Plication Weight Loss Check In

lguidry · October 10, 2010

Congratulations, Karrie. Losing 46 pounds in eight weeks is incredible! Keep up the good work.

Congrats on the WL!!! Do you mind sharing your post op diet? I really want to be successful but I'm not sure when to start what?? full liquids? ? What is that? Soft food?? When and what?? Is pureed considered full liquids or soft foods?? My head is spinning!!! Please save me from this madness!!

lguidry · October 10, 2010

Ck, that is amazing! Congratulations! I've finallly made it into the 170s (ok 179). :-)

Awesome!! Congrats on the WL!! I'm not weighing yet!! I gained weight in the hospital from the IV's so I'm a little intimidated with the scale right now but I'm doing all I know to do it right so my body should cooperate!! I was told that first 3 weeks was up and down because of your body adjusting??? Any post-op advice is appreciated!!

itsabouttime · October 10, 2010

Awesome!! Congrats on the WL!! I'm not weighing yet!! I gained weight in the hospital from the IV's so I'm a little intimidated with the scale right now but I'm doing all I know to do it right so my body should cooperate!! I was told that first 3 weeks was up and down because of your body adjusting??? Any post-op advice is appreciated!!

Iguidry,

Sounds like you are doing well on your liquids. I followed the surgeons guidelines pretty closely as far as when to progress to soft foods etc. Your body will tell you quickly if you are eating something it isn't ready for yet. In the soft food stage I ate baby food meats and just seasoned them. I was surprised how good they tasted. I also made mashed potatoes. Made a good meal. I felt like I was eating real food again after liquids for two weeks. Focus on your Proteins. I got to where I HATED the Protein drinks. So I've been trying to get my Protein other ways. I'm at 5 1/2 weeks now and can eat most anything. I have found food doesn't taste as good as I remember or expect it to. There are very few things I really like anymore. I guess that helps with limiting the diet! This is a side effect I didn't expect. Anyone else notice this?

lguidry · October 11, 2010

Iguidry,

Sounds like you are doing well on your liquids. I followed the surgeons guidelines pretty closely as far as when to progress to soft foods etc. Your body will tell you quickly if you are eating something it isn't ready for yet. In the soft food stage I ate baby food meats and just seasoned them. I was surprised how good they tasted. I also made mashed potatoes. Made a good meal. I felt like I was eating real food again after liquids for two weeks. Focus on your Proteins. I got to where I HATED the Protein drinks. So I've been trying to get my Protein other ways. I'm at 5 1/2 weeks now and can eat most anything. I have found food doesn't taste as good as I remember or expect it to. There are very few things I really like anymore. I guess that helps with limiting the diet! This is a side effect I didn't expect. Anyone else notice this?

Thanks for the update. I will definitely try the baby food meats and mashed potatoes. When did you start eating this 2 or 3 week?

JoanieW · October 11, 2010

Congrats on the WL!!! Do you mind sharing your post op diet? I really want to be successful but I'm not sure when to start what?? full liquids?? What is that? Soft food?? When and what?? Is pureed considered full liquids or soft foods?? My head is spinning!!! Please save me from this madness!!

It really depends on your surgeon. With Dr. Watkins, for the first week after surgery, I was on liquids which he considers is anything you can sip through a straw. So anything I could put in a blender and sip, like creamed or vegetable Soup, (no meat), juices including V-8 juice, milk with Carnation instant Breakfast, etc., I was able to have. I could also have pudding on this phase. I didn't have anything spicy or with a lot of fat. The second and third week after surgery, I went to mushies which is anything that's...well, mushy. I had mashed potatoes, baked potato, cottage cheese, pudding, yogurt, oatmeal, etc. I tried mac and cheese but that didn't sit well. Probably because there was too much fat. After those three weeks, I was able to eat regular food, and I haven't had any problems with that.

Sarah Elsekhawy · October 11, 2010

Hi everybody

Congrats Ck This is awesome

I start to lose weight again

12 weeks now since my surgery

I'm down 37.5 Ibs

Starting weight:231 Ibs

My weight now:193.5 Ibs

Cknorte · October 11, 2010

Hi everybody

Congrats Ck This is awesome

I start to lose weight again

12 weeks now since my surgery

I'm down 37.5 Ibs

Starting weight:231 Ibs

My weight now:193.5 Ibs

Sarah!that is awesome! you are in onederland.....yay!

justjen · October 12, 2010

I would like to start the plication weight loss check in thread

Everyone that has had the Plication surgery would come here and update there weight loss daily, weekly and monthly.

Calling all GPS'S!!!!!!!!!

OK everyone, going to Tia Juana tomorrow morning, will let everyone know how it goes. Thanks for everyone's input. Jen

itsabouttime · October 12, 2010

OK everyone, going to Tia Juana tomorrow morning, will let everyone know how it goes. Thanks for everyone's input. Jen

Good luck! I hope all goes well for you. I had little pain but just felt lousy for a couple of days. Lots of burping! Just be patient the first couple of days, it gets better quickly. I was back to work on day six. I'll be thinking about you today.

justjen · October 12, 2010

Good luck! I hope all goes well for you. I had little pain but just felt lousy for a couple of days. Lots of burping! Just be patient the first couple of days, it gets better quickly. I was back to work on day six. I'll be thinking about you today.

Thanks man

Just a little nervous.

justjen · October 17, 2010

Good luck! I hope all goes well for you. I had little pain but just felt lousy for a couple of days. Lots of burping! Just be patient the first couple of days, it gets better quickly. I was back to work on day six. I'll be thinking about you today.

Yep, you were right, day 5, which is today, I feel decent, I would go back to work tomorrow if I needed to, I don't work. Everyone it does get better!!!

lguidry · October 30, 2010

Ck, that is amazing! Congratulations! I've finallly made it into the 170s (ok 179). :-)

This is sooo inspiring to me!!!!

justjen · October 30, 2010

OKK, Mslisa, I'm not sure how to start the ticker, but my surgery was October 12th with Dr. Corvala, I'm down 16 lbs, have 52 more lbs to go.

Mw9955 · October 31, 2010

I just calculated my percentage of excess weight loss on livestrong.com - and I was surprised to see it was 20.4% in 12 weeks!

My loss is slow compared to others, but I started out a low-BMIer at about 31% - so that must be the reason for the slower loss. Good news is that my BMI is finally out of the obese range and my cholesterol is down from the extreme high risk category. So for me, I am looking to get to 130lbs... I will keep y'all updated - hope you do the same!

COGSP · November 1, 2010

Greetings from Colorado! Just checking in! I had surgery with Dr. Watkins..... love-love-love my plication- only the best care by Dr. Watkins and his staff! I have lost 35 lbs. so far... (it's been about 2 months) it has definitely slowed down... but had a Fall break and gained 2 lbs... I have lost it- but it's no fun losing the same lbs. in a row- brings back bad memories! I noticed that if I eat a lot of carbs and less protein- I only lose 1-1.5 llbs in a week. If I stick to low carb I may lose up to 4 lbs in a week. If I eat mostly Protein and carbs- with exercise= I lose about 3 lbs... still learning how my body responds to everything! I have found that I can eat anything I did before, but just not as much! I hope everyone is loving the plication surgery- My mom says it is a miracle- (I happen to agree with her!)