amylynns

You look amazing!!! I too have had alot of those "what have I done?" Moments. For people that say we've taken the easy way out, they are dead wrong. It is a different struggle than I had before though. My struggle now is to get enough food in to get enough nutrients to be able to function. 350 calories a day long term isn't good! Or to get enough Water in so you don't become dehydrated. And working out? I can't begin to workout when I can barely eat enough to just get through the day. Or trying to figure out why I can eat one thing dine one day and the next day it gives me nausea for the next 6 hours. Or diarrhea for the whole day...So yeah...those are my frustrations. But I know it'll get better! :-)

Any tips friends! I've had diarrhea since 5 AM this morning. Tried a smoothie for breakfast. That went through me. Tried potato soup for lunch. That went through. Tried some broth. ...that went through. I think I've gone 10-12 times. Got maybe 8oz of water down and sipping on gatorade.

Congratulations on getting the surgery! I had mine done on Oct. 20th. What does your surgeon require for a pre-op diet? I had to do a 2 week liquid diet before. My biggest thing was, no cheating. Period. Is it hard? Yes! But it not only makes the surgery go smoother, but I felt it prepared me for my new life. It helped me feel more in control of my eating. Do you have a family? My boyfriend (close to engaged, LOL) and I have 7 kids between the 2 of us. 5 of them at home, 2 at college. I made the kids well aware of what I was having done, so they wouldn't worry when I came home to recover. My 14yr son wanted to help me out by doing the liquid diet with me, lol. I didn't let him. Let's see.... what else. Oh, I stocked up on the liquids I'd need after surgery too. Just so I knew I'd have them on hand. Being prepared with what you need on hand really helps. Same with meds/vitamins you'll need. Get those all ahead of time. Another tip is to have some kind of gas medicine on hand. I had Gas X strips, but then ended up making me sick to my stomach. I got the baby mylecan drops and that worked really well. Gas pain from when they "blow up your abdomen" afterwards is at times unbearable! The best way to get it to work itself out of you is to get up and walk, often--as soon after surgery as you can. I'm sure your nurses will tell you this also. Heating pad also helps. I'll try and thing of some more stuff. :-)

I see your ticker. :-) It's keeping track of your BMI. If you want to update it, go up to the top right hand side of the screen and click on where it says, "Hello Sherrib4health" and then it will say,"update clicker." Then you have to click through some screens to get to where you update it. Hopefully that helps?

Yay!!!!

Well worth waiting for! with me losing 30 and him trimming down his belly (without trying! Grr! He only weights 160) we fit together alot better! Haha!

Do you take any acid reducing meds? I take omeprizol and then when I was so nauseated they added prescription pepcid. It helped ALOT! I have gotten nauseated if I eat something too quickly.

On a good note.....finally ummmm, ya know! Amazing!!!! But I only got about 3 1/2 hours of sleep so my honey let me sleep in this morning and be late for work. So I just got up at 9:30!! Better get my butt in the shower now and go help him at work! (We work together)

The nurse called me back this morning. I have to go in next Thursday and have a scope out down my throat. She said they may have to dilate the opening a bit. I should not be having reflux. :-(

Whoohoo!!!! It is a strange feeling, isn't it?!

Girl! You had an "open" surgery! Your recovery is going to be slower. Those little 10 minute walks will definitely help, and it always pooped me out, but yet, I was in less pain. (not so stiff, etc.) 12 pounds is ALOT!! You're 2 weeks out, right? My 30 pounds is from when I started the 2 week liquid diet until now. So that's a full month. (and 5 days) You're doing great!!

Yay! keep doing those little 5-10 minute walks! I'm up to about 45 mins now. But I started the same way. My 8yr old would "walk" me to the end of the block and back. :-) You're going to LOVE that scrambled egg!! That's what I had too--but be aware, you may only get a few bites in and you'll be full. :-)

I just called. I always call my favorite nurse in the office, then she'll call me back after she talks to the Dr. (probably in the morning) I asked her about that one big incision too. I can see there's like 2 tiny little holes, and I can see the internal stich in there. She said that's pretty normal, sometimes they make their way to the surface. But I should wash it at least twice a day with antibacterial soap to prevent any infection getting in there. Oh my gosh--I am so exhausted today. If I close my eyes just for a second sitting here at my desk I know I'd fall asleep! I'll be going to bed early tonight for sure!

I was hoping no one said that... :-)

I don't think I'm eating stuff that would irritate it. Breakfast has been either scrambled eggs or smoothie. lunch has been either tuna, pureed chicken, or veggie Soup and then I have a pureed veggie along with it. dinner is....pretty much the same, LOL. But I did have fish the other night Yums. And again, a veggie along with it. (green Beans, carrots and cauliflower are what I've had so far) If I have some potatoes cooked up, I usually have about 2TBS of potato. Then I usually have 1 or 2 "snacks" during the day/evening. And that's been yogurt or cottage cheese. I would say I measure it in a measuring cup about 90% of the time. But honestly, it's rare that I've even been able to finish a meal. I always eat my Protein first, then veggie and then potato. I wondered if I'm eating too late into the evening, but I started getting that "acidy" feeling yesterday afternoon even.

Question! I had BAD reflux and hiatal hernia before surgery. But about 3-4 weeks before surgery it had actually calmed down ALOT. Well, it's BAD again! I had been told with the RNY it pretty much assures you that you won't have reflux?! I'm not over-eating. I'm on 40mg of omeprazol a day, plus prescription Pepcid. I'm not sure if it's just still swelling in there or what. My surgeon did say I'd have to be on omeprazole for the rest of my life because I have Barrett's Esophagus. (caused by food getting constantly stuck when I had the lapband and I had to throw it up almost daily) But I'm really hating waking up all through the night with that nasty feeling in my throat. *note, I'm sleeping with the head of the bed raised, on my back, with 3 pillows still. Any suggestions?

Hehee, isn't it crazy how full we get! I love it, yet when something doesn't set well, I hate that it seems like I'm doomed the rest of the day. It's like I'm afraid to eat again for fear it'll make me sick again.

I was getting tired of eggs for Breakfast, so I did the smoothie the last couple mornings. I know we're not supposed to "drink" our meals as a rule, but I figured during pureed stage it's alright. I used one container of Danon Light Yogurt, then about 4-6 oz of OJ, a couple frozen strawberries and 1 scoop of my GENEPRO unflavored Protein mix. Total calories 268, total protein 44g. That'll keep me full for a while! I sipped on it for over an hour.

Whoohooo!!!!! Way to go!!!

Awesome news!!!!! And that is hilarious, you can see your pretty uhah! Haha!!!! Now I kinda want to go see if I can.....I'd forgotten about that little benefit of losing weight, LOL!!

I've been tracking calories for so long, I'm just used to it. It's nice now to see the scale moving. The My Fitness Pal website and Fitbit website I'm on was always saying I should be losing weight, according to my activity and eating. BUT I NEVER LOST ANYTHING! (obviously, before surgery☺) I have one Vitamin that I have to take 4 times a day. It's called Optisource. Then a Vit B1 ( I take mid morning) Vit D later in the day and Calcium I've been taking in the evening. I usually don't wait that full hour either--I'm so used to drinking with my meal. I'm sure if I could drink closer to the 64oz my bowels would be a little happier. I'm going about once a day now, but I was used to going 3-4 times with no problems before surgery. (with the Magnesium vitamins I was taking--I can't take them anymore)

Oh, and I keep track of calories/ Protein, etc on MyFitnessPal. I'm averaging 550 calories a day. I've tried to get in more, but I just can't do it! And I just checked and I'm only averaging about 45g of protein. Gleeps. Ugh...lunch is not setting well. Nauseous.. Not sure if it was the mayo, cream cheese, or I just didn't chew enough. Hope this passes soon!

I'm at a little stall too. I've been at 219 for about 4 days. But I figured it would slow down once I started eating more than liquids. And I'm still not as active as I think I should be, so that should help once I can do that. My surgeon also pushes the 64oz of liquids and at least 60g of Protein a day. I am having a REALLY hard time getting in more than 32oz of liquid though! When you're not supposed to drink for half hour before you eat and an hour after---but eat 4-6 little "meals" day?! Well, gleeps, it's like a full time job timing the drinking! And I'm already working a full time job. But I'm trying!

It dawned on me at about 2AM this morning that I forgot to buy more eggs last night. So I started to panic, "What am I going to make for Breakfast?" Normally I'd just go to Subway and get a breakfast sandwich, LOL..but that's not happening now! So I had 1 yogurt left, threw that in my little Ninja with about 4oz of OJ and a few frozen strawberries and my GENEPRO unflavored protein. It took me a good 45 mins to get it down, but it really was yummy! My belly didn't like the cold so much at first. But I'd hold it in my mouth a few seconds and then swallow, LOL! For lunch, I'm having pureed chicken breast that I make last night. (added a little mayo and a spoon of veggie cream cheese--yum!!) and some pureed cauliflower and mashed taters. Barely getting the taters and cauliflower down though. I'm stuffed! I've heard about that cauliflower pizza crust, I've always wanted to try it too! I totally agree--some toast would be amazing. My 21yr old daughter and I were chatting on the phone today talking about Thanksgiving plans and I can't stop thinking of stuffing!!

It's alright! We won't kick you out!! :-)