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gingerRN    81

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I am REALLY hating winter this year! I am freezing all the time since surgery. I am addicted to my heating pad. I live in south Texas and we normally only have a few cold days a year, but not this year. I was even wearing a coat and mittens at work yesterday. Prior to surgery I was always hot. Will I always be this way?? When I get off work I just want to hide under the covers and I'm not getting anything else done. That's not like me either. It might help I'd I could work out, but my doctor said not for six months. When I tried to sneak in walking a few laps at the gym I ran into my doctor on the third lap : (

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icon23    273

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Did your doctor also say that you couldn't walk for exercise? That is unusual. Usually we are encouraged to walk from the beginning and not to incorporate more strenuous exercise until 6-8 weeks out.

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jen1211    203

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Hmmm, I have to say I have never heard that before...6 months seems a bit ridiculous. My doc was happy to hear that I had been walking at 3 weeks.

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gingerRN    81

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My metabolism kicked in two weeks preop and I started dropping weight rapidly . BMI was 35.1 on surgery approval date. Only allowed one day of Protein Shakes preop (thankfully).

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gingerRN    81

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Oops hit send before I was done... Doctor worried I would continue with rapid loss and end up losing hair and get lots of saggy skin. He has had good results with patients who loose slower than faster. My problem is I'm in a stall, and I'm ready to get back to loosing something.

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pomamama    0

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I am REALLY hating winter this year! I am freezing all the time since surgery. I am addicted to my heating pad. I live in south Texas and we normally only have a few cold days a year' date=' but not this year. I was even wearing a coat and mittens at work yesterday. Prior to surgery I was always hot. Will I always be this way?? When I get off work I just want to hide under the covers and I'm not getting anything else done. That's not like me either. It might help I'd I could work out, but my doctor said not for six months. When I tried to sneak in walking a few laps at the gym I ran into my doctor on the third lap : ([/quote']

I live in southeast Texas and I am the same. I am cold all the time. I just found this site and not sure how it works. My surgery was on 12/17/12. I am having trouble getting all my fluids and finding a Protein shake I can handle. I can walk but still no heavy lifting, pushing or pulling.

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cataro    39

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I am always cold, and I live in South Texas, too! This weather has me bundled up like an Eskimo! I wasn't expecting this sort of weather and was looking forward to walks around the college campus close to my house. So much for that idea! This sort of weather just makes me want to curl up on the couch with a blanket and take a nap.

What part of TX are you from if you don't mind me asking?

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pomamama    0

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I am always cold' date=' and I live in South Texas, too! This weather has me bundled up like an Eskimo! I wasn't expecting this sort of weather and was looking forward to walks around the college campus close to my house. So much for that idea! This sort of weather just makes me want to curl up on the couch with a blanket and take a nap.

What part of TX are you from if you don't mind me asking?[/quote']

I live in Orange. 5 minutes from Louisiana state line.

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gingerRN    81

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Victoria. Can't imagine living up north!

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Wolfgirl1978    256

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I live in Orange. 5 minutes from Louisiana state line.

Oh! I live in Sulphur, LA. Not far from Orange

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jen1211    203

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Ughh I'm in Michigan...it really stinks

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gingerRN    81

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I LOVE Michigan in the summer!!! Hoping to go there this summer and then drive down to cedar point and ride some roller coasters that I WILL fit on!! But I can't imagine the winter. It's 41 here and I dread going out.

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Tisa    52

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i am from New York, from Dec-March its basically freezing up here 30-0 degrees. I wish i was in south texas sheesh!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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