Hi guys I am new here and looking for September surgery buddies!! Mine is scheduled for the 12th! I am so excited! Who’s with me???

1 hour ago, Cdav07 said:

Getting down there broth Soups and finding another shake that I like besides chocolate Peanut Butter. Because it’s beginning to not taste good anymore.??‍♀️

If you have not tried "Fairlife Nutrition Plan", esp the chocolate, it's one of the best tasting shakes I've ever had. It's a lot like drinking chocolate milk. I've heard their other flavors are good as well, but I've not tried them yet.

Ok guys. I am getting ready to start my wellness journal and I do not want to create unrealistic goals… any input on a good goal is welcome! Picture is what we are working with

38 minutes ago, Slwhurst said:

Ok guys. I am getting ready to start my wellness journal and I do not want to create unrealistic goals… any input on a good goal is welcome! Picture is what we are working with

One of the best ways would be to think back and remember if there was a point as an adult that you felt healthy and happy with your weight? If so, that's where I'd start. If not, better to err on the high side. You can always adjust down if you get to your goal and are still not where you want to be.

For example, right now, you're lean mass is ~144 pounds. That means any BMI based calculations would be too low. Yes, you'll lose some lean mass as your weight goes down, but not enough that you'd be at a healthy weight in that 104 to 140 range. My gut tells me maybe 175-180 would be a good target for you at this point.

Depending on how much lean mass you lose, that would put you in the 25 - 30% range for body fat, a healthy amount for a woman.

Edited August 24, 20224 yr by SpartanMaker

3 hours ago, Slwhurst said:

Ok guys. I am getting ready to start my wellness journal and I do not want to create unrealistic goals… any input on a good goal is welcome! Picture is what we are working with

Yay, its finally real enough and close enough to fill out, congrats! I'm with you and I have no idea what a good goal for things like neck size is lol. I guess you can google average sizes and then I would be generous and aim on the high side. I've never taken any of those measurements of myself before but I do think it's an important part of this weight loss journey since sometimes the scale might not move but then a measurement will change and that can keep the positive thoughts going. I'm even having trouble thinking of goals for the next page. Just saying weight loss and exercise more don't seem specific enough. If you have goals you are willing to share for that next page, I would love to hear them so that I can come up with some better ones. I haven't started my journal yet but its coming up fast.

4 hours ago, Slwhurst said:

Ok guys. I am getting ready to start my wellness journal and I do not want to create unrealistic goals… any input on a good goal is welcome! Picture is what we are working with

Mine is still in my Amazon cart along with a pill organizer, an ab binder, and extra wide calf compression socks. I should probably place that order lol.

19 hours ago, SpartanMaker said:

Below a post, there's a quote button. press that and it will do what you're looking for. Also, if you only want to copy a part of their response, you can edit the part in the quote box.

Thank you ?. I was lost on how to respond.

On 8/20/2022 at 3:38 PM, Ms_chaos said:

Hey, my surgery date is the 14th. I'm from Olathe ks if anyone is close by.

Hi, I am from Olathe KS. My surgery date is 9/19.

On 8/23/2022 at 4:54 PM, Hope4NewMe said:

There are a few of us on the 19th so it'll be a great day. Welcome!

Thank you! ?

2 hours ago, loli_lotus said:

Mine is still in my Amazon cart along with a pill organizer, an ab binder, and extra wide calf compression socks. I should probably place that order lol.

I was thinking about the ab binder but I'm hoping to get it free through the hospital. Fingers crossed they will just give me one or I can ask for one.

7 hours ago, Slwhurst said:

Ok guys. I am getting ready to start my wellness journal and I do not want to create unrealistic goals… any input on a good goal is welcome! Picture is what we are working with

VSG Surgery in scheduled for Sept 1, 2022. 4 years ago I started having a lot of gastric problems. Random and often

vomiting, severe diarrhea, heartburn, indigestion, etc. I had 2 colonoscopies and 2 endoscopes. Finally, diagnosed with gastritis and microscopic colitis but no reasons why those happened. I took lots of different meds, changed when and what I ate, etc. Nothing worked. It was so bad I was afraid to even leave my house at times. I went to a bariatric/general surgeon about a VSG. He ended up being just who I needed to help solve my huge gastric problem. At first, he said I would probably need to get a bypass instead of the VSG because he thought I may have had GERD/reflux. He sent me for another endoscope and discovered from the last endoscope (a year before) I had newly developed a hiatal hernia, stomach ulcers, and deformed pyloric. Did some more tests and found my stomach acid was about 5 times too much. My pancreas was not able to produce enough of the necessary stuff to neutralize the stomach acid traveling through the intestines, which in turned cause the gastritis and severe diarrhea. The bypass leaves a still somewhat function stomach so I will get VSG instead since it removes a large portion of the acid producing fundus. I will also get a repair for the hiatal hernia and pyloric. I am so thankful to my doctor for finding my gastric problems and explaining to me in a way I could understand. AND lose the weight, too! I ended up not having GERD/reflux at all, even I develop due to the VSG, I think I can handle it! Thanks for listening to my story!

I am glad you found a great ending to that rough journey! Thank you for sharing your story with the group! Just let’s everyone know that all our roads differ but hopefully all have that joyful ending!

Hi Everyone,

LONG POST, I apologize in advance. New to the group although I’ve been watching for a month now. Never posted, because it just didn’t seem real enough, I thought it would never get here. I just had my consult and got my surgery date for Sept 13th. I had no prerequisites that my insurance requested other than the norm: psych, only 1 nutrition, and labwork which I completed in 5 weeks(I was extremely lucky for all of that). Some personal trips with husband slowed the process. I think I probably would hv been done on a week otherwise? I was told by surgeon today that I will also have NO PRE-OP diet. So now I’m petrified. Not due to the surgery, but due to the fact that I cannot lose ANY weight prior. I am so close to being under 35 BMI from just 3 weeks ago of 39 BMI. I am a 36 BMI as of today. How the heck does that even happen? I think someone read something wrong. Surgeon said HE would not cancel the surgery but the hospital may, due to afraid insurance won’t pay. Only co-pay I will hv is the overnight at the hospital So I’m stuck with HAVING to eat to hold on to this weight. It wouldn’t be a problem but my biggest obstacle is I don’t eat enough…getting 3 meals in a day is a huge struggle for me. It’s like when I’m not hungry my body won’t let me eat. I literally get nauseous trying to force it down. I’m hoping my nervousness now due to that won’t make me lose additional weight. Guess I just need someone to say it will be okay Everyone seems so supportive of one another here. I hv chronic back pain and hv fought too hard for insurance approval to get on the table and hv them say “oh sorry, we can’t bcuZ you’re 34 BMI now. I’m going crazy with worry right now ??. I don’t eat red meats, sweets, etc. don’t exercise due to pain and discs. How can I hold on to this weight for 3 weeks. Protein shakes? along with the food I do eat. I’m at the point today where I just want to chew and swallow and hope it results to some extra pounds

3 hours ago, CoCoPuffs said:

How can I hold on to this weight for 3 weeks.

Eat lots of salty foods? ?

I say that only half in jest. Since you just have to maintain a certain overall weight and not actual body fat, water weight will work just fine for you to "maintain".

6 hours ago, CoCoPuffs said:

How can I hold on to this weight for 3 weeks.

The salty food is a great suggestion but also maybe eat whatever foods are your favorite right now. Stress can lead to weight loss so try to relax by changing your mind set from weight worry to celebrating getting to this point. Eat the food you might not get to eat for awhile. Also have you weighed yourself? You said maybe they looked at your numbers wrong, so maybe you haven't lost too much weight and you are ok. If things get too close for comfort they probably can push the surgery date back to allow you to gain some weight to be sure that insurance coverage isn't something you have to worry about.