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Calling January Sleever????
mkw10 replied to time for june's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I decided on maxi dresses bc I scared of being uncomfortable with the waist band of pants.. And weather for me prolly won't be bad bc I live in Texas so the weather won't be too bad. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF YOU CAN BRING G2 Gatorade into Mexico I know there's a walmart like 3 blocks from the hotel but I'm not sure how I feel about walking to it?? -
I read this thread bc I always have the same question, and get such varied answers..... If I set the calorie goal on MyFitnessPal to 1000 calories a day..... And I burn 800 calories doing 60 minutes of intense cardio...... Do I eat those 1000 calories + the 800 I burned?
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Hi ladies. Sorry I haven't been posting and keeping up very well. Things have just been absolutely crazy around here. Stress with the inlaws, my MIL has Alzheimer's. She is getting worse. My grandma also now has Alzheimer's and we are looking for an assisted living place for her and her boyfriend. A few other things are going on and it's been a lot of major stress. I haven't been doing very well with 5:2 and really need to get back into it. I've been doing one fast day a week. This week I didn't have one. I feel a bit out of control and I do not want to gain weight. I haven't gained any yet so I'm thankful for that. I'm exercising and feel pretty much normal with that since I had plastics. I have come to realize that I have to exercise to keep my anxiety in check. So that's my update. I need to make time to get on here for support and to give support to all of you! Sorry I haven't been doing that. Denise, recovery from a major surgery is really hard. It was very emotional for me, more than I expected. Thinking of you. Sheryl, I'm glad things are going well with your new guy. It's always fun for me to read about your relationships. I don't know why. Maybe bc I've been married for so long it's fun to read about your adventures. Kim, I know what you mean! So many things coming up in the next month or so. I don't want food to be the focus but it's so hard to not get excited about all the goodies. So very thankful for my sleeve that keeps me from eating like I used to. I try to keep that in mind even though I am fully aware that it's easy to gain even with the sleeve. I know I wanted to respond to more but I can't remember everything bc I just got caught up!
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I Have No Motivation That Pushes Me
NewLife'sGr8 replied to RiskyGirl21's topic in Fitness & Exercise
I'm certainly benefitting from all the suggestions & timely reminders of what I already knew but haven't been applying. For me, lack of motivation is due to LIFE- thumping me down- hard, over & over. Hard life-stuff, like yesterday, just as I opened my car door upon arrival at work, a huge black truck flying by fast & close, drove way inside the parking line & smashed / folded/ shoved up the driver door into the front end, & nearly took off my leg. I'd just started to maneuver my leg out of the car. Thankfully, I wasnt hurt. I'm trying to keep my focus on that! Not easy. He must've been texting or cell-talking to go that far over the parking line to hit my door- which wouldn't open nor close after that. This, just a couple/few wks after someone at work put rubbing alcohol in my Water bottle while I was on break at work- which made me vomit blood for several days, then sporadically, now occasionally. Still trying to manage the inflammation from that. Life's a real BITCH sometimes! It's like I've been in a black-hole, a never-ending looong cycle of BS-pummeling- keeps putting me down- on the couch. I get my energy back- then BAM! Something else. Big stuff. I really need to go do a hyawaska negative energy-cleansing to finally disperse this black cloud that's been following me around for way too long. Next band appt, I get to consult with my actual surgeon for the 1st time since my survey 5yrs ago. (they use PA's for fills, unfills etc after surgery), I'll get some tests to see what the damage was/is. Hopefully the doc can help me fix this. I'm going to ask her about hyawaska. It's common for most people to purge repeatedly following consumption Sometimes, ok frequently, it's all I can do to get my chit together and go to work- an extremely toxic work environment filled with unbelievably toxic people. Getting up to do the "happy-happy-joy-joy" dance to tunes is the last thing i feel like doing right now. BUT I know once I do, I'll feel 'lighter', my spirits & mental energy will lift UP! Way up. Sometimes what I know, is hard to apply. Real hard. I'm working on it. Thanks to everyone for posting so many fabulous ideas & methodologies that are truly helping me pick myself up again. <3 I'm following this thread closely -
Hello Everyone. It's so refreshing to read all the posts,and know many of the things I am experiencing seem to be the norm... but, I feel like im pushing the envelope, so to speak. Im trying foods that I should not be eating... like i ate 3 fried shrimps, and french fries. I chewed the ff, and then spit them out, bc of the fear of them getting stuck. Im not measuring foods.. it is just crazy that I am not as compliant as I should be! Help! Food sabatoged before gastric bypass! Why am I doing it again!!!
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Okay- I'm going to list some things that have changed post surgery. Weird: Skin- perpetually dry- it puts the lotion on its skin Ears- a kind of fluid- not exactly wax but I need a qtip everyday Nose- usually normal, but more matter now. I have to blow every morning. Water fills me up- I feel like Ryan Reynolds in that movie where he says no to pancakes bc he said he was full after a glass of water! I could just say to a waitress, "no thank you- I ingested a big gulp of air on my way in." It's like my body is purging toxins or something. Positive: I can cross my legs for longer periods of time before I get tired of holding one leg over the other. My back is smoothing out My chin is beginning to define itself into a jawline! My bra is not so tight anymore (underpants either) My jeans aren't strangling me My eyes seem bigger and less squinty bc my face isn't as chubby. I could zip a pair of boots all the way to the top (they are for bigger calves, but hey.. couldn't before surgery) 25 lb weight loss in a total of 42 days. (That's averaged to .60 of a pound every day) Am saving a lot of money on groceries! Negative: 2 week stall Hard to eat when I don't want to Constipation- never dealt with that before So far, the positives outweigh the negatives!
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Bailey Bariatrics in Owasso
nymetzfan11 replied to nymetzfan11's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I guess I should clarify about Dr. Kirk...even though he talks a lot and made a mistake I still like him. He made me feel very comfortable and relaxed. The problem I had was my dad went with me to the appointment so I would have someone else there to ask questions that I know i'd forget and my dad was more upset about what he told me and harped on me yesterday to say something and I told him to relax and it wasn't that big of a deal so maybe I came off a little angry. I am happy with Dr. Kirk and he seems like a good doctor. I am not going to be happy if I have to see him 2 or 3 times more and pay $200 each time because that's BS for what he does...know what I mean? And thank you so much for getting that price sheet to me...that'll help a lot!!! you rock!! haha and of course let me know happens today at your appointment. I'm digging having a conversation with someone in the same situation as me...makes it easier to talk about it. You have me nervous about the psychologist now though...LOL hopefully they won't commit me after my session LMAO!!! kidding of course -
I was just looking at my ticker, and that little running girl can stop running and sit down for a while bc my weight has been in a stall for two weeks now. I am going to try to up my protein as suggested by someone but don't know if it really counts as much when it's in liquid form as a shake when it goes thru your pouch fast. But I def cannot get all of that protein in by food form bc it gets stuck and unbearable. Yeah, and water is slow going too...
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Stress and NOT eating
berkeleyandbrownie replied to kimpossible67's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Stress has been an interesting factor for me in the last month or so. I am in the midst of a very stressful time that will last for around another month, and I found myself with severe headches and vision changes starting around one month ago. I finally went to my PCP and got checked out, and also sent me to an opthamologist. In the end, they determined that everything was a result of cluster migraines probably from stress. I never used to have migraines. I wondered what was wrong with me now and why I couldn't cope like I used to. Then, I realized that I no longer use the drug of food that I used to use. Basically, my way of coping with stress before May 2014 is no more. That realization was very freeing, since I know that my migraines from stress aren't because I am less capable of dealing with stress, but because I am more capable of taking care of myself. I have worked to find new ways to reduce stress including exercise and adequate sleep, and I have taken some other measures to reduce visual strain. In reading the post about not eating due to stress, I'm not quite there. I still mentally crave the food I used to medicate myself with, but none of them are very appetizing. If I do take a bite or taste of a carb-heavy comfort food, I either spit it out bc I think its disgusting, or I only take one bite. My excepition and downfall is Club crackers, so they are no longer allowd to live at my house:) -
I have BC of Texas. I was approved in 1 month. Surgery is 12/10/14.
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The most positive post on this site
deedadumble replied to bobbyswife's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
Great topic! I wouldn't have made it to maintenance without the guidance, sarcasm, and no bs of Laura-Ven. This site hasn't been the same since she left. @ and @@LipstickLady can always be counted on to tell it like it is. @@CowgirlJane was a huge influence on my decision to go to Dr. Sauceda. @@Fiddleman and @@Butterthebean could always be counted on for their fitness words of wisdom. So many other vets that aren't around at all or as much... @@feedyoureye, @@gamergirl, @@CLK, @@Georgia. I know I'm forgetting some. I appreciate all the vets for sticking around and offering their words of wisdom and all the newbies for injecting new energy. -
Any Philadelphia Sleevers
sabrowne20 replied to watchreebwerk's topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
I was sleeved 10/20 at the Barix Clinic in Langhorne, PA! I chose to go there bc I heard good things even though it's a bit of a hike from my house in Philly! They were great! Although when they were making me get up and do laps after surgery I didn't think so!!! ???? lol. Very good experience there! -
I'm 11 months out, have lost over 100% of my excess weight and have been eating in "maintenance mode" for almost 5 months. So Far I guess I'm one of those rare successful "non-counters", and here's my alternative suggestion.....Two things have always helped my stalls. 1) stay off the scale. If you stick with the program it WILL work. You don't need to look at the numbers. You will see it and feel it. My longest stall was a month, but I still lost a whole pant size during that time. If it weren't for going to the doctor so many times that month, I would have never known I wasn't losing pounds. 2) eat more and drink more. If you deprive your body of calories, it will get used to functioning with very few calories. Your metabolism will "reset" at this caloric rate and once you try and eat normal in maintenance stage, you will gain weight with just a few calories ("this statement has not been verified by the FDA".....just my observations about what has always happened while yo yo dieting). My longest stall was when I was sick from a medication I was taking and could barely eat or drink anything. As soon as I stopped the meds I probably doubled my intake and lost 8 pounds in 1 week! Obviously, my body was willing to give up pounds when it is being fed, but not when it's being starved. I made it a point to eat as normal as possible from the beginning.....protein first, of course, and plenty of Water and Vitamins, but never got too carried away with excluding carbs and fat. I knew restrictions were not something I could live with long term and I wasn't going to let this surgery turn into yet another yo yo weightloss experiment. Other than keeping track of Protein and water in my head, I've never weighed or counted anything....just used good judgement (protein first, stay away from "white carbs"). I've never consulted with a nutritionist postop even once. But I did a few caloric "spot checks" along the way, because that's how so many people "do it" on here. I was at 1000 calories by a couple months out, at least 1200 calories at 6 months. And I'm maintaining a 100 pound loss with 1400-1600 calories/day. A very easy number to live with. And this is with no exercise program....just a physical job and active lifestyle. Everyone is different, though, so just find a plan that works for you and don't let the numbers rule your life (unless you like the numbers game, then track and count and measure all you like!)
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Lap Band and Methadone Clinic
Mommyfrid replied to Mommyfrid's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
Thank you all for commenting on my concerns. I'm looking forward to finding out next month once my packet is submitted for the final approval. It's an extremely frustrating list of stuff that has to be scheduled and done. I'm jumping thru all of the hoops and I'll update this forum once I have my final answer just in case anyone else is wondering about methadone and just don't want to ask. I'm not embarrassed of my treatment bc I'm in a much better place than I used to be. It's just a shame that people who don't understand addiction/methadone treatment are so rude to people like me. Including that pos psychiatrist today. She was being so nice until I told her that. -
Methadone Clinic and Lap Band
Mommyfrid replied to Mommyfrid's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Wow...you really helped ease my mind. I've cried about it all day because I was so disappointed. I went to the surgeon for a consult and the next month I went back and he said Aetna said 3 visits with him. I haven't lost any weight since then. He didn't even tell me I was supposed to be losing weight until last week at my visit. Lol. Dec 11 I see him for my 3rd visit and will have had my scope, ultrasound, psych eval, core testing and my visit with nutritionist Is the day before. So I will have done everything they asked me to do. That psychologist really was a b**ch. she treated me so bad bc of the methadone. Thanks for the tips. Any other info. -
Lap Band and Methadone Clinic
Mommyfrid replied to Mommyfrid's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
So Steve...based on your response, which I greatly appreciate, my only comment is that my insurance already approved me. Did I leave that part out? When I initially saw the surgeon I had to disclose any medications that I was taking. So when they submitted my info to the insurance company, I'm assuming it included my medications. Once completing the stuff they asked me to do it gets resubmitted for the final approval. So I'm thinking when they initially relieved my info that if the methadone was an issue I wouldn't have been approved at all. They would've come back and said I had to get off of it first, wouldn't you think? Just curious bc it would be very frustrating for them to put me thru all these tests to come back and say, oh yeah we forgot to mention you have to get off that first, right? Thoughts? -
post op tummy issues?
fortheloveofme replied to fortheloveofme's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I wouldn't be on this site if I didn't have issues with over eating, however I feel like even when I don't overeat I get gassy and bloated and find I am more comfortable on an empty stomach, but then if I wait too long I just feel sick... I just wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience and if bc the sleeve is so much smaller the same occurs even with an appropriate/recommended amount of food... not sure if its food choices, lack of acid, too much acid etc.... I think that's more where I was going with this question. Do dr's address other digestive issues aside from the restricton. Do you have enough stomach acid to digest the food you do eat with your reduced stomach etc... These are the questions I have as a pre op who hasn't attended any meetings etc... I am sure it has been addressed somewhere, but I don't recall where. -
Does anybody take methadone and has been approved for the lap band surgery or has already had the surgery? My surgeon has known that I was on methadone since my first visit. My insurance has already approved me and now I'm jumping thru all the hoops that they require. Testing, etc. I went today for my psychological evaluation and when I revealed I was on methadone because after years of drs writing me pain medication I got addicted. First of all she immediately started treating me differently, but besides that she told me that is a opiate dependency is a psychological disorder and she had to disclose that on my evaluation that would be submitted to the insurance company. She told me the insurance company may not give me the final approval until I'm weaned off it. I immediately called the surgeons office when I left her office and they said she had no right to tell me that because it's not her call, it's the surgeons decision. I'm wondering what the insurance company is specifically looking for in this psychological evaluation. Nobody has a perfect life. I am currently also taking Wellbutrin for situational depression after I lost my job. So I'm worried now. I've spent all this Money to have tests done and see the surgeon and I still have my upper GI to do and an ultrasound on my abdominal area and id hate to spend money out of pocket if the insurance won't give the final approval to schedule the surgery simply bc I made the decision to put myself in treatment so I could improve my quality of life and get off of pain meds. It's not like I have a drug problem that I'm not addressing Anyway, has anyone encountered a situation like mine or had the surgery while in a methadone clinic? Also, my questions regarding the psych eval too. Sorry for typing so much I just left her office so upset after working so hard to get this stuff done so I can get my surgery scheduled. Thanks - Kris
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Does anybody take methadone and has been approved for the lap band surgery or has already had the surgery? My surgeon has known that I was on methadone since my first visit. My insurance has already approved me and now I'm jumping thru all the hoops that they require. Testing, etc. I went today for my psychological evaluation and when I revealed I was on methadone because after years of drs writing me pain medication I got addicted. First of all she immediately started treating me differently, but besides that she told me that is a opiate dependency is a psychological disorder and she had to disclose that on my evaluation that would be submitted to the insurance company. She told me the insurance company may not give me the final approval until I'm weaned off it. I immediately called the surgeons office when I left her office and they said she had no right to tell me that because it's not her call, it's the surgeons decision. I'm wondering what the insurance company is specifically looking for in this psychological evaluation. Nobody has a perfect life. I am currently also taking Wellbutrin for situational depression after I lost my job. So I'm worried now. I've spent all this Money to have tests done and see the surgeon and I still have my upper GI to do and an ultrasound on my abdominal area and id hate to spend money out of pocket if the insurance won't give the final approval to schedule the surgery simply bc I made the decision to put myself in treatment so I could improve my quality of life and get off of pain meds. It's not like I have a drug problem that I'm not addressing Anyway, has anyone encountered a situation like mine or had the surgery while in a methadone clinic? Also, my questions regarding the psych eval too. Sorry for typing so much I just left her office so upset after working so hard to get this stuff done so I can get my surgery scheduled. Thanks - Kris
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Oh my I was just about to write something about this. I ate a salmon filet yesterday and it was stuck for 5 hours. Vomiting and pain with severe foamed but never got the fish up. I had a few minor foaming issues like you described so I guess last night was the severe version. The dr said its common with meats that are denser early on bc we get comfortable with sorts that don't need to be chewed to death like these denser dryer meats. Let me tell you I learned my lesson! Be super mindful of how much you are biting and chewing ugh.
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From what I'm seeing, every surgeons office is different. I met someone here from my surgeons office who had everything finalized (ppwk to insurance, surgery date and insurance approval) within a week. But, me-all my ppwk done 10/17. Surgery date set on 10/21...however my ppwk sat there bc there were other surgery dates before me they had to submit first so I JUST got to insurance last Thurs 11/13, approval today 11/18. I hope you can get a December date as well ???? good luck!!
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@@nmsugirl06 I have BCBS fed and all I had to do was list the diets I had tried. Do you have to do the 3 month supervised "diet" check in with the nutritionist once a month for 3?
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So I got approved today by Anthem BC/BS then I get a call from my gastroenterologist that I have H-Pylori...yay me Well, I had H-Pylori 7 years ago when I got my lapband and had to take 2 kinds of medicines beside an acid reducer for 2 weeks. I'm wondering if I got it again -or- if it never went away. So my surgery is 21 days away so I'm hoping he won't postpone if I start the meds tomorrow after I see him. I've been researching this bacteria a lot today and it seems the concensus is that to get rid of it completely, it would be good idea to take Probiotics too. I'll discuss this tomorrow with my doctor. Is anyone familiar with this?
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High Protein Low Fat Foods?
WL WARRIOR replied to mnmlst's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
So true, I was going to put in fat free mayonnaise on my tuna yesterday. I watched this new documentary called "Fed Up" (released earlier this year) which highlights how much sugar and extra processed ingredients are in fat free or low fat foods. Its more of an attack on Big food for sweetening us to death. I had no idea how much corporate influence there was over school lunches. I will not let my child drink chocolate milk again (or at least not everyday during school lunch), that is for sure. Anyway, the film does get you into the practice of looking at food labels. And yes, the fat free mayonnaise was loaded with sugar! sure. -
Has anyone used Bariatric Resource Center through United Healthcare (UHC) /Optumhealth ?
OhSoNique replied to tissiegirl's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
@@tissiegirl oh wow that sucks. So what do you have to do with BRS? Hopefully you don't have to do anything much in addition. I didn't have to do anything special when I enrolled just the diet and psychologist eval and surgeon letter. To get the $1,000 I just had to go to a center of excellence to have it done. See that's why you just need to cover all areas yourself, bc sometimes people don't know what they talk about and advise you wrong. I'm sorry they gave you the run around. Well if not in dec you can join our January hopefuls lol
