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3 weeks and there was no "irritation" with your pouch at that point? Thank you for the response. its been rough trying to get my liquid let alone my meals down this past week since my surgery and the cravings have been up and down sometimes they are there sometimes not at all. except for the pickle juice haha thats been pretty constant
Thank you I am 34 male currently at 374 lbs down from 435 first weigh in before surgery or 465 when i went in with heart problems in june so I have some sagging going on. witch is causing some pain and irritation already. the co worker and her manager cage/front desk at the hotel of the casino i manage were both talking about this shirt in general.
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But after reading your comment i dont think that will be right for me. Thank you. Are you talking more like Spanx or whatever they are called my Fiancee has mentioned. I just woke up and saw your reply so i haven't looked on line yet. Thank you for the reply.
Hello All:
I started my journey to WLS back in August and I am in the home stretch. One more appointment with the dietician early next month, then with the nurse practitioner the week after. After that, I meet with my surgeon to discuss the surgery and schedule my surgery! I'm excited, but nervous of course. Just so happy that I decided to move forward with the process. I have been in the constant lose-gain-lose-gain cycle for many years. The summer before last I had lost 97 pounds and was within 20 pounds of my goal weight, all from following a popular commercial weight loss program. I never in a million years thought I would gain any of that weight back - thought I had conquered the monster once and for all. Here I sit a year and a half later with all but 25 of those pounds back on. That was the deciding factor for me concerning surgery. I can always lose it, but it always comes back. I need this tool to help me with that piece of it :) . . . looking forward to reading more about all of your experiences. Thank you for sharing!!
Second time down. Took 2 months! Arrrrgh! So frustrating! Yes. Better than gaining 5 pounds.
Damn plateaus. 
My starting weight was 263 gw 138 made it for 3months then back to 145
Thank you that is very helpful!!! I like the 40 push morning noon and night!!!
Weigh and measure every bite and track it somewhere like myfitnesspal. At 2 years out it is easy to eat more than we realize.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
A few thoughts/suggestions....
*Follow the basic daily guidelines:
Less than 800 calories
Less than 40 grams carbohydrates
At least 65 grams protein
At least 120 oz. water
*Pre-plan meals and vary menu.
*Weigh and measure everything.
*Log everything in myfitnesspal.com or some other app.
Personally, I couldn't last on your menu. I try to vary my meals a bit, without going crazy about it. For breakfast, generally a veggie omelette, or egg salad made with avacado or cottage cheese, or chaffles, or leftover meat heated with cheese if I don't want to go the egg route. Lunch is generally a salad with protein or meat/cheese roll-ups. Dinner is generally meat/fish with veggies. Snack is Carbmaster Yogurt with lite cool whip or cottage cheese. Lately I've been trying a few new recipes to change things up a bit so I don't become bored. I've been making batches of cauliflower fried rice, foil fish or chicken packets with veggies and cream cheese, etc.
It's great that you still have restriction. You don't mention your starting or current weight. Did you reach your goal? Are you regaining?
I haven't reached my goal yet. I was losing weight and doing well. Then I let outside issues/events get the better of me. I started at 380, and got down to 220. Then stayed there for about two years. When I saw I was gaining weight and reached 235, I realized I was in trouble. For several months I lost/gained 15 pounds over and over. I couldn't stay on track. I finally went back to my surgeon's office for follow-up. I'm going every month to see the nutritionist. After the first of the year, I'll cut back to every other month. I've reached Onederland finally.
Unfortunately, it's an ongoing battle. But I've accepted that fact. I may lose some battles, but I'm fighting to win the war.
HW: 380 SW: 324 GW: 175
The first two years are called the honeymoon period. We lose weight effortlessly. After that comes the bounce back regain period. What happens is that the body realizes that we have starved it and it figures out how to get it weight back.
After year two, it is very hard to lose and very hard to just maintain. The calories that resulted in maintenance six months ago now result in regain.
The only way to lose and maintain now is to eat less calories than you burn. The first thing my nutritionist told me to do was stop drinking protein shakes. I then had to figure out how many calories a day I could eat without gaining. My goal weight is 136 and I maintain on 1400 calories a day.
When I go higher I gain. If I cut to about 800, I lose about one pound a week. I track my food and weigh every day. It does not get easier. It gets harder. I am either on a diet or gaining. Just like before surgery.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
