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Thank you! I am thinking I really need to start exercising more. Hopefully some biking will help.

Hey all. Starting weight was 364. I had gastric bypass 5/11/18, and at my 1 week post op appointment, I was 24 pounds down. I’m assuming mostly water weight. Today, 6/21/18, I weighed in at 331. I’m a little disheartened by this number, and wanted some opinions. Am I expecting too much too quickly? I feel like the first week kind of set my standard unrealistically high. Thanks in advance!

Doing too much is quite possible. I had my surgery on a Thursday, medically cleared the following week after, and went back to work. Albeit my job is an office job, it is quite stressful.

Thank you for your sincerity. The only reason I have not seen a therapist yet is due to not wanting to be put on medications for depression, insomnia, or anxiety especially. I had a little too much fun in college and since, take no medications except for Bariatric vitamins, and nothing else for quite some time. I know therapists do not prescribe, but I don’t want even the recommendation.

Hey, all. First time post here. I’d like to explain my situation briefly. A year ago, my ex and I broke up. One that I was madly in love with. Since then, I’ve found myself blessed in many areas of life. I’ve got the new shiny dream job, dream vehicle, amazingly better relationships with my family, and 3 weeks ago had gastric bypass. The biggest reason for this progress, I feel, is that I’ve focused solely on myself this past year without worrying about any friends or girlfriends. Literally all I’ve done is work to achieve my goals, and have let go of all past relationships with people that were either slowing me down, or were negative influences. However, since my surgery, things have become very dark. For the first time in my life, I’m having dreams every night. These dreams have become extremely vivid, sad, and are almost always flashbacks of people from my past or things that I regret and resent myself for. My work ethic has decreased, and I have realized a major increase in anger, frustration, depression, impatience, and loneliness. I don’t understand what’s going on. This was not happening before the surgery. Has anyone experienced this? I feel like I should be happier now than ever but I also feel that by crossing off one of my largest sources of unhappiness (overeating), I have since further exposed others. Any feedback or advice is sincerely appreciated.