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How exciting! A few last-minute bits of advice...
- If you weigh yourself after surgery, you will find you have gained weight! This is because they pump you full of fluids. This excess weight will go away in 5-10 days, and then you'll get to watch the pounds melt away.
- Many people go through a period of regretting their decision. This is absolutely normal, and doesn't mean you've made a mistake in having surgery. The feeling will pass.
- Constipation can become a very annoying problem very quickly. Drink lots of fluid (aim for 2 litres) and take any stool softeners they give you.
- After surgery, get up and walk as soon as you can. This will reduce the risk of blood clots, and help with gas pain.
Wow!! I haven't posted in years buuuut I'm back. It's been a roller coaster ride since my journey. I was at one point 10 lbs from my ultimate goal. ????? Then divorce, nursing, and grad school hit. All of the sudden before I knew it I was 15 lbs from being at my weight before surgery. 65 lbs of stress, health problems, and depression. It was awful! Needless to say I'm back on my journey. And been working my sleeve since April. And now I am 25 lbs away from my ultimate goal, on track, and will hit my goal by the beginning of 2020. I have to truly say it has been sooooo much easier this time. I'm stressing, rushing my weight loss or obsessing about the numbers on the scale. I measure my success on behavior and approach to food choices and being active. Instead of focusing on weight I'm focused on behavior. I remind myself and my patients "Good health is a byproduct of good behavioral choices". Being back in this good space is an added accountability for me. Can't wait to read and share everyone's success stories.
So I did end up going to the ER (again) and was given Sucralfate 4 times a day. I was eating too little. With the acid and the fear of getting that big again. I was developing food aversion, especially towards carbs which are sometimes needed to absorb the acid in my tummy. Currently still on 40 mg of Omeprazole, but now I'm eating every 2-3 hours on the clock (with alarms) so I'm eating 3 meals with 2-3 snacks in between them. The doctors told me to increase my carbs a bit because I had a lot of ketones in my urine usually only food in starvation. So I try to get in at least a slice of 100 percent light whole wheat toast and bought Gerber arrowroot baby biscuits, that only have 3g of carbs (one being sugar) per biscuit, I eat half one if I feel acid coming on right before bed. My acid is all but controlled now as long as I stick to that eating plan, it acts up at night a bit, and I broke my not-really stall. I was losing really slowly during my reflux issue period, and now I'm dropping .5 - 1lb a day.
hallelujah!
Are you logging your weight? (Click the plus sign in the top-right corner of the nav bar, then "log weight.") Without that, there's no data to populate the ticker.
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
on 10/2/19 4:48 pm
I've also not been able to get the ticker to work! No matter what I do the lil guy is always at zero. How do I get him at my starting weight?
on 10/2/19 4:40 pm
Tomorrow is 2 weeks!? I'm still feeling great. I went back to work on Monday and though I was a little tired when I got home, don't know if it was just a crappy day or if I wore myself out. Surgery is hard work regardless of having sleeve or not. Tuesday was better and I managed to sneak and get sips every chance I got. Still only got to around 20 while working, and lunch sucks because I only have 30 mins to eat, so I can't drink then lol
im not an everyday scale kinda girl so I've not weighed in since week 1. I'm weighing first thing tomorrow. I'm optimistic since I've followed the diet and haven't even had the inkling to cheat. I'm still getting my protein and water goal in everyday. Also I've been getting double the steps I did before going back to work so I'm getting around 12k a day. If I haven't lost a significant amount I'll probably be upset. But I know I have to trust the process! So wish me luck!
Individual daily measurements can be really tricky; sometimes the scale hops around and it can be misleading. Look at the long-term trends rather than the individual measurements.
I use Trendweight and like it a lot. It takes each day's weigh-in and smooths it out to get a more accurate picture of your weight loss. The only issue is that it was a little confused that I lost a bunch of weight immediately after surgery, so its estimation is a couple of pounds higher than the scale, but that's not too bad.
https://trendweight.com/u/2b49315fafac40/
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I am in maintenance. Keeping my goal weight or close to goal most of that time.
My weight can fluctuate within 5 lbs in any 24-36 hours window. Just because.
And fluctuations within 8lbs during 5-6 days.
I try to weigh daily and don't obsess about it. To me, average over at least 2 weeks shows me my weight. That is how I judge if I gained or lost weight. Then I adjust.
BTW: maintenance is a ***** I know how to lose weight, or how to gain. But keeping it "just right" is a challenge. My body doesn't have a cruise control. Darn it.
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...."
