GradyCat

Enjoy your new sport.

I like Skechers because they're affordable and they have great arch support.

I could maybe walk a 5k but definitely not run one. I'm OLD! LOL! I've been taking a few 15 minute breaks a couple of times a day and putting on my earbuds and iPod and dancing around the house. Just starting to get back into working out. Want to go to the gym (my membership is free) but I don't want to have to wear a mask there to do cardio. Sounds too difficult to breathe. But there are plenty of things I can do around the house and walk outside when it's not too cold. I'm going to try to incorporate regular exercise back into my life.

You will be able to eat anything you want to eat, just in smaller portions. But you'll focus on protein.

That's great news! Advice: Take the pre-op diet seriously. Now that you're scheduled, don't do any "food funerals" or binges.

I am in the same boat you are and I just started back restricting calories to 600-800/day and the weight is falling off for right now, so I think it might work for a while. Also, I've been putting on headphones and my iPod and dancing around the house a couple of times a day, 10-15 minutes at a time to get some cardio. This boost was just what I needed to get those awful COVID 10-12 pounds off that I gained this year.

I hear a lot of people here say they are colder post-WLS but not specifically so severe in their extremities. Best to give the doctor a call.

I think it takes about two weeks for the insurance company to review and approve.

The insurance company wouldn't necessarily have the scheduled date of your surgery, so his mention of a specific date of 1/11 is odd. First it gets approved, then it gets scheduled.

My doctor didn't give me any sugar restrictions. Those two aren't too different, so I'd say go with whichever you want.

Good question. And what do they revise? If your stomach is already sleeved, then they just it up now to bypass the stomach altogether? I'm not sure I understand revisions. Does the weight loss jumpstart again like it did with the original WLS?

I don't know what MTF means.

Oh yeah, we all do at some point. You're not alone. I'm 2 years post VSG and I've gained 10-12 lbs. Working on getting it back off plus a few more. Going back to basics of measuring portions to 1/2 cup or less and 70 g of protein and 64 oz of water. Keeping calories between 600-800. It's working so far. I'm very motivated. I'm getting too old to keep going through this yo-yo cycle. Starting dancing around the house today with headphones and iPod to get some cardio because it's too cold to walk outside. You can do this!

Protein drinks are the staple of the post-op diet. I really like GNC Lean Shakes, premade, in chocolate.

At four weeks out you're probably hitting your first stall. It's inevitable. Everybody hits their first stall at Week 3 or Week 4. That might be slowing you down. But seriously, you're doing fine. Don't compare yourself to other people's weight losses at the same point because they started at different weights, are different ages, genders, and so on. Everybody's journey is unique to them.

That's good to know. I just wing it and that's probably what gets me in trouble. I might try meal prepping.

So can I ask a question? What are the insurance criteria for revisions? You're under 40 GMI now, but you have GERD, so is that a comorbidity? Are the approval requirements for a revision different than for original surgery?

Welcome to the forums and congratulations on your great success with WLS. We look forward to seeing you around the threads.

I was sleeved in 2018 and found myself gain weight in 2020. I am now back to the basics of watching portions of 1/2 cup or less, 70g protein, 64 oz water, around 600-800 calories. I have faith it'll get me back to where I need to be. It should work for you too. You can do it!

Hooray for you! So exciting!

Walking IS a good thing. It may not be the #1 weight-loss method like dieting is, but it's still good for both your mental and physical health and your doctor shouldn't have been so negative about it. Keep up the walking!

I am totally scale obsessed. I actually have to get my husband to hide it from me sometimes. I weigh every day but I'm trying to train myself to limit weighing to once a week, the same time on the same day of each week, but I'm so curious as to what's happening with my weight. Water fluctuations don't help! So, long story short, I'd advise you to weigh yourself periodically, maybe every two weeks, to keep yourself in check, but not too often to get obsessed about it. Like you said, there are many other Non-Scale Victories (NSV) to measure our progress.

Amen to that!

No excuses, but I gained 10 pounds in 2020. COVID didn't help. Tracking my daily calorie intake backfired because the app said I needed 1200 calories/day but I really didn't. It doesn't take into account that bariatric patients have different needs. And oh I ate so much chocolate and cookies the last two weeks of the Christmas holidays. So I decided that instead of waiting for the new year, I would get back on track starting the day after Christmas, Saturday 12/26/2020. Saturday I had 670 calories and Sunday I had 720 calories. Easy peasy. No problems, no withdrawals, no cravings. I got in a 10 minute walk on Sunday and already a 20 minute walk in today (Monday). I'm feeling really good that I can follow the program like my nutritionist advised me, even though apparently for 9 months I haven't been on track. It's never too late to get healthy again. My doctor's office doesn't "count calories." Instead they focus on the macros of protein and water and portion sizes of 1/2 cup. That's all I'm going to worry about now. So I'm going to get back to basics and take that approach again and get not only these 10 regained pounds off, but hopefully 10 more to boot! I feel confident for the first time in a long time. It's a wonderful feeling. No "New Years Resolution" for me . . . just a return to the basics and a positive attitude.

I never noticed this before having WLS two years ago, but now no matter what I eat, whether it's spicy or bland or a little or a lot my nose runs constantly while I eat. When I stop eating the nose stops running. Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to happen when I eat cold food, just hot food. And I'm not over-eating and am sticking to proper portion sizes. For instance, I just ate 5 microwaved pieces of pepperoni and my nose ran constantly. I'm done eating now and my nose isn't running anymore. I searched online and it says allergic rhinitis is a possible culprit. Has anybody else experienced this after having weight loss surgery that they didn't have before? Why does your nose run Everytime you eat? A person's nose might run after eating if they have allergic Rhinitis Inflammation and irritation of the mucous membrane of the nose. caused by a food allergy. A person may experience a runny nose and other symptoms either after eating a particular kind of food or, in some cases, after eating any food. A runny nose may be accompanied by the following symptoms: a stuffy, congested feeling in the nose