Jeaniered

I’m a full fat sort of girl and anyway If your counting it in your calories, protein, fat and carbs then it shouldn’t matter. To each their own [emoji2]

Jeffn wished you had said this in the first place, far more useful.

I found this forum really useful and have already ordered some Atkins bars. But I do think it’s such a shame that some people have to use it as an opportunity to show off and criticize others! The sayings “live and let live” and “to each their own”. Springs to mind!

I sneeze if I eat too much ?

I had my op at 8 pm, they got me up walking at 2am, 4am and 6am. I got myself up walking after that and they sent me home at 11am. I was happy to go Home, but would have stayed longer as I was getting the best of treatment and was enjoying the rest.

How do you know it was the lettuce, egg does that to me. [emoji23]

Definitely a no no. The pre diet is to shrink your liver before the op and alcohol will have the opposite affect. It could even prevent you having the op. Might have to wait a couple of months p.

257 - have lost 9 pounds since our last weigh in.

Sugar is 0.05

Leicester at the Nuffield hospital. Good luck let me know h9w you get on.

Hi just to let folks in uk know that asda sell their own brand of protein water called sports nutrition. A 500 mil bottle of flavoured water gives you 30g of protein and it’s only 127 calories. Great way to meet fluid and protein needs.

do you think it’s lipodemia or lymphademia? As they are slightly different. Will you let me know how you get on at docs. Hope all goes well for you.

Totally agree it’s all shame and blame! I was on a waiting list for two years and getting no where then I retired and used some of my pension pot to get the sleeve. I couldn’t wait any longer. So glad I did, i feel a lot fitter for it. Hope you get it soon. What hospital will you go to?

Yeh I know what you mean, everything is down to weight? My ankles are a bit swollen but not really too noticeable but it’s above my knees that are worse. I don’t really suffer from any pain but they get tired if I walk too much. Thanks for responding to my question, when I was looking on the website about lipoedema, i nearly freaked out at some of the things I read. So it’s good to talk to someone else about it.

Hi dusty I’m seeing doc in a couple of weeks, but I’m going to ask (insist) on being referred to a lipoedema specialist. I need to know if it’s lipoedema or odema, so that I know what I’m dealing with. You can get liposuction to help but it sometimes comes back. It does seem that docs in the uk don’t know much about it, I had a knee replacement last year, my consultant remarked on my chubby legs but he Just said it was because I was overweight! How bad are your ankles?

Going to start swimming next week. Thanks

Thanks for your response. The photo of legs are not my own, just an example of what liepedemia looks like. (Spelt differently in uk). My legs are not nearly as bad but I’m worried that I have it as I have fat legs and swollen ankles. I will talk to my gp and see If i can get an appointment with a specialist. I had my sleeve op in August.

Think I have lipoedema and would be interested to know if anyone else has it and if this has prevented them losing weight on their legs or if the6 gave overcome it. In lipoedema, the thighs, buttocks, lower legs, and sometimes the arms, become enlarged due to a build-up of abnormal fat cells. Both legs and/or the arms are usually enlarged at the same time and to the same extent. The feet and hands aren't affected, which creates a "bracelet" effect or "band-like" appearance just above the ankles and wrists. Leg and arm size can vary between individuals with lipoedema, and the condition can gradually get worse over time.

I'm 2 months since sleeve, I can't drink all the water, I forget to chew, I drink coffee and tea (it's allowed), I occasionally drink wine and gin and tonic. I never manage all my proteins.

I ate an egg at three weeks. Made me violently sick and now I can't stand them ?

I love my sleeve because: I no longer excessively perspire when I go on holiday somewhere hot. I can walk much further I don't get stuck in chairs My grandson isn't worried anymore that I'm going to die I can go into an ordinary dress shop and clothes fit me I have Only lost 45 pounds so far (sleeved August 8th) but what a difference to my life already.

You look fantastic, what an inspiration. Thank you for sharing

To the weight loss surgery patient slider foods are the bane of good intentions and ignorance often causing dumping syndrome, weight loss plateaus, and eventually weight gain. Slider foods, to weight loss surgery patients, are soft simple processed carbohydrates of little or no nutritional value that slide right through the surgical stomach pouch without providing nutrition or satiation. The most innocent of slider foods are saltine crackers, often eaten with warm tea or other beverages, to soothe the stomach in illness or while recovering from surgery. Understanding Slider Foods The most commonly consumed slider foods include pretzels, crackers (saltines, graham, Ritz, etc.) filled cracker snacks such as Ritz Bits, popcorn, cheese snacks (Cheetos) or cheese crackers, tortilla chips with salsa, potato chips, sugar-free cookies, cakes, and candy. You will notice these slider foods are often salty and cause a dry mouth so they must be ingested with liquid to be palatable. This is how they become slider foods. They are also, most often, void of nutritional value. For weight loss surgery patients the process of digestion is different than those who have not undergone gastric surgery. When slider foods are consumed they go into the stomach pouch and exit directly into the jejunum where the simple carbohydrate slurry is quickly absorbed and stored by the body. There is little thermic effect in the digestion of simple carbohydrates like there is in the digestion of protein so little metabolic energy is expended. In most cases patients in the phase of weight loss who eat slider foods will experience a weight loss plateau and possibly the setback of weight gain. And sadly, they will begin to believe their surgical stomach pouch is not functioning properly because they never feel fullness or restriction like they experience when eating protein. The very nature of the surgical gastric pouch is to cause feelings of tightness or restriction when one has eaten enough food. However, when soft simple carbohydrates are eaten this tightness or restriction does not result and one can continue to eat, unmeasured, copious amounts of non-nutritional food without ever feeling uncomfortable. Many patients turn to slider foods for this very reason. They do not like the discomfort that results when the pouch is full from eating a measured portion of lean animal or dairy protein without liquids. Yet it is this very restriction that is the desired result of the surgery. The discomfort is intended to signal the cessation of eating. Remembering the “Protein First” rule is crucial to weight management with bariatric surgery. Gastric bypass, gastric banding (lap-band) and gastric sleeve patients are instructed to follow a high protein diet to facilitate healing and promote weight loss. Bariatric centers advise what is commonly known among weight loss surgery patients as the “Four Rules” the most important of which is “Protein First.” That means of all nutrients (protein, veggies, complex carbohydrates, then fat and alcohol) the patient is required to eat protein first. Protein is not always the most comfortable food choice for weight loss surgery patients who feel restriction after eating a very small amount of food. However, for the surgical tool to work correctly a diet rich in protein and low in simple carbohydrate slider foods must be observed. The high protein diet must be followed even after healthy body weight has been achieved in order to maintain a healthy weight and avoid weight regain.

Started at 304 now 260 in 2 months. Totally agree that we are all different and each one loses differently. Good luck and enjoy the journey.

You look fabulous, and I totally agree with you. Sometimes I look in the mirror and can't believe the changes I'm going through - is this real? Have I really gone down 3 dress sizes? Did I really walk that far without getting out of breath? I too feel so grateful and love the changes that are happening to me and what's to come.