summerseeker

Don't overthink it. You will be concentrating on getting your fluids and protein in. Walk around as much as you can to shift the gas pains. Sleep when you are not doing any of these things. Drinking different temperatures can help. Your second week is so much easier. Everyone gets nervous, we are human and are built to fear the unknown. The hospital staff will put you at ease. Good luck

I didnt know this, thanks for the incite and all your experience. It helps

Don't cut back on your calories unless your team told you to. You are so low that your body will be holding onto the nourishment to counteract the exercise you are doing. Trusting the process is a tough learning curve that we all have to learn. Hold your nerve, the stall will break

The pre op diet is a doozie isn't it. 99% of people really struggle with the limitations, its the ultimate cruelty for fat people. The thought of the surgery starting and having to end due to a fatty liver kept me on the straight and narrow for the most part. I did break twice in the 3 week of my torture, I ate 2 small packets of Jerky ! This caused me so much worry that it was not worth the cheat. I lost 15lbs. I was allowed caffeine [ thank the lord] any low carb vegetable, a quart of skimmed milk, 2 low fat yogurts, 2 items of fruit. Sugar free jelly and popsicles a day. It was winter so I ate lots of asian style vegetable broth and curried vegetables. I ran to the operating theatre, I was so over the diet.

I was allowed the tiny packets of super crispy melba toast at about 6 weeks after surgery. I was told it dissolves quickly. All carbs are still a bit on the heavy side for me. I eat the very occasional slice of super seeded wholemeal but its best toasted crisp. I tried some tiny bites of pitta with humous last week and it wedged in my tummy for hours. I felt awful and nauseous. Nothing was off limits as far as my team were concerned after about 10 weeks. You need to get answers from your team because they all have different ideas on how to go forwards

It is getting better for me now. I can have a few tiny sips with my food. I used to get a very uncomfortable full feeling, then I usually vomited the liquid up. I had to wait a lot longer than most to drink after eating. I had a tight restriction.

Try different temperatures of water and if you are allowed, add a small amount of sugar free squash/cordial to it really helped me. The more liquid that you can get into you the better you will feel.

I am an old fashioned big knicker girl. No bits of dental floss for me. I would never ever put my knickers to dry outside on the washing line. Now they are so tiny, they make me smile, still big knickers but tiny big knickers

Hello and good luck for an early date

My heating is cranked to the max, My uncomplaining hubby is sat in his boxers. I am freezing cold and I so hope it gets better but it may be the price I have to pay to not carry all that insulation.

Hi, You will be given a protein count to aim for. Mine is 60 grams a day. Every surgeon has a different regime so you will need to read his pamphlet/ book to find out. Just do what ever your own surgeon advises. If your shakes and drinks don't have enough protein, then you can add extra protein powder to your other foods and drinks. Its not something that you should over worry about early on, getting your liquids in is enough for the first few days. That can seem like a full time job in itself. Good luck

Hiya Lisa, Has your restriction kicked in yet ? I say this because I could eat a little more before my true restriction came. For a while I could only eat half as much as before. Even now I can only eat a half of a peeled apple and 30 grams of cheese or the same with carrots and hummus at one meal Carrots are too healthy to be slider foods after all they help us and rabbits see in the dark, or did my mother lie to me ? Is this why my hair is straight despite eating all my bread crusts ?

Everyone is different in the way they loose weight. Men on the whole, tend to loose quicker than women. You are doing really great with the weight loss and getting your protein and liquids in to you so well. The weight loss will slow down as you begin to eat more normal foods but then your restriction will kick in to keep you honest. After a while the hunger comes back and that's when all we have learned will be needed to keep us on track. Enjoy this honeymoon period you are in, be ready for the 3 week stall.

My team have me on calcium, multivitamins and a vitamin B12 injection every 3 months. Like pre op diets, every team wants a different set

I had gallbladder surgery aged 17 in 1976. This was before the days of keyhole. The surgeon was a butcher. Over the years I have had terrible pulling/ripping pains all the way down my internal torso. My bariatric surgeon said he had to free loads of scar tissue to do my sleeve surgery. My sleeve surgery took him 3 hours. I have never had a pulling pain since and I am very grateful. Its been a win win for me

If you are cleared to take them ? An antihistamine will help with the itchy rash

I am lucky, I cant do fatty greasy foods. So a lot of take away food is off my menu. I have never been a cake or biscuit eater but I can eat chocolate, pop corn and baked snacks. I buy them small single serve packs that limit my intake. I ration myself to only have one in the evening if I have managed to eat all my protein

Hello, its great to meet you You would not be human if you didn't have some trepidation going through this surgery. You don't need to know everything, you can always jump back in here to ask. I read a lot of the back pages of this forum to pass my time and learn. They are a friendly bunch and very knowledgeable. You will spend your first few days after surgery re learning how to sip slowly and snoozing.

Thankfully coffee was not off my doctors list. The first thing they brought me in hospital was a milky coffee, win win

So true

I had lots of mini goals, I didn't want to disappoint myself, go off track and sabotage myself like I always did. In reality, I am unable to sabotage myself unless I eat around my plan. I try not to. My initial goal was to be healthier. Tick. Then to pass in a crowd. Without stares. Tick Next to go in any shop to buy clothes or shoes because I never have. Tick My latest one is Onderland and its taking its time to get there. I don't hold much store in comparing my former self with clothes sizes because they have changed to be bigger in my life time

Dont quote me. I think its @Arabesque

I used to put tiny slivers of hard cheese in my mouth and waited till it disappeared. My keto mouth thought it was delightful

I had this when I was not drinking enough, and eating enough calories because of a swollen suture line in my new tummy. Then I had it again when I had dropped a lot of weight and needed to come off my blood pressure medication, I just didn't need it anymore. I had it randomly yesterday morning when I got out of bed too quickly and got busy. I ate some yogurt and had a large milky coffee and I was fine. When I am out I always take a protein bar in case this happens when I have skipped a meal

I buy the individual sachets from a company called ITSU. It fills a mug so its perfect sized for me. I add what ever I have in the fridge or freezer. Mushrooms, beansprouts, shredded veg, tofu, minced meat, cooked sausage. I have some chilli and blackbean sauce that I add if I want it spicy. I haven't tried gyozas yet, but do add a few dried noodles. I like anything like this that is ready in a few minutes