December post ops

[Greenize42 62]

Me too! I found some chocolate Protein muffins but I don't have all the ingredients to make them yet but I will!!! Then I think I sure hope they are good and don't taste nasty! What kinds of foods are you able to eat?

[AmyC123 24]

I'm on phase 3 now. I can eat pretty much what I want...just no grains...basically nothing that might swell in my belly. Tonight I had chicken and made some califlower "cheesy bread". It was really good!

I still do at least one protien shake a day, a Greek yogurt every day...all about getting that protien in. I did the califlower tonight because I NEED to start getting some Fiber if u know what I mean

[mcmann1 7]

Seems weird I dont crave anything but orange juice, but have to add Water for it is so sweet. Once in awhile I want salt so I lick the flavour of the chips but dont eat them. I think my mind just wants to eat pizza and hamburgers but I dont crave them. I do miss the feeling of eating those kinda foods but that is it.

[AmyC123 24]

Seems weird I dont crave anything but orange juice, but have to add Water for it is so sweet. Once in awhile I want salt so I lick the flavour of the chips but dont eat them. I think my mind just wants to eat pizza and hamburgers but I dont crave them. I do miss the feeling of eating those kinda foods but that is it.

Isn't that the definition of cravings? Wanting and missing something but staying strong and not eating it? Thats how I define it.

[mcmann1 7]

well i used to crave it like i could taste it want it now i dont. it is bad when my family has food i cant have then i miss it but then if i dont see it i could care less. I am never hungry.

[Greenize42 62]

I am on phase four but still having issues with certain foods maybe I am pushing my stomach I don't know! We are busy on the weekends so I can't always cook food maybe that's the problem needless to say I had oatmeal for supper. I am going to cook a roast tomorrow and see how that goes. When can we eat salads etc? I am only 5 weeks out this next Wednesday will be six. Do u think I am pushing it?

[mcmann1 7]

I am like you, I will be eight weeks soon and sheesh so scared to eat stuff. There is an awesome book my doctor told me to get it is diets for dumby weightloss surgery. It tells you every stage and what to do and not. plus receipes. I find raw veggies hard still and i think i will wait till spring to try them.

[loving.life 110]

I am on phase four but still having issues with certain foods maybe I am pushing my stomach I don't know! We are busy on the weekends so I can't always cook food maybe that's the problem needless to say I had oatmeal for supper. I am going to cook a roast tomorrow and see how that goes. When can we eat salads etc? I am only 5 weeks out this next Wednesday will be six. Do u think I am pushing it?

Phase 4 and only 5 weeks out? I'm week 2 stage 1 and my stage 2 lasts a month.. my doc is strict

[Greenize42 62]

Yes I was two weeks puréed two weeks soft and then reg food! Although certain things are not recommended

[u-no-it 28]

I am having a hard time. I know this was going to be a challenge, but doing this challenge alone is hard. And I like challenges. Being alone, waking up and crying is not what I thought would be a part of the challenge. I struggle with what foods don't like me now and how I second guess my decision (even though too late to turn back).

The pain is not so much physical as it is the emotional heart and mind. Whoever said this journey would be easy was surely not a recipient of this.

Dieting is cheating. Gastric is sickness (if wrong foods)..

I am just venting as I read the many other things people are sharing. I think that I don't have it so bad. But then I struggle with other things and think I have it just as bad or good.

Good in the sense that I have lost weight. 65 in 1 1/2 months! Clothes fit and I can move more! I Celebrate the good.

[AmyC123 24]

I am having a hard time. I know this was going to be a challenge, but doing this challenge alone is hard. And I like challenges. Being alone, waking up and crying is not what I thought would be a part of the challenge. I struggle with what foods don't like me now and how I second guess my decision (even though too late to turn back).

The pain is not so much physical as it is the emotional heart and mind. Whoever said this journey would be easy was surely not a recipient of this.

Dieting is cheating. Gastric is sickness (if wrong foods)..

I am just venting as I read the many other things people are sharing. I think that I don't have it so bad. But then I struggle with other things and think I have it just as bad or good.

Good in the sense that I have lost weight. 65 in 1 1/2 months! Clothes fit and I can move more! I Celebrate the good.

Sorry to hear you're having a hard time...emotions are for sure all over the place. I never thought that would be a side effect. But you're doing it right. Take it one day at a time. Celebrate the small things..like my last celebration was when I sit in a chair in a conf room and realized that I wasn't wedged it it...I actually had wiggle room!! Seems silly but it helps.

Plus you're never alone....we might have all started this as strangers but I tell you all more than I tell my friends!! We are seriously all in this together!!

[u-no-it 28]

I am having a hard time. I know this was going to be a challenge, but doing this challenge alone is hard. And I like challenges. Being alone, waking up and crying is not what I thought would be a part of the challenge. I struggle with what foods don't like me now and how I second guess my decision (even though too late to turn back).

The pain is not so much physical as it is the emotional heart and mind. Whoever said this journey would be easy was surely not a recipient of this.

Dieting is cheating. Gastric is sickness (if wrong foods)..

I am just venting as I read the many other things people are sharing. I think that I don't have it so bad. But then I struggle with other things and think I have it just as bad or good.

Good in the sense that I have lost weight. 65 in 1 1/2 months! Clothes fit and I can move more! I Celebrate the good.

Sorry to hear you're having a hard time...emotions are for sure all over the place. I never thought that would be a side effect. But you're doing it right. Take it one day at a time. Celebrate the small things..like my last celebration was when I sit in a chair in a conf room and realized that I wasn't wedged it it...I actually had wiggle room!! Seems silly but it helps.

Plus you're never alone....we might have all started this as strangers but I tell you all more than I tell my friends!! We are seriously all in this together!!

Thank you Amy, I am considering seeing counselor as I am just fighting myself with all of this. I appreciate the small stuff and have even worked on my kitchen to make my cabinets a chalk board so that I have positive quotes on them! Like I mentioned, it a journey I struggle with by myself (my choice of course), but NEVER thought it would be this hard. I have support from friends, but they don't seem to totally understand which is not their fault. I have one friend that I brought to support group and she was able to understand a bit better.

Sometimes I read the posts and really want to know if others are feeling this as it feels people are having different issues that I am not. I am not discounting them, it is just that I wish I could read about the emotional heart and mind that is really difficult (if others have them..am I the only person? LOL)

Anyways, thanks for listening.

[Greenize42 62]

I am like all of you in getting discouraged especially finding foods that like me! But I have never doubted the decision that I made! Do I think it really sucks at times heck yea but I told it will get somewhat better!

[Greenize42 62]

Amy c I feel very lucky to have all of you as friends! U no it please get on here and vent away as this may help you feel better And you have a lot of hormones raging around from weight loss! But we are all here for you!

[Getting-used-to-new-me 119]

I'm glad to hear from all of you too. I believe we each have serious pros and cons with this RNY. It was medically necessary. But what a heaven and a hell it has been! On the pro side, we're physically healthier now than we've been in many years, maybe all our lives. On the other, what traumas we've had to endure. It's my hope that we each get to where we enjoy life, because I believe life is to be enjoyed, not endured.