My surgery is scheduled 4/8. I'm excited but, also super nervous [emoji27]. What are you guys packing for the hospital? Are ya'll stocking up on liquids (broth and protein shakes etc.) now?

Stomach does grumble a lot which used to be hunger but I know that’s a side effect so I wait for a more sustained feeling until I label it hunger. I do get hungry in between meals, usually three hours later. But it’s not as intense as I used to feel.

On 5/12/2021 at 12:17 PM, Anivip said:

Hi I am very new to this forum. I had my gastric sleeve done on 15/apr/21

pre op weight :299 lbs

Current. Weight : 272 lbs.

weight loss 27 lbs

somehow I feel my weight loss is not as much as others who had surgery near when I had mine. The whole of last week I have lost less than 1 lb

Is anyone facing such an issue ? I am feeling so low now

If it makes you feel any better my good friend got surgery April 6 she has similar stats and she’s lost 24 lbs so far, and I had my surgery on April 27 and I’ve lost 14lbs since surgery. It took you a long time to gain the the weight and it’s gonna take a while for it to healthily come off. You are doing amazing! Your body is adjusting.

1 minute ago, Incredibleshrinkiningkiley said:

If it makes you feel any better my good friend got surgery April 6 she has similar stats and she’s lost 24 lbs so far, and I had my surgery on April 27 and I’ve lost 14lbs since surgery. It took you a long time to gain the the weight and it’s gonna take a while for it to healthily come off. You are doing amazing! Your body is adjusting.

I had bypass on 4/15. I was 280 and lost 10 during the 5 days pre-op. After getting home from surgery I couldn’t stomach anything except water so by the 27th I had lost 31. Since the 27th I have only lost 9 more pounds. I was stuck for almost two weeks. I feel your pain!

7 hours ago, Blueslily said:

Oh, if you are skipping meals then it probably makes sense that you feel hunger at times versus it being a problem or you needing more calories. Like yesterday I hosted meetings at Noon and 1pm so lunch was late at 2pm and I could feel I was overdue. I wouldn't consider that a problem related to not eating enough calories. That's a problem related to me not staying on schedule. I knew I had those meetings and was supposed to eat around 11:30 so I wouldn't be eating lunch late, but I allowed myself to work through 11:30 instead of take care of myself by eating.

Dont get discouraged. For me, I knew that I would have to work hard at making my intake a priority when I got back to busy life at work. Sounds like something you can work on also. I know when I feel hunger, it's because I'm off schedule. It's about me. Please dont let that trick you into thinking you need to go off plan. Good luck.

I think I’m going to try setting alarms on my phone so I don’t forget to eat or prioritize other things. I’m pretty discouraged on how weight loss has stalled the last couple weeks.

Edited May 19, 20215 yr by Newlyfe2021

Yes they want me to set alarms and weigh my good I just sent for a scale

I am 5 weeks post op, and today I am having one of those days when I feel so hungry, I have had two protein shakes, a string cheese, and some mini pickles in 2 hours and still feel like I can eat more!

13 minutes ago, Cherylanne22 said:

I am 5 weeks post op, and today I am having one of those days when I feel so hungry, I have had two Protein Shakes, a string cheese, and some mini pickles in 2 hours and still feel like I can eat more!

Wow! Would maybe some solid protein help? Like 2 ounces of chicken breast if you can handle that at 5 weeks.

5 hours ago, Newlyfe2021 said:

I think I’m going to try setting alarms on my phone so I don’t forget to eat or prioritize other things. I’m pretty discouraged on how weight loss has stalled the last couple weeks.

Yes, alarms! Good luck. I think protein helps us lose weight also.

8 minutes ago, Blueslily said:

Wow! Would maybe some solid Protein help? Like 2 ounces of chicken breast if you can handle that at 5 weeks.

I will try that, I do eat a lot of chicken. Thanks

My surgery was April 14th 2021 starting weight 237 down 198 in a little over a month

My surgery was April 6 .

starting weight was 218 on March 18.
surgery weight I was 209.

im now 190, I don’t feel like I’m losing weight fast enough, which is really discouraging because I’m really sticking to this diet.

7 minutes ago, Lizp5 said:

My surgery was April 6 .

starting weight was 218 on March 18.
surgery weight I was 209.

im now 190, I don’t feel like I’m losing weight fast enough, which is really discouraging because I’m really sticking to this diet.

Idk what your starting height and weight were but 28 pounds is a great start. Everyone is so much different. But even the veterans will tell you some were slow losers but they still eventually lost it all.

5 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

Idk what your starting height and weight were but 28 pounds is a great start. Everyone is so much different. But even the veterans will tell you some were slow losers but they still eventually lost it all.

Has anyone had very bad chills upon waking up in the middle of the night. Had a whole body aches yesterday afternoon then woke up in the middle of the night just now with major chills. Not sure if this could be keto flu or something else. Anyone have any similar symptoms

Keto flu is usually shortly after you start the keto diet, was 3 days into pre-op for me. Is it the actual flu?

Yeah maybe actual flu, I'm going to get checked out today. No respiratory symptoms though