Zebby67

This is from my post op booklet hope it helps. Please remember do what your doctor recommends. That is vital to your success is following your doctor's guidelines.

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I still have my sweet tooth unfortunately!!! I was hoping that would go away! I've always struggled w resisting sweets. Hoping it won't be my down fall downthe road.

You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.
C.S. Lewis

Do you realize if you haven't grown up by the age of 50, you no longer are Under any obligation to?

And with such a good attitude, I'm sure You'll do fine!

I'm 51 and surgery Tuesday. I should've done this years ago but moving forward and not looking back.

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My doc had me up walking same day as surgery. She told me she wanted me to walk as much and as often as I could and that my goal should be walking a minimum of 1 hour per day (ideally all at one time). I started with only being able to make it about 5 minutes. Today I can walk 60+ minutes at one time on some days.
I would love to be able to jog/run. It's one of my goals for 2019.

Dathvick, you are one inspiring Dude; keep it up cause you have your act together!

I am 55 yrs old and started walking about 3 miles a day after having surgery. After about 6 months I started running. I was running up to 4 miles 3 times a week. I would have liked to run more but I have had re-constructive knee surgery on my right knee twice and have very little meniscus left. I ran 2 organized 5K's in 2018 so anything is possible. I tried the gym but just couldn't get into it. I still walk about 3 miles a day and run during warmer weather.

Sorry to hear about your rotator cuff and hernia issues. Lower body exercise works. Check with your dr to see if you are released to do treadmill or bike. Walking is great exercise. It will help you heal from surgery.

Part of this will be your mindset changing. What you WANT to do physically will shift. For instance, today I deliberately chose the bus rather than other transport, even knowing that would mean a mile walk to the office and then a mile walk back. I also randomly chose to take my dog on a much longer midday walk while on a conference call - altogether I walked 5 miles today, pretty effortlessly.
Before surgery, I would never, ever have done either of those things on a whim. Almost 100 lbs later, it’s just a nonissue.
I will say that you need to figure out your exercise groove. My sister needs to find a gym and sign up for classes, the financial commitment and schedule is what motivates her. Meanwhile I need an open pool pass and opportunistic walking. Neither of our routines would be sustainable or enjoyable for the other.

I was a true couch potato pre surgery. Committing to exercise was a necessary evil that I was not thrilled about. Exercise/activity does not mean you have to step inside a gym. Start slow. Do it even when you don't want to. It gets easier if you make it a habit. You will find you are stronger than you give yourself credit for.
Use your activity/exercise to replace. stress/emotional eating, head hunger or eating out of boredom. Make it a time to process all the changes and mental battles with weight loss. This is the time you carve out for yourself. Don't let anyone interrupt it.
Get zumba videos online and dance your butt off walk and make it about the destination. Take photos. As you get stronger and have more energy challenge yourself to do more. Plan a hike with beautiful views. Make exercise an adventure and not a chore. Buy exercise equipment at a thrift store. (stationary bike, dumbbells or a treadmill) Find your inner bad@ss! You never know where this journey will take you. Who knows how you will feel about exercise six months or a year from now. Many changes coming your way.

It's the only real exercise I can sustainably perform. So it's my main squeeze...
The way I see it is I have to walk in every day life so I'll just lose what I was always going to lose with it (no accelerated weight loss) but if I hit the gym for 18hrs 9 days a week then break my ankle I will gain back the 50 extra lbs I unnaturally lost.
That's my lazy humble opinion.
BUT
strength training will do wonders for the skin/muscle tone and cardio increases endurance. Do what you can, at the pace you can sustain.
Safe Journey ?

I had my bypass in December. Walking in the beginning was great but I love the gym more. Walking is a great form of excercise, it should not slow your progress at all. Good luck with your surgery and your new journey.

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Precisely. Topiramate is an antiepileptic medication used off label for weight loss. I was part of a drug study back in the mid-late 1990's testing the efficacy of Topamax for weight loss. Instead of helping me lose weight, it caused me to have horrible neurological symptoms. I had absence seizures, lost the ability to find words (I can remember talking to my husband and not being able to find the word for dinner - I kept asking him what he wanted for "um, um, that thing you eat at 6 pm".

Yep I was given Topamax years ago as a mood stabilizer and the same thing happened to me. Just all the sudden couldn’t talk. That was some scary shiz!

Saxenda is specifically a weight loss drug. The lesser dose is prescribed as Victoza, and that is to help control blood sugar. In my case, Victoza was covered by insurance but Saxenda was not. So my doctor gave me an RX and sample pens to double the doses so I'd be getting a Saxenda dose. I took it for 9 months before surgery and lost about 35 pounds. It works as an appetite suppressant.

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Honestly, I mean take your physician's advice, but I was on multiple SSRIs before, and SSRIs mixed with antipsychotics, and all kinds of things that "say" they increase the risk for serotonin syndrome, but it's pretty much really unlikely. And you'll know if something is off and you just stop the other medicine right away.

@mousecat88 Surgeon's office lady replied back and said "phentermine + topamax or Contrave", but to let the surgeon know I'm concerned about interaction with the Trintellix. Good to know...

Yes! I was given Topamax along with Lexapro many years ago. The Topamax effed me up! I was at work one day and all the sudden I couldn't speak. It was the scariest crap in the world so I quit all my meds cold turkey after that and Lexapro withdrawl was pretty awful. Brain zaps...not my idea of a fun time LOL

Yeah I've been on Lexapro about 10 years now and if I stop taking it within like 2 or 3 days I am in EXTREME PANIC MODE. lol. So now I know... just never... stop... taking... it.

I am almost 3 weeks out and also feel pretty good, but starting to try and eat “soft” foods and mixed chicken is a whole different ball it wax! Am reverting back to liquids and super soft foods ...

Is there a cost for these boxes? If so, how much cause you've piqued my interest.

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Okay so you and I are having a similar experience and I have to say I have been feeling super frustrated because I see people losing 40 pounds in a month and I am closer to 20 3 months out....but, I recently saw my nutritionist and she said I am drinking too much water (which I didnt even know was a possibility?) But she told me to me very strict about not xri king before or after eating for an hour....the other thing she mentioned was super important...I had been doing a keto diet pre-surgery and it was really helpful and working! But, with my new tummy, I can't stay eating the same level of fat....so, I need to watch calories, cut out that cheese I had been ingesting....I have been working out, eating healthy....taking my vitamins....but, I am taking what she said into consideration and trying my best to lower my fat, increase my protein and not drink before or after meals...and I lost 5 pounds since seeing her....but, and I know this is just supposed to be a tool and not a miracle...I have worked really hard to lose each and every pound...oh and I am going bald, not very happy about that...sigh...

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That’s helpful. I have been eating a lot of cheese. But my program calls for healthy fats and protein. I will cut it out a week and see if it helps. I haven’t really been tracking calories too much because my dr told me as long as I was getting 100 grams of protein and 64 oz of liquid I’d lose the weight. Said I wouldn’t be able to eat much else. I’ve stuck to the diet but I just don’t feel the restriction like I thought. I’m walking a couple of miles a day. Just got cleared to start more exercise.


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