BrandiLynn

I am praying for you, too.
I had a set back last year when my employer switched insurance companies at open enrollment. They went from an *** that covered it with co-morbidity to one that only covered it with very serious co-morbidity. I ended up switching to the PPO option which was easier to qualify than the original but my co-payment went from $250 total to $2879 paid so far (I am still getting bills). This was very stressful, and to think if I had just started my 6 month diet 2 months earlier I could have saved over $2500.
Sorry, this was about you. I am pulling for you!

I feel your pain, but really it got easier as time got closer. Once you get those carbs out of your system you will feel more satisfied. Are you able to substitute one shake for a Protein Bar? That helped me.

Kate you are my hero. Congratulations!!
Before committing to this surgery, I was a daily drinker. A relaxing cocktail after work was just part of my routine. I had to come to terms with letting go of that lifestyle. I am feeling much better for it, not to mention a little richer:)
Also, my mother is a recovering alcoholic 29 years sober.
Keep putting you first, one day at a time!

Once again, I agree with Fluffy Chix. I also rounded down on time since surgery instead of up. And I think it is a real shame to waste the chance this surgery is providing to change your life. But at any rate I don't think we do each other any favors if we aren't gonna reality check each other when we needed. Tough Love is Still Love!
I had my surgery 3/9 and just started soft food 4/6 per the nutritionist at my surgeon's office.
Sincerely,
The Di*K from Gainesville

Dear OP, I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions that this was a serious post. At first I thought it was serious and was like dayum shazum! I've been there with slow weight loss right after surgery too. I can so relate. Then I got to the part about eating a spinach and egg wrap for Breakfast and chicken drummies for lunch and I was like Whah? And then I was hunh???
Then I read your other post about snacking on the chips and sometimes having a six inch subway. And damn my reading comprehension cuz I first read and answered it as you eating a six inch sub--NOT a 3 inch sub--which is bad enough given Subway's fluffy bread. My surgeon explained that fluffy bread and Buns swell in our tummies and cause obstructions. (And btw, despite having no restrictions now, she STILL to this day does not want me to have bread + meat protein--she claims it is a recipe for concrete in my bowels and gives the potential of obstruction.)
Then there was your profile. At the time you posted you only had maybe 10 posts. Sorry, but there are not enough hours or energy in my day to go read your "back story" when you're posting things such as this post. Which I swear never in my life have I read. It defies everything! Logic, etc, can't even spend energy filling in these blanks frankly. I'm still so gobsmacked over your situation. Oh and how bout that "musician's math" that has me rounding down on 3 1/2 weeks to being 3 weeks from surgery. But again, I read this as you eating this stuff from 2 weeks out. Derp. My bad.

We don't have any information on you. You have a low post count. We know you started at 300 and are still at 300 and you are 5 ft 7in. We can't really tell if you've had your surgery or not, and none of us have really heard much out of you before. So yeah. I'm going to perhaps assume this is a joke to see who's gonna bite--especially with the proximity to April Fool's. It could have even been an April Fool's post--I didn't check to see the origin date/time. I was too immersed in the tragic train wreck of the contents. So that is why I responded as I did.
This surgery is no joke. I've spent the last 2 years of my life getting my head in the game and trying to adjust and confront my food demons and correct my past relationships with food and eating. And that correction is a daily thing. I do NOT want to be that girl who fuc*s up her surgery. Nor do I want to be that person who thinks that just cuz I magically got 90% of my stomach cut away and a malabsorptive bowel rearrangement added to the mix that I can just go back to eating crap food in small portions and think my fuc*ed up metabolism is gonna allow me to lose weight that way while still eating all the junk I want--in as much quantity as I can shove down my new piehole.
I honestly can't even relate to the person who gets the priveledge of this surgery and the opportunity it provides and who chooses to fu*k it over like you describe. You have a hard core 6 month honeymoon period where your weight loss is the MOST. You've now squandered 4 weeks of that 24 month period (or technically so I'm not hung on mm, you have 4.33 weeks X 6 = 25.98 weeks of honeymoon, and you've squandered over 3.5 weeks of it).
There is not enough help in the world on this board for the mammoth proportions of what you are dealing with. We're not trained professionals. We are human internet schmoes who react and emote. You need your professional team to help you with the magnitude of your issues. Don't wait. Don't squander more precious time. Call your surgeon this morning. Call your RD. Call you psych! Do it now.
Sincerely,
Di*k from Houston

I'm with Fluffy Chix! This sounds like total BS. At 2 weeks out with this list of food this person would be in the emergency room! Surgery is pretty drastic if you have no intention of trying at all.

You chew it! Teeth are pretty good at this.

Yes I find this hard to believe but if somehow it’s even remotely true they’re in desperate need of help!

Hahaha! But HALF a six inch sub! OMG. The tears are streaming down my face right now. This can't possibly be real. Can it? I don't often sense trolling, but for some reason meters are going off everywhere and I apologize in advance if I'm wrong! LOL!
I would really laugh if this was an RD or surgeon or someone in a bariatric office jerking our chain to see how people would react to this scary larry situation!

Dude. The person claims to be eating a "half" a 6inch Subway sub and also to be eating 3-4 chicken drummies this soon out from surgery. LOL. And chips...but those are sliders and probably won't make his stitches pop. LOL.
This is what he claims to be able to eat:
I’m eating a spinach egg white wrap from Starbucks for Breakfast usually sometimes I’ll just have a Protein Shake. I usually walk half a mile to a mile a day. I usually eat 3-4 buffalo drummies from 7/11 for lunch, which equals to 1-2 wings. Then for a snack I may have potato chips. But I’m usually always hungry. I drink in excess of 64oz. Of Water. Sometimes I’ll have subway, half a six inch and chips.< /strong> I know my diet is not that good but I don’t have time to cook so I usually eat from those places and for dinner I may have a cooked meal. It varies. My point is regardless of what I’m eating it is still less than I used to eat before surgery so why am not losing any weight? I haven’t been 💩 everyday either

WTF? It's hard to believe this is real. The pure volume that early out would make your stomach split open like a watermelon on a summer day!
This has got to be Trollin' Trollin' Trollin' bait?

Yeah your suspensions are definitely not without reason! Not to mention if they’re eating like that after surgery then why even have it at all!

I have felt pretty great this week. As far as hunger goes, some days very hungry in my head. Other days, 3PM rolls around and I remember I better get a shake in. Down 12 pounds since 3/9. Weight loss kind of stalled for a few days but have a feeling its due to constipation:(

I am little over 3 weeks out and some days, I am starving! Last night I couldn't stop thinking about a grilled cheese sandwich. So I feel you.

I started soft foods today! Stayed away from meat in puree stage cause that just sounded disgusting. But I had a little canned chicken mixed with guacamole for lunch and a small piece of mahi mahi for dinner! I've never been so satisfied in my life!

Oh Lort! I hear ya! Luckily for Mr. F. I filled up the freezer with leftovers that I made for him thinking, "Oh I will warm that up for him after the operation." LOL, but it was such an easy thing that I ended up cooking afterward! And now that it's really hit that I'm forever changed, I have to feed him a freezer full of food. LOL. I do hope we are able to negotiate a new "healthy" normal. You know? I believe our non-gaining future depends on it.
LOL. Like we just got back in and it's time for dinner, but DH and I used to have wine or cocktails and an little appetizer in the old days. But for me, it's either dinner or appetizer and no drinks. And I'm so close to breaking into onderland that I don't want to indulge and do a modified Saturday date night. So I made him an app and a glass of wine and told him that I had to go in the other room until he was through cuz I was feeling a little put-upon and sad-sack. So here I am, getting a psychological boost from the boards while he eats and drinks!
Luckily, he understands and asked if he should not eat/drink. I told him, I was the one who had the surgery not him. And it's up to me to make good choices. So I have and did.

I started soft foods today! Stayed away from meat in puree stage cause that just sounded disgusting. But I had a little canned chicken mixed with guacamole for lunch and a small piece of mahi mahi for dinner! I've never been so satisfied in my life!

I am always grateful for your thoughts, you are a truly talented wordsmith.
This belongs in a book. I needed to hear this!

food DIVORCE

We have an unhealthy relationship,
You and I.
I'm tired of the way you consume my life
You are the way I experience happiness, sadness,
rewards, loss, failure. You control me. I control you.
I'm tired of our constant, circular fights
I want to change your importance.
I want to want other things more.
I want to go metal detecting instead of getting ice cream
I want to feel more excited about a new book than a restaurant.
I want to gift my creativity, my brains, my talent
to conversations, projects, art, adventures
and not cooking, and dieting, and the circular mindfeckery that is you
Food, you are a toxic relationship in my life.
I want a divorce. I want you to leave me the hell alone.
We can still share the gut, and we can raise a healthy body together.
You get visitation, and we'll do our damnedest to respect each other
for the sake of the body.
But my mind needs to move the feck on.
My life is better without your constant presence.

I feel you on the arms! Keep up the great work. YOU GO GIRL!

OMG, just had 2 ounces of wild cod and it was so good! This is a good choice for folks who don't like fishy fish. Its chewy like lobster, mild, and filling....

So jealous in a good way! Can't wait to join you there!

3/14 surgery- not sure how much I’ve lost. My next pre-op appointment is on the 16th. I’m trying to only weigh every few weeks. I don’t want to have to think about stalls. I’m getting between 500-800 calories a day, Protein, Vitamins and most of my Water. If I’m not losing weight then it just isn’t in the cards for me. At this point I’ve going through extreme measures to be healthy and I don’t want to obsess about my weight anymore. I know I am and will continue to lose, period.

So jealous in a good way! Can't wait to join you there!

Being silly and filming all the stages
Preop diet Nov 27: 344lbs
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy Dec 11, 2017 (321lbs)
Today April 5, 2018: 278lbs