FancyChristine15

The first few days are the worst. It gets easier as time passes. You'll be okay!

Yeah, there are some things that we will learn the hard way, unfortunately.

Have you called your doctor's office to explain that to them? I wouldn't wait. Dehydration is nothing to mess around with. Best of luck to you.

Check out this page. I knew I had read something about this before! https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/340983-snatiation-sneezing-when-full/?tab=comments#comment-3841427

My doctor's office specifically recommended that I take a vitamin for bariatric patients. I have had no issues swallowing, so I take the capsule form. I believe it's the Bariatric Advantage Multi.

I started at 463, and I'm at 285. I'm down 2 shirt sizes and 3 pants sizes. So, it's taken me losing 177 pounds to get down 2 shirt sizes. Just keep doing what you're supposed to be doing and the weight will come off.

I think it depends on how much you have to lose. I had a lot to lose, so it took quite a bit of weight loss for me to be able to see a change in clothing sizes.

I wouldn't feel right lying to my family, but if that's what you think is right for you, then go for it. I have never kept my surgery a secret, although, I see why people would. Since I am farther out now, I will just eat what is there, but I will only be able to eat a bite of each thing. My grandma passed away the week after my surgery, and people brought us SO MUCH FOOD. I just sat with my family and drank my protein shakes while they ate. It wasn't that big of a deal. I just ate the way that I could, and they ate how they could. What mattered is that we were all together.

Hi there! I started at 463, so I'm up there with you. I had the sleeve. I never wanted to do the bypass, and my surgeon didn't try to persuade me to do one surgery or the other; he wanted me to make the choice, so I read info on both, and I decided to do the sleeve. I lost 58 pounds pre-op, and I've lost 119 post-op. It's been FANTASTIC for me! It's been the best decision I've ever made. Wouldn't change it!

Isopure Zero Carb with a packet of stevia mixed in.

It'll happen, just keep it up! You're doing great!

Sizing is so weird! I've lost 177 pounds, so you think I would be down a ton of sizes right? Not really. I started at a 4x shirt, and I'm now in a 2x shirt. Pants, I was in 32s and I'm now in 26s (3 sizes down). I'm keeping at it though. You've got this! Also, I see the original post was a couple of months ago; how are things going now?

For the most part, you will have a hungry feeling again, even after your surgery. That is a common misconception that people seem to have; people think they because they've had surgery, they won't be hungry again. Know that you probably will. Sometimes it may be head hunger, but sometimes it's actual hunger. I didn't experience it right after surgery, but I did experience hunger a couple of months post op. Just an FYI

I have to let myself have a little something that's "bad" for me. If I eat perfectly all the time, I will fail. It's how I've always tried doing it in the past. I tried to eat perfectly, then I have a taste of something I shouldn't, then it's like a downward spiral, and I can't stop. This time, I'm allowing myself to have a bit of dark chocolate daily. I'm not eating a lot of it, but I'm having a little every day that I want some. I have found that sometimes I don't want any, but not often. I track every bite. It's been keeping me on track.

I got 60g. I drank 2 Premier shakes throughout the day. I had to add water to them, as they were too thick. I now drink the Isopure Zero Carb; it's thinner and easier to get down than the Premier shakes are.

I had to use Zofran for a while, but the nausea eventually went away, for the most part, for me.

Nice, @Matt Z! Cool costumes!

I haven't regretted it yet. A friend of mine had it about 6+ months before me, and she told me "the first month is the hardest", and I kept reminding myself of that if I had a rough day, and she was absolutely right; the first month was the hardest by far.

What is everyone dressing up as?! I went this past weekend as a fancy skeleton!

I wouldn't say that not losing one week, losing ten pounds the next week, then not losing again the next week is a stall. You lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks, which is great! Lately, I've been losing 4-5 pounds one week, then nothing the next week, and so on and so on. A stall is when you don't lose for weeks at a time. You're doing great. Don't worry.

I don't think that 10 pounds in 3 weeks is bad at all. I've lost 1 pound in the last 3 weeks (I'm thinking my issue is a new medicine that I was on), but I would be excited to lose 10 pounds in 3 weeks. Keep your chin up, and keep doing what your doctor advises; the weight will continue to come off.

I started at a much higher weight than you, and I'm no where near goal, but I'll share! Height: 5'10" SW 463 CW 295 GW 175

I felt full a lot right after the surgery. It took me a while to drink my protein and my water, but I made myself get it in .

Congrats! You look, and I'm sure feel, fantastic! I already have some loose skin, and I'm no where near my goal, so I know there is more to come. I would rather have the loose skin than it be full of fat though! Congrats, again!

As soon as I woke up, my chest hurt...bad. I knew that it was from the gas though, and that is what it was, so I just tried to breathe through the pain. Once they got me out of recovery and into my room that I would be staying the night in, I told the nurse that I wanted to get up and walk, so I did. I walked a little ways down the hall and back; I just wanted to relieve that gas pain. No one was there with me, at my request, but my best friend came to visit me shortly after I got to my room; I wasn't great company, as I had so much gas pain. Can you tell the gas pain was the worst part for me? lol! I had to be given a sleeping pill to be able to sleep that night, because I was just so uncomfortable. The next morning, while I was still in the hospital, I started getting nauseous. A nurse friend of mine came to visit me while I was experiencing some pretty severe nausea, and she told me to breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth, and that helped A LOT!