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Texaspainter    5

Texaspainter
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Hello everybody! I am having my gastric sleeve surgery this Monday. I check in at the hospital at 5:30 AM. I have been waiting for 6 months, due to insurance requirements. I am 5'3" and weighed 248 about 6 months ago. I weigh 230 today because of dieting and my awful preop diet. Looking forward to the procedure but very nervous about my ability to stick to the postoperative diet. I don't want to fail. Any pointers are appreciated.

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Christinamo7    4,042

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I was pretty nervous when I was where you are!

but honestly, once I got on soft foods it hasn't been hard. I don't really want the bad foods much, and it is all I can do to eat what I am supposed to.

one word of advice - in the first month do not pay attention overly much to the scale. they are going to pump you full of fluids and I know I had some steroids - and who knows what. you will have swelling inside and it takes a while to heal. Just follow the plan and trust that the weight will come off.

easier said than done, I know.

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ocgirl15    667

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First best of luck on Monday! I had a smooth recovery and wish the same for you. My experience is the first 6 weeks sticking to the program is easy. Much much easier than the pre op diet. Eventually your surgeon will approve you eat all foods (or at least try them). But just because you are capable of eating some high carb low nutrition piece crap doesn't mean you should. Use that first six weeks to detox from carbs and really embrace high Protein clean eating. Find some high protein foods you really love. I have had some slips and that is going to happen but you can't let derail your progress. You got this!

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leebick    448

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Good luck tomorrow! My surgery is on Thursday- we can be losers together!!

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Texaspainter    5

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Good luck tomorrow! My surgery is on Thursday- we can be losers together!!

I will let you know how it goes! Hopefully, I will escape the fog of painkillers by Tuesday and I can give you the lowdown!

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LadyK44    263

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Good luck to you in the morning! I live in TX. Sleeved in FL no regrets. I am living a better/healthier life.

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flamingfeather_fly    5

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Good luck and smooth sailing to ya! I sleeved on May 18th 2016 and feel great! I was nervous about the same thing...success after is scary, what if... right? But really its a mental game after surgery. Know in advance that no one is perfect. So take some time to figure out triggers and acceltable cheets to get you through. One I heard from a chocolate lover, like me, was to take 1/2 an avocado and add in sugar free hot chocolate mix and some Protein powder then mix, mix, mix and use it as Apple wedge dip. Your brain is satisfied, without the guilt. I am always on the look out for good and creative options so I can simply remove the negativity associated with cheating, and replace it with cleaver satisfying options. I hear that overtime (with discipline) the urges for sweets, chips etc lessen. We shall see one day, one win at a time, pretty exciting! You will do great!

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Texaspainter    5

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OK, I am on the other side now. Surgery on Monday. 2 nights in the hospital. On the morning of surgery, the doc told me I had a hiatal hernia and he wanted to repair it at the same time. He did and it does make recovery a little more difficult. Am home now on a diet of watered down juice, Jello, and broth. Pain isn't too bad now. It was worse in the hospital. I lost 12 pounds on the preoperative diet. I've lost another 5 since surgery. So I'm down to 225 for now. My surgery was done in the LA area and I liked my surgeon and hospital.

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Christinamo7    4,042

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glad to hear you made it through ok! welcome to the club. :-)

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4u2nvyme    96

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Congrats!!!!!! Happy Healing

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castout    19

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I am a week away and I'm getting nervous. Thanks for your comments. it helps to know that I will survive by doing the right thing. I'm just a little anxiety ridden right now.

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Texaspainter    5

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I am a week away and I'm getting nervous. Thanks for your comments. it helps to know that I will survive by doing the right thing. I'm just a little anxiety ridden right now.

Don't worry, it will all work out. I had my surgery this day last week and I am doing fine! The worst part is the first 24 hours after the surgery. Walk as soon as you can and you will be amazed how quickly your progress advances.

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FabFemale    233

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Congrats and welcome to the losers bench. I had surgery on 5/2. It will get easier ! Work on getting in your fluids and then Proteins. The scale will vary the first week but then it goes down. I'm 22 lbs down. Good luck.

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rebelchelz    52

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hope it went good!! I'm still waiting for Dr to call me so I can hopefully schedule mine. They keep putting my off so now others are taking vacation over the summer so for me to get the time off I need I probably won't be able to schedule until the end of July

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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

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        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

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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. summerseeker

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