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Hey fellow kids!
I just looked up and realized 2 years have flown by since I last posted anything. Crazy.
In the meantime... I've kept my weight very steady, same weight as 2 years ago so that's good! Looks like a few of the peeps I hung with while I was getting started are still hanging out here... "HI to all of you!"
This summer my cycling team and I ramped it up a notch and raced in the "Race Across America, " a three-thousand mile bike race from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD. Our 8-person team completed the distance in 6 days, 10 hours and 59 minutes, earning a respectable fourth-place finish. Not bad for a bunch an average age of 55!
I also retired from my job, after selling my company I worked for the acquirer for nearly three years. We relocated to the Palm Springs, CA area, and love it. We've been popping over to Europe once in a while to beat the heat of the desert.
Still so so so glad I did this.
Tom
Heaviest: 313/VSG Pre: 295/Surgery: 260/Maintenance target:190 - Recent: 195 (08/15/19)
1st 2015&2016 12-Hour Time Trial UMCA 50-59 Age Group
1st 2017 Race Across the West 4-Person 50-59 Age Group
4th 2019 Race Across America 8 Person Team
My brother was in a McDonald's drive thru a week after his vsg surgery..polished off an entire mcdouble in about 3mins.
HW-430
SW-372
Day of Surgery-347
CW-246
Your sleeve is still very new and it's highly unlikely that you're actually eating enough to gain that weight through calories. I say highly because we don't know your diet and it's very easy to get a ton of calories through liquids like "coffee" drinks and milkshakes. With this new of a sleeve, you should barely be able to manage a couple of ounces of solid protein at each meal.
The usual culprit for fast weight gain like that is going to be fluid retention. Please work with your team to make sure that everything is in line. Potassium is one of those nutrients that must be in balance because the consequences are dire if it gets out of whack.
In the meantime, follow your surgeon's guidelines and start keeping a log, just in case you need to provide one to your PCP for your potassium management. Let us know how you get on.
Jen
I do not like green eggs and ham.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
I just add a tsp of flaxseed (linseed) to my breakfast a few times a week.
A great many people lose in a stair-step pattern. Nothing for a while, lose a bunch fast, nothing for a while, lose a bunch fast, repeat.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
I used to use Omega 3 before surgery but stopped after as it was not a required suppliment. This Omega 3 seems to have some healthful benefits. Do any of you veteran sleevers use it? If so, do you use the soft gel cap oil and what doseage? Thanks again!
Be honest with yourself about what you are eating. Write everything down that you eat or drink. Count every calorie. Protein should be always eatin first. Dense protein is the best option, like a boneless skinless chicken breast. 3 to 4 oz. If you are still hungry eat as much non-starchy vegetables as you want to get full. But with restriction from the sleeve(this soon out from surgery) I don't think you should have much room left after eating your 3 to 4oz of protein first. When I was 1 to 4 months out I was eating 400 to 600 calories a day. And those calories came from protein. 6 months out I try to keep my calories to no more than 800 a day most of the week. But 2 days a week I don't limit myself. I can for sure eat more food now at 6 months out so Its even more on me now to be on top of how much I eat at each meal, how many times a day I am eating, and what types of food I am eating when I do eat. I don't eat any refined carbs or sugar anymore.
HW-430
SW-372
Day of Surgery-347
CW-246
