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April Operation Buddies

Hello! I have surgery April 8th! Does anyone else around that time want to be buddies? Ekk so exciting but also scary! Haha Have a great day!

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  • xt3mpeststormx
    xt3mpeststormx

    My VSG surgery is April 29th. Start pre-op diet on the 8th. This is my first major surgery & I am experiencing just about every emotion possible lol, but trying to remain positive that I've made t

  • FatN0more
    FatN0more

    Oooh, I am on the 20th! Not long to go now.... wish it was tomorrow though. x

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Had my sleeve surgery yesterday

The recovery is rough… a lot of pain, really painful bloated feeling, just slept on and off for 24 hours

morning after I feel much better, can walk around but really struggling to take any liquid, it’s very painful / uncomfortable to drink - was everyone else similar?

So I was 6 days out from VSG surgery when I tested positive for COVID-19.

I mostly feel fine, apart from my throat. It's really prickly and sore. To the point that I am really struggling to get anything down. It has gotten worse over the past 12 hours, to the point that I'm wondering whether the remedies I have used (Saltwater gargle, sugarfree difflam) have done more harm than good.

My weight loss clinic doesn't open till Monday. I am really struggling here! ?

I had surgery April 16th. Excited to bite something Wednesday but so far I think I have been doing well. 210 start 187.8 this morning I’m only 5’.

I was sick the week before my surgery but thank goodness I was good about 2 days before

Good to hear. I am 11 days post op and feeling pretty darn good as well. It was rougher than I thought it would be…I also had a hiatal hernia repaired at the same time. It’s amazing how our bodies heal!

Off and running ?‍♀️

Wow well done guys, sounds amazing progress

I had my surgery 6 days ago… I’m sipping around a litre of protein water and tried to have a bit of really thin soup with some added protein powder but I’m really struggling with the pain as the food / water makes its way down - really hindering me reaching the intakes I should be.

Still, I just keep telling myself it is what it is, I keep trying and I’m sure my body will heal enough to get what I need soon.

Its May 6th. So I'm 17 days out.

I'm on the pureed foods. It's ok. Srammbled eggs is a nice treat. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm over chocolate flavoured shakes!

I'm halfway to my goal weight already. Sounds scary! I'm not actually that worried about the scale: I want to see abs!

COVIC is just a distant memory. It's hard to hit the protein target but I'm getting close. I hate pureed food. Thick lentil soup is a go-to food.

6 hours ago, S!NNER said:

Its May 6th. So I'm 17 days out.

I'm on the pureed foods. It's ok. Srammbled eggs is a nice treat. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm over chocolate flavoured shakes!

I'm halfway to my goal weight already. Sounds scary! I'm not actually that worried about the scale: I want to see abs!

COVIC is just a distant memory. It's hard to hit the Protein target but I'm getting close. I hate pureed food. Thick lentil Soup is a go-to food.

Hi S1n,

I start pureed on Wednesday, since the beginning I’ve not been looking forward to that stage… now after nearly a month of only liquid I can’t wait to puree something! ?

halfway through your target already is huge, wow - well done… I don’t really have a target which is probably a bit strange, I guess I have a rough amount that I’d be happy to weigh and I’m probably around half way there too… amazing the difference a month can make!

have you done much exercise yet? I’ve only really done some pretty easy walking, bending / stretching I do get shooting pains if now careful so am reluctant to do anything more strenuous yet.

back to work tomorrow and I commute to work in a different country to where I live so not really looking forward to that!

3 hours ago, Yorkshire1 said:

Hi S1n,

I start pureed on Wednesday, since the beginning I’ve not been looking forward to that stage… now after nearly a month of only liquid I can’t wait to puree something! ?

halfway through your target already is huge, wow - well done… I don’t really have a target which is probably a bit strange, I guess I have a rough amount that I’d be happy to weigh and I’m probably around half way there too… amazing the difference a month can make!

have you done much exercise yet? I’ve only really done some pretty easy walking, bending / stretching I do get shooting pains if now careful so am reluctant to do anything more strenuous yet.

back to work tomorrow and I commute to work in a different country to where I live so not really looking forward to that!

I am hesitant to say that I have a weight target, because I really want more than that. I want to be able to run and move and wear the clothes I want to wear. I want to have a low resting heart rate. I want to be able to play sports with my son. There's so much more than a number on a scale.

I have probably spent 15,000 hours at the gym. I have a lot of skeletal muscle, but it's not really visible. I always felt too humble to want big muscles, but why? I've done the work. Why shouldn't I enjoy and take pride in it?

I have been walking. Not a lot, between 6 and 10 thousand steps a day. I have some chronic shoulder injuries, but I can't wait to get back to lifting. I love lifting weights. I am thinking another two weeks off. In the meantime, I want to get back to stationary bike and a lot of stretching!

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