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NSAIDS are no recommended for any one post op WLS. It Can cause ulcers.. really bad - bleeding ulcers.
Even VSG are not immune to that. If you chose to take them - talk to your doc and decide with him/her if the risk is worth it.
If you deal with sciatica - back pain - there are other ways it can be helped - including steroids injections, physical therapy, massages, etc...
In extreme - a surgery...
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...."
"one day at a time - one meal at a time. "
This is my motto. That does not excuse me to eat bad things... but one bad "meal" is not an excuse to eat badly for the rest of the day.
I no longer tell myself "I'll start tomorrow" , or "Monday, for sure on Monday".
I identified foods I call "unlimited". Foods that I give myself permission to eat if I get hungry, even if my daily caloric allowance is gone...
I identified foods that are my comfort foods but they are still less damaging to me than milk chocolate, M&M or butterfingers...
I chose "keto - Paleo " type diet - so fats and proteins are Okm - carbs - not so much. Even so called "healthy carbs" like fruits - caused me to crave more foods..
for me - my comfortfoods are:
- chicken, beef and pork - any type - with no sugar or carbs added.. (i.e. honey cured ham is not good for me..)
- nuts - mostly low carbs nuts like walnuts, pecans, macadamia...
- NSA pickles...
- some veggies - like cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, spinach, .. - non starchy veggies .
- olives
- avocado
- pork rinds..
- NSA almond butter
my "comfort foods" - more sinful.. are:
- NSA peanut butter (only organic - so when I eat that - I know it's a treat)
- SF preserves (yea - the splenda type)
- 85% or 90% chocolate
- fruits - berries only - and only in combination with fat- or nuts - only once a week...
- wine - on weekends..
When starting low carbs - I make sure I don't feel hungry... so for the first week or so _) I eat as much as I want - but I make sure I really limit carbs, and artificail sweeteners .( the last make me hungry)
week into the "diet" - I naturally get less hungry and my cravings are mostly gone... and if I think I am hungry- I look at the chicken and pickles - and if I don't want that - then I know I am not really hungry...but that my fat cells are mad at me - and they are trying to make me eat thing to feed the fat - not me...
I learned to identify hunger vs cravings...
once a week - or during crisis - I may eat 1/2 jar of PB or bake my own almond -coconut cookies and eat them...
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...."
All I can add is my encouragement and support. You can do this. You already know what you need to do so no point in going on about that. I know it isn't easy to overcome the habits you've picked back up but you did it before and I have confidence you can do it again. Recommit and good luck.
Karin
Glad you've recognized what you're doing and working towards correcting that behavior. Good luck and you have 7 months to get those 40 lbs off. You can do it, you've done it before!
Hello. I have not signed into this account since I made one, about 3 years ago. Was sleeved on June 25, 2013 and feel wonderful except for the fact that I deal with chronic back and sciatic pain on a daily basis. Since I am 3 yrs out, is it okay to take ibuprofen or aleve? Tylenol does not work for me and *****ally wants to be doped up stronger pain pills?
Hi Everyone,
I haven't written in a very long time though I do go on this site many times throughout the day. I am 5-1/2 years out after VSG starting weight was 267 lost 117lbs lowest weight was 145 lbs. In the last 2 years I have gained 40 lbs and am so scared that this weight keeps going up and up. I know it's all my own fault, eating the wrong things a lot of carbs, sweets I have no one to blame but myself. I know how to work around my sleeve, which has caused all of my problems. Meaning if I want to eat something that I know is not good and know that it can cause my sleeve not to be happy I just take my time in eating whatever it is even if it takes 45 mins or longer.
I know what I have to do - I just can't keep my mind in the right direction and it's killing me that I am gaining all this weight. I have had some sugeries since my VSG was done, had breast cancer, two foots surgeries, kidney surgery and my gallbladder out and I am not making excuses for all of these surgeries cause none of them have caused me to eat the wrong foods.
Sorry for venting, I just feel so hopeless and depressed about where I was and where I am now. My nephew is getting married in June in St. Thomas and I don' want to be this fat blob at the wedding. UGH!!!!!
So once again I started the day off in the right direction and hoping that I keep that way.
Thanks for letting me vent a bit.
Toni
For me to lose weight I need to eat low carbs (30-60 gr- depends on my daily avtivities), 70-100 gr of proteins daily, and the rest from fat. 800-1400 cal per day - averaging 1000 or less calories per day based on weekly numbers.. Some days I get more hungry - other days - I don't do I eat less... It keep my body " guessing".
Really measuring everything, because I have tendency to over or under estimate...
I try to eat as "real" natural food - eggs, meat, fish, and non starchy veggies. Grains really don't fit in my diet because I just like bread too much and it is easier for me not to have any. One bite of bread often ends up me eating the whole serving... Some items - trigger food - I can't do "one bite". I learn what they are And I know that I need to avoid them.
Processed foods - like protein bars - are really glorified candy bars - I have them if I want a candy bar... But I know they are really only slightly better choice than a candy bar... I only eat them when I travel - only only buy one at a time...(i.e. my last trip - I had 1 protein bar on each day I traveled to or from )
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...."
Hi Evelyn,
I think I need to talk to my internist and get to the bottom of this. Thanks for your reply - very helpful.
JA
Hi,
I have the same problems and I am 5-1/2 years out - I take Advil all the time. Just make sure you drink enough water with the pills and don't lay down. I find that if I lay down to soon after I get bad heartburn.
Hope you feel better soon.
Awesome. Thanks for this. I gained about 20 in past 3 months, and need to get back on track. One of these days, real soon, I'm just sure I'll get ready to get started on that.....
"Fake it til you make it."
