jasmineinmymind

I meant that I'm not sabotaging yet but I feel that my mindset could potentially sabotage me if I'm not careful. I want to make sure that I'm not doing the same things that got me to need the surgery. I currently am not, I mean I am way better than I was but I worry that as time goes on I could become too lax. Right now I'm OK..just need to make sure I dont slip!

I had RNY on January of this year so just past 6 months. You know how you are super motivated after surgery and you track everything, you eat lots of good healthy foods, you make sure to get in your protein and water? I'm feeling way too loosy-goosy about my diet, my supplements, everything. I can't say I've blown it and need to get back on track, more of I'm on the train but it's chugging along way too slowly and the captain is taking too many breaks. I dont get sick on ANYTHING so my diet is very normal. The only permanent change I've made is not going back to sugar. (no sugar and no sugar free treats). I am eating too many carbs (bread, crackers etc) because it's easy. I do eat healthy too, I eat veggies etc. but diet could be cleaner. I am still losing but I know I could be losing so much more. I am still going to the gym at least 4 days a week but I probably need to add in classes and more fitness throughout the day. Its so hard when you feel so normal. I have restriction but not like I used to. I am feeling like lately it's all me. Every day I tell myself to get back to basics and start doing more. Try harder! But I just seem to slide into comfortable patterns and take the path of least resistance. I think part of me still has that fat brain where I tried to lose weight so many times and failed. I think part of me doesnt feel like this is real or will ever happen (reach my goal weight). Its too soon in this journey to give up or self sabotage! Im just wondering who else is feeling like motivation is in short supply....

Count me in for another one obsessed with My 600 lb Life. I dont care anymore. I used to go to the grocery store and buy a ton of food for a bad day. French bread, spinach dip, rotisserie chicken, sides from the deli and of course a variety of deserts. I would use the excuse that I deserve it. Now I have other ways to cope with being tired or having a bad day. I dont go to the store when I feel stressed out because I dont want to be tempted. Eating out...the thrill is gone. I can only eat tiny amounts so I have to sit and watch other people eat

Agree with everything said. For me #1 was that I was going to have a journey that was unlike anyone else I'd read about. I obsessively watched WLS videos on youtube and expected to be like everyone else. What I learned: 1. Some people drop a ton of weight right away and I did NOT 2. A lot of people had dumping, foamies, food getting stuck and I did not at all 3. A lot of people have hair loss and I do not 4. Many people feel no hunger and I was fricken starving from day one You really shouldnt have any expectations of what it'll be like because it could be total opposite for you. I told the nurse how paranoid I was about dehydration and as it turned out I drank my water just fine. Essentially, dont worry about what could happen, take it day by day.

I had to take mine and I needed it badly. With the morphine I was having really severe apnea. I stopped breathing every time I drifted off and that is with extra oxygen. I finally had them switch me to liquid Tylenol so I could actually sleep. At 5 months I stopped using it because it was making me more tired than when i did use it

I came out of surgery hungry, remained STARVING during the 10 days of liquids and have been hungry ever since. It was NOT head hunger. Yes, I do sometimes get head hunger and I feel like grazing but I was legit hungry. The only thing I can tell you is I'm down 60 pounds and I could never have done that where I was before surgery. You might be hungry but you eat small meals. Yes, that means I have to make more decisions. I never got the blessing of not being hungry but I'm managing.

Exactly. I think I probably still have sleep apnea but if the cpap makes me more tired, whats the point? The sleep doctor was no help. He basically just said some people dont sleep well and we dont know why

I have been purging all of my fat clothes the minute they become too big. I have already given away at least 10 garbage bags full of clothes. When I am within 1-15 pounds of my goal weight I'll hang on to those clothes. I didnt "see" my weight loss for the first 50 pounds but now I see it. I feel like I look different finally. I guess you'd call this a mind game but I am tortured by my crepey neck and my wrinkly arms. I am trying to focus on the positive but it sucks so much that plastic surgery costs a fortune. I want to get my neck done SO bad. It looks terrible and there is no way to hide it because the ugly part is right up under my chin.

Definitely dont panic just yet. I am on my 7th month and I have had a little shedding but no real hair loss. I was losing hair previously due to menopause so I was really worried but not much has changed

I stalled for the first 2-4 months. I still dont know why. I was able to start losing again once I starting working out at the gym.

I feel the same way. I feel like I'm at a decent weight now, meaning I'm not plus size anymore and I look a lot better than I did but my mind goes to the weight I still have to lose. I feel like I'm still fat and I cant just enjoy my success so far. I agree we all have some dysmorphia. Probably years of feeling like a failure. Its hard to get rid of those negative feelings. I think also, most of us lose weight and start to sag and get flabby in certain places and that makes the weight loss less positive. The loose skin is the biggest downside to weight loss for sure. One thing I can say...I gave my old clothes to a co worker who apparently was my size when I started and I CANT BELIEVE how big she looks. I had no idea I was that big. So I didnt know how fat I was in the beginning and I dont know how 'thin" I am now. I have a distorted image of myself apparently at every stage.

6 months out. I had one beer a few weeks ago. We were out to dinner and I drank it in about an hour. No buzz. I felt guilty though and will probably not drink again except special occasions. I'm so scared to try wine. I feel like I might feel kind of dumpy or get heartburn.

I was painting the other day and found out how incredibly annoying it is to paint while your arm is flapping. I work out 5 days a week and Im trying to build muscle in my arms but that flabby stuff is pretty persistent. I still have hope it'll firm up. My butt also looks like a balloon someone deflated. Trying to build up some muscles in the gym but it's pretty slow going

They eat so much junk food it actually just makes me hungry

Anyone?

Well this is just sad. Surgery was 1/22/19 and I’ve only lost 52 pounds. I wish it was more :(

Has nobody else gotten off cpap??

Ive stalled plenty of times but never gained yet. I am so scared of that! I think the answer is always back to basics. Go back to what you know works and you cant go wrong

I wish I had known that having weight-loss surgery did not guarantee weight loss. I went through a massive stall and it only changed when I started working out at the gym. People think that you won’t be hungry and that definitely wasn’t the case for me. I have been hungry right from the start. I wasn’t expecting to be able to eat everything and have nothing make me sick so I still have to use a lot of willpower. The main thing I wish that I had known though is that it would all be ok and I should have done it 10 years ago

So I was on a CPAP machine for about five years and I have always struggled with it. I was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea and I was never really sure if the machine was helping me that much. I am six months out from my surgery and I’ve lost over 50 pounds. I actually went on a trip and forgot my power cord to my machine so I couldn’t use it for a week. I was really surprised that I felt less tired and more alert. It’s been about three weeks since I’ve used it now and I’m pretty sure that I am no less tired than I was before while I was using it but I still don’t feel fully rested. So basically I feel like I don’t need it, and then on the other hand I’m still tired. How did you know when you didn’t need your machine anymore? I have an appointment with the sleep specialist but it’s not for another month ( he’s always booked). I have to say that right before I stopped using it I was feeling so fatigued and so tired that I actually requested labs because I thought I might be low in something but they all turned out to be normal. I would say that since I stopped using the machine I’m not at that level of tiredness. Still... anyone successful in getting off cpap and how did you stop?

I can eat bread, rice and pasta. Sure they’re small amounts but I can eat them with no problem. Just saying gastric bypass does not automatically mean that you can’t eat normal foods. Before the food police jump down my throat I eat mostly protein. I eat the healthiest foods I can, no sugar or sugar substitutes. No chemicals or processed foods . I am losing weight. I just hope anyone reading this who is pre op knows that it’s very individual and no two surgeries are alike

I also have been able to drink plain water. Thank God because I HATE flavoring my water!

Im at 6 months and just in the last week Ive noticed an increase in the amount of hair I'm shedding during a shower. Nothing major though and I hope this isnt a trend. I havent taken biotin or anything else. I just try get in my protein and water in. Honestly everything else is more of a placebo. If they really worked then the ladies with clumps coming out would be very happy

Just be careful about eating till you're full. After a bypass "full" feels completely different. You will not feel the same sense of fullness that tells you to stop. You have to measure everything and then stop because you ate you 1/2 a cup, not because you feel full. If you go beyond that it's easy to get sick. At 6 months I still dont feel full, I just stop eating because I know I need to. As far as how much to eat, that varies by doctor and you'll get a lot of different opinions but early on should be around 1/4 of a cup and I think 1/2 a cup after 3-4 months. Try eating 1/4 of a cup and see if that keeps you satisfied for a few hours. You're going to eat tiny amounts but often

I don’t have a gallbladder but this has never happened to me