Hi all, my surgery is on Tuesday 3/25. How are all the other March sleevers doing?

Edited March 23, 201412 yr by kimpossible80

So i have to have a endoscopy done tomorrow morning because for the past 5 weeks of my recovery I have been having a hard time keeping solids down. I will eat get extremely nauseous take my nausea meds and start dry heaving then it just all comes up or some of it comes up. It has been horrible. The dry heaving is the worst. I hope that this works cause I would like to eat solids with out getting so sick.

So i have to have a endoscopy done tomorrow morning because for the past 5 weeks of my recovery I have been having a hard time keeping solids down. I will eat get extremely nauseous take my nausea meds and start dry heaving then it just all comes up or some of it comes up. It has been horrible. The dry heaving is the worst. I hope that this works cause I would like to eat solids with out getting so sick.

Keep us posted, and I hope they find what's going on and is nothing complicated to fix!

I had my surgery March 12. I am 5'4 starting weight 225lbs. Date of surgery weight 119.6lbs today 5/1/2014 186.0.

I have not progressed to meats yet. Don't think I want any meats. I'm good with my fruits and vegetables.

I have found a new love for food.

How is the rest of March sleevers progressing?

Hi march sleeviers today I am 7 weeks post op sleeved and I have lost 40 lbs yayayayaya

6 week anniversary today 62 pounds down and counting

Great braunh way to go.

Sorry for the typo brounb

I also just returned to the gym for the first time since my surgery, but my NUT recommended I exercise in a different way. He told me to avoid aerobic exercises (treadmill, elliptical, etc.) and instead focus on anaerobic exercise, specifically weight-lifting. He said the best way to avoid flappy skin is to pack as much muscle on as possible. But, I'm a guy with previous weight-lifting experience, and I live in Japan and there's not many sleevers around for the doc to compare me too.

I agree Ebert! Muscle toning is crucial for saggy skin but your not allowed to mix in some cardio to balance it out?

DEE

http://deekajungumbo.blogspot.com/

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by KajunGumbo

Hi march sleeviers today I am 7 weeks post op sleeved and I have lost 40 lbs yayayayaya

40 lbs is awesome!

DEE

http://deekajungumbo.blogspot.com/

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by KajunGumbo

I agree Ebert! Muscle toning is crucial for saggy skin but your not allowed to mix in some cardio to balance it out?

DEE

http://deekajungumbo.blogspot.com/

Nope, the NUT cautioned me against it … I thought it was strange too. I went in his office and told him about all the long walks I'd been taking thinking he'd give me a pat on the head, but instead he grimaced and told me to focus on putting on muscle.

He told me a scary story about a lady sleever he'd recently worked with who lost a lot of weight in the year after her surgery. So she got the skin-removal surgery to remove her flappy skin. But then she starting putting on weight again and, because her stomach flab was gone, her abdomen fat started pushing out in strange ways, making her appear as if she had three sets of breasts. Yikes! After that experience as well as other research he's been doing, he's started advising his patients to focus more on muscle gain than fat-burning exercise.

It might be a "ebert-specific thing" though. In the first week after my discharge from the hospital, I lost 9 kg (about 20lbs). While I was stoked, he thought this was slightly worrisome, hence his advice not to try to lose too much weight too fast. The following week I only lost 1 kg (2.2 lbs) which was depressing for me, but more in line with his expectations. In subsequent weeks, I've been losing about 3 kg a week (6-7 lbs). The bad news is that a lot of that weight loss has been in muscle mass, which I feel every time I go to the gym. Lifting exercises I used to do at moderate levels are now too heavy for me, and I've had to go a few steps back.

Anyway, while I sometimes wonder if my NUT is a nut, he's really got me thinking that perhaps my journey isn't a sprint to lose as much weight as I can, but rather a more gradual process to lose weight at a healthy rate while toning my body at the same time. That seems fairly prudent to me. But everyone's body is different, so listen to your NUT, kids. (I guess…)

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by ebert

Hi march sleeviers today I am 7 weeks post op sleeved and I have lost 40 lbs yayayayaya

Fabulous! That is so awesome. I'm due in July to be sleeved. Cannot wait!

So i have to have a endoscopy done tomorrow morning because for the past 5 weeks of my recovery I have been having a hard time keeping solids down. I will eat get extremely nauseous take my nausea meds and start dry heaving then it just all comes up or some of it comes up. It has been horrible. The dry heaving is the worst. I hope that this works cause I would like to eat solids with out getting so sick.

Keep us posted, and I hope they find what's going on and is nothing complicated to fix!

I had my endoscopy Friday morning. The doc had to dilate my sleeve. It was too tight and not allowing solid food to pass smoothly no matter how much i chewed it up. Witch cause my nausea and vomiting. Thank good he did that this weekend I was able to eat better with out the dry heaving and nausea. I still get a little nauseous but nothing like before.

Edited May 5, 201412 yr by amasd

I went to the gym for the first time since surgery. Did 20 mins on the treadmill (about a mile). I'm going to try and do 20 mins at least 3 days a week. Gotta start somewhere, even if small. The good news is that going last night helped me break through my week-long stall. What does that tell ya! They weren't kidding when they say exercise is crucial. Hopefully it helps with all this flabby skin I've got going on too :/

Hi Sleevie! I also just returned to the gym for the first time since my surgery, but my NUT recommended I exercise in a different way. He told me to avoid aerobic exercises (treadmill, elliptical, etc.) and instead focus on anaerobic exercise, specifically weight-lifting. He said the best way to avoid flappy skin is to pack as much muscle on as possible.

But, I'm a guy with previous weight-lifting experience, and I live in Japan and there's not many sleevers around for the doc to compare me too.

Thanks for the tip. I need to be lifting weights anyway. I did about 10 arm curls with a 2.5 weight and it was too much for me. I can barely pick up my 4 year old now and she's 45 lbs. I have a baaaadd feeling I am losing muscle.

I went to the gym for the first time since surgery. Did 20 mins on the treadmill (about a mile). I'm going to try and do 20 mins at least 3 days a week. Gotta start somewhere, even if small. The good news is that going last night helped me break through my week-long stall. What does that tell ya! They weren't kidding when they say exercise is crucial. Hopefully it helps with all this flabby skin I've got going on too :/

Yes it deff will help. My surgeon said excersie will help ur body to burn fat and help you to tone the skin that was stretched. He did say that it all depends on your starting weight and age though too. So hopefully it helps u in the best way. Good luck.

Thank you. I am going to take baby steps with this exercise and strength training.

So i have to have a endoscopy done tomorrow morning because for the past 5 weeks of my recovery I have been having a hard time keeping solids down. I will eat get extremely nauseous take my nausea meds and start dry heaving then it just all comes up or some of it comes up. It has been horrible. The dry heaving is the worst. I hope that this works cause I would like to eat solids with out getting so sick.

Sorry that you had to get that done. But at least now you will have a little more room for your food so you can eat comfortably.

Hi march sleeviers today I am 7 weeks post op sleeved and I have lost 40 lbs yayayayaya

Great job

I am 2 months out now. I can't believe how fast this has all gone by. I am down 65 lbs now. It took a while to get out of the 260's for some reason, but now the 250's are going by fast. I am glad to finally have less than 100 lbs to lose now lol.

My potassium came back low so now I am on a supplement for that. I am still having trouble getting in the full protein amount.

I pretty much try any foods now. Obviously not the bad ones. But for instance I had a chicken salad the other night and I did just fine. It was only a few bites but you know what I mean.

I am going to post a progress pic with my phone after this post. So just a fair warning: they're undies pics so I hope I don't offend.

Edited May 6, 201412 yr by sleevie.wonder

Here's my 2 month update. Sorry for the undies!

I went to the gym for the 1st time too and I think I did great. I focused on leg toning, and arms with 4lb weights. My legs are a Lil sorry but not too sore. It was a start. I stayed at the gym for an hr....hopefully within a wk or so I'm able to pick up the momentum and do more!! Excited to start getting this body into shape! 9 wks post op n down 63Lbs!!! Feeling good!!!