Bloating - 3 weeks out

I'm 3 weeks out from VSG and feel great, with one exception. I am so bloated that I had to go out and buy bigger undergarments and my fat pants barely fit around my stomach. I've tried Gas X, but doesn't seem to help and I'm not constipated. I haven't even eaten anything yet this morning and I feel like I am pregnant. Anyone else have this and ANY suggestions on how to remedy this? It's very, very uncomfortable.

The gas is from the surgery - not your GI tract. The best way to get it to dissipate is to walk as much as possible.

This pain only started a week ago. I never had a problem with the gas at the beginning and I walk 3 miles a day.

Are you walking all at once? Or splitting it up throughout the day?

Ask your surgeon perhaps.

Throwing darts in the dark, but I've read some people can become lactose intolerant after surgery when they weren't before. How much dairy are you consuming?

I would contact your surgeon's office and see if they have any ideas.

I left a message yesterday to have my dr.'s office call me - apparently no rush on their part. I eat a small yogurt for breakfast. But today, I hadn't even had anything to eat and I was close to looking 6 mos. pregnant! I didn't have any gas buildup after surgery. So strange.

So now, when I go back to the timing of being bloated, I'm thinking it is the Premier Protein shakes causing the problem. Which makes be sad because I love them. I had about 2 ounces and within 30 minutes I was bloated back to 6 mos pregnant!

It's just such a great way to get protein in during the early stages. I'm going to buy some Muscle Milk which is lactose free to see if that cures the problem. I do eat a lot of greek yogurt, but I read that they it has very little lactose because it is strained so many time.

Guess it's time to do the bloat tests!

It could be lactose, whey protein or even the artificial sweeteners. I cannot do whey or even Muscle Milk. I did find that Jay Robb Egg White protein gave me no ill effects.

I couldn't tolerate protein shakes after surgery, so used unflavored protein powder to supplement soups. I would blend bean, lentil, beef vegetable, chili, whatever soup was low in fat and sugars (and no noodles or rice) with some unflavored protein powder and thin them so I could drink them, about a half a cup every 3 hours. I never had any trouble with getting all my protein in and it all tasted pretty good! :)