The blah's

Thanks i will have to try something different. I obviously need a bit more of some energy vitamins. Thanks again for your imput. Paula

I'm still easily exhausted and I only have two kids. My doctor chuckled when I asked the same question at my 5 week checkup, and told me that it takes a while (6 months to a year) for the body to really start feeling like its old self after such a MAJOR SURGERY. On top of that is the trauma from rapid weight loss. I never really thought about it like that before, and so now I'm much easier on myself. It's improving by the week, but I think it's because I'm more aware of my stamina and I don't let myself get so tired before resting - I recover much quicker like this. I really think that pilates helps me too, because I feel rejuvenated after a class. Don't get me wrong, I'm only making it about once a week because it takes that long to recover, but with walking, it seems to help. The bending over and up and down with laundry and dishes have been my achelles heel since the surgery. They wear me out like almost nothing else. Getting out of the house and interacting with friends from work has been great for my outlook, as well. It's easy to be hard on yourself. I'm very type A, and my husband has to remind me often to take it easy. we're still recovering! Someone suggested you take a capsule form of the B complex. If your surgery (RNY) is like mine, the portion of the small intestines that can absorb B's has been bypassed. That's why we take sublinguals and/or shots. Good luck, Kristie

Paula, My NT said to drink tons of WATER. Since our muscles are 80% water we have to drink inorder to ensure our body is hydrated otherwise you will feel more fatigued. So keep drinking and our body will be hydrated and it helps to flush out the fat.

I too am so tired. As a matter of fact, I just got off the phone w/ my doc's office about my energy level. I HAVE NONE!!!!!!!!!! I'm waiting to see if my lab results can tell me what I am doing wrong. I just started excersizing.....this past saturday and I have walked a mile everyday since then (well except saturday because I went to the fair and walked from 1-8:30 and figured that was enough walking for one day). I have to really talk myself into getting up and walking. I could just sit there all night long if I wanted to. Last night, I was so mad that I just got up and walked and by time I got home I felt much better (plus my husband put the kids to bed before I got home, which helped). But during the day I have absolutely NOTHING to do since I don't start back wor****il next week. I am hoping once I go back to work, things will change since I will be busy. I just have nothing to do here and when I do think...okay I can get up and clean...that is just not motivating enough for me. I don't see an increase in my energy level yet from the walking, but I am hoping that once I get into this habit that I will see a difference.