Buklova

Ugh. What is wrong with people? I don’t understand tearing down others at all — whether for their weight or any other reason. I have been on the receiving end more times than I can count. Honestly, years ago in college when it could be especially bad, I came to see my body as a built-in jerk detector. Lol. My own superpower. It must have been very strange to hear the comment made in front of you with the assumption that you would agree or join in because you are not fat. I suspect if that happened to me (not that I’m in any danger of that at this point), I might haul off and hit the person. I’d at least want to!

I am 6.5 mo post op, my starting weight was 240, my surgery weight after 3 day diet was 232, my GW was 160 and I'm stuck at 155-158 for almost a month now. I feel a little discouraged and tired of eating. It feels like I have to feed my sleeve every 2 hrs like a baby. It's alot of work. I'm happy with my weight loss but I enjoyed seeing the scale go down every few days.....
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'Pouch' reset is for bypass patients we have a sleeve. It's not needed to get Back on track but some people have developed really bad eating habit so the detox from food to start a fresh may help them mentally but there is certainly no need for everyone to do it. Focusing on Protein first can get anyone in track and sticking to non starchy veg and protein sometimes I eat my Proteins alone. Non starchy a few hours later for an extra boost and feeling Fuller for longer

Another hand up for whole fat. I can only eat the full-fat cottage cheese. Anything less and it tastes gross to me. Same with mayo or any other fat-based food. I politely ignore the suggestions to eat sugar-substitutes as well. My taste buds HATE the fake flavors and I know they're bad for my body, so I'm not going to sweat a tiny amount of real sugar here and there.

Yes, me. Tolerating it fine and refuse to eat fake food like 0% crap. It's old science to think that fat free products are the way. Although I'm sure some people will have tolerance problems. I AM going to give up sugar though.

8 weeks post op. Haven't cheated a day. Too scared to mess things up again. I failed on so many diets before through my own fault. I am very good at self sabotaging. This time I am sticking to the book.

3.5ish weeks and I limit my macros/calories to about 900. Occasionally more or less. NUT said it's perfectly fine as I'm mostly on track losing a pound a day. When I start my heavy workouts I'll probably increase to 1000 or 1100 so I don't pass out.

I emailed my fitness pal and said I understand your whole thing saying I'm not eating enough is for those purposefully restricting unhealthily but I didn't find it fair to favor one essentially sick group over another. Anorexia and obesity both kill.

I wore the outfit that I planed to go home in. I packed a clean pair of underwear and a gown and housecoat. I brought Chloraseptic throat spray and that's the only thing I used. My throat hurt after surgery. I didn't use the dry mouth wash or the gas strips. I remember sleeping after they made me walk. I had to force sips of Fluid. Pack light.

I took nothing. I was there 8 hours. They give you non- slip socks to walk in. I never once had the urge to look at a phone or iPad. Surgery, sleep, swallow, and Headed home. Good luck!

Many people think we'll lose a pound a day postop. It rarely works out that way. Typical losses are 15-20lbs the first month, then 10-15lbs for the next couple months.. then less after that. Over a year it averages out to 10lbs a month, give or take.

Wow. 800-1000 at this point seems pretty low to me. I think I'm eating close to 1100, and am still pretty hungry most days. I do exercise lot and don't know if that has anything to do with my hunger. I really don't think I could get my calorie count down that low! Yikes!!!

10 months on Sunday and eating 800-1000.

I feel the same about food coming up There is no smell. It is just undigested food still in my throat. And it slides out easily and I feel much better.
Please don't worry about the stranger issues that sometimes come.... (both ends can react). The trade off of shedding lots of weight and KEEPING the pounds off really made the it well worth it. Best of luck

Not a silly question at all. I had the sleeve done on July 28. I vomited once day 1 post op. Haven't vomited at all since then and I don't take anything for nausea. This has been my personal experience. Sometimes there is a medical history context to those who have the vomiting issues. It is not normal to continuously vomit years after the surgery.

The cream of chicken Soup and cream of potato soup went down fine. About 10-15 small spoonfuls and i think I'm done. Will cap the night with a Protein Shake as I'm only at about 32g for the day.
Like someone mentioned above, I do miss "chewing" something. I crave something like a pretzel rod LOL. Oh well..... one day at a time friends. We can do this! ❤️

"Normally you would soothe it will food..." how incredibly true!! It's like I'm lost! Even in the hospital while the meal trolleys were coming around it felt 'weird' not having a tray of food infront of me like everyone else - rather, a cup of lemon cordial! I guess there is a food mourning phase..?...it makes me realize the psychological 'habits' are still pinging but I don't have the desire (nor capacity anymore) to follow through..
I'm very thankful for your reply, it really helped me sigh with relief to read that what I'm going through is normal Is it also normal to feel like biting into something?? lol

Sorry, I'm not a dude....lol You literally just described me. Feel just fine and you can't make me drink any more broth. I moved up my soft food diet by about 3 or 4 days and now that I'm on soft food i started adding some more solid food. I am 17 days post op. I let my body tell me if i can tolerate something. I do get afraid that maybe i should not rush it because of the staples holding it together. I don't want it to open or leek. I really didn't think the hardest part of this whole thing would be the first 4 weeks of the diet. What the hell right! i just think that we are all so different and they have to have guidelines to follow but i know my body and do my own guinea pig test sessions.

They are probably feeling threatened that the status quo for their group will change. You are exactly right too! If they don't support you, they're not good friends anyway. You deserve better!

So glad to read this! I'm writing down all my drinks and ounces because it's taking me forever and I am lacking! This forum has been extremely helpful.

So happy you sought treatment. Fingers crossed for good news!

I would probably expose them but I'm petty. Lol

I would probably expose them but I'm petty. Lol

I would probably expose them but I'm petty. Lol

I am 4.5 months out from my band to sleeve revision and my surgeon and nutritionist told me the exact same thing -- Band to sleevers don't lose as much weight as virgin sleevers. The reasoning is that we are not at our highest weights ever when we get revised AND our pouches are not as small as virgin sleevers because our "damaged" stomachs from the bands prevent the surgeons from making a smaller sleeve.
That said -- I am 4.5 months post-revision and am down close to 91 pounds. I have 45lbs more to goal. My surgeon and nutritionist are both shocked at how much I've lost and are super supportive of me. I hope they rethink their position on band to sleevers not losing as much weight. I have, however, put in alot of hard work. I am exercising 4-5 days per week for an hour --- cardio plus weight lifting and then doing yoga and walking 2-3 miles on my "off" days. I am a vegan and religiously stick to my meal plan -- 800 calories/day; 60g of Protein and 100 ounces of Water - and I log everything I put into my mouth, even on days when I've not made the best choices. It's not easy, but I am fighting hard to get to goal.

About year ago, I had my gastric sleeve surgery. Its been a crazy time learning exactly how my body interacts with different foods. The truth is, everyone is different, and you just have to learn for yourself what will work for you. Im not perfect. I eat pizza from time to time. Ive blown it out a weekend or 2, or 3. But then I review everything my doctor told me, and I bounce back. From the start I told my doctor that I never wanted to be fat again, I did not want to lose hair and I didn't want loose skin. Well, I did lose some hair, quite a bit at first. It hasn't come back, but is has stopped falling out... I think. I was advised that no matter what, if I lose weight fast, I will have loose skin. So Ive been determined to lose weight as slow as possible. I take in more calories and food than is probably recommended, but I also work out. I started out close to 300 pounds. Today I'm about 206. I lost a bulk in the first month, then about 50 plus pounds over the next 10 months. A part of me wanted to lose much more per month, but I also did not have any loose skin, which was a (superficial) goal. My goal is to get down to around 170-180. Ive been trying to amp it up a bit in the Gym to accomplish that. The most satisfying part of my weight loss journey has been all the energy I have to spend on my 2 young sons and my beautiful wife. I just turned 39, and I feel better than I ever have, ( with the exception of a little knee tendonitis) I sometimes forget my Vitamins, and occasionally fall back into bad eating habits, but instead of gaining 30 pounds like before, the scale my move just a few ticks up, enough to put me into panic mode and get on track. Im off all my meds, no more high blood pressure, no high cholesterol, no acid reflux ( just finsteride for hair loss). I look forward to the next year and continuing toward my goal. I wish everyone well, and hope all those who are just beginning the process great success!