The first few October guys and gals will be joining the losers' bench today! Please let us know how you are doing as soon as you feel up to it. I'm joining you tomorrow. :-)

Molly (10/2/13)

Is anyone else have any trouble since surgery....

Is anyone else have any trouble since surgery....

What kind of trouble are you having?

So happy to see the updates!!! It was too quiet on here for too long!!!

I'm 11 weeks out and down 45lbs… I had a stall for 2 weeks then dropped 1 lb a day for 5 days… I'll be doing bloodwork and have my next dr appointment the 1st week of january, it'll be interesting to see what my labs look like..

Eating has been getting easier and easier.. I've been eating a good variety of foods without issues.. And surprisingly, I don't miss the sweet stuff, which I couldn't get enough of before.. I haven't tried any of the sugary foods that I used to eat, I'm too afraid.. I've dumped on milk a few times due to the sugars..

Hope everyone does well with the holidays coming up!! Good luck to all!!!

I don't miss the sweet stuff either or the soda!! What I do miss are bagels, rice, and Mac n cheese. and the holidays at work have been hard because there's food EVERYWHERE!!!! Ugh

I don't also miss the sweets, but I agree, I miss bread. Yesterday I made some toast, of which I am allowed, but I know my tummy will not tolerate it. So I made toast as I was saying, chewed it up and spat it out. Ok gross, I know, but I wanted the crunch so bad and I am so sick of all foods. At least it was satisfactory as I didn't have to vomit.

I don't also miss the sweets, but I agree, I miss bread. Yesterday I made some toast, of which I am allowed, but I know my tummy will not tolerate it. So I made toast as I was saying, chewed it up and spat it out. Ok gross, I know, but I wanted the crunch so bad and I am so sick of all foods. At least it was satisfactory as I didn't have to vomit.

That's a good idea! U got the taste but then didn't have to deal with the bad part lol. I was told I could have whole grain bread and they said to toast it. Well that made it too dry and it got stuck so I haven't had bread since. When I could start eating regular foods I did have it on a ham and cheese sandwich, one ounce of course, and I was fine. So I can't eat toast!! Which is why I haven't tried a bagel. But man I'm craving one lol. And the fast food. Dang it!!! And I HATE the good commercials!!!!

I now know that I can eat a small candy without problems. Not sure if this is good or bad news.

Molly

I tried 1/2 of a kit kat the other day… Divine!!! Haven't had any sweets and haven't really been craving them, but I kinda wanted to see if anything would happen… I also tried some regular chips today, also delicious, but they made my pouch hurt, so I won't be eating them anytime soon again.. And considering I'm at around 900 calories a day, there area definitely better foods to be eating!!! lol...

I also had my first salad tonight without issues. I've been a real daredevil

Merry Christmas everyone!! Hope you are surviving the holidays!! It was hard yesterday not being able to eat all of the goodies on the table but I did it!! BUT I drank wine instead of eating hahaha!! Prob worse than eating the cookies and candy lol! Oh well. Now I have a nasty cold and will probably stay home today. Merry Freakin Christmas to me!!!! I'm glad I have you guys to vent to and to talk to!! Hope you all have a great day!!! Xoxoxo

Merry Christmas! I too have had some off plan items yesterday but I'm not going to feel guilty about it and neither should you! Each day is a new one with new choices to make. Last Chrismas, I indulged a lot and gained about 25 pounds between Nov and Feb. This year, I've had a little apple pie and a couple of small candies. It's a big difference and I'm thankful for my "tool" which helps me be satisfied with so little.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday! We are so full of temptation this time of year, but the most important thing to remember (according to my theory of success ) is that it is ok to give into temptation. It is ok to have a piece if chocolate, candy, cake or whatever, as long as you enjoy it in moderation. Yes you want to succeed, but as all of our diets have shown us in the past, deprivation is a only going to make you fall off the wagon and regain.

Happy holidays and salutations, go ahead, enjoy living, life and all it has to bring. Hugs

Just found this site.... I had a Lap Band to RNY Gastric Bypass revision on October 28, 2013. So far I am down 34.6 pounds (that I know of... unfortunately, I do not have an accurate start weight). So far, other than the first few weeks, I am averaging a loss of about 3 pounds a week. The doctor said that with revisions, the loss tends to be slower than someone going straight to Gastric Bypass. For the past two weeks or so, I noticed I no longer feel like a recovering "patient" anymore. This is my new normal, I'm used to the new way of eating now. Anyone else on her had a revision to RNY?

Welcome fellow Oct! There are many revision folks on the site. UK-RNY also had a revision in October, if I remember correctly.

There are many factors that govern how quickly or slowly we will lose- gender, how much needed to lose, movement , etc. I didn't have a revision and have lost about 33 lbs post-op. That plus my pre- op loss of 30 lbs= 63 lbs gone forever!

Molly

I did indeed :-) Still no restriction. Still confused about my dietician saying I need to get out of the diet mentality. Next appointment with team on 6th January. I know there's more I can do for myself but struggling with motivation as I don't feel as if I've had surgery. Weird. I'll update when I know more. In the meantime, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Xx