Uomograsso

Today is day 8 post op and the first day I felt like a human. I had to call the doctor yesterday morning for anti nausea medication. I wasn't throwing up, just couldn't stomach the thought of anything. It worked well and now that I can get some calories and carbs in, I feel so much better with more energy.

I think it was sugar free Syrup with the sugar alcohols that set me up for a really bad weekend. Staying away from that !

I'm still not on soft foods but enjoying a variety of Soups and baby food.< br>
I know many plans have people avoiding carbs and sugar but I'm not one of those and man, do they make you feel better lol

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Went to the doctor today for my 1 weeks check up and he is super pleased. Called me an “easy case.” He asked if I’d been taking pictures- and I have and he told me to do a side by side and submit it. This is one week preop and one week post op- so two weeks apart. Same shirt. Same sassy attitude. About 13# difference.

You can't collect on life insurance if you kill someone where you are the beneficiary, lol. I used to work for insurance company and heard some interesting stories about that. As to WLS being a scam let her know RNY has been done for over 50 years. Also show her some of the before and after pics. That was one of my motivations, wanting to look like the after pics after spending all my life looking like the before pic.

Ok, more chaffle experiments. This is my best yet! I call it my Lo Lo Chaffle! 42cals; 4g protein; 2g fat; 2g carbs; 2g fiber; 0g net carbs; 0g sugar. I had it with PB & Blueberries and a hard boiled egg. So tasty. Still full and I ate around 11:30pm.
Oh and it actually tastes like bread! No eggi-ness at all!! Zero. Zilch. Nada.

Day 15 post op
My second official long warm shower with compression garments off! Only I ran out of hot Water. Maybe I should qualify that as a very long, long, long, long shower! Haha. It felt so good. A definite team effort. While Sophie takes her shower - the boys zealously wash and then, dry garments in the closet with a blow dryer for a fast turn around. Pretty exciting stuff for Bobby, the wire fox terrier. It did not hurt to re-armor this time as last. The breasts felt tight and the tummy is flattening. Again, I share these as clinical not personal. I see the surgeon tomorrow for my 16th day check up and I think the tape comes off over the stitches with new garment instructions? I feel so much better after the Constipation subsided around day 12. Hopefully, that system is regaining normalcy. This is certainly not a surgical procedure for the faint hearted. I am still very pleased with the decision to have had removed the 5 pounds of excess stretched skin. Still a long road ahead... physically and emotionally. Last night was a great comic relief! And, battling that big bad hair dryer was simply exhausting notes the pouch.

My surgeon used Zofran, anti nausea pressure point bracelets and ben gay with chili powder on my finger tips. Which was super weird but the anesthesiologist was a big believer in that type of thing. It all worked, and I too have a history of being very nauseous after surgery. Plus I kept up with anti nausea pills for a couple of days.

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Best advice - cancel your life insurance now! She won’t stab you then, she might need you.
You are just going to have to prove her wrong, show her that WLS does work.
She is probably feeling insecure and worried that you may decide to find someone else once you are looking super hot. Reassure her and remember pregnancy hormones are a b***h!

Love it Angie!

Okay, so here is my OOTD- workout style for Tuesday.

Love this top that I got off of ETSY, and today I will be hating on that magic circle.

Also, I’m thinking my 51yo old lady arms are looking fairly toned in spite of the extra skin hanging around.

I’m channeling my inner sheribear and wearing fun printed exercise pants. With the obnoxious pink shirt that doesn’t quite match 😂 And the pink hair. I’m going running in the woods after my dr appts. This morning, and somehow I think they’d find me if I got lost in this getup. These aren’t the shoes I’ll be wearing. My trail runners are bright green, but also covered in mud, so that tones it down a bit.

Idk if you can eat this but it is a soft food and omg it is AMAZING!!!! But it is not 4 servings for me. I freeze it and it is 12 servings lol is the size I can eat.

This is mine.
I am also looking to feature before and after pictures on my blog. f anyone would like to contribute and be featured, please email me the pictures and your stats (starting weight, current weight, height, age, ect) to coliveira77@hotmail.com. The blog post can be found here if you would like to see what I have up so far!
HW: 235
CW: 135
% feet, 3 inches and 38 years old (I had surgery when was 37).

Had GB 9/9/19 Starting W: 350, Surgery W: 325 Present W: 340! (I lost 25 lbs on the two week diet)

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Cook one time, eat three times. 😁

Went a little muffin crazy yesterday. Made pumpkin and banana with no sugar and no flour... well not sure if you count throwing rolled oats in a blender and making it flour like? Oat flour? Is that a thing? Oh and here’s my pumpkin chia pudding from this morning. Tastes just like pumpkin pie.

Hell no you have a goal to get healthy! Get to the high school weight and healthy = This is you life do with it what you want

I had been a 1kg away from my goal for a few days - jumping up and down a few hundred grams at a time. I was really getting discouraged and almost indulge my feelings with more food and after psyching myself up, I chose not to do that to myself. I woke up this morning and hopped on the scale - low and behold - I finally hit my goal weight!!
I can't wait to see my dietitian later this month. It's my first meeting with them and I've already got my weight down!
Just wanted to share my pre-op success!! 💃

Yes, from everything I have heard having WLS can improve or even reverse diabetes.

Clear means clear, so sorry no chocolate anything 😢
Also scopalamine Patches work wonders for post surgical nausea, ask your Surgeon for it.
Good Luck 💚

No Protein Shake today...but Protein Water would be fine if you have it. Jello is okay as well as SF popsicles and broth.
As far as anesthesia reaction...don't hesitate to ask for anti-nausea meds when you need them. You should be up and around within a day or so...taking it easy. Driving or riding in a car may cause some discomfort with the incisions but again, just don't rush. AND NO LIFTING of anything over a couple of pounds.
You'll only be on liquids for about a week...then you move to pureed soft foods. It will seem like nirvana.
Good luck and you'll soon be on the 'losers bench' with the rest of us.

That's not true for any gastric patient. Whey is the far superior Protein when it comes to bioavailability, but there is nothing "wrong" with soy. The only protein you should not count towards your protein macro goal is collagen as it is an incomplete protein. Other than that, the best protein is the one that you will consistently use.

I am so excited! So... my height in this site and with my surgeon is listed at 5'4" as my surgeon rounds down (and here half inches are not possible to enter). But my REAL height is between 5'4.5" to 5'4.75" according to all my other doctor's offices and what I have always known it to be. So, periodically I put my real height into the National Institute of Health BMI calculator. Today I put in 5'4.5" in, and that has me at 24.9 for my bmi... which is the highest of the NORMAL WEIGHT BMI's! I am 12.6 pounds below my doctors goal weight of 160. And I am 12.4 pounds from my personal goal weight of 135. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to lose the last 12.4 pounds. I do hope I get there, but I am thrilled where I am now too... so any weight lost at this point and beyond is simply "bonus" for me.
I will be 5 months post op tomorrow. I have lost a total of 46 inches as of 2/1/2020 (all measurements together, neck, chest, waist, hips, thighs and biceps). I wear mostly women's size 8 in pants, but I do have a couple size 6 pants that fit and look fine. I wear mostly women's medium tops, but some are looking a bit big and I can wear SOME size smalls. My weight loss has truly slowed down. I go many days with a 2-3 pound fluctuation, and then a little drop, then many days again with 2-3 pounds fluctuation. While I hate that the loss is slower, I know it is normal at this point. And the inches are still coming off, which is great. I am also so much more active than I was this time last year.

A great non-scale victory

I week out from RNY. Two weeks of liquid diet and Keto found my ankles but one week after surgery gave me an even bigger blessing!!!

I haven been able to wear this comfortably in about two years. Now I’m scared to wear the dern thing because I’m so used to the silicone bands I’m afraid I’ll ruin it! At least it fits!!!