Poll for people 2+ years out
Of course anyone can answer, but I suspect if you're less than two years out, things are either still fluctuating for you or JUST starting to settle. Plus, I think this gives a good glimpse into the long term.
Answer the following two questions please!
1. In what ways do you NOT feel like a post-op anymore?
2. In what ways do you STILL feel like a post-op?
Any elaboration you want to give is probably helpful too. Thanks!
Answer the following two questions please!
1. In what ways do you NOT feel like a post-op anymore?
2. In what ways do you STILL feel like a post-op?
Any elaboration you want to give is probably helpful too. Thanks!
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
1. I can eat a plate of food that doesn't raise eyebrows. I know what my "safe foods" are. Many of my formerly "unsafe" foods are now safe. I can eat a bit of sugar after a meal. And of course, the scale doesn't tumble anymore.
2. I still am prone to things getting stuck. If I eat too much, I still have little pouch days. Sugar on an empty stomach = death. I have "very special" blood sugar moments (not frequent enough to be considered reactive hypoglycemia). Rice, bread, etc. are still my enemies (from a physical standpoint). If something gets stuck, I still have to bring it back up. It almost never goes down.
2. I still am prone to things getting stuck. If I eat too much, I still have little pouch days. Sugar on an empty stomach = death. I have "very special" blood sugar moments (not frequent enough to be considered reactive hypoglycemia). Rice, bread, etc. are still my enemies (from a physical standpoint). If something gets stuck, I still have to bring it back up. It almost never goes down.
1. I can eat a sensible plate of food, but still cannot guage the portions. Some of the days it is perfect but when the pouch says it is full, I do not pu**** I too can eat a small bit of sugar after the meal. And through all the exercise and watching what I eat, the scale does not budge, so I guess I am at my level.
2. There are times when I eat too fast and totally pay for it, so with that said I have to bring it up and out. That part I guess will always be there.
2. There are times when I eat too fast and totally pay for it, so with that said I have to bring it up and out. That part I guess will always be there.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Highest weight 285, day of surgery 265, current weight 209, and holding steady.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Highest weight 285, day of surgery 265, current weight 209, and holding steady.
1.) Ways that that I do NOT feel like a post-op anymore (at over 4 years out):
- I can eat and drink all but 4 things (coffee, which used to burn my pouch as recently as a year ago is now ok again)
- I can eat enough that the waitresses no longer question whether the food really WAS ok when I say I'm full and ask for a takehome box, and it doesn't raise eyebrows (well, not much anyway) when I eat out with people who don't know I had RNY
- I have my vitamin schedule down pat and don't really have to think about it too much anymore... I just sort do it
- I don't track my food or obsess about what I am eating or how much. I am still mindful of it, of course... I still focus on eating a high protein, lower carb/sugar/fat diet... and I tend to eat a lot of the same things over and over... but I don't think about food for more hours of the day than not anymore... I just know the times I need to eat and I eat at those times.
- I only weigh myself once a week and I no longer obsess about my weight. It is what it is, and I got the two things I wanted most from the surgery: a healthier body and a life that is not restricted or diminished by my size. (Disclaimer: I still have a part of me that had really hoped to get to a single digit clothing size, but I knew going into this that it was almost certainly not going to happen. It's a process of acceptance...)
- I rarely think about my size anymore (except when I am here on OH)
2.) Ways that STILL feel like a post-op:
- Having limited portion sizes. Sometimes I would LOVE to be able to enjoy just a few more bites of something.
- Having to buy and take so many vitamin supplements (I only took a multivitamin before surgery, plus Vitamin C and garlic pills if I felt like I was coming down with a cold or something)
- Adding the protein powder to a morning hot chocolate every workday (just to be sure I get enough protein each day)
Clearly, there are many more items in the first category. For me, having RNY is really not much different than having had multiple DVTs, a hysterectomy, or a gallbladder removal... it is just part of my medical history. Yes, I eat less than most people and I take more vitamins, but that's about it.
Lora
- I can eat and drink all but 4 things (coffee, which used to burn my pouch as recently as a year ago is now ok again)
- I can eat enough that the waitresses no longer question whether the food really WAS ok when I say I'm full and ask for a takehome box, and it doesn't raise eyebrows (well, not much anyway) when I eat out with people who don't know I had RNY
- I have my vitamin schedule down pat and don't really have to think about it too much anymore... I just sort do it
- I don't track my food or obsess about what I am eating or how much. I am still mindful of it, of course... I still focus on eating a high protein, lower carb/sugar/fat diet... and I tend to eat a lot of the same things over and over... but I don't think about food for more hours of the day than not anymore... I just know the times I need to eat and I eat at those times.
- I only weigh myself once a week and I no longer obsess about my weight. It is what it is, and I got the two things I wanted most from the surgery: a healthier body and a life that is not restricted or diminished by my size. (Disclaimer: I still have a part of me that had really hoped to get to a single digit clothing size, but I knew going into this that it was almost certainly not going to happen. It's a process of acceptance...)
- I rarely think about my size anymore (except when I am here on OH)
2.) Ways that STILL feel like a post-op:
- Having limited portion sizes. Sometimes I would LOVE to be able to enjoy just a few more bites of something.
- Having to buy and take so many vitamin supplements (I only took a multivitamin before surgery, plus Vitamin C and garlic pills if I felt like I was coming down with a cold or something)
- Adding the protein powder to a morning hot chocolate every workday (just to be sure I get enough protein each day)
Clearly, there are many more items in the first category. For me, having RNY is really not much different than having had multiple DVTs, a hysterectomy, or a gallbladder removal... it is just part of my medical history. Yes, I eat less than most people and I take more vitamins, but that's about it.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
p.s. I almost forgot the BIGGEST way I still feel like a post-op... the whole no NSAIDs thing.
I seriously underestimated the impact of that (and seriously overestimated how much my knees would improve after losing the weight... arthritis is forever).
Lora
I seriously underestimated the impact of that (and seriously overestimated how much my knees would improve after losing the weight... arthritis is forever).
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I'm just over two years out.
1. I can eat just about anything, in small amounts, and can eat a large enough amount that I don't feel weird eating in a restaurant or eating with people that don't know I had surgery (but it's still less than most "normal" people usually eat.
2. I have to watch how much sugar is in things, I don't drink with meals and I take about a million vitamins.
1. I can eat just about anything, in small amounts, and can eat a large enough amount that I don't feel weird eating in a restaurant or eating with people that don't know I had surgery (but it's still less than most "normal" people usually eat.
2. I have to watch how much sugar is in things, I don't drink with meals and I take about a million vitamins.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
1. In what ways do you NOT feel like a post-op anymore?
Like the others, I can order a normal size meal in a restaurant and look like a "normal" eater.
2. In what ways do you STILL feel like a post-op?
Some things just "stick" in my pouch so I know its alive and well. Sometimes at a restaurant I'll be ready to chow down and get 3 or 4 bites in and I'm DONE,DONE, DONE. God I hate that. Oh, and taking a handful or more of vitamins everyday, no exceptions.
Like the others, I can order a normal size meal in a restaurant and look like a "normal" eater.
2. In what ways do you STILL feel like a post-op?
Some things just "stick" in my pouch so I know its alive and well. Sometimes at a restaurant I'll be ready to chow down and get 3 or 4 bites in and I'm DONE,DONE, DONE. God I hate that. Oh, and taking a handful or more of vitamins everyday, no exceptions.
Reggie
I'll be 2 years out in a little over a month so I'll answer.
1- I can eat almost anything in small amounts (like one cookie or some pasta). I can also eat enough to where I can pass as a 'normal' skinny girl.
2- Food will still get stuck. Case and point, last night I was puking in the sink after eating some nice roast and veggies from the crock pot. Guess I didn't chew well enough. Sugar (more than about 10g at a time) will make me feel like death warmed over.
1- I can eat almost anything in small amounts (like one cookie or some pasta). I can also eat enough to where I can pass as a 'normal' skinny girl.
2- Food will still get stuck. Case and point, last night I was puking in the sink after eating some nice roast and veggies from the crock pot. Guess I didn't chew well enough. Sugar (more than about 10g at a time) will make me feel like death warmed over.
1. In what ways do you NOT feel like a post-op anymore?
2. In what ways do you STILL feel like a post-op?
1. I look more or less normal. Normal body build with not much extra skin (some had been removed), I am hot all the time - or most of the time... my hair is normal. Can eat like a "normal" old skinny person. Very picky eater - skinny person. Love to cook and can cook.
2. can't eat so many things: bread, pasta, rice, beans, stuff with SA, too many fruits. Have to take vitamins all the time, B12 shots (or else), antacids, and carafate. etc,. Can't take Nsaids.
Fart a lot, even when following diet. Deal with a lot of gas, bloating and abdominal pain. Can poop all the time, or none at all (constipation). When i hurt I worry - is that what I ate?, or too much? or not the right thing?, or another ulcer is forming?. Have to make sure I eat at least every 3 hrs. Good food, proteins, not just anything.
2. In what ways do you STILL feel like a post-op?
1. I look more or less normal. Normal body build with not much extra skin (some had been removed), I am hot all the time - or most of the time... my hair is normal. Can eat like a "normal" old skinny person. Very picky eater - skinny person. Love to cook and can cook.
2. can't eat so many things: bread, pasta, rice, beans, stuff with SA, too many fruits. Have to take vitamins all the time, B12 shots (or else), antacids, and carafate. etc,. Can't take Nsaids.
Fart a lot, even when following diet. Deal with a lot of gas, bloating and abdominal pain. Can poop all the time, or none at all (constipation). When i hurt I worry - is that what I ate?, or too much? or not the right thing?, or another ulcer is forming?. Have to make sure I eat at least every 3 hrs. Good food, proteins, not just anything.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
3.25 years out or there abouts
1) Not feel like a post-op: tolerances and volume, inability to lose easily
2) Still like a post-op: gas, water drinking (i feel like crap if I don't get my minimum 100 oz in), I tend to choose protein-forward and healthiest options) -- not always but most of the time. exercise is a part of my life and if I don't have my dose, I feel like crap and my energy is zilch.
1) Not feel like a post-op: tolerances and volume, inability to lose easily
2) Still like a post-op: gas, water drinking (i feel like crap if I don't get my minimum 100 oz in), I tend to choose protein-forward and healthiest options) -- not always but most of the time. exercise is a part of my life and if I don't have my dose, I feel like crap and my energy is zilch.
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