ShoppGirl

You already said your restriction is still there. That’s all you need to get back on track. You’ve got this.

Congrats. Glad to hear you are doing well. Just keep trying and you will get to that liquid goal but like arabesque said you are closer than you think.

I think there are more people with little to no pain we think. You see more from people who are having issues because they need help with those issues. No real reason to post about everything going great.

Congratulations on your surgery date.

I agree with doing your research. I have not heard of a lot of people who are doing that procedure and My surgeon didn’t even offer it. Gotta be a reason for that.

I am not sure what ideal body weight is but I hoped to reach a “normal” bmi but wasn’t able to. I was warned that I may not be able to with bipolar disorder. Statistically, people with bipolar disorder tend to lose a little less. I am close though. I think normal bmi was 164 and I got to 169 then bounced back to 179.

Yea two weeks is a long time but just think about the weight you will lose that you don’t have to lose after.

I had very little pain post op. From my time on here I have heard of pain all over the map though immediately post op. I think what seems to be the worst for the majority of people immediately post op is the gas pain from the air they fill you up with.

I was up walking in recovery which is before they even bring you back to your room.

The insurance coordinators are pretty knowledgeable for the most part. If you have criteria to meet for your insurance it means they do cover the procedure. If anything they will just give you more hoops to jump through but They pretty much have to cover it if you meet the requirements.

Hello and congratulations on your surgery date.

I would also run it by your clinic just in case. They should know what questions to ask to differentiate it from withdrawal or something else.

Just keep in mind that your body can only absorb so much protein at a time when taking in those larger doses.

My stay was one night. It was supposed to be two but I was doing well so they let me go early.

Not sure if I spelled that right but I just learned today that you can get your sandwich roll basically hollowed out making it much less bready. Apparently most sandwich shops have heard of this. You just ask to have your roll “Canoed”. Just passing it along.

Post surgery ALOT of people find that bread sits heavy in their new tummy. I happen to not be one of them. I am not one of them. I actually learned about it when ordering sandwich with my husband who doesn’t really like bread. I am not really a big cook. It look forward to hearing what you come up with in terms of good low carb bread.

Hello and welcome. Stalls can be tough but you are correct that this one probably won’t be your last. If you can stay away from the scale it’s a lot less stressful. I shouldn’t talk though cause I couldn’t do it.

Well at least you decided not to do it on your bday. That sucks though? So it was just the caffeine. No added sugar. I have Mention of some people having issues with caffeine but this is the first I ever heard it first hand.

I am 16 months out and haven’t had any issues at all so far but seeing posts like this one sorta make me wish I had just done the bypass as well.

Did someone tell you that your shakes had to be room temperature? I was told to try all different temps of beverages and drink it however it goes down best. I have been drinking my protein shakes cold since day one. And if you are allowed caffeine try the premiere protein caffe latte. It has caffeine in it. It’s very tasty.

What if you did the clear protein drinks? They are not thick at all so maybe they won’t fill you up.

I would go to the ER but while your waiting You may as well call the surgeon office and tell them you are at the ER and ask them if you should ask for a certain specialist or a specific test. Then of course do whatever test the ER recommends as well since they are the ones seeing you.

That was the same intervals that I had as well for follow ups. Weird they said you can’t come more often. Maybe they can’t justify it to the insurance or something?? It’s really hard to just trust the process and weigh less often I know. I couldn’t do it. I do think that the people that do are less stressed out though.

I should have said I didn’t tell many people. My aunt was the one that brought up the idea of surgery and I told my best friend who is also obese and of course my husband. I didn’t tell anyone else until post surgery cause I was afraid of any negativity. I was lower BMI to start so not a lot of people ask about my loss but some people have asked how i did it and I have told them. So far I haven’t had anybody say anything negative.

I didn’t tell everyone beforehand but as people ask me now how I lost weight I don’t want to lie and say I did it on my own because I feel like that may make them feel like something is wrong with them when they can’t do it. But that’s just me. It is true that the reason we lose is because of how little and what we eat post op and whatever exercise we do so I guess it’s not really lying to just leave out that we are able to stick to it because of the surgery.