CidGrad
Excellent Advice from Guys on OH
Jul 17, 2010
MY OH ladies have been tremendous. I recently read back through my correspondence, though, and saw tons of great advice from my OH brothers. I thought I'd share.Aug is right around the corner. Are you ready? Are you doing a liquid diet before surg? I was in and out in 55 min. I had no pain after, just a slight pressue. lol I used my grill tongs to pick clothes up and small things off the floor. Unloading groceries was a pain, could not lift over 5lbs so i had to make a lot of trips which tires you out fast.
I am 6'3 and I started at 435. I wore a 6xl shirt, and borderline 60w pants. Started the Gym at 305 3 weeks ago and Now I weigh 295 and can get into 42w jeans. Shirt I am at a baggy 3xl.. I even dropped a size on my feet. I can wear 13s again.
At 6 months out I could finish a yogurt. My surg was on May 15, 2009. The most of a chicken breast i can eat now is still 1/2 and maybe a bite of veggies. It really depends on how dense the item is and how much i feel like chewing it. Last night I ate my first steak in a very long time. A 5oz Filet and that is all i ate. It was so good too.. lol
A lot of people do this. I stayed on the soft food diet longer so i could continue to lose more.
Make sure you buy gas x strips. They will help you a lot right after surg. Those gas pains are killer. No drinking from straws and nothing carbonated.
Drinking water after made me queezy so i put crystal lite in it. I still do to the day. I dont know why but it happens to everyone. Temp of the water also matters early out, same goes for food. IF you get acid reflux after no worries it goes away.
To know you're full most people burp, lol I did. I am serious and not making this all up. You have to eat on a schedule cause for once you will not be hungry.
Another issue for WLSers is Carb coma. If I eat bread, pasta or Rice. I will be asleep within 20min. There is no fighting it either.. If you have any questions pls ask..
dont know if you can cook, here is a site with alot of friendly recipies http://www.bariatriceating.com/BEhealthnutrition/recipes.php ______________________________________________________ 1. Did you do a liquid diet? OMG yes.. I like to block that part out. I was on a 6 week liquid diet. I lost 35lbs on that alone. the weight i would have lost after surg I lost before. So in reality I've lost 105lbs on the surg but the inches i've lost is unreal. I have not weighed in the two's since who knows how long..
Any recommendations for that? I drank 4-5 protein (whey isolate) shakes a day. www.nutrabio.com This is equal to Unjury but without the cost. It does not have a funky aftertaste either. Does not clump and mixes well in everything. I buy the plain and flavor it myself now. Put into food, muffins ect.
Do not buy chicken broth it is filled with sodium. It will taste better and cheaper to make your own. I went to the chineese carry out and bought 5 lrg wonton soups minus the wonton. This way you have the prefect container to store your broth in. I always save my shrimp shells, put them in zip lock bags and freeze them. You boil the shells to make shrimp stock so i made a tasty searfood flavored broth to drink.. I did add a bulion cube to the stock I made for flavor but there is so much water that it didn't change the sodium levels. Put some veggies in thats stock too helps. Strain them off
I ate Sug free jello, SF popsicles, lots of Crystal light, SF Tea, SF drinks you have to change the flavor of the water because you are drinking so much of it, its the only way to get it in. Do not watch TV, lol all the commercials are about food. Low Sodium V8 Juice.
2. You lost 130lbs without working out at all? Since I dropped the 35 pre op. I lost 105 without doing anything. My Dr. see's the pre op as part of the surg loss. Walking that's it. I helped someone move and lost 6lb from the cardio. I went to the mall and walked there and walmart, its hot here in the summer. I had been dealing with a leg ulcer that cleared right up after the weight loss. I had the damn thing for almost a year, very very painful too.
When did your doc tell you it was OK to begin lifting weights? I think it was 2 months after
3. You mention water temperature. Do you tolerate cold or room temp better? Mainly room temp, to slightly cold but not ice cold. I can drink cold but most times there is a bit of discomfort. It's harder to get all your water in if it's ice cold, the stomach clinches up and then starts to argue with you. (growling) Same goes for food right after no hot or spicy. You need time to heal and dont want to irritate the stomach. _______________________________________________________ It is no problem. I did my reseach on the matter before hand. A few more things. I ate out of pyrex custard cups after surg. I found this was a good size and only holds so much. use a small spoon. For later get some smaller plates to eat off of. 7-8" this way with food on it your plate looks full. (Its a mental thing trust me)
Things will be tuff your first few months, you have to eat slow and really chew. You are testing what you can eat, some things will not agree with you right after, don't worry give it time. Please don't be one of these people who eat a bite of pizza 2 weeks out and wonder why they are sick..
You can not miss meals. You can not drink with meals so watch the sodium. You can not drink 30-45 min after a meal. If you eat to fast you'll drool.. LOL if you eat to much you'll drool. just go outside and spit it out. haha. If you eat to much to fast, you'll drool.. There can be pain or pressure with any combo.. When you get the feeling, I should not take that last bite, guess what dont take it. Cause you will have pain and you will drool. Same goes for trying to drink to fast. baby sips take it slow..
lol no matter how much i tell you, you'll be laughing after cause it's going to happen to you. Just letting you know what to expect so you dont freak out. You can not take the womens advice on the vsg, they make everything dramatic.
If you dont have one buy a magic bullet. Its a small food processor. This is prefect for people who had WLS. When you get to mushy food stage you can puree everything in it and clean up is fast.
This site saved me. I can cook very well but adapting what I make to fit the WLS lifestyle was a different story. She has recipes for protein ice cream.. Amazing stuff I make it all the time. It's just a healthy option. http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/
stay off the scale... throw that thing away now!!
will send more info as I think of it. _______________________________ Way 2 Go Dude. The hardest part is now behind you. Now you'll have have the 2 week pre surgery liver shrinking diet, the presurgery cold feet (do I really need to do this?) and the ultimate "don't risk death to loose weight" speech from a close friend or family member. These are all pretty regular and normal. Don't lose your focus. Write your self a list of reason you want this surgery and another things you want to do as a thinner person that can include stuff a s simple as sitting in a restaurant booth without a shoe horn to pry yourself in or as exocit as skiing or hang gliding. Keep these two things to reference post-op. They are motivational 6, 12, 18 ,months out. I still read mine at 4 yrs post-op. and it will also be good to get some pre surgery pictures at a location and in positions you can replicate post op so you can see for yourself how your body is changing as you shrink.
Hey, its a great ride. Very excited for you. Big Congrads!!!!
Oh and do not stock up on foods and drinks before surgery, your tastes are gonna change after surgery. Trust me. The only thing you can be sure of is vitamins, supplements, water, ice, and maybe beef broth. (Walgreens has a generic (their brand) very small mutil-vitamin with iron; chewable were tolerable but nasty; I started with Flinstones but was quickly looking for alternatives that weren't horse tablets.)
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Upper Marlboro, MD
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12/06/2010
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Apr 26, 2010
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