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Two years later...

Nicole Sokol

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Nicole Sokol    3

Nicole Sokol
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Hi everyone!

It seems I was a little late to join any sort of support forum for my surgery.. Better late than never, right? I got my gastric sleeve done a little over two years ago and its been quite a ride... Just wanted to give a little insight on what its like for me a few years later and also get some feedback.

Now a days I go to the gym alot... I used to not have any energy but ever since I completely cut out any refined sugars I feel more energetic than ever and its funny how before after 20 min at the gym I was wondering when this eliptical hell will be over... and now, now I can just keep going and going and going...

Anyways, I can basically eat anything although there are certain foods that just kill me.. Dont know if any of you have any specific foods that are just murder for you.. but in my case any steamed rice or extremely fried stuff (as in french fries... i mourn for french fries) gives me really bad stomach pains... Do any of you get any pains from certain foods? Its ironic that I can sit down and scarf down a whole steak though... silver lining.

I also have to share that I developed an eating disorder after my surgery... I was somewhat bulimic (on and off) before my surgery and after it due to all the unintended vomiting it triggered the bulimia again and I ended up throwing up (intentionally) many times a week... Not good. I decided that I didnt end up going through such a difficult surgery just to screw up my body with some stupid disorder... so this Feb 14th I turned 30 and decided I was going to eat consciously.. make sure that Im treating my body nicely with nutritious food.. and obviously, not throwing up anymore..

Today is March 11th which means it will almost be a complete month without vomiting, without refined sugars, and going to the gym daily... and I have to say I FEEL SOOOO GOOD... It was hard for the first two weeks.. but hanging in there really helps. Now I can say Im very much latched on.. not just hanging by a thread.. and its extremely motivating to see muscles I had never seen before and to keep watching all these layers being removed from the body I knew I always had underneath.

Anybody that has had their surgery over a year ago? How are you guys doing?

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Elode    8,093

Elode
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I'm glad you stopped the vomiting! I'm not even going to lecture you because you already know how bad it is. An eating disorder can be as bad as a drug addiction. Keep strong! That's awesome that your turning things around :)

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sallyomalley67    77

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Very proud of you Nicole! I am so.glad you made a concious decision and moved forward. Thats whatbthis whole.process is about. New and improved ways of eating. Your body will def thank you!

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erp    2,016

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Welcome! Glad you are here! My story is very similar to yours. Keep sharing your story and let us know if we can help you continue in your success.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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