Hello all -

I know several of us are hitting our 1 month mark this week. Mine is today.

The body is an incredible thing, truly. It's a healing machine quite frankly.

At one and two weeks out:

-you wonder what you have done to yourself and you are pretty sure you will never feel quite normal again

-you can't imagine yourself ever sleeping anywhere but the living room recliner

-the thought of driving or going back to work seems like an unrealistic commitment you made Way Back Before Surgery

-you can get in so little Water and Protein that it dawns on you that THESE are the weeks that will cause hair loss several months from now

-you learn what "sliming" is (ewwww)

-MyFitnessPal tells you repeatedly: "You are getting too few calories. If every day were like today, you would be DEAD in 5 weeks."

At three weeks out:

-you feel better but not really there yet

-you need extra naps on the weekend

-getting in your water and protein can be done with the effort of a full time job

-you have a strange painful stitch in your side that you've resigned yourself to bravely live with the rest of your life

-you accidentally sleep all night with the heating pad on your largest incision site on its highest setting

-you walk 20 minutes on the treadmill and then come onto this site and disbelievingly post, "WHEN did they say I should start exercising????"

-your body decides you must be on a grueling episode of Survivor and goes into starvation mode yielding the world's most devastating weight loss stall prompting you to decide that you are a failure and did this all for NOTHING

At four weeks out:

-you sleep in your own bed in whatever position you want

-the fire-hazardous heating pad gets put away

-you walk 2+ miles at lunch and think maybe you could have done more

-you have enough energy to really start cleaning the house again and get totally aggravated at hubby and kids for how little they managed to do for the past month

-you randomly feel happy, mad, silly, sad as hormones and emotions take their toll

-you have to pack up the first set of clothes which are now too big

-you feel healthy....dare I say...normal?

Yep, the first month is kind of amazing.

I am on day 3. Looking forward to the first month.

I am 23 days and still lack energy. The vitamins make me nauseated. Got some B complex with B12 nasal spray. That's all the vitamins I am getting

Went back to work after 4 days, too soon, but can't afford not to work

I can drink water and tea without problems

No weight lost in a week...ugh. Not exercising yet. Really need to work in that but Houston is hot as hell this time of year

Would live more updates from you as you're a week ahead of me

Energy needed too !

Thanks for the encouragement !!

Omg i cant wait for a month then because im only on day 4 & i feel so miserable!

This is one of my most favorite threads. My surgery was March 13 and it seems like eons ago. I've lost about 70 pounds (including preop), life is so good. The first month is hard but it gets so much better! Good luck to all those starting out.

I'm at 2.5 weeks out and really hovering between feeling great and a sudden loss of energy that knocks me back. I don't have pain and never used a heating pad or slept in the recliner but did have an extra pillow to hug to me for the first week while I slept.

My doc and nut had me off liquids after a week and on to mush but I keep having to dial myself back when I feel really good and do too much, eat too much, etc.

Working from home has been the biggest benefit in helping me recover and work. I have a lengthy commute and can't afford to suddenly be drained of energy when driving.

Good summary on the first month though. Early days are iffy and then OK and I look forward to hitting the one month mark!

I'm 2 weeks out and have been feeling pretty good. Just started soft foods today. I've lost 11 lbs but at a 5 day stall so far. Battling constipation and never had that problem before. I'm glad to see stall is normal because their is no way I can't lose weight taking in 600 cal a day. Your post was my 2 weeks and I feel encouraged that things get better. It's depressing to be on liquids and not see any scale move. Glad there is hope that eventually it will move.

I am on day 3. Looking forward to the first month.

I am one week out today an I feel this I am having a hard time with getting all my protein down. But I am sleeping in my own bed. Thanks so much this helps a lot.

On day 4 (post-op) and have spent the past 3 hours trying to get through a protein shake (I'm a little over halfway there at best). Glad to know I am not alone in my struggle and that I'm not a complete failure!

I am so thankful I came across this!! Thank you so much for posting!! I feel like there really might be a light at the end of the tunnel now.

Im 4 months out and just wanted to let you know it will get better each day for you. stalls are just part of it and even though they are depressing just stick to the program and your weight lose will start again. as to constipation , drink lots and lots of water if you are having trouble getting it all down, a little trick is take a shot glass , set a timer for 15 mins and every 15 min drink a shot glass of water.. it works pretty well.just remember to sip . i hope i have helped, good luck with your new life.

Great thread thank you!

I too am lacking in energy 2 weeks and a couple of days post surgery

I am glad a lot of people struggle with drinking the fluids

No pain for me after first 4 days-I was able to sleep on my tummy again

Cant drink Protein shakes so eat a lot of high protein soft foods and I found a great tuna mousse which I added beneprotein to and it tastes fantastic.

Beneprotein has no taste and can be added to anything 6gms protein with each scoop

The fatigue can last 3 mo's so listen to your body and rest if you need to. This is MAJOR surgery and it takes time to heal and your body to get used to the new sleeve.

. I'm 4 mo's out and the fatigue is gone. If I get tired I take a short nap. Take one day at a time, follow Dr's directions and know you will be feeling great in a short time. Read a lot of the past posts and you will get a lot of information on how others handled problems. Don't worry about the weight not coming off fast enough for you. Even 4 lbs a mo is 48 lbs in a yr. Stalls happen so just keep on keeping on and they too will pass.

I had pretty severe fatigue - I mean it's sort of SHOCKING how badly fatigued you are at first. But at 3 months, I'm not exactly full of energy all the time, but in general, I'm much more energetic than I was 70 pounds ago. I just visited family in MI that live on a lake. I rode bikes and kayaked several times. My sister was amazed at how much more active I was on this visit. I still feel the low carbs at times but the oppressive fatigue will go away eventually. At least for me it has.