Help!

i think i messed up.
Earlier this morning, i had a biscut with gravy and a paice of bacon.
i think i had too much greese/fat.
i feel so  horrible.it started out with feeling sick at my stomach, then i got weak, dizzy,and then i had a very strange hot sensation iin my body it was really hot and now i am sweating a lot.
again i know i messed up.
I have been post opt. for three plus months and have never had this happen to me.
is this what they call dumping
 how long will it last?
I never want to go thought this again!!!!!
thanks for your help
Ginger:(

Yes! This is what we call DUMPING . I really hope that you are feeling better. This is also a REMINDER of the things that we should not have.

Hug's
Jeannie

Yes I know I should not have these things but I have been sooo good!!  NO problems at all for the most part so I thouhgt I'd talittle in moderation.  OH well Ilearned my lesson!!!  NEVER again!!   Thanks for your comment and responded to me in my time of need.  I think its so sad that I had 41 people review my comment and only 1 respond.  This forum is so bad lately.  Its kinda sad we cant count on our Georgia home girls and boys!  Hugs to you againg Jeannie... I ma feeling soooo much better!!  It could have been soo much worse!  I never actually got sick or went to the bathroom.  After the sevcere heat and sweating I felt almost instantly better!!  Very odd but dont want to do that again!!!   C Ya.

G

I am so happy to hear you are feeling better and I apologize for the ones who just read and not post, I understand how you are feeling as I have asked many questions on here and it is always the same ones who answer and I am grateful to them. I am happy to see your post b/c I was wondering exactly what dumping was now I know from your experience. So, was it like a heart attack kind of feeling or more like gas?? I am so afraid of this. I am even more confused if RNY is for me. So we can NEVER have bread? I love cake.. and I love a traditional Caribbean dish called ROTI and it is in a flatbread kind of stage but is made out of carbonza beans does that count?

Sorry Ginger, as a pre-op, I didn't think I was one to appropriately respond to your original post...though I was 1 of the 41 *****ad it.  The only thing that went through my mind when I read your post was "biscuits and gravy!"

Glad it's over and you are feeling better!
-Elli

Stay as for away from bread, pasta and rice!  They will ALWAYS make you feel sick (dump).

I read the post but I didn't respond because being that I'm pre-op and I know very little about rny I figured I didn't have any valuable info. to offer... but

I am glad you're feeling better though.

Ginger,

I am not trying to be the food police.....and I don't know you.....but, I do know....that we all need to create healthy eating and exercise habits for a life time.......Your body is talking to you....it is dumping.....telling you to stay away from foods high in fat and sugar (or carbs)....you are lucky not everyone does this.....for me it is deter ant that keeps me away from those foods.

I hope you are not thinking I am trying to be mean, or disrespect full.......I need to let you know.....Perhaps shock you into reality.........Anyone can mess the gastric bypass up and not use the tool the way it was intended and not lose their weight or regain their weight back........I KNOW YOU DO NOT WANT TO FAIL AT THIS!!!!!  I have read your messages before and I know you are losing weight.....I just want you to be aware of what I have seen and what we who are further out go through.

You are in the honeymoon stage.....1 year - 1 1/2 years the weight is just coming off, but that will not last!!!!! I am almost 8 years out......I can eat so much more now.....if you eat unhealthy things now it is a small amount but later you will eat more and you could put yourself  back where you started. I have seen it so many times and it breaks my heart.......

LEARN THE BASICS AND STICK TO THEM......Eat "lean" protein first, then veggies, then fruit, and then if you have room left eat a carb.  Do not drink with your meal and wait 30 minutes before and after a meal to drink.  Get a minimum of 64 oz of water in a day.  Exercise 30 - 45 minutes a day for a minimum of 3 - 4 times a week.   GO TO A SUPPORT GROUP! 

You can lose the weight and keep it off!!!! But you need to use your tool.  They only change our stomach not our heads, we have to do that.  We have to work on the cravings and make healthier food choices and try to eliminate the unhealthy foods that we ate before or if you choose eat them in moderation.

THIS SURGERY DOES WORK.....BUT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT IT TOO.....I have said so many times it is not a magic surgery.  I want to cry when my friends who had the surgery the same time as me or before  me call crying because they feel terrible about themselves because they have put on 50 - 75 lbs.  Don't let this be you........

YOU CAN LOSE THE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF!!!!!  If I can do it anyone can!!! But it is not easy.....it is a lifestyle change not a temporary diet.....I will be working at this for the rest of my life....but I can do it and so can you......we are all in this together.......a journey that we travel for the rest of our lives.......but I am willing do this.....because......nothing.......nothing tastes as good as I feel in this body......not a perfect body, mind you.....but a body that allows me to do anything physically that I choose to do.......I NEVER FELT THAT EVEN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER......But at almost 50 years old......there is nothing I can't do in this body!!!!!! AND THAT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY!!!!! YOU CAN FEEL THIS WAYS TOO......Believe in yourself........do the work and you too will reap the rewards......

Take care,

Ginger

 

Thanks Ginger for your words of wisdom!!!  For the most part I have been very very good!!  I do have bread , rice and pasta but in very very small amount once a week. One or the other.  According to my nut this is fine.   I am very careful as to what I put in my mouth and I drink lots of crystal light/k2o/water everyday.   I'm not sure what came over me.  I had the choice between cheesy grits w/ low fat cheese very little and I choose to grab what my family was eating.  It smelled sooo good when I was cooking it!!  YUMMY!  I usually have no problem resisting at all!!!   I guess I had a moment of weakness!!  LOL    I really have not had any cravings or felt like I was doing with out or any of those regrettable feeling that some people describe.  I guess I had a moment of weakness and boy it felt bad.   The strangest feeling ever!!  The heat was crazy and I_ DO_NOT_WANT_TO_E VER_DO_THAT_AGAIN!!!!    Thanks again for your words of wisdom!! and kick some of the GA folks into gear we need each other even if its in a time of stupidity!!!   We need to stick together!!  Hugs and thanks!!

The other Ginger!! LOL 

Hi Ginger,

I know.... it is OK, and I don't think it was a moment of stupidity as you stated.  I just  want everyone to be successful.....and I know they can......I have noticed from my other friends who do eat carbs and put weight back on after a few years that it is the "carb addition" they have that seems to be adding the pounds on.....I know that before surgery that was my big problem, so I personally steer clear of them, except for fruit and really when we look at the ingredients of other condiments and things we are getting a little sugar or carbs in anyway. 

When I look back on my "honeymoon stage"  I am so glad I cut out the carbs.  I don't crave them at all.  If I feel like I want something sweet I will eat a piece of fruit or a tablespoon of low fat peanut butter and it satisfies me.  I also don't feel deprived at all.....

Sometimes I feel like I am on a soapbox about this.....I don't mean for it to come across that way......it is just when I think about everything we all went through to have the surgery.....and for most of us....it was the last resort and we didn't want to fail again......Man, I failed with weight loss and keeping it off all my life......I don't intend to fail this time......I am very passionate about us all succeeding......AND I KNOW IF WE "DON'T GIVE UP" AND JUST KEEP ON TRYING WE ALL WILL LIVE MUCH HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER LIVES.......

Take care,

Ginger