Valboosky

I just hit 6 months over the weekend. 111lbs down so far. just really looking forward to getting in the 200s. I do feel like the restriction is far less in terms of what I can stomach now so it take a little more determination, but it does absolutely prevent any kind of binge, which is great.

Why was just given Eliquis (anti blood clotting pills). why in the hell would they give you injections?

a bit slower this month, but just passed the 100 lbs lost mark. Pretty excited about it.

closing on 3 months post op and down 78lbs. Congrats to everyone, looks like we are all experiencing some stalls, but keeping at it.

Surprisingly in the last week or so I've lost more weight and I've been less careful about what I eat in terms of counting calories. Maybe I was having too little?

Yeah it would be a pain to change back and forth, would be nice if they made an adapter to change seats easily

For sure

Ha! I ordered another seat right after my first ride. The good thing is, it will accept any regular bike saddle, so I ordered a fat guy saddle.

I have officially reached 2 months post-op. 63 lbs down so far. I was getting lazy again on exercise, mostly because the weather hasn't been great. I just bought myself a Peloton bike, so far having fun with it.

Surprisingly in New York (Columbia New York Presbyterian) everything was on track for me, got the surgery on Nov 29th and my doctor told me they haven’t had to postpone anyone. Then again it is one of the bigger hospitals in the country.

Sugar free Jell-o helps a lot. Day 2-3 are the worst, gets much better after that.

You’ll be fine! Worst part of it is probably the Gas pains for the first few days. Make sure you start walking as soon as you can. I was insisting on walking just hours after surgery, the incisions themselves don’t really hurt. when I got home someone suggested I start right away on some Miralax and Gas-x, that really saved me.

I was allowed to take solid capsules 3 weeks out from surgery.

We are the couple that mostly hosts events like Christmas and New Years for our family. I have to say, it has been somewhat hard for me to work that hard on preparing a feast for family and barely getting more than a few ounces in. Then just sitting there at the table looking at everybody eat for the rest of the meal. At least family has been extremely supportive of my decision, same for friends. I feel awful for people that have had pushback from their loved ones.

I’ve read intermittent fasting might be the way to get by on the lower calories if I need to maintain that. To be honest I’m pretty much forcing myself to eat at the moment. I can easily see doing two meals a days and having 1000 calories.