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Topic: RE: supplements
Trina,
You can call me Heather if you'd like. My second nutrition visit was...okay. At the first nutrition group class we were told to bring all of our vitamins and supplements and she would look them over to be sure that we were taking the correct ones. That never happened. Basically my second nutrition visit I answered a ton of questions which were also on the paper I was told to fill out and give to her, which she never asked for. After that she gave me a very very very generic meal plan with no specific amount of food. For instance I can have a piece of meat that's the size of my palm, 2 carb choices which is stated as 1 small bowl of potatoes/noodles/etc., and then as many "Free" foods as I like, which free foods are not jello and popsicles, they are vegetables. She also told me that I need to start journaling and writing down how i feel when i eat, and what i'm eating, why i'm eating...basically being conscious of eating in general. It was suggested that I purchase the workbook "mind over mood" to help me with my binge eating when I get stressed or bored. I purchased the book and looked through it and ended up returning it because the format was not something I felt as though I would benefit from. I was also asked what I thought my goal weight would be, and honestly I want to be healthy and not a diabetic any longer, but I'd still love to have a slim body. So I didn't tell her an exact weight, and I really didn't want to know what my "goal" weight would be but I was told anyways and it's just 100 pounds from where I am now. I was told in order to have a healthy pregnancy and child I would need to lose around 150 pounds, and now I feel somewhat defeated because the answer she gave me still means that I won't be able to have a healthy pregnancy, which I hope to have happen in about 2 to 3 years. And I know that weight is just a number and it shouldn't matter if I'm healthy but it still kind of breaks my heart. But then again I guess my weight loss really depends on my motivation and devotion and what I make of this entire thing. I'm hoping if I really follow the meal plan and exercise that I'll be able to come close to the 150 pounds I need to lose. Do you think that is possible? I mean has anyone been told that they would only lose a certain amount and in the end you ended up passing that number and losing even more?
So now I'm at a standstill waiting on insurance approval and for Vandy to set a date. Hopefully I'll be able to have the surgery at the end of March but I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
You can call me Heather if you'd like. My second nutrition visit was...okay. At the first nutrition group class we were told to bring all of our vitamins and supplements and she would look them over to be sure that we were taking the correct ones. That never happened. Basically my second nutrition visit I answered a ton of questions which were also on the paper I was told to fill out and give to her, which she never asked for. After that she gave me a very very very generic meal plan with no specific amount of food. For instance I can have a piece of meat that's the size of my palm, 2 carb choices which is stated as 1 small bowl of potatoes/noodles/etc., and then as many "Free" foods as I like, which free foods are not jello and popsicles, they are vegetables. She also told me that I need to start journaling and writing down how i feel when i eat, and what i'm eating, why i'm eating...basically being conscious of eating in general. It was suggested that I purchase the workbook "mind over mood" to help me with my binge eating when I get stressed or bored. I purchased the book and looked through it and ended up returning it because the format was not something I felt as though I would benefit from. I was also asked what I thought my goal weight would be, and honestly I want to be healthy and not a diabetic any longer, but I'd still love to have a slim body. So I didn't tell her an exact weight, and I really didn't want to know what my "goal" weight would be but I was told anyways and it's just 100 pounds from where I am now. I was told in order to have a healthy pregnancy and child I would need to lose around 150 pounds, and now I feel somewhat defeated because the answer she gave me still means that I won't be able to have a healthy pregnancy, which I hope to have happen in about 2 to 3 years. And I know that weight is just a number and it shouldn't matter if I'm healthy but it still kind of breaks my heart. But then again I guess my weight loss really depends on my motivation and devotion and what I make of this entire thing. I'm hoping if I really follow the meal plan and exercise that I'll be able to come close to the 150 pounds I need to lose. Do you think that is possible? I mean has anyone been told that they would only lose a certain amount and in the end you ended up passing that number and losing even more?
So now I'm at a standstill waiting on insurance approval and for Vandy to set a date. Hopefully I'll be able to have the surgery at the end of March but I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
Topic: RE: supplements
Calcium and iron interfere with one another’s absorption. Do not take iron or a multivitamin that contains iron at the same time as your calcium.
Hmmmm I did not know this, is this true for us all (lap-banders too???? I take mine at the same time, guess I might need to change that.
Hmmmm I did not know this, is this true for us all (lap-banders too???? I take mine at the same time, guess I might need to change that.
StuckinTexas 
Topic: RE: Transfer of addictions
"You are either an alcoholic, morbidly obese, a workaholic, a shopaholic, a blooming idiot or the combination of all."
WOW I think just maybe I should be insulted LOL........
Not much to add, so sorry. Just wi****oo had that housecleaning OCD thing
"You are either an alcoholic, morbidly obese, a workaholic, a shopaholic, a blooming idiot or the combination of all."
WOW I think just maybe I should be insulted LOL........
Not much to add, so sorry. Just wi****oo had that housecleaning OCD thing
StuckinTexas
Topic: RE: supplements
Hi Ms. Bell,
I am going to attempt to address your supplement dilemma… If I get off track or fail to address the issue that was up most important please let me know… Oh yea, Ps… thank you for being a participant here at NNEW… It means more than you will ever know….
In my early days of post op I quickly discovered the use of a pill crusher… I found an awesome crusher at my local pharmacy for around $2.99.…
I crushed the heck out of my calcium supplements… as a matter of fact I think I pulverized those suckers… LOL….
I take B12 injections however, you can purchase a B-12 sublingual from Wal-Mart that is the size of a dot that you place under your tongue and dissolves in seconds.
My Iron supplement is prescribed by my surgeon. I have been anemic since the birth of my two children and nothing has changed over 22 years…. I take a prescribed Iron supplement by Dr. Richards…
Now here is where things can get tricky….
Calcium is best absorbed when taken in doses no larger than 600mg at a time.
Calcium and iron interfere with one another’s absorption. Do not take iron or a multivitamin that contains iron at the same time as your calcium.
I have a time schedule I go by for which I take my vitamin supplements throughout the day… Let me know if you are interested in that schedule and I will post it for you.
I am anxious to hear about how your 2nd nutrition visit went… What did you learn?
Topic: RE: supplements
Thank you both for the help. I really appreciate it. Hopefully I can get this all straightened out.
Topic: RE: What's True About Nutrition?
This is along the same line of a post I put on the Yahoo group website. I went for my second nutrition appointment and was given a generic meal plan where it says I can have 1 small bowl of noodles and that would count as 1 of my 2 carb servings. I wasn't given a specific amount or weight and so I looked to the bag as a guide and it said 2oz. When I weighed it out on my scale 2oz was 1 cup of noodles and I don't think that 1 cup of noodles could be considered 1 carb choice for anyone who has had weight loss surgery. However, when I looked online to try and find some help I was told a serving size was 2oz. It's just so confusing for those of us who have had WLS or preparing for it as to know the proper amount of food we should be consuming.
Topic: RE: supplements
Hey Ms BellBuckleGal ,
Topic: RE: What's True About Nutrition?
There are alot of this info that us as WLS patients must take as a grain of salt, and what I mean by that is in a very, very small amount! Yes Trina, sweetie you are right they aren't capable of mak'n these types of discussion stick to wall of our tummies or as that goes anyone elses, in so many words. It would diffenently overload ours. Our regiments are so completely different then a normal persons that it's not funny. If they have for instance a glass of wine, that isn't a dry wine, of course your are meaning the red wine, that is the one that is consider to be heart healthy, you see it can get rather confusing. Ours is alittle more indepth.
Like the veggies, and being prepared, there is a certain way we prepare that is different that say to be fried, or in such as a tator, just boil with tons of butter, we have the smart balance, or I can't believe it's not butter etc. Or the sugar subs. for our wonderful cup of hot tea, ya know what I'm talk'n about. They aren't allowing for the changes of folks with different strokes. It sounds as though they are putting us all in a group of everyone, and this is how it is!!! Just wait a few months this too will pass. And it really makes ya wonder????
Like the veggies, and being prepared, there is a certain way we prepare that is different that say to be fried, or in such as a tator, just boil with tons of butter, we have the smart balance, or I can't believe it's not butter etc. Or the sugar subs. for our wonderful cup of hot tea, ya know what I'm talk'n about. They aren't allowing for the changes of folks with different strokes. It sounds as though they are putting us all in a group of everyone, and this is how it is!!! Just wait a few months this too will pass. And it really makes ya wonder????
Topic: RE: What's True About Nutrition?
480/435/180/230
HW/SW/CW/GW
Currently Looking into Plastics with Dr. Carden (in Mexico)
Very infomative article, thank you for sharing.
480/435/180/230
HW/SW/CW/GW
Currently Looking into Plastics with Dr. Carden (in Mexico)
