I'm going to whine

Okay here goes my story. I have been wanting this surgery for over 2 years. It took me amost a year to get through all the stuff my Drs and the ins company wanted me to do, but I tuffed it out. I had surgery on the 31 of January and things went great better than I could have hoped for now for the problem. I have from the very beginning been able to eat more than what I was told that I should be able to.( Dr said 2 weeks of liquid diet then 2 weeks of semi solids then food as able.) At 2 weeks out I was able to eat semi solid foods, at 3 weeks what ever I wanted. I can eat 1>2 cups depending on how heavy the food is. Nothing makes me really sick, I can eat candy,cake, bread anything and the worst that has happened is my stomach will feel a little nauses for a time then settle and be fine. I am hungery all the time and think of nothing but food and eating, it is worse than before when trying to diet. Okay on the plus side I am feeling better. I work out 3 days a week and walk 3 days and this is so much easier than it ever was before. I get 64oz+ of water in a day. I keep my calories below 800, and my protien above 50. I take vitamins 2 times a day. I have lost 50 pounds. I don't see the loss but family and freinds tell me that I have lost and that they can see it. The only way that I can see it is that my clothes are just a little loser.( they must have been really tight before.) Okay so here is my fear, if I can eat this way at 6 weeks out and I am always hungery is this going to work for me and if it does is it going to last. I truely fear that I won't loss but a few pounds ( anything less than 100 is not enough). I just feel like I have on every other diet since I was 3 years old that things will be great for a time then it will all be back one day. I fear falure again, I just see it coming and don't know what to do. If I don't loss the weight or if I put it all back on I'm not sure what I will do.

Peggy, Do I have the answers for you, no unfortunately. But people that are farther out than us say you can't help but lose. I believed them for the first 5 weeks, but this last month, mmmmmmmmmm. I too worry that I will be that one it won't work for. But you've lost 50 lbs, so you're doing something right. I can eat anything I try too(except broccoli) although I don't eat candy, sweets, bread, few carbs, and haven't tried lettuce or fresh spinach yet. Have you, and how did it go. My worry is that I am just not destined to lose, for some unknown reason. I was in a 2-3 week plateau, finally lost 4 lbs last week, and now in week nine, no weight loss again. Frustrating. Lets try to dig down and find the right attitude to keep plugging away. And on that note, please feel good about your fifty pounds, which is awesome by the way. Dianne

Peggy: I had my surgery on 1/25 and I am really too scared to try bread, candy, and cake. I am just going to assume that I dump. Were you just testing the limits when you tried these items? IMHO, I hhink you should go back to following your doctor's orders. If you already know at 2 months out that you don't dump, then you should really work hard to focus on your eating issues, since you don't have the negative reinforcement. Get all junk food out the house immediately! Maybe see a counselor regarding your food issues. Good luck!

I had my surgery 14 months ago. i have lost a total of 150 pounds. like you i was very worried that i was eating more than what i was told i could eat. if you are not yet involved in a support group in your area, get involved. just keep exercising, taking vitamins, DRINK WATER, and eating your protein FIRST. If you eat your protein first, you will get fuller a lot quicker. i will not lie to you, it is still a challenge for me on trying to eat the right foods. It took me about a year to realize that i no longer weigh 342 pounds and i have to look at myself in the mirror to remind myself of that. Good luck, you will do fine.

Peggy I am sorry for your frustration and I feel your pain at the same time I am 2 months out and I was given the go ahead to eat what ever I want (exect high sugar food) and I have had some dumping but not a lot I have had a peroid of stomachaches but those go away...I am in a monthy support group...only 2 at this point and I will bring up my concerns but I think I feel your pain I have only lost 35# .... not that I'm glad your having issues but I am glad to have a partner! Sherri

I agree if you've lost 50lbs then be happy. I just lost 3lbs last week after 7wks. I am out further than you by a ways. I have lost 27lbs. At this rate I won't even be under 200 by 6 mo out. Like I said you should be happy! Marti