We are beginning week 6! We count surgery week as week 1 so everyone should be completing their 5th week of their brand new tummy!

I've been traveling a lot the last few weeks and it is a HUGE eye opener to how little I can eat now. I survived a buffet by having a few bites of some different things, and paid for far too much money for meals that I couldn't take home leftovers and it looks like I didn't eat a thing off the plate. I think one of the hard things for me is that a plate of food comes and it looks so good and I want to devour it! I get slightly depressed I'll only get to enjoy a few bites. Yet after about 1/4 cup I'm stuffed and full and push the plate away and don't want another bite, which is AWESOME!! I'm assuming the odd depression right when the plate comes out will pass. At least when I'm at home I can box the left overs right away and then it might not seem so bad. I never thought much about the money being saved on food, but holy cow its gotta be a ton.

So I'm curious... how many are sticking to super low carb, vs those who are just watching calories/letting restriction do its job.

How many are working out a ton and how many are waiting?

Whats your favorite meal at this point?

And I'd like to continue habsi's question; what pills/multivitamins is everyone taking daily?

devint I loved your idea for putting up averages etc!! I've added mine and included those who weighed in last week. Hopefully we can get everyone to weigh in Monday or Tuesday next week and see our numbers skyrocket!

We are beginning week 6! We count surgery week as week 1 so everyone should be completing their 5th week of their brand new tummy!

I've been traveling a lot the last few weeks and it is a HUGE eye opener to how little I can eat now. I survived a buffet by having a few bites of some different things, and paid for far too much money for meals that I couldn't take home leftovers and it looks like I didn't eat a thing off the plate. I think one of the hard things for me is that a plate of food comes and it looks so good and I want to devour it! I get slightly depressed I'll only get to enjoy a few bites. Yet after about 1/4 cup I'm stuffed and full and push the plate away and don't want another bite, which is AWESOME!! I'm assuming the odd depression right when the plate comes out will pass. At least when I'm at home I can box the left overs right away and then it might not seem so bad. I never thought much about the money being saved on food, but holy cow its gotta be a ton.

So I'm curious... how many are sticking to super low carb, vs those who are just watching calories/letting restriction do its job.

How many are working out a ton and how many are waiting?

Whats your favorite meal at this point?

And I'd like to continue habsi's question; what pills/multivitamins is everyone taking daily?

devint I loved your idea for putting up averages etc!! I've added mine and included those who weighed in last week. Hopefully we can get everyone to weigh in Monday or Tuesday next week and see our numbers skyrocket!

Current WEIGHT LOST - 660!!

Average of those who did this weeks weigh in - 26lbs

Sorry the formatting didn't stay... The numbers are SW CW Weight Lost

alxmak1021 289 270 19

devint 288 254 34

WhoKnows 252 233 19

Nicci829 318 298 20

kungfuaaron 296 266.6 29.4

par1959 344 298 46

habsi 240 213.6 26.4

mrsfitzpatrick 350 313 37

hrhlaurie 250 230 20

tiredtwinmommy 183 163 20

cnilson 250 222 28

Krystal0528 290 263 27

bella328i 278 250 28

Monte0828 204 181.4 22.6

SingleMom33 261 238 23

lylabelle 260 235.6 24.4

I checked signatures to try to get updated numbers of these.

jajmj 13

Sh3iz 300 279 21

DsmCasey 360 320 40

DonnaM75 284 253.5 30.5

LookingforMe 256 236 20

Skinnyana 225 211 14

SlimDownThick 256 234 22

barbcute 235 217 18

TaylorR 358 330 28

TXGALINAR 284 253.5 30.5

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the well wishes. They worked! I am now feeling a LOT better, dare I say "normal."

I am down 65 lbs from surgery and I am really happy with what that looks like on my body. NSVs that made me smile include...

• Other day, we pulled up to the bus stop as the bus was at the corner but there was a line of about 10 cars. i jumped out and started running full on towards the bus with my 7 year old daughter. She yelled, "HOLD UP MOM I CANT RUN THAT FAST!" I was not out of breath and wheezing when I arrived at the end of the block.
• I've been demoted from "Womens" to "Misses" section aka 85% of clothing stores are open to me now, not just Lane Bryant, Catherines and Avenue (none of which I really like the style of.) I also do not have to purchase specially sized bras that cost $50 a piece.
• Had to buy an anniversary ring in my current size to hold my other rings off cause they literally were falling off. Darn, more jewelry.
• A Male coworker, married and platonically friendly, saw me washing my soup bowl in the kitchen and said "DANG you have lost a lot of weight! What is your secret?" "High protein, low carb!" What made me smile more than usual is he only saw my back side to make him say that
• I have collarbones and a dip at the bottom of my neck. They are concave. That's new.

Still getting notifications.

I am 58 lbs down been here for about 6 weeks now.

Does anyone care to list a "typical" food day for you? I am looking for new ideas. Getting tired of the same things all the time.

Also what is everyone doing for exercise these days?

This morning so far i have lost 82.5 lbs..at 221 i am now less heavy than my dad lol.

Anyways typical food day for me i am from canada so i dont have access to quite the same food as everyone: breakfast greek yogourt 0 or 2% sprinkled with hemp seed, pumpkin seed and some granola with protein, and later , actifruit blueberry juice. Lunch is romain lettuce, celery, radish or bell peper with strip of ckicken breast, and either tzaziki or hummus, and nowadays i am able to add some fruits. Afternoon snacks : a smart bar or almonds or a partial protein bar or a protein drink (premier protine from costco) Diner: if i am really good i will have spaghetti squash with a meet sauce i made from scratch ...or in general meet with veggies. Nite snacks : i will have some of my bf chips,but i try to go towards soy beans or chick peas that feels like i sm having peanuts or something

To this day i have trouble eating bread, pasta, rice a d quinoa which i love...i hope it stays that way,

on the weekend i eat less sensibly, because the routine is not as easy, than when going to work.

For exercice i got myself a jawbone UP 24, and i try to walk 10 000 steps a day becauce my work is extremely sedentary...its togh to do, and now i hsve change a bit with the cold weather i go on the treadmill 20 min with running intervals...however i hsve been bad this week and i have not been on the treadmill or outside at all :-(

I have to kick my butt in gear... My weight loss has slowed down, my average was over half a lb a day, i am now below that and it scares me very much, as i eat more and more.

I fear after the honeymoon period will be over and i dont lose how i will react...i have not have long stall, but just a general slow down

I just received a magic bullet, any suggestion as to what to prepare with that?

Niquee,

It sounds like you are doing great! I wish I had the daily structure that you have.

What about making some hummus. I like this recipe and I usually just make half at a time. I make it in the food processer. http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-features/features/best-basic-hummus-recipe/ I will sometimes snack on it with a sliced cucumber or toasted whole wheat pita bread.

I find I am sick of protein drinks for now but I am sure you could whip up something delicious.

Niquee,

It sounds like you are doing great! I wish I had the daily structure that you have.

What about making some hummus. I like this recipe and I usually just make half at a time. I make it in the food processer. http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-features/features/best-basic-hummus-recipe/ I will sometimes snack on it with a sliced cucumber or toasted whole wheat pita bread.

I find I am sick of protein drinks for now but I am sure you could whip up something delicious.

Oh trust me, its not always right, in fact today i bought the chocolate for halloween, couldnt resist, i had 2 of them...

I too am really tired of the aspertam taste you find in protein drink

A question for you all, almost 5 months after surgery, how many of you still regurgitate or vomit?

I think the longest i went without doing it was 2 weeks...now i am back to once or twice a week

I rarely, if ever. Only if I eat too fast or too much. Maybe once a month

I have yet to vomit. Thank goodness! I rarely vomited prior to surgery even when really sick. Dietician and I had lots of discussions about learning where you're "soft" stop eating is.. Mine is a tightness I get in very upper stomach area. I try to eat slow so I can recognize that stop.

Today i did it at every meal...i am not sure what is the trigger. Indeed, eating too much and too fast will do it...or not managing the liquid intake correctly. When i feel the thightness its too late, i have to get ride of the food. Its not like vomitting, i know what you mean, i hate vomitting and i would do anything not to vomit...this is different, i dont get nausea. In the beginning it was awful, and my dietician said it was probably that the actual pressure in my stomack was just too much...i was not even able to get down water i just felt like a bottle of champagne all the time, full of bubble.

My next question is also strange...but have you change the way you walk or stand? I mean now that you have lost weight your center of gravity is shifted (less butt, less stomack)... It seems my pelvic is freaking out about this and i end up at the chiro often because of that, even have lots of pain from sitting too much

I vomited a lot during the second and third months. Now its very rare. I do know what you mean about that feeling though. When I was vomiting pretty often, I have to admit that sometimes I was making myself to get rid of that feeling.

I have learned now when to stop or slow down so I don't get that feeling. I actually get a different feeling now when I know its time to stop. The food starts to taste bad. Have you noticed any changes like that? It could be a signal if you look for it.

Still stuck! 7 weeks now! When will this stall break??

I have to say though that I decided to take advantage of this stall and actually bought some clothes. I am loving the way clothes fit now and LOVE shopping the regular women section and buying what I want NOT what will actually fit. No more crazy ugly patterns. I have some really cute stuff and I am happy to strut around and take pics in them!

TMI vomit talk warning...

@@Niquee, my husband is about to hit his surgiversary next week after having a sleeve. And he regurgitates several times a week. In fact, and this is kinda weird but true, he uses it as a tool when he's out to eat with coworkers or in social situations with food as a way to clear the stomach if he gets full too early. While he can do it voluntarily, there are sometimes he just has to. Foodmush is it, no bile or stomach acid. We've talked to our doc about it, and while he recommends all the usual, eating slower, chewing more thoroughly, no liquids half hour before or after.... he also said that because it's not wreching or clenching the stomach muscles, it's just basically food backing up and out. Didn't say it was "good" per se but he wasn't overly worried about the long term effects. I'm concerned for the effects on his esophagus, because he had acid reflux before surgery and his esophagus was a little beat up. But, so far, while inconvenient most cases, it hasn't caused any other problems to date.

For me, I've only thrown up two or three times since surgery and it has been horrible, whole body wretching experiences. It makes my eyes and nose water and my whole body hurts. So thankfully it hasn't happened often. I hope the "traditional advice" works somehow for you or that you can pinpoint the "trick" to your own situation.

Edited October 16, 201411 yr by devint

TMI vomit talk warning...

@@Niquee, my husband is about to hit his surgiversary next week after having a sleeve. And he regurgitates several times a week. In fact, and this is kinda weird but true, he uses it as a tool when he's out to eat with coworkers or in social situations with food as a way to clear the stomach if he gets full too early. While he can do it voluntarily, there are sometimes he just has to. Foodmush is it, no bile or stomach acid. We've talked to our doc about it, and while he recommends all the usual, eating slower, chewing more thoroughly, no liquids half hour before or after.... he also said that because it's not wreching or clenching the stomach muscles, it's just basically food backing up and out. Didn't say it was "good" per se but he wasn't overly worried about the long term effects. I'm concerned for the effects on his esophagus, because he had acid reflux before surgery and his esophagus was a little beat up. But, so far, while inconvenient most cases, it hasn't caused any other problems to date.

For me, I've only thrown up two or three times since surgery and it has been horrible, whole body wretching experiences. It makes my eyes and nose water and my whole body hurts. So thankfully it hasn't happened often. I hope the "traditional advice" works somehow for you or that you can pinpoint the "trick" to your own situation.

thank you that is perfect advice i am exactly like your husband than...it doesnt hurt, it doesnt taste bad, there is no bile or stomach acide, just foodmush.

Has anyone started to experience "weird" side effects you didn't hear about beforehand?

I was a little bit of a researchaholic before surgery, looking up mortality rates and all the possible complications so losing hair and getting flappy skin and getting dehydrated all the time I expected and can deal with...

But lately I'm starting to experience lesser-talked-about whole-body side effects that are hitting me out of left field. Like the fact my eye prescription has drastically changed and I need to get new glasses. Just had new ones made 5 months ago, it's the fat loss behind my eyes changed the curves of my eyes. Also my ears get forever-open eustachian tubes because I've lost fat around my inner ears, and i can hear myself breathing inside my head really loudly. The only way to fix it is to put my head between my knees, and this happens like a half dozen times a day. Awkward. Why doesn't my body pull the fat from my still very large rump or belly?? Why the head? So weird.

Anybody else getting little surprises, hopefully nicer than mine?

Still stuck but I do have a NSV yesterday........ My husband and I were folding clothes and he said I can't tell your jeans from our son's jeans anymore. You are wearing a size close to his they look the same to me. What is so wonderful about this is that my son weighs 94 lbs. So I know I do not wear anything close to him but it was so nice that my husband thinks I do

An another NSV I ate salad yesterday and today and it went down easily and tasted yummy!

As far as weird side effects. Yes I have a couple that even through all my research I didn't realize. One was all the emotional crap I go through. No I am not sad about food, but I can get my feelings hurt pretty easily. it was much worse the first month or two but I am still a little more sensative than usual even right now. I smell odd sometimes and I have no idea why. I even asked my kids and my husband if they noticed and they finally admitted they did. I am HOPING that's only temporary. I was prepared for my hair to fall out but it has gotten frizzy and very unhealthy looking also.

I have to admit that I regretted the surgery at first for even longer than most people. I am actually JUST NOW feeling happy about my decision.