GummyBearQueen

While I haven’t cared for a baby while recovering, I’m not able to lift anything heavier than 10 pounds for several weeks post-op (and your incisions will let you know if you move wrong, even sneeze). You’ll also have low energy for a while but it’s manageable for most. My advice is if you have an offer of help with the baby, take it. Good luck!

If you’re deficient, ask your doc for 50,000 IU per week for twelve weeks, then take between 2,000-5,000 each day. That worked for me.

It does. Soon you won’t even remember this phase.

Congratulations! You look happy!

Romaine and iceberg are allowed on my soft foods diet since they’re mostly water. Every plan is so different.

I’m three weeks out from vsg and I can manage a whole egg, half a burger patty, or about 4 ounces of fish. I’m told it gets better but take advantage of this honeymoon phase!

While it’s certainly normal to not be at 100% after surgery, feeling dizzy was on my list of symptoms to contact my doctor about. It never hurts just to be on the safe side.

I bought the Protein20 from Costco and they were so bad I returned them! The taste was odd, very much like chemicals. I hope you have a better experience.

Congrats on your surgery date!

No, I love warm weather and sunshine! It makes me feel energized.

I recommend Viviscal Pro and oral minoxidil for hair loss!

Very dapper!

It’s progress not perfection we’re seeking. Be gentle with yourself. You’re back on track and focused again.

Three week stall, look it up!

Not likely. Do you have a gym or clinic where you can get an accurate weight?

We’re surgery twins! I hope it gets easier for you. Our new normal is an adjustment for sure, but keep focused on your “why.”

Life is too short to follow arbitrary rules. “The easy way out according to whom”? There are no rules. We’re all making the best decisions for ourselves for our one life. When your children remember you or when you’re 90 and thinking about your life, I highly doubt feeling self-conscious in a bathing suit is going to be something of significance. My advice to you, easier said than done, is to live your life for yourself. Because nothing else really matters.

Orgain is the best plant-based protein on the market!

I’m three weeks out, have tolerated every food I have eaten, have no trouble with liquids or pills, have never vomited or been nauseous. I think for most people that’s the norm. Good luck!

Grits are on my approved list! You have a stomach (albeit much smaller), stomach acids, and a digestive system. You’ll be fine. Besides, no two bariatric surgeons ever agree on recovery protocols.

Yes! Syntrax Nectar, Orgain, Fairlife…they’re quick and easy!

I was told swimming was fine after two weeks!

It varies for everyone but I had to buy Crystal Light, Syntrax Nectar, and Isopure to get my water in the first few days. You’ll turn an immediate corner very soon! Hopefully your doc can prescribe some anti-nausea medicine. Congrats on the surgery!

Rao’s (pronounced ray-ohs) is the best sauce and the only jarred marinara we use. Their arrabiata (spicy sauce) is wonderful but their regular marinara is also fantastic!

I’m sure you mean well, but telling someone who just essentially had their dreams shattered and is recovering from surgical pain (with no surgery) is not likely going to research cognitive behavioral theory.