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GeTnBackuP

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  2. Posted

    Oh my this has caused me to gain a lot of weight back and I not even 3 years. The SIP has been terrible & emotional eating, lots of sliders and junk food I never really ate before. I still get full but I eat again as soon as I’m not full or hurting anymore. I don’t even know what if feels like to actually feel hunger pangs. I’m definitely hurting myself. It’s a deep emotional thing :(


    I need to do the reset program of eating and get my butt disciplined again.

  3. Posted

    OMGosh pls just get it taken out soon. Clearly it’s necessary and best to do it sooner than later. I had mine taken out at the ER as the absolute worse pain ever, bent over writhing type pain, must have been hilarious as I drove myself, ran into the ER threw myself on my knees begging for relief! It was far prior to my VSG and laparoscopic and recovery was so easy for they removed a diseased organ opposed to stitching one up (your stomach). They only alterations to your diet will be how you tolerate dairy and fats and at least for me my body still likes to mess with me because some days I can drink heavy cream in my coffee with no intestinal distress, other days I get mild cramps to a dash to the loo. Definitely a balancing game many days but far better to deal with than the almost daily pain I was having and the final explosion of absolute abdominal misery! And since you’ve had the sleeve you already know how to recover only this will be far, far easier! Just do it. No need to wait it out any longer, your body doesn’t need the added stress of an infected or burst gall bladder. You’ll be fine. Best of luck.

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    17 hours ago, jenn1 said:

    I wish they made the search option easier for new people to find..:P

    Top right corner... or Activity - Scroll down to search

    Me too :) ...actually I use my cellphone mostly to read posts but when searching for something the app isnt the most friendly as my very specific key words are never found (topic name or username) :( not sure why but it reminds me to log into the full site!

  9. Posted

    I did some reading, the liver has to compensate for the lack of bile no longer produced by the absent gallbladder and supplements may be needed to assist that digestive process. You will need to do some research and trial and error to find what and how much to take. It does seem that tolerating dairy is trickier to manage. Good luck.

    You’re awesome for reading up on this, thank you. I looked and there is so much out there I got overwhelmed...and never found this. I’ll ask the doc about supplements also he basically said to give this time- his boilerplate response for everything. As far as it being strictly dairy/lactose intolerance I do get some reaction to meat fats- I can’t each much pork bacon although turkey bacon is fine. I can have sliced fajitas tho....so is it the straight fat I can’t have but I’m ok if it’s marinated? My poor gut lol...I’m thinking I just need to start at the beginning again with broths and shakes for a bit to clean me out some and slowly introduce foods to really gauge the reactions, I don’t see any other way how to tell what I can eat and what I can’t. ug


  10. Posted

    Does your country have (Danone) YoPro, a high Protein yoghurt? 15g to 17g of protein in a 160g tub of (VERY) low-fat yoghurt.
    What about high protein beer-drinkers' cheese? 22% protein.
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    I’ll look for the yogurt for sure, tons of protein! As for the cheese, my local specialty store has so much I’m sure there’s beer drinkers- great name! Thank you for the suggestions


  11. Posted

    Hello. I’ve had some success on Keto and Atkins type diets in the past and I am curious how they work post op and more than a little nervous to start it up again now since they are basically higher fat and my past probs there...plus I’m only two months + post op.

    Lil backstory- I had my gallbladder taken out 11/2016 and a year later my body still hasn’t made up its mind on how to process fats (mainly dairy, meat based fats are tolerable) Some days I can totally tolerate minimal dairy (like in my morning coffee or some meat wrapped cheese/pickle meals). Other days I take one sip of my AM coffee and I bolt straight to the bathroom & for the rest of the day- this is low fat, whole milk, half and half or even full on heavy cream. I literally can drink/eat FULL fat one day and get the intestinal freak outs the next! I don’t get it!

    I had VSG on 10/31/2017 (2.5 mos) and still struggle having dairy back into my diet since I’m pretty much experiencing the same thing. Now I make my one morning coffee with chocolate Premier Protein shake and do OK but still struggle with any other dairy...cheese, low fat sour cream, yogurt...but I WANT TO COOK WITH THIS STUFF! PLUS I NEED THE Calcium. Ricotta bake- HELLO! I want to be able to eat that without excusing myself from the table after one bite.

    Can I do a modified Keto and/or Atkins type eating program that allows me to eat lower fat (mostly dairy) type foods and still be satisfied and lose weight? Maybe less fat and more Protein? Is there something like that- toss in some whole greens maybe?

    I’m earnestly trying and reaching out for help so please don’t give me arrogant attitude. I enjoy most of you but geez the power trips here are sometimes too much...kinda like the trots I get lately :) many thanks and so much love and appreciation to all of you that offer kind supportive suggestions...Tess

  13. Posted

    I drank some Skinny Girl Margarita and a zero calorie carbonated grapefruit drink as a mixer. I dont know how but I guzzled those things and before I knew it, I drank two 750 ml bottles to myself! (I was the only one drinking them at a party!) What this did was it got me drunk fast but I believe it flushed through me just as quickly so the high never got really bad - does that make sense? Pre surgery I would have been falling all over the place!

    It also made me crave some bad food carbs so I ended up nibbling the wrong things ALL night long. For me, the moral of the story is I overdrank and overate before WLS and I clearly did the same POST WLS and I can no longer drink alcohol. Big part of why, after two short months, my weight loss has slowed. I wont be doing that again. Plus I got like four different guys phone numbers and woke up with a huge hickey - eh, maybe I will do it again ;) kidding!

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  14. Posted

    Congratulations on making your challenge goal! And for taking steps toward healing in all aspects. It's been wonderful having you participate and hearing your support and perspectives!


    Thanks Kel, your support and kind words have been important to me, I do appreciate you! Thanks too for picking this challenge task up, you’ve done great and hope you start another soon!!

    Happy 2018 to You [emoji323]


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  16. Posted

    Today is January 3rd

    CW: 192.2

    GW: 190 (for this challenge)

    Long term goal: 130

    I’m almost at my goal for this challenge but I am so disappointed in myself because it could be more, and considering I’m only two months out, for me, I believe it should be more... I started this challenge not exactly knowing what weight to have as a goal and I’m realizing that thru Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years- all excuses of course- I realize I truly have no willpower and that I’m overeating and more depressed than I care to face. I believe I should be losing steadily (barring potential stalls) but I keep eating, sometimes worse than before surgery (I’m eating chips and soda, something I rarely did). I don’t want to deal with my skeletons but I know I have to so today I start seeing an eating disorder psychologist to figure out why I continue to hurt myself (I am literally stuffing my pouch to painful results) If anyone ever tells you that WLS is the easy way out tell them to f**k off and die!

    This is me being accountable, hopefully I won’t continue to isolate and will come forward with good and hopeful progress!

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  20. Posted

    5 hours ago, Melaninbarbie said:

    I am 6 weeks po and I'm feeling very lost and depressed. Not many people know about my surgery so I feel very alone in my journey. I'm currently in a 3 week stall and I am realizing now after surgery that I really have a problem with food. Its been a challenge.

    I do not regret my surgery, but I am afraid of failing and I feel like I am. I don't know how to get motivated to eat right and exercise. I don't know what or how to eat. I don't know how to get over my food addiction and "head hunger".

    Has anyone here ever felt like this after surgery? Or maybe someone has some advice?

    Thank you for posting this- it is me and exactly what I’ve been struggling with since my surgery on Oct 31. I’ve sought out a therapist that deals with eating disorders because clearly I have many!!

    Frankly, I don’t post here because it’s so drama filled and judgmental, the goal and importance of supporting one another is lost with posters personal desire to “be right”. We struggle, we hurt over this and we should be there to pick each other up with kindness not drama and bashing because we effed up. That said, I am happy to read the advice you’ve been given.

    Please PM me if you ever want to chat, we can be struggle buddies until we figure all this out. Best to you....

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