5 year surgiversary

Thank you so much, Sandy!

Yes, I too graze, but it is now calculated grazing (well at least MOST of the time).  I put together ALL my food for the day if I am working and eat it piece meal.  I may have a hard boiled egg at 10:30 am and a cup of homemade soup for lunch followed by some veggies and hummus at 2:00 and a half an apple with a thin slice of smoked gouda at 3:30.  5:00 sees me eating about 12 almonds until I can get home for dinner of Beef stroganoff over cooked cauliflower.  About 9:00 I'm a bit hungry so I have some Alpine sf spiced hot apple cider mix and call it a night.  So I'm constantly eating, but it is all preplanned.

We all do what works for US however.  Good to see you again and glad to know someone else is fighting the good fight too--and winning!

Trisha
funny, you probably knew me as pat :-)

Thank you for your post.  And, your right, simple carbs will do us in.  I wish I wouldn't have tasted them after surgery either.  Now I'm struggling. 
I'm going to try to keep this uppermost in my mind to help keep my off simple carbs.  Daytime is fine, evening is the worst.
Congratulations to you!

I absolutely loved your post(s) and hope that you'll pop in a little more often to dispense your wisdom!  As you can see, it hit home with a lot of people today.  Congratulations on sharing your success with everyone, and reminding everyone that our life is what we make it.

Wow !! Well put! At 2 years out I struggle with carbs.
THANKS fro sharing your journey!

Trisha: thank you so verymuch for your post.  I wish I could describe that feeling of amazement after I first had WLS and the scales actually went down instead of up! Then the wonderment of eating a few bites and not really caring if I ate again that day or not! Definitely a big change for me -it was like a miracle! I am now  almost 18 mos. out and reality has set in.  You have explained and expressed the feelings of many of us who are a year plus out from surgery.
I was told it was ONLY A TOOL! It works but you have to also.  I have lost successfully a bit over 200 lbs but am now struggling with a few pounds of gain due to those dreadful carbs!!! This board is a huge help for so many of us and posts like yours!!

You have told us the truth and hopefully many will benefit from it (myself included).  Please don't be a stranger to the boards and come and visit.  We would welcome your comments and advice.  Thank you so much for your post.

Congrats

 Thank you so much for your post.  Congratulations on your hard work and success.  It always encourages me to read posts of people who have some years out from the surgery.

I am 5 weeks out and had a check up today because I haven't been feeling that well.  I was in the hospital for 4 days after my surgery.  Came home and then had to go back in for 9 days because of pain and dehydration.  I am still experiencing some pain and dehydration issues but not as bad as before.  I have lost a total of 47 pounds.  

I guess my concern would be the carbs as well.  I was such a sweet eater before the surgery.  Right now, I am not able to eat too much of anything because of the pain and nausea.  My dr. said that that should subside soon because everything with the surgery went great and still looks great.  It's just probably because I was a diabetic before the surgery and was having stomach problems before, it's just taking me a little longer to feel better.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for your post!  God bless you and I pray for your continued success!

{{{{Angie}}}}

What you are going through is tough.  It is the nuts and bolts part of the equation and as you are going through it I KNOW you have asked yourself "What the H did I do?  Well, the easy answer is that you made a decision to SAVE your life.

Like you I was a type 2 diabetic, but didn't have the stomach problems except for acid reflux.  I must admit I did not have a difficult time with my surgery (the RNY that is....PS was a different ball game) and I was out of the hospital in 33 hrs.  I was walking a half mile within a day and I felt great except for the head hunger.

Try transitioning yourself with a lot of sf things.  This was one of my very favorite, and remains so to this day. Take two bricks of low fat cream cheese and beat a tub of SF cool whip topping into them until smooth and creamy.  Add in Splenda to taste.

I use this as a dip for apples, mix it with applesauce (sf of course), mix it with cottage cheese and blueberries for breakfast, and make jello, whip the jello and add about 2/3 C for a large package of sf jello.   Whip it into the jello and put it in 1/2 C containers. MAN for me that is living!  I love it.  Tastes like cheesecake and it really helps with the sweet tooth.

Please know that it gets SO much easier as time goes on.  This is both a blessing and a curse and some day you will look back fondly upon this time.  I SWEAR!  In the meantime it is difficult for you and difficult to imagine it will EVER get better

Please know too that my turning point was at about 7 weeks.  All of a sudden I started feeling much better and had more energy, and you will too!!

Also know that I am with you on the dehydration issue. I am 5 years out and .....I still struggle to get enough liquid in and it isn't because I can't drink 4-6 oz at a time!  It is psychological!  I used to get ill drinking liquids and now I have an aversion to them, BUT I REALLY have an aversion to severe leg cramps that result when I am dehydrated so it is a balancing act which reminds me right now that I need to drink something....

Good luck with your journey, Angie.  I can't begin to tell you the highs you will experience down the line.  They will be YOUR highs.  Right now you are experiencing the lows, but just wait until you have your next A1c and it is NORMAL.  I haven't been considered a diabetic for 4 1/2 years now.  Do you know what that means in terms of things like insurance?  It is huge!

All this long rambling to say, I'm with you in spirit, I know where you are at, and you have SO much to look forward to in your future.

Hang in there!

Trisha

Thank you soooo much for your response and encouragement. I just got out the hospital yesterday. I was in there ofr 2 days. Still having the pain and nausea. Had every test done though and everything looks great except for the fact that I am dealing with a diabetic stomach. Which will eventually go away. So my problem really isn't surgery related. Thank the Lord.

I will definitely try those recipes once I get to feeling a little better. I don't regret having the surgery mainly because of all the support I get on here and that tells me that 1 day things will get better!

I will keep u posted on my progress.

Hugs!
Angie

yes, thank you and DO keep me updated.  If I remember correctly we had the same surgeon.  How is the old hippie?

I'm glad it isn't surgery related, the other WILL settle down in time.  At this point the hardest thing you are dealing with is the physical part of this whole process.  THAT gets much easier with time, but what becomes more difficult is the emotional/head part.  It seems to hit at about 12-18 months out.  In the meantime follow the program!!!!!  Don't eat simple carbs and concentrate on feeling good and losing the weight.

Best to you.

Trisha