3 Weeks post

[TheNewME71 1]

Hello I was wondering about drinking?

1. Can you drink normal now or and I supposed to sip and wait. I am not getting enough Water in and I want to make sure I have enough fluids so I can try my best to not have a lot of loose skin.

2. I need to get Calcium pills and I dont know where to get tasty ones. someone told me about some online but forgot where.

3. I have not really exercised because I was waiting to see the doctor 1st I see him on the 1st. I want to know whats the best to start for arms I want to start asap to avoid loose skin.

4. I have been feeling like I am regretting this but I know you cant change it so I should just enjoy it but I got really depressed for 6 days straight crying all day everyday it has went away a little bit but sometimes I feel like it again. when does this go away. I cant even enjoy that I have lost a total of 20 since I started the pre liquid diet 2 weeks before the surgery.

I have some other questions but I cant think of them right now. but I know they will come to me.

Thanks to all who respond to my worries I am so glad this is here.

[VanessaVSGforme 276]

Hello. I'm also a little over 3 weeks post op. I'll try and answer from what I'm experiencing.

1. Water is a difficult thing. I still sip sip sip but I have noticed my sips have became bigger and more frequent and way easier. It gets easier every day. Sometimes I feel like I'm actually "almost" drinking like a normal person...just not gulp gulp gulping the whole bottle down of course

2. I bought Celebrate Multivitamin with Iron and also the Calcium tablets. Right after surgery, I tried taking them and got VERY nauseated VERY quick. So per my nutritionist, Flinstones Vitamins for now and I just take 3 a day. Nothing else. Although, I do have a call into my nutritionist because I feel like maybe I should be taking other Vitamins too? But not sure which ones. Be careful taking Multivitamin WITH Iron and calcium together. From my understanding, you need to take calcium a couple hours in between the multivitamin w/ iron.

3.) I saw my surgeon 2 weeks after surgery and he cleared me to exercise. All I am physically able to do right now is about 15 minutes on a stationary bike. I'm VERY proud of myself because I could hardly even walk before surgery. While on the bike, I just toss my 50 oz filled water bottle back and forth between my arms and try to keep them moving...sometimes even pretend there's a punching bag in front of me and just punch away who cares...no one's watching lol

4. No regrets! Although it's completely normal (in my opinion) butt the worse part is over! I cried and cried for a good 10 days in a row. Sometimes I cried because my favorite TV show was over. LOL. I think it's hormonal changes!

Welp, that's all I have for now! Keep on keeping on! Stay off the scale and if you come to a stall, keep following ur diet and EMBRACE it because it will be over before u know it!! xoxo ❤

[TheNewME71 1]

Thanks so much.

I take Flinstones with Iron and B12 sublingual plus the pills they gave me. I cant wait till I can go to the gym. I was doing aqua aerobics because I could feel it working but no pain in the muscles the next day it was great but I also felt like it was not working because I didnt feel anything. With the big Water bottles I feel like just the 16.9 oz bottles are easier for me to finish because it looks less lol . I am eating purred foods right now and I want to know if anyone has great breakfest ideas I wake up at 4am get out of bed 415 and upstairs by 420 out the door and in my car at 430 start at 5am so iam either eating in the car or rushing at work thats the only one I have problems with.

another thing I remembered lol

when I eat I try to take the 20 mins but its hard I just dont get it

[CowgirlJane 14,261]

I was a band to sleeve revision so they were very conservative. I was cleared for walking shortly post op, but didn't go to the gym until about 6 weeks. I think you should ask your surgeon on this one.

On the hydration... sip sip sip... constantly. Eventually this will not be such a chore, but for now, stay hydrated.

I know nobody wants to hear this, but excess skin happens. I don't know why some people have more, some people have less (for same weight loss) but truth of the matter is you should focus on losing weight now and not borrow trouble from tomorrow.

I lost over 150# and I promise you being trim with some extra skin was much more attractive than being morbidly obese. Hands down. More importanly, I feel so much better not trying to carry that extra weight. If I woke up tomorrow weighing 300#++ I am not sure I could get out of bed. Seriously, I have no idea how I functioned at that weight. Skin is nothing compared to being free of the obesity gorilla.

I was one of those people that had trouble with alot of supplements - they made me feel ill to my stomach. I tried lots of different things, I urge you to discuss alternatives with your surgeon/NUT because finding something you can literally stomach will increase the odds of you sticking with them!

I am not sure why you are feeling regret, but you should know that rapid weight loss floods the system with hormones... and many people go through a hard time emotionally. That gets better too. I spent lots of time looking at the "before and after" pictures to get me through that time. It was inspiring and took my mind off my internal angst and misery.

Hang in there - it probably took me until abotu 10-12 weeks post op to feel fully human, but it has been upward from there! Best decision ever! My sleeve was almost 4 years ago and I am still very happy with my results!

[kranky813 477]

Hello I was wondering about drinking?

1. Can you drink normal now or and I supposed to sip and wait. I am not getting enough Water in and I want to make sure I have enough fluids so I can try my best to not have a lot of loose skin.

2. I need to get Calcium pills and I dont know where to get tasty ones. someone told me about some online but forgot where.

3. I have not really exercised because I was waiting to see the doctor 1st I see him on the 1st. I want to know whats the best to start for arms I want to start asap to avoid loose skin.

4. I have been feeling like I am regretting this but I know you cant change it so I should just enjoy it but I got really depressed for 6 days straight crying all day everyday it has went away a little bit but sometimes I feel like it again. when does this go away. I cant even enjoy that I have lost a total of 20 since I started the pre liquid diet 2 weeks before the surgery.

I have some other questions but I cant think of them right now. but I know they will come to me.

Thanks to all who respond to my worries I am so glad this is here.

1. Yes you will be able to drink like normal again. I am almost 6 weeks out and I just gulped 4 huge swallows of Water with no problem what so ever. Everyone is a little different but It will get easier and better every day.

2. I bought some chewable calcium from Walgreens. They aren't the best but they aren't the worst either. Maybe ask the pharmacist what they recommend?

3. My doctor said only walking until I reach at least 6 weeks out. Then I can start with weight lifting. Start slow and work your way up. If you start too heavy you can be really sore and not want to do it anymore. He was very strict on not doing anything besides walking for the first 6 weeks because of the injuries inside your body. The outside may look healed but the inside takes longer.

4. Aaahhh, crying. I cried for 8 days straight after surgery. I regretted my decision and hated myself for what I did to my body. LOL What my doc told me is that we carry a lot of hormones in our fat and when we lose that weight we go through this HUGE hormone surge. It makes us a total wreck for a while. I sometimes still get a little teary eyed from time to time but I don't feel like I am going crazy anymore and I DON'T REGRET MY DECISION AT ALL!!!! It will get so much better. I was in a dark dark place for the first 2 weeks. It passes, I promise. You will feel better and get better. It got amazing yesterday when I could start eating real food again. In the grand scheme of things it's such a short time of misery but when you are in it if feels like it will never end. The turning point is between one month and 6 weeks out. You will get there, I promise!

Let us know if you have any more questions, that is what this place is for.

[LoreLu 79]

Whatever Vitamin you get, make certain you have calcium citrate, not carbonate. Under normal conditions, your body can only absorb half the Calcium in carbonate, but will absorb all the Citrate.

Vitamin D - choose D3, not d2. Your body converts d2 to D3, but will readily use D3. You also need D3 to bind calcium in your blood, so make certain you take them together.

[jane13 2,256]

I had the buyers remorse when I was home first day and realized that there was no going back. my stomach was in a biohazard container somewhere and therefore gone. then I remembered why I chose the sleeve. a lifelong tool to help me get to a normal weight and hopefully never yo-yo diet again. I never looked back. it's been almost 5 months and I am rarely hungry and my weight is going in the right direction and I feel normal. I am still obese by my BMI but I feel pretty good. I am looking forward to the rest of my life as a normal weight person.

no regrets!

[TheNewME71 1]

Thanks everyone I am glad I found this site.

I at 3.5 weeks take a drink of Water and wait a second and then another.. there is times I drink one and another with out taking the cup from my mouth... is that BAD? Like I said I only get in 2 bottles of Water the 16.9oz ones. and my 11 oz Protein.

I am at a stall already? is that because I am eating puree now? and I know my insides are not healed but I have a pain in my right rib area its getting better but still if I sit up of try and bend over to pick something up from the floor it hurts? what could that be. I was told that where the cut was that they took the stomach out would be the one with most pain but where all the cuts are i dont have any its like my tummy right side aboutinch or so under ribs....