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Hello everyone, I had my sleeve on June 4th and I'm down 115 lbs. Never in my life did I think I would lose the weight so fast. I started my diet 3 weeks pre op so the weight has come off in about 13 weeks.ive gone from a size 50 waist to a 40 waist and a 4 xl shirt to a xl. I'm struggling though with fatigue . I'm taking Vitamins and I've seen my DR. But no mention of anything . I Aliso found myself a nutritionist and her advice was Protein 3 times a day no matter what. As a lot of you know that is easier said than done. Any advice that's worked for others?

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Wow that's great weight loss. I didn't start feeling better and more energy till I was able to eat soft food and more solids I still have days where I'm very tired but it has gotten much better

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No wonder you are so tired! Your body is working overtime to burn your weight off! You are my hero!!! How the heck did you do it???? Amazing!!!

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Try drinking more Water.

It really helps.

Also working out more. It seems counterintuitive but it works like a charm.

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@@Bryce Juneau Sr. Are you taking a B Vitamin? If not get some. Losing rapid amounts of weight is rough on the body, it's trying to keep up so you can expect some fatigue, rest when you can.

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I think that's the fastest I've EVER heard of anyone losing after WLS.

That is so not normal.

For one thing, your kidneys must be exhausted just pumping out all the waste products from weight loss.

Be sure you drink, drink, drink, drink, drink Water.

And at your rate of weight loss, you should be eating some carbs for energy.

I hope your nutritionist is a good one.

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post-260605-0-55361400-1439832161_thumb.jpg well guys things are going pretty good. Although i did end up in the E.R. with side pain and found out that i will need to have my gallbladder removed due to the rapid loss of weight.Im currently at 280 from 391 so still losing but it has slowed down a bit. Thank you all for your comments

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My surgeon prescribed gallbladder medicine for post op. My surgery is Wednesday.

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Wow! Your weight loss is incredible!! For my Protein, I do one shake per day of ISO 100 (I buy it on Amazon because its cheaper) and I also eat a Protein Bar called Pure Protein every day. The shake has 28 grams of protein and the bar has 20 so between the 2 things I get 48 grams just in those not counting my food intake is getting me to my protein goals. For the fatigue, are you drinking caffeine at all? I stopped all caffeine at the time of surgery and I work out regularly and do the protein and I rarely feel tired now. Try those things and see if it helps! Good luck!

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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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      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

        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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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