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Ok! So Mr. Regret has finally paid me a visit. Post surgery recovery has been ok. 1 week now since my surgery and if I could do it over... I would decline. food was such a part of my life. I miss dinner with my family and feeling like a freak. I feel heart burn even after drinking Water. Finally had sex with my husband and it really doesn't feel the same. Quite awkward and a little painful. We actually had to stop and think about birth control! I know I will get past this stage but as an Executive in the business world I feel like I should have been able to beat this thing they call obesity! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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Welcome to the Breast Cancer 3-Day: Home As requested, here is the link to this event. It is taking place in several cities and requires a commitment to raise at least $2,200 (71% of the proceeds go directly to research). It is a pretty intense training schedule. Basically if you are walking 15-20 miles a week you can start the more intense schedule which consists of a 4 mile walk twice during the week and then back to back longer walks on the weekends. For example, I am walking 10 miles on Saturday and then 10 miles on Sunday this week. Next week will be 12 miles on Saturday and then 6 miles on Sunday. http://www.thewalkingsite.com/3dayschedule.html Here is a link to a good training schedule! I am finding it challenging to figure out what I should be eating to get through those long walks on the weekends. I am finding I am craving more carbs, but those are notoriously harder for me to eat with my band. I try to take along nuts and dried fruit as a snack on the long training days and then stick to 1200-1500 cal during the week. I have only lost 4 lbs in the last month while training, but I lost 1 inch off my hips and 3/4 inch off my waist and an incredible 2 inches off my arms (gained 1/2 inch on my thighs from all that muscle:) I started to train for this event as a way of setting an outrageous but fully attainable goal of walking 20 miles a day for 3 days!! It keeps me motivated and I am learning I want to eat better because I can get more out of my body that way. If anyone wants to join me in Arizona Nov 14-16 we can see about putting a team together!:eek:
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I just got mine in the mail about a week ago. Haven't been able to start yet (just had my gallbladder out) but I'm really excited. I've used the firm videos before and always seen results when I stuck with them but each video was 55 minutes and I just couldn't fit them into my day. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Help Me Move Past This Weight Plateau !
beachlover1129 replied to KVB1's topic in Fitness & Exercise
glad I found this cause I am at my longest stall yet. I was sleeved 5/17/12 sw 326 lost down to 285 by 7/1/12 then the brakes came on. I as at that weight for 2 weeks then I lost to 281 overnight then I went back up to 284 I was 279 this past monday but now I am UP to 280 again yesterday and today. Not sure what to do or what is going on. I just started going to gym regulary last week so maybe that is the change my body is rebuking but it needs to get over itself and learn to live with it. LOL -
Help Me Move Past This Weight Plateau !
O.T.R. sleever replied to KVB1's topic in Fitness & Exercise
How long have you been "stuck" at this weight? Stalls are completely normal. Do you know your daily caloric intake? Chances are that your body is just adjustng to the weight already lost, and you will start losing again soon. BTW, be careful with the Chike, it is good, but it is not a Protein supplement. It is a high protien Meal Replacement. It has more calories than your protien supplements do. -
Ditto! I am also 8 weeks out and STUCK at the same weight, when you find the secret to breaking the plateau, please kindly share it with me as well! When I started my BMI was 35 and its now at 32 and I started at 201 and I am stuck at 181 it fluctuates up or down a pound or two, but I cant seem to get under 180 no matter what I do...HELP!!!
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Steroids, obesity, and WLS
BriarRose replied to BoiledDenim's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
the reason I got a sleeve was so that I could continue steroids if and when I need them. I have had my sleeve for 10 years. I have fairly well controlled asthma, with the use of inhaled steroids 365 days a year and when I get sick,.. bronchitis or anything else that might hit my lungs hard, antibiotics and oral steroids usually with decadron injection to start it out. I end up on fairly high doses 60 mg for a week then descending doses for 2 to 3 weeks to insure breathing.... at least once or twice a year. I get ravenously hungry. I gain some weight. Then I lose it over the next couple months. It is a pain in the butt. But I do really well, as far as I am concerned. My sleeve has handled the steroid use. And I am still kicking at 64 years old. -
I start my 2 week liquid diet tomorrow. Any advice? I'm pretty nervous.
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Questions About First Mushie Day Please
speck posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My papers don't tell me how much to try the first time. Do I eat mushies once the first day or do you try to eat them three times a day. Any info is appreciate. I have left a message for my dr but I'm just curious what others did. -
I am 6 weeks 2 days out. Monday I am going to get a membership at the health and wellness center and kick start my exercise routine. I have read several times we are healed at 6 weeks. I want to start swimming and weight lifting...am I good to go?
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I dont even try, there's no way I can eat for a good two or three hours after a run.
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I was banded on Sept 24 and to date have lost 43lbs to date however this has slowed down dramatically over the past 3 weeks. I am currently at 6cc's in a 10cc band and I believe according to my dr's that i am at my sweet spot....However I can still eat more than a cup of food at times depending on what it is...I just don't! My question is does everyone always measure their food or just eyeball it? and if you do measure it what do you use just a regular measuring cup? or is there a set of scales that will measure? I hate my food mixing hehe I almost never measure and i'm wondering if this is the reason my weight loss has slowed down?? Thanks!
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I have a desk job (I work in customer services) and I took 3 weeks off. To be honest I probably could have gone back to work after 2 weeks, but I was glad I had the extra week. I had problems with my sleeping patterns afterwards and was quite tired a lot of the time, so it was a luxury to be able to nap during the day if I wanted. Hope all goes great for you :-)
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I cant answer that but I know a week out I couldnt believe how good I felt. Now im put on antibiotics and a side effect is sleepyness and bam like a hammer took all my good energy away. I hope yours is good. Thank god I only have to take these meds for 5 days .
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Stalled 4 months out
pinkbunies replied to flesteresq's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
To break my stall, I upped my calorie intake. I was actually eating ice cream and still losing weight. -
Stalled 4 months out
jesse10616 replied to flesteresq's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Funny... I have the same surgery date (10/6) and I'm also stalled. It's been two weeks. I have increased my protein and will see what happens. I'm sure things will continue to move eventually so I'm waiting it out. After a 42lb weight loss I will not complain. -
search the forum for Stalls and know that you are in good company
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OK! So I did the 6-month medically supervised diet, and I got my psych and Nut clearance in a week. Then my surgeon's office called me to tell me I was approved and we set the date--Jan 14th. So far so good. Then she said I didn't lose the 30 lbs. that my doctor said I should lose. This makes sense, exept he never told me I needed to lose weight, just that I'd do a 2 week liquid diet right before surgery. But now there's a number attached! Urgh! I've been on Weight Watchers since Sept 1st and am down 4 lbs. from when I saw the surgeon in March. Now I have this number I feel like I have to achieve. I understand it will make surgery easier and it's a step in the right direction. I'm worried I won't get where he wants me to be. I'm planning to start Mefifast on 11/1, then start the liquids on 1/1. Will it work? What protein does everyone use and like? Ugh! So many things to consider now that I'm approved! I just want to get it right, you know? Thanks for listening!
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Thanks everyone for the support and encouragement! I started walking 3 miles my third week post-op (I was one of those that needed a little longer recovery time), by the 4th week I was running the straight aways (walking the first and last lap), and this week I added the extra mile as well as running the first and last lap. I used to run 5-6 miles a day (about a decade ago), so my goal is to get there and be able to do that once again.
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Sugga4Fun I posted something along the same lines so do a forum search and you should find something along this subject that I posted. However I can add I am in the same boat I have lost over 10" total but my weight is steady at 15lbs. I might have lost some more this week... but I will check 2mor. Muscle does weigh more the fat. So you are most likely building muscle. So hang in there the weight will come off. You look like you have done well with the weight loss so far so congrats.. Take care
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Good gawd, and here I thought I was doing well riding 100 miles a WEEK, I can't see doing that much or more in a day! Good work fellas, you are an inspiration!
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Any cleaners by trade out there?
Chelsi replied to gomekast's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
i was told by my surgeon no lifting over 15lbs for four weeks. depending on how much you lift/carry at a time, that might hold it up. -
I'm trying to figure out what to eat/drink and when in regards to a work out. I started c25k this week and will be starting back to the YMCA next week. I know I need to be hydrated before a work out but what about protein and carbs? Protein before or after a workout? I never worried about it before because I had PLENTY of everything to last but now my intake is so small I want to do it a the best times. And thoughts or suggestions?
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After you get filled you may have hiccup problems. As for the pain, you just had surgery, people! Your insides were cut up and your abdominal muscles now have a foreign object stitched to them (your port.) It will take a few weeks of healing before all the pains go away, and you will still feel a pulling around your port from time to time if you twist and turn sharply. I don't have a belching problem, but my husband does. He also has the hiccups more than I do, usually from eating too fast or the wrong things. Welcome to bandland.
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Port flipped
NewYearNewMe2010 replied to alishapat's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My port flipped in a similiar way. I did have pain but I had the liquid pain medication they gave me from surgery. I was 4 weeks post op. I had it fixed within a week of my doctor discovering that it had flipped but I am self pay & my doctor covered the cost. They procedure to fix it wasn't bad at all. I went to work the next day.
