Best advice for post-op - Page 3 - ThinnerTimes

CeeCee · 08-05-2007, 02:48 PM

Exercise/movement, keeps the plumbin' hummin'. Seriously- have not had constipation since surgery until last week, when I hadn't been to the gym for a week. Took a double walk around the mall and it all started moving.

You MUST plan ahead for protein and water. Don't leave the house thinking you'll grab something somewhere- it never happens that way. Even if it is a bottle of water and a bag of peanuts that get warm in the car when you keep them there, it's better than realizing your fingertips are wrinkled 'cuz the only fluid you've had as of 11 am is the water you brushed with, and the only protein was...well, was nuthin'! What were you thinking! At least if there is a protein bar or bag of peanuts in the glove compartment...

Cat_Lover · 08-05-2007, 05:18 PM

Hi Lisa,

I hate to eat, I will be three months out on the 15th and I have not losed weight in the last two weeks. Eating is a major pain in my back side. Will I, will I WANT to eat.............food. I will wait a see, Sam I am.

Is this really true:

Repeat after me... "I will continue to lose to weight. This is just a stall. The fact that I actually said to my spouse, 'If I never lose another pound, I'd be happy anyway, because I feel so good,' has not doomed me to being this weight forever. I will continue to lose weight."

Two things happen right around your six-month mark. First, you get your appetite back, and second, it feels like your pouch doubles in capacity. So not only do you WANT more food, you can EAT more food. This will scare the living crap out of you. Relax! Normal!

Regards,

Cat_Lover

Serena · 08-05-2007, 05:20 PM

Thank you so much for this, and everything people have added to the topic. I'm in Hell Week, had a Lap RNY on 7/30/07. This is great to know!

You rock!

LisaM · 08-05-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cat_Lover

Hi Lisa,

I hate to eat, I will be three months out on the 15th and I have not losed weight in the last two weeks. Eating is a major pain in my back side. Will I, will I WANT to eat.............food. I will wait a see, Sam I am.

Is this really true:

Repeat after me... "I will continue to lose to weight. This is just a stall. The fact that I actually said to my spouse, 'If I never lose another pound, I'd be happy anyway, because I feel so good,' has not doomed me to being this weight forever. I will continue to lose weight."

Two things happen right around your six-month mark. First, you get your appetite back, and second, it feels like your pouch doubles in capacity. So not only do you WANT more food, you can EAT more food. This will scare the living crap out of you. Relax! Normal!

Regards,

Cat_Lover

They were really true for me, Cat, and I have heard on this forum from enough people who've gone through stalls and who came on the forum at their six-month mark freaked out that I can say these with confidence are pretty common things...At two years out, I feel hunger pretty normally... just can't indulge it like I did pre-GBS.

LisaM · 08-09-2007, 01:01 PM

any more additoins? still working at this...

Roaring_Girl · 08-10-2007, 01:43 AM

Lisa, I can't tell you how badly I needed this thread right now. I'm around 10 months out and I've been at a plateau since around 5 months out, after losing about 80 lbs really fast. I haven't gone to any post-op meetings in months due to time issues, I haven't been online here, and I've been doing the Robinson Crusoe thing (me, without a Friday). I had no idea it was "normal" for the appetite to come back, or that it was "normal" to be able to eat more. I have one of those utterly tolerant pouches that have let me eat *anything* and it's been a struggle for many reasons.

I'm going to get back on track with what I eat and how and why and when and I'm betting things will start moving again. I've just been terrified that I stretched out the pouch, though that's silly because I can't eat more volume (I'm still okay with that), it's just the crap / calories my body lets me eat. I must be more judicious. In the last couple weeks I've gotten pretty good about getting back to basics with my eating and now I just have to keep following through.

Bless you. This was exactly what I needed right now. That and a kick in the ass to remind me that, even if I'm not a "touchy-feely, group meeting" kind of grrl, that I really DO need that support and I'll be coming around more often again, as well as checking out my local meetings...

Roaring_Girl · 08-10-2007, 01:47 AM

And by the way: I never knew about "late dumping" and now it explains SO MUCH! That's what I've been having! I always said I never dumped, because it didn't happen right afterwards... and now I know better. Thank you!

LisaM · 08-10-2007, 04:05 AM

Cat, darlin',

You're welcome... that's EXACTLY why I wrote it. We all feel like we're the only ones these things happen to, particularly if we don't have a face-to-face support group... and even if we do, we might see those folks once a month. It can get lonely and terrifiying. Thinner Times, to me, provides that community of people where there's always someone who says, "yep, that happened to me, too. You're not alone."

LisaM · 08-15-2007, 09:58 AM

Pushing this up to the top... still working on it...

paige52 · 08-15-2007, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LisaM

Pushing this up to the top... still working on it...

Are you writting a book on this?... you should!