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4 months out and mine won’t allow me a low carb tortilla yet 😭

With the preface this probably most likely to appeal to the millennials in the group based on song selection I wanted to share a workout playlist that’s been pushing me to excel in my workouts. It’s been great for 45 minutes medium high - high intensity cardio followed by 5-10 low to medium intensity and 5-10 cool down and stretch. I’d love to hear about the playlists that push your fitness forward.

On week 5 you should still really only be focused on your protein and hydration 60+ gr of protein 64+ oz of water. At 5 weeks out my food tracker tells me I was getting around 600 calories a day, but I wasn’t counting calories per my team’s instructions… only focusing on protein and hydration.

What was it before surgery? Also what do you ACR and GFR look like?

Edited - removing question bc I just saw update 

I was swimming 30-60 mins/day, 5 days a week.

With the sleeve they remove the hunger hormone as well do you will lose you hunger in general. I’m never hungry. Regardless of the surgery you choose neither is an easy button you have to listen to and follow the advisement of your medical team even if you disagree with them or you won’t be as successful. It sounds like you are already disagreeing with or not trusting your surgeon do perhaps it’s worth exploring a different surgeon bec if the distrust and disagreement continues it may lead to a less successful results.

I know this doesn’t answer your question directly but, are you doing much strength training? Adding muscle is a sure fire way to increase your daily caloric burn rate. We inevitably lose muscle during the weight loss phase and adding some of it back will facilitate further weight loss if that’s what you are interested in.

Sugar free popsicles are your friend!!

So glad your nutrition has given you advice that’s offered some hope amidst the frustration 🫶

Love protein2O!! I’ve always used the liquids version but have wanted to try the powders. I’ll definitely bring trying this. Protein 2O has been an integral part of my success so far and I know it will continue to be an important part of my routine.

I work 60- 80% remotely. I took off a week initially but added two additional days and was back to work 9 days after surgery. I worked from home the rest of that second and the full third weeks. I often felt tired in the afternoon and planned naps to help with my productivity.

Checking in on how everyone is doing 2 - 2.5 months out. I’m finally getting my energy back. I had bloodwork done last week ahead of my 3 month checkin with my surgeon and just got the results back. All my blood panel and nutritional numbers are in the optimal range! In such a short time period I went from: - 6.2 A1C (prediabetic) to 5.1 (non-diabetic) -194 to 75 mg/dL triglycerides -134 to 96 LDL Cholesterol - 214 to 158 mg/dL overall cholesterol My protein, calcium, and all other nutrients are where they should beAnd I’m honestly just so grateful I’ve followed the advisement of my team and hadthe support of the folks here. Since my December 5 surgery I’ve dropped 2-3 sizes (3 top, 2 bottom) and 38lbs! Since I started this process on August 6 (my first consult) I’ve dropped 60lbs. Really excited for my appointment with my surgeon next week to use the InBody machine and see how that translates to body fat percentage across various regions of my body. A month into 2x/week personal training I am seeing huge gains in my strength and pulmonary capacity for HIIT. My one a day swims are back to my pre-surgery speed when I was swimming twice a day 5x week. I’m still tired most evening after 6pm and only halfway to my goal. I get frustrated with stalls and am not always perfect, but overall my only regret is not taking this step sooner. Hope everyone is doing well and sending some December surgery love.

My surgery was in December’22 but I just wanted to say since I joined BP pre surgery I’ve appreciated the activity of the OCT ‘22 group which at two months ahead of my own surgery has almost served as a crystal ball for me at every step in this journey. It goes without saying this is an Oct 22 surgery group appreciation post.

Hi all. My sister is getting married in November and I’m her maid of honor. I will need to order my bridesmaid dress for her wedding by late May. I will likely wait until as close as possible to deadline to order. I am going to probably err on the size of larger size and rely on tailoring or even possibly get two dresses. I roughly know what size I was when previously in the weight range I think I may be by November but it’s all a bit of a guessing game. Anyone have first hand experience doing something similar?