1 month out, having some issues

[Shorty5 44]

Hi all. I was sleeved 4/1/14. Switched to solid food about 3 weeks out. Felt great, was getting my Protein in and learning how to drink.

I am now 4 and a half weeks out and for the last week or so, I have not been able to eat much at all. I have reverted back to Protein shakes to try to up my protein levels, but I am falling drastically short of the requirements.

I am struggling to take my daily pills (chewable Multivitamin, sublingual B12, sugar-free chewy Calcium and D, a small capsule of a prescription medicine, and a large prescription pill that I cut up into fourths. I can't take the 2 prescriptions ground up, they taste HORRID!!). It takes me at least an hour to get them down in the morning and I have to drink Water to do that. I drink a chocolate Protein shake combined with coffee after that, then don't eat lunch until about 1:30. Then I don't drink. I go home, try to eat dinner about 5:30 or 6 and feel turned off and faintly sick. So then I go back to drinking water. On days like that, I am lucky to get in 500 calories.

To top it all off, my weight is just creeping down. Somedays I don't lose anything at all or put ON a half pound or so!!

I'm also never truly hungry anymore, I don't enjoy really any food taste, and I am really really afraid that all my hair is going to fall out in a couple of months!!

I have my 1 month check up soon and I'll ask the doc about it then, but I was wondering if anyone had something similar? Thanks for reading.

[awold0 246]

Hi all. I was sleeved 4/1/14. Switched to solid food about 3 weeks out. Felt great, was getting my Protein in and learning how to drink.

I am now 4 and a half weeks out and for the last week or so, I have not been able to eat much at all. I have reverted back to Protein shakes to try to up my protein levels, but I am falling drastically short of the requirements.

I am struggling to take my daily pills (chewable multivitamin, sublingual B12, sugar-free chewy Calcium and D, a small capsule of a prescription medicine, and a large prescription pill that I cut up into fourths. I can't take the 2 prescriptions ground up, they taste HORRID!!). It takes me at least an hour to get them down in the morning and I have to drink Water to do that. I drink a chocolate protein shake combined with coffee after that, then don't eat lunch until about 1:30. Then I don't drink. I go home, try to eat dinner about 5:30 or 6 and feel turned off and faintly sick. So then I go back to drinking Water. On days like that, I am lucky to get in 500 calories.

To top it all off, my weight is just creeping down. Somedays I don't lose anything at all or put ON a half pound or so!!

I'm also never truly hungry anymore, I don't enjoy really any food taste, and I am really really afraid that all my hair is going to fall out in a couple of months!!

I have my 1 month check up soon and I'll ask the doc about it then, but I was wondering if anyone had something similar? Thanks for reading.

At one month out I also was eating 500 to 600 calories a day. Then about 4 months i ate 800. I am now 10 months and down over 100 lbs down.

I eat 1000 to 1200 and work out 3 days a week now. It will come off. Just keep plugging away. Track your food daily it helps. The Vitamins will get better. You will see 4 or 5 months down the road you will feel like a new person. Hang in there.

[Domika03 309]

I'm no medical expert but it sounds like you were switched to solids pretty quickly. Were you ever on soft foods? I feel as though your tummy still needs a little more time to heal before taking on solids. Again, I'm not an expert. Maybe go back to soft foods for now; mashed potatoes, oatmeal with SF jelly preserves, Jello, Soups, until you speak to them & get better suggestions.

[jess9395 5,448]

I think you're fine! You sound just like me. I switched to soft foods at the same time and kind of went back and forth for a while. I still use Protein shakes most days at 5 months out.

It's a process everyone is different.

From another thread I posted:

I am five months today and still struggle to get more than 800 cals a day. Everyone is different. My weight loss is great (a few stalls here and there but down over 80lbs) my labs are great and I'm not hungry and have plenty of energy. If you are meeting your Protein and Water goals, I wouldn't stress it!

[Kelly Gonzalez 52]

Greek yogurts go down so good, I was sleeved on 3/31, and my doctor told me I could start regular food a week ago, but it's not been working that well for me either, so I do a shake in the morning (hate Protein shakes) and then I do yogurt throughout the day. If that's all I can do, I've done good.I have tried pieces of chicken, and sometimes it's ok, other times it's not. In between I drink lots of ice Water. I couldn't take my lupus medication broken, it too was awful, so I just took it normal, all the Vitamins I take are chewable. Hope you get some answers. Good luck!