Subaru

Thank you !


“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps

The thing is, tomorrow is gonna be 3 weeks .. I spoke to her this Monday and she told me she forgot to submitted .. I call to day to see if they at least receive it, nothing. Gets me desperate you know [emoji30]


“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps

Good luck!!!! mine only took 4 business days to approve to hopefully you will get an answer soon...

Sooo gonna do that.. she gave till Thursday. But you know the desperation moving my fingers. When I call tomorrow .. which I hope they do have it and it is approve [emoji1374] but it’s not I’ll do exactly as you did and torment her ... [emoji19] I mean call her up.


“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps

For each stage of approval (psych, NUT) I called my surgeon's office. When I got the sign off from the NUT, which was the last thing I needed, I told the surgeon's coordinator that I was going to be her new best friend. I called the next day to see if she submitted to insurance. (That was last Friday.) I called insurance on Monday and, when they said they didn't have anything, I called her again. I got approved from insurance that afternoon. So now I've been calling every day to follow up on the pre-surgery testing and pre-surgery surgeon consult. (Haven't called yet today.) Every time she answers the phone I say, "I it's your new best friend!" She must hate me by now, which perhaps is more incentive to push me through and get it done
Best of luck to you!

I finally got the call... I am approved!!!! but i don't meet with the surgeon until Dec 6th. Thats when Ill get the date and it my not be until Jan but hey I am approved

Congrats Subaru! & good luck itsmytime1985! Have my class for nut clearance next week and then waiting begins

I have Dr Siva V.

Yayyyyy

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Tuesday Menu-Well I had another near miss with falling off the diet train yesterday. I credit the power of a full belly via lunch, and also credit mindfulness with keeping me sane and eating healthy-on plan food. Instead of having a mini binge or rather a hedonistic meal, I was able to feed myself a very filling and healthy lunch which allowed me to really get in touch with my feelings so I could process them. And that allowed me to make and eat a very delish, simple, and healthy dinner rather than shoving carby, salty, fatty food down my piehole. This morning I woke up in a much better frame of mind and feel like I "won the day."
B-yogurt/cottage cheese blueberries almonds and Fiber One Cereal bowl with 1oz Fairlife skim milk, 2 pieces bacon
MS-carrots and hummus
L-Fried Egg and Swiss low carb wrap
AS-psylli tea, Peanut Butter and GS apple
D-blackened tilapia, green Beans in garlic and olive oil, Greek salad with Nicoise olives and feta
BS-pomegranate seeds, Lily's SF dark chocolate chips, toasted almonds
Daily Totals: 1493cals; 98g protein; 80g fat; 93g carbs; 39g fiber; 54g net carbs (Dayum! I have GOT to get my Protein down and my fat up! This is entirely too much protein for me.)

Not sure what is wrong . Do you go by the diet guidelines we are suppose to use for our lifetime? I am 9 month out now I started at 250 also im 5'9 and below my original goal of 165 now I'm 145. I t was effortless really . Since only a few ounces ever fit in my stomach. Maybe go to a group for the eating part to get on track. Kiaser has one . Never give up failures not an option. Hehe that's what I tell myself anyways.

Let's try this. What are you eating? If you are eating lean Protein and veggies, then the amount really shouldn't matter.
I haven't thrown up, dumped, or found a food I couldn't eat at almost 4 years out. This surgery isn't supposed to be a diversion from food, but a reset for food and your life. Eat nutritious, non processed food 90% of the time, drink lots of Water, and move more, and you'll do just fine. If you are really concerned about how much you can eat, weigh and measure your food so you won't overeat.
The tool itself is really only temporary in the grand scheme of things. Over time it becomes less effective, then it's all on us. Practice good eating habits now and take advantage of the honeymoon period while you can.

Hooray @Subaru!! That is super exciting! I have my first consult this Thursday! My only hope is that I don't break down crying like I do every other time I go to my Dr :/

Oh my goodness THANK YOU!!!!

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JohnnyCakes - Stop telling women how they should feel. I'm not grateful for this at all - I'm in pain when I eat constantly and my throat is closing up. I dry heave randomly throughout the day. I would trade in that weight loss at this point. My doctor literally told me I could be losing more but am not because of my complication, so kindly shut up.

Hello! I am one week post-op, Lap-Band to RNY, with a surprise hiatal hernia repair as an added bonus.

When I'm anxious, I prepare. So I prepared lists of foods to have during each stage, lists of things to bring with me to the hospital, lists of things to have on hand upon my return. But I also did a lot of reading about others' experiences, and I took care to read messages from the same people right after surgery and then months on. I am SO glad I did. Over and over, I'd read, from the just post-surgical, "What have I done?!" And then weeks or months later, from those same people, "I am so glad I did this." I made a note to myself (a physical note) to expect to feel regret amid the pain and discomfort and to keep in mind that it would almost certainly pass.

There were a couple of days last week where I would have given a limb to rewind to the week before surgery. Those were some VERY challenging times. But one of my comforts and the thing that kept me thinking forward was that note. There isn't anything that's been more valuable than the lived experience of those who've come before. At this point, at the very beginning of this, the knowledge that things will look very different in a few days, a few weeks, and a few months, is the best thing I have.

So, thank you, so much, to those who share their lives. And for those yet to have surgery, I hope you find that bit of knowledge as important and comforting as I did -- and do.

I eat pretty repetitively, so use the same ingredients in many many different recipes: red onion, rbp, jalapeno, cilantro gets used fairly quickly. Plus I also cook for Mr. Fluffy.
But, one thing I love to do is to get the smallest size of "anything" I'm buying. When I use it the first time, I chop all of it. I put it on a small plate or cookie sheet. I cover the plate or sheet with plastic first so stuff doesn't stick. Then I freeze it and put it a baggie or container. I label and date it. Then I can go in and grab what I need. On one cookie sheet I can get all of my red onion and rbp. Also if you don't like to chop, they have pre-chopped frozen that works great. When I'm cooking, I put the pan or a plate on my scale and just weigh and then tare after each ingredient. So it's super simple to grab my ingredients and quickly weigh it all out. Then I usually saute in Water or chicken broth to keep cals lower. For fresh like in salads, I will just keep out like 1/4 of the veg and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. It will keep for a week like that. If I see the fresh is starting to look sad, I will chop and freeze, then start over.
Me=super frugal, so I have almost zero food waste. Everything gets repurposed and combined and frozen before going bad. I always date and label so I know what's frozen. Makes meals 10 minutes--15 max--even slightly more complex ones.

I must admit that I don’t wait until hunger hits to eat. In the past, this normally meant just grabbing something that probably wouldn’t be the best or most healthy choice for me at the time. I tend to plan out my days in advance so that I know exactly what I am going to eat each day. I also meal prep so that my meals at work are take care of. Because I meal prep, I have lots of different foods to choose from for each dinner. Leftovers save me in the evenings for sure.
11/8 Meal Schedule…
Morning Coffee: 16 oz. Half Caff coffee w/2 Tbsp sugar free Italian Cream Creamer (50 cals, 1g Protein, 2g fat, 0g fiber, 2g net carbs)
Breakfast: Quaker Weight Control Cinnamon oatmeal - 1 packet (160 cals, 7g protein, 3g fat, 4g fiber, 23g net carbs)
AM Snack: 11 oz. Bananas and Cream Premier Protein shake (160 cals, 30g protein, 3g fat, 2g fiber, 3g net carbs)
Lunch: 6 oz. Spinach salad w/roasted zucchini squash, 2Tbsp parmesan cheese, and 1Tbsp Caesar Dressing (152 cals, 6g protein, 12g fat, 2g fiber, 5 net carbs)
Afternoon Snack: 4 oz. Trident Alaskan Salmon Patty wrapped in 2 romaine lettuce leaves (180 cals, 21g protein, 9g fat, 1g fiber, 3g net carbs)
Dinner: 6 oz. Veggie Taco Salad (spinach, Tomato, black Beans, cilantro, red onion, cheddar cheese, seasoned veggie crumbles, Mexican hot sauce) (230 cals, 17g protein, 12g fat, 7g fiber, 10g net carbs)
PM Snack: 1 oz. Raw Almonds (160 cals, 6g protein, 14g fat, 3g fiber, 3g net carbs)
Totals ( 1,092 cals, 88g protein, 55g fat, 19g fiber, 49g net carbs)

Yes me too. Congrats you champ x

Hey y'all. I'm a new member and this is my first time posting here. It's been an incredibly long time since I talked to ANYONE who has had RNY, and I'm just trying to reach out and find others who maybe understand what I've been/am going through. I had my surgery when I was WAY too young. I was 23, and totally confused being healthy with being thin. About a year and a half into it I had lost about 150 pounds, but became severely depressed. Then that thing none of us thinks is going to happen to us happened to me--my mysterious food addiction transferred to opiates, then to alcohol, then to alcohol AND opiates, and unfortunately I made it all the way to meth, where I stayed for way too long. I've been clean for a little over 2 years, and I'm actually making positive moves in my life, but I feel very unhealthy and not as happy as I wish I was. I've also become addicted to sugar, ugh...
ANYWAY. I should probably save anything more for the "Journeys" forum, just wanted to throw a line out there and see if anyone else has experienced something similar to this? Or if maybe there is an addiction transfer forum/post someone can direct me to? I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks for reading. Have a good one <3

I had the sleeve 11 weeks ago and am just starting to feel my hunger lessen. I was very hungry for a long time post surgery.

It seems like hunger is similar between bypass patients and those with sleeves. Early on, sleevers that don't have good acid control will feel hungry (acid makes you feel "hungry"), but that isn't necessarily a long term issue.
The decision between sleeve and bypass is usually made based on GERD, diabetes, and food addictions. If a patient has any of those in a significant way, the bypass is possibly a better choice.

Congrats!