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Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies: POST-OP Discussion

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rs    1,473

rs
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As we all find our new normal, I’m wondering if you all just continue to count Protein for losing weight. Or has anyone moved to Keto guidelines? Weight watchers?
Good question. I'd like to know what others are doing. I haven't been using my food tracking app in a couple weeks, just because I was out of town for awhile plus extra busy at work so I was thrown off of that routine. I have been eating pretty much the same though so I don't feel like I strayed much from reaching protein goal. I'll continue to watch the scale and see if I feel I need to get back to tracking. My weight loss is certainly slowing down. I've lost 80 since 8-15-18 and wear a size 14 now. I still would like to lose at least another 15-25 lbs to get to a healthy BMI and into a size 10 or 12.

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Frustr8    7,886

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And if you are committed, I'm sure you'll make it the rest off the way!

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Megan Sadler    186

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On 04/15/2019 at 21:30, rs said:

Good question. I'd like to know what others are doing. I haven't been using my food tracking app in a couple weeks, just because I was out of town for awhile plus extra busy at work so I was thrown off of that routine. I have been eating pretty much the same though so I don't feel like I strayed much from reaching Protein goal. I'll continue to watch the scale and see if I feel I need to get back to tracking. My weight loss is certainly slowing down. I've lost 80 since 8-15-18 and wear a size 14 now. I still would like to lose at least another 15-25 lbs to get to a healthy BMI and into a size 10 or 12.
I’m down 83.6 lbs since August 7th, bouncing around atm around the 168/170 area. I was diagnosed with Hashimotos recently. So that stinks. I can’t do Keto because of it. And I’m too poor to afford AIP Paleo at the moment. We have $20 to last the next 2 weeks for 5 of us. Hopefully tomorrow we get some good news, we do have some food stores but running out of that pretty quickly. Once we get back on our feet though Im going to try AIP Paleo

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ChellNC    162

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@Megan Sadler how is it going with the Hashimoto's? I was diagnosed with it about 10 years ago.

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ALFxRNY    540

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Happy Belated 1 Year Rebirthday/Surgiversary to all of the May and June summer surgery buddies!!! I celebrated 1 year out on June 28th! Also want to with all of the July summer surgery buddies the same! We did it guys!!!

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Kris77    1,540

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Almost a year out in a couple weeks! Can’t believe it! No regrets..best thing I ever did for MYSELF!!
Congrats on a year since surgery summer sleevers!!🥳

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Kris77    1,540

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Almost a year out in a couple weeks! Can’t believe it! No regrets..best thing I ever did for MYSELF!!
Congrats on a year since surgery summer sleevers!!🥳

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deena1516    6

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I had rny on May 23rd and I am still struggling with eating and drinking. Had to have iv fluids twice already because of dehydration. And the pain in my upper abdomen is unreal at times. Does anyone else have sharp pains in their upper abdomen? My surgeon isn’t concerned about it, but I am! It’s so hard to eat or drink anything without it causing pain.

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Ylime    453

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On 7/7/2019 at 12:14 PM, Kris77 said:

Almost a year out in a couple weeks! Can’t believe it! No regrets..best thing I ever did for MYSELF!!
Congrats on a year since surgery summer sleevers!!🥳

Kris - Come join us on the 1 year post op page. :)

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Ylime    453

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On 7/9/2019 at 2:40 PM, deena1516 said:

I had rny on May 23rd and I am still struggling with eating and drinking. Had to have iv fluids twice already because of dehydration. And the pain in my upper abdomen is unreal at times. Does anyone else have sharp pains in their upper abdomen? My surgeon isn’t concerned about it, but I am! It’s so hard to eat or drink anything without it causing pain.

Deena - Did you have surgery in 2019 or 2018. Asking as you will likely get a better response if you find a 2019 thread or post separately as most of us have moved on from this thread.

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Jlw265    7

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Hello! I am 4 days post op. Was sleeved on 7/8. I’m 41 years old. I finally got home and am feeling really nervous. Would love to hear about how everyone else is doing!

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Leia    75

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Today is my 1 year! I'm 116 lbs down from my high on my best days. I've been plateaued at 165-160 for over a month now. I'm still really motivated and the energy hasn't gone away. I do want to lose another 15-25 lbs though and the plateau is driving me batty.

Still I am SO HAPPY I DID THIS.

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      I am new here today... and only two weeks out from my sleeve surgery on the 23rd. I am amazed I have kept my calories down to 467 today so far... that leaves me almost 750 left for dinner and maybe a snack. This is going to be tough for two weeks... but I have to believe I can do it!
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    • 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. LeighaTR

        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

      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

        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.

    • CaseyP1011

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