from my boobs

I have never been not an hourglass figure folks, I'm 58-48-60. my rump is like 2 large watermelons and my leg muffins are bundt cakes instead. Oh I badly need renovation and need it soon! PS Silly Kitty you are right where I goal to be, at 5ft8in it won't look shabby at all! ❤Frustr8 the Futurely Slim

The scale is not my friend today (2 lbs, overnight, wtf??)
But I feel fantastic, and am loving how I look (in clothes, naked is a whole nother story!)

I confess that it brings me IMMENSE joy that I weigh less than my two best friends.

Hi, I could eat about three tablespoons about 3 weeks after my op. I am now just over 8 weeks out and can eat possibly 5 tablespoons, but, it all depends on what I am trying to eat. Slippy things like mash potatoe and Soup etc go down a lot easier than solids like a chicken fillet for example.
I found that round about week 4, something kind of "popped" and I was able to eat more after that happening, it was very noticeable.
Obviously people vary but from reading other peoples posts, it seems that a lot of people are able to eat more as the weeks and months progress.

You have to remember that your stomach is still very swollen and once the swelling goes down, things will be a lot easier for you x

Seriously, wow just wow...

Starting weight: 347
Current Weight: 181
Surgery 10/16/17

This has to be the most inspirational thread in all of bariatric pal forums. You guys look amazing and your weightloss inspires me so much. Truly amazing!

I can't believe how much this surgery has done for me. It makes me tear up.

This was at my highest weight (240), and 9 months post sleeve at 127.

There is already a huge long thread dedicated to before and afters.. but it is such a fun topic I don't mind repeating!!
This is what losing 150 pounds does for you! A girlfriend of mine said the sweetest thing "I didn't know you had a teenage daughter"...LOL. I do feel like I look younger being trimmer.
Taken within the last few weeks

This was taken in December i believe - I think I was 20# away from goal,back when I was a bit curvier. I was feeling pretty good, but, I like how I look better now even if my T&A disappeared since this photo was taken.

This is my before picture at over 300#. I don't have much to say about it but I KEEP looking at my befores to remind myself how far I have come.

You have just run a marathon for your health. There were twists and bends, steeply uphill at times, moments when you don't know how you are going to continue. You are stiff now, sore in places you never noticed you had before, you feel like just sitting down, just watching instead of competing, but no you are going to keep on. It's a race, but it's Your Race, yours alone and suddenly, in a moment of clarity you realize you can and will make it after all. I And I will be cheering you on for my own race will be starting soon and I want to do as good as you, to run as smoothly on my own race. If I see you ahead, I won't quit either. So,keep going, Please?

I was sleeved 5/3, 10 weeks ago yesterday. I can't figure out how to update my weight info. on my profile? I'm doing really good. I had a big problem with GERD, which I mistook for lactose intolerance, and has resolved with medication and staying away from acid producing foods. Constipation was also a problem and some of what I tried made GERD worse. I'm now taking 2 tsp. Benefiber with 1/2 dose of Miralax along with a probiotic once daily and it's working great. I also have Siggi's brand Icelandic FF, plain yogurt everyday (25 grams Protein per cup) mixed with strawberries and Splenda. I love that it's protein, Calcium and Probiotics all in one and it's delicious.
As of today, I'm down 29.8 pounds since surgery, almost 40 since high of 235 pounds before pre surgery diet (12 weeks ago). I'm UNDER 200 pounds!!! YAY!!!!! I've also had feelings that I, considering how little I eat, I should have lost more weight by now. I've had stalls and wondered what I'm doing wrong many times since the surgery. Still, 12 weeks ago, I weighed just about 40 pounds more than I do today. There's no other way that would have happened so I'm very happy. My concern now is that my/our metabolisms are slowing down to a point they won't recover from. I guess time will tell.
I've been mostly good with diet. Getting 60-80 grams of protein in everyday with help of protein drinks. Drinking a full 60 oz. of Water daily. I have 1 fruit and at least 1 veggies everyday. Small portions, but slightly bigger now than a few weeks ago. WORD OF CAUTION: I decided a few weeks ago that I would have some M & M's everyday (plain). I began eating one at a time and really relishing each one. Next day, I ate 3 handfuls one at a time. For about a week after that I had the 3 handfuls every day, 2-3 at a time. Of course, the scale went up. My appetite and the amount of food I could consume also went up dramatically. I wasn't surprised by the scale, I was VERY surprised that, somehow, eating the sugar dramatically increased the amount of food I could consume. I can't explain it. So, of course, I stopped. I didn't go through all of this the be taken out by some M & M's! Once I stopped, the amount of food I can consume went back to a little more than where it was. I have deliberately had some fat. Like 1/2 of a real hamburger at a BBQ. I really don't want to have to have my gall bladder out, so that's why I've done this. I'm not talking about a lot of fat, just some. I also stole 3 french fries off my husband's plate, things like that. I also eat a lot of salmon and have had steak a few times. I need to be sure that my diet is sustainable. If it's tooooo restrictive, I won't be able to stick to it. Like I said, mostly good.
I'm 65 and so far have just been walking for exercise. The BEST news is I feel MUCH better, more energy, etc. Pre op I would walk a 21-22 minute mile, huffing and puffing the whole way. I'm now doing a 17 minute mile with ease. I can cross my legs. Overall, my movement and body aches and pains are much better. I'm SOOOOO happy!!!! This alone makes it all worth it! At 3 months out I'm going to add lifting weights and elliptical and squats, etc. at the gym. I'm sure I could lift light weights now but doctor said to wait till 3 months.
My gastroenterologist told me our stomachs should be mostly healed by 3-4 months post surgery. He said some people take 6 months.
The closest I come to stretching my new stomach is when I drink water. Other than the above mentioned M & M's. It's summer where I live and hot and humid. A few times I drank too much at once, cuz I'm thirsty, and I could really feel it. So I have to watch this carefully. I know it's crazy, but there are times, already, when I forget I just had the surgery.

I’ve lost 68 lbs since May 10. No complications. Although, better than the weight, in my opinion, is that right after surgery all of the inflammation in my back and joints disappeared. Like poof, totally gone. That has allowed me to walk an average of five miles a day and weight lift 5 days a week. Before my surgery I would try to get healthy but it hurt so bad to exercise because of all of that inflammation.

So losing that, more than anything, was worth having the surgery. My wife says it has made me a brand new man as I work on the house and do things I’ve needed to do for years but avoided.

I seriously feel like I am 25 again.

I can hardly believe this as I write this, but I tomorrow I will be officially 2 months post op. It's like it doesn't even compute in my brain. The first week post op felt like a month. The next almost 2 months felt like a week. I am proud of myself for making it this far.
Now I will admit, it wasn't easy. It went quick, but certainly wasn't easy. The one aspect that I truly underestimated was the fact that eating would be problematic. Not eating itself, my sleeve is pretty much made of Iron and could tolerate things I honestly had no business tolerating (solid food 3 weeks out? No problem! Steak? Easy Peasy! Broccoli? Delicious!) but be that as it may, my struggle has been with food. Not tolerating it... but actually remembering to consume it! It has honestly been my biggest struggle to date. I have to have reminders on my phone just to remember to eat my packed lunches. I have zero hunger. I am at times to lazy to eat. Never thought I'd say that...
So despite that, how am I doing? Pretty damn good if I do say so myself! I am down 62lbs since I started on this WLS journey, and 35lbs since surgery. I will say my loss has slowed fairly significantly, since I dropped 20 or that 35 in the first two weeks, but that's okay! I've increased my activity so its to be expected.
So what are my next steps? Fitness! I've joined Orange Theory Fitness, the first class broke me. I still wonder if I actually died that day and exist as a very convincing ghost. Who knows. But I'm going again tomorrow because I apparently love suffering. Wish me luck!
How is everyone else doing? Still hitting your Protein goals? Still drinking shakes? (I make my own and they are muuuuch more satisfying then drinking the RTD ones straight. Still take them in my coffee though )

I have watched a box of cheezits sit in my cupboard for months. My mom and daughter love them.
Ate one today to see if I was missing out on something special.
Bleh! You guys have gotta be kidding! LOL...different strokes for different folks for sure!
But I get it.
I had to flush a bag of cinnamon imperials...because they sing to me. I know, I know...gross little cinnamon candies...how in the world could THAT be tempting? No clue, but I love them with a love deeper than a smother.
We all have our weirdness

I recently went on holiday to Greece to recuperate, I had lots of small victories!
The plane seats were a better fit, the walk to a different terminal wasn't as tortuous and turning myself over from front to back on the sunbeds was a breeze, previously a real struggle!

Save one of your favorites so you can take this kind of photo—Creek you can do it with those cargoes. I saved my favorite shirt too—I could belt it and wear it as a dress.