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Hello everyone!
Tomorrow marks my second week post op and all is well! I'm down 14 pounds and still on full liquids. Once I got a week post op in, drinking 64 oz of fluids has not been a problem. I am still struggling with Protein since all of it (except GENEPRO Protein, so glad I found that!) is so horribly sweet, but most days I do hit 60g. I want to be at 90g so that is my goal for today. All the swelling is gone and the gas was gone in about a week. My incisions are healing very well. I've had no problems so far and for that I am thankful!
Not being hungry is an amazing and empowering feeling! I feel like I'm in control for the first time in my adult life when it comes to food. I've cooked most of my family's meals since surgery, and they've had take-out a couple of times and it made no difference to me at all. I was afraid I would feel a little resentful but I actually enjoy watching them eat. They were worried too so I had to convince them that it didn't bother me in the least.
I go back to work next Monday so I plan to experiment with pureed foods this weekend so that I have a good plan on what to take with me to make sure I meet all my requirements.
I'm open to questions about my experience so far.
Here's wishing you all a great day and much success!
Carol

TMI if any men read this post... but if I don't start my period soon I'm gonna start hurting people... I always gain some weight but I'm only up a pound, so after I start, I'll probably drop a couple. But the PMS is killing me (well, making we want to kill my kids and dogs and anyone else close by)!
And, I've been doing great on my food plan, never craving carbs or wanting to eat unhealthy things but over the past 2-3 days I'm thinking about chocolate and chips and toast with butter and grabbing bites of things as I walk by (even if it's almonds or fruit).
I hate being a girl sometimes...

Good luck to the most awesome, exciting and wonderful thing you are going to do for yourself, I almost 6 months out and I wouldn't change a thing!!! I truly believe this surgery saved my life!!! Your going to do awesome!!!

Good luck to the most awesome, exciting and wonderful thing you are going to do for yourself, I almost 6 months out and I wouldn't change a thing!!! I truly believe this surgery saved my life!!! Your going to do awesome!!!

Congrats, It is amazing to finally start feeling healthy after so many years of feeling lost and horrible. I started out at 300 and am down to 214, and I am looking to get to 175ish, I thought when I started this process that it was going to take forever to feel this way, but 5-1/2 short months later I am feeling it and I feel good!!! I don't have much further to go which makes me happy and excited to start maintaining myself, and I plan to stick to it as I grow old, cause I don't ever want to go back!!!

Any other bakers out there? Have any healthy recipes to share? Have any tips or tricks to turn your favorite recipes into healthier, bariatric-friendly goodness? I went Apple picking yesterday and made a big batch of Apple cinnamon bread and banana bread yesterday. Looking for more recipes. Dinners too! We only eat chicken, tuna or turkey, and get bored of the same recipes.

That is amazing that you have even walked the 5k I couldn't even do that. I have however since I have lost the weight been wanting to try one, I want to try one of those electric, or paint runs, you know the ones that they throw paint at you or what have you. I think it would be fun. I am and never have been a runner, but I need something that I can start to enjoy? I have to get motivated for more exercise. I have now lost 54lbs and I am psyced about that, but I need more off cause my knees still kill me. Well good luck with your running!!!

That is true about saving money on food. I guess maybe I will just have to try more on once in a while, and see what I find that I like? I just need to stop thinking how I used to dress and just try new things?

After almost 10 years of battling with insurance companies and a long growing list of medical problems, the day has finally arrived. I'm 31 years old and take more mediations than both of my parents combined (and they take a lot). The process is moving so fast that it's all surreal. I'm super nervous and excited. I can't sleep just counting down the days. :-)
Thank you ladies for all your success stories, they have been very inspirational and have kept my spirits up not to quit trying. I will continue to check in as I'm sure I will need a lot of guidance through the journey of my new life.

Oh sweetie, it does get better, I had the worst time at the beginning of mine, I had a large upper incision and i had to get staples to close me up, and I was in pain like that for about a week then I was in more pain because the staples hurt. Not everyones experience is the same, and I know it seems like it won't get better but it does. I would just drink, drink, drink as much as you can for right now. Don't get discouraged, believe me I thought with all that happen I made a mistake doing it but now I am 56lbs down in 3 months and a week and I am so happy that I did it now, I still have days where I can't eat very well but I do what I have to, and I am getting better. Good Luck!!!

Congrats! I know you can do it. I'm doing a 4.3 miles on August. I don't know if I can run it, but I'm at least going to walk it. I tried couch to 5k on the treadmill and gave myself a nasty case of bronchitis so I'm going to have to work my way up just to start couch to 5k.

Congrats I ran my first 5K run in April. It was the color run. I doing two more 5Ks in August. I am going to black light run. Good luck to you I know you can do it!

Wow healthyme, I had mine march 19th and I've lost 44lbs but I still can't handle a lot of foods?

My husband and daughter run marathons. I occasionally walk a 5 k and I come in dead last most of the time, if not next to last. They are hard for me and I don't love them. My family runs ahead then circles back to find me and walk me to the finish. I feel very self conscious while doing it. I don't own a sports bra but you don't need them to walk. I am proud that I even did some (total of about 7) but it is hard coming in late.
Well in October I am running my first 5k. I found a bra at Old Navy that actually is a sports bra and it fits (amazing). I am trying a program called couch25k. I am going to follow it religiously and this year I will run it and not feel self conscious at all. I came in next to last year because someone got injured and was behind me as a result. It is in my hometown and I saw loads of people I knew. I want it to be different and the 41 pounds I have lost to date is giving me the confidence to try. Posting here for 2 reasons: Because I want to proclaim it so it happens (keep me honest) and I want to encourage others that have no athletic desires or abilities to tell them it can be done.

"I am so discouraged!" - Stalls are frustrating, impossible to predict with any degree of accuracy, sometimes short, sometimes longer, and...AND - they are a perfectly normal, very common, and usually unavoidable part of the process.
"I don't know what to do..." - Yea, you do. You know exactly what to do. Follow your plan. The exact same one that allowed you to lose an amazing 1 0 2 pounds (huge congratulations by the way!). The stall changes
n o t h i n g. Trust the process, trust your body and follow your plan. Sooner or later, the stall will pass. There is not the slightest doubt. Don't over analyze, don't second guess, forget about finding the non-existent magic bullet to end stalls. Why needlessly over complicate the formula that you yourself have proven works?
"is it even possible???" You don't have to look any further than this forum to know the answer to that question. Of course it's possible! Your goal is physical change but your challenge is mental discipline. Discipline you have demonstrated, loud and clear, for all to see, that you possess.
Stay confident, stay patient, stay positive, exercise to your ability, maintain a food log. No stall stands a chance against your commitment to...follow your plan! Congratulation again on your success. There's more to come!!

wow, rdy4chnge14 that is alot of questions, well I didn't have the sleeve, I had the bypass, and to start off answering your questions, some of these you should really ask your doctor, I also heard about the drainage, and some doctors do it and some don't, mine didn't, and I was happy about that, but i guess it doesn't hurt coming out just feels weird? As for food after surgery, you really have to play it safe and try different things, and see what works for you, everyones body is different. I couldn't drink the Protein drinks after surgery? They made me sick? I haven't tried them since, cause i don't want to be sick??? I was only in the hospital for one overnight, and I couldn't wait to get out of there, cause the bed was awful, and then when I got home it was great!!! lol, I was in pain for a little while and I had a lot go on after surgery that I didn't anticipate, but it is what it is, and I recovered well, I am post surgery 2-1/2 months, and I am down 45 lbs. I had staples in my stomach after I had the surgery and so sex was sort of painful couldn't get in a good position but after 2 weeks and the staples gone, I been good!!! lol as for the getting pregnant thing, I asked my OB about that, cause my fiance doesn't have any kids and we want to have one together, and she said I should wait atleast a year - 18 months after I have the surgery before we try? So I would again ask your doctor about that. Good Luck!!!

Wow healthyme, I had mine march 19th and I've lost 44lbs but I still can't handle a lot of foods?

Thanks longroad34, I am excited for you too!!! My mom had an old dress from a time when I had lost a lot of weight, but that's cause I stopped eating for a year. I won't be doing that again. So I got this dress and it was a time that I liked how I looked and felt, and I hung it up in my bedroom so i can see it every morning when I get moving for the day and it's a reminder of where I want to be with all this. I look forward to wednesday and there after. Please keep me posted how you do.

Long road, who cares what they think when you bought the bikini, lol they have no substantial part in your life!!! I would go in that store after you lose the weight wearing the bikini and be like and what!!! Lol
Dolfinld good for you!! You show them what you can do???

jtickle, that is awesome, my boyfriend is also very supportive and working it along with me. It is awesome to have someone who will support you like that. My boyfriend has already helped me in so many ways and I haven't had my surgery yet. He doesn't even have but maybe 30 lbs to loose I love him the way he is but he has developed a little bubble gut and he isn't happy with himself, so I support him the way he supports me, and I may have much more and longer to go than him but I know that he has my back the whole way through, which feels amazing!!! Good for you, and just keep that communication open and you guys will do awesome!!!

I always said the same thing twins, one boy one girl, all at once, but I know what I went through with one of my kids, and now I would say heck no!!! I had a hard enough time with dealing with one kid at a time, nevermind 2????

I don't look at quotes very often, but I like the one you put in this post. I too am 4 weeks out today and I am very happy that I did this for myself, and now I have no excuse to not give it my all. I have gone through a very rough 4 weeks, but I am pushing through all that has happen and I am going to keep going!!! Stay strong, cause your the only one that can make this change in your life!!! Good Luck!!!

You know I didn't even think of that???? I should try that!!!

I make a smoothie with a cup of plain Greek yogurt, 1/2 scoop unflavored GNC Protein Powder, frozen strawberries and diet cran-grape juice. Sometimes a splash of lemon or lime juice. I make them and put them in my freezer. Take them out and eat with a spoon as it thaws. I make it in the magic bullet mugs and one mug has over 30 grams of Protein. I do 2 a day and they it's easy to get the rest with food. I love the Quest bars too. I keep one or two in my purse all the time.

Calorie counts, even from a doctor or nutritionist, are an educated guess. There are simply too many variables for there to be a "one size fits all" number.
Consider using a food log to determine "your" number. It's easy to do and you'll see the results where they matter the most - on the scale. I've been using My Fitness Pal for two and a half years so it's the one that I'm most familiar with but just about all apps will allow you to do something similar. Configure your app with all of your information - height, weight, age, gender etc. along with your weekly weight loss goal (MFP gives you options from half a pound a week up to two pounds a week in half pound increments). Once you have all of your information entered, your app will give you a calorie goal. That number is based on a "one size fits all" formula and does not take into consideration that you have had bariatric surgery. But that's OK - it's a starting point.
Now using that calorie goal, log your food for a week and see what happens with your weight. If you meet your weight loss goal - great! Continue using that number. If you lose less than your goal or even gain a little, adjust the calorie goal down. Don't get too heavy handed - a 100 to 200 calorie adjustment is plenty. Now use that goal for a week and see what happens with your weight. Rinse and repeat until you identify the calorie number that gives you the results you are looking for. That's literally "your" number. The one that produces the results you want based on "your" lifestyle, "your" exercise level, "your" food intake, "your" Fluid intake - "your" everything.
There's even a very cool added bonus. When you get to the weight you want to maintain, all you have to do is gradually increase your calorie goal until you find "your" goal for maintenance! It's easy, effective, doesn't cost you a dime and it works like a charm!