Weight Loss Surgery - Daily Conversation 2013
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I posted a new thread to challenge water intake. As I struggle with this everyday being 1 month gastric bypass post op... I'd like you all to join the challenge and post your daily water intake in the thread as I will be also. Whether I get all 60 in or not will be posting!!! Lets encourage each other!!0
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I am officially 11 days before my SURGERY DAY!! My last week of work is this coming week. March 5th surgery date. I started my pre-op diet on Feb 19th and went for all my pre-op testing Feb 20th.
I am down to 302.8 my goal is to get to at least 299 for surgery day
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I am officially 11 days before my SURGERY DAY!! My last week of work is this coming week. March 5th surgery date. I started my pre-op diet on Feb 19th and went for all my pre-op testing Feb 20th.
I am down to 302.8 my goal is to get to at least 299 for surgery day
Hi Lovinmamaxo:
Congrats on the weight loss so far! You are so close to your surgery day! All the best to you and please let us know how everything went!
Peace,
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I went swimming today! It wasn't as cold as last time and I did better with the sighting too.0
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Got my appointment at the weight loss clinic. If I am accepted I will be having surgery. Nervous.0
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One is at 7:00 cst the 1st Monday of every month and the other one is at 1:00 cst the 3rd Thursday of every month. Message me if you want the information for this meeting. They send out reminder emails too. You mute your phone if at work and cant participate. Sometimes on Thursday's I just listen because I am busy at work. If nothing else they help me to keep my head in the game.
New here, and a firm believer in support groups. Can you send me the info?0 -
Mollie! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!0
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I am here lady MacMadame :-) I have have had some very challenging times this past year so not able to support as much. My Mom has been fighting cancer since 2005 and is now terminal. She still may live a few more years with chemo so that is encouraging. She has already lasted 2 times since they told her she would be on chemo off and on for the rest of her time left. The chemo will stop the tumor from matastizing. (not sure on spelling)Mollie! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!
Anyway now my Dad had a nasty fall and will have to have knee surgery and he did a lot for my Mom so now my sister and I will have to step up to the plate now. Other
So that is the short story. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!
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Today will be 90 days since my RNY surgery on December 5th.
I have lost 50 pounds since that day, 93 pounds since starting the program
have gone from a 44 waist size to 36-38,
Am off my high blood pressure meds, one of my diabetes meds and my other diabetes med has been cut in half.
My A1c has gone from 7.0 in August to a 5.3.
Since Christmas, I have walked 218 miles
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Today will be 90 days since my RNY surgery on December 5th.
I have lost 50 pounds since that day, 93 pounds since starting the program
have gone from a 44 waist size to 36-38,
Am off my high blood pressure meds, one of my diabetes meds and my other diabetes med has been cut in half.
My A1c has gone from 7.0 in August to a 5.3.
Since Christmas, I have walked 218 miles
I feel good.
Hi compudad:
Congratulations! You're doing great! Keep it up!0 -
Swimming!! I swam today again. I didn't do the bike ride after because I decided to be smart for once. My head isn't bothering me at all. I think this new dose of Topamax may finally do the trick!0
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So I'm kind of annoyed. According to my BodyMedia FIT and MyFitnessPal, for the past two weeks, I've been posting an average deficit of 250 calories a day. And my weight hasn't budged one bit! Bah. Stupid scale!
I am no longer annoyed by not showing progress all the time.
Take last month for instance I burned 88341 calories and consumed only 21334. That is a calorie deficit of 67007.
A pound of fat is 3500 calories, so when I divide 67006 by 3500 I see that I burned 19.44 pounds of fat.
Energy is not free, Just like you can not drive 200 miles on a 100 mile tank of gas, you cannot follow the program without long term positive results.
I spent almost two weeks last month at the same or near weight, but over the whole month I lost 18 pounds, pretty close to my calculated weight loss above.
Keep working hard, make progress every day and try to realize that daily scorekeeping can give you short-sighted disappointments.
Love it great point!0 -
Eh, I didn't love it. My thought was "typical guy. Thinks everything is a problem to be fixed."
Dude, I was just venting.0 -
Hi everyone,
newbie on this site! I should have had my gastric sleeve surgery on dec.27 2012 but of course my darn insurance company denied it due to me not showing weight loss, so now I'm on my second month of nutritional visits and showing weight loss, my check in yesterday I lost 7 pounds, so I need to lose more weight by may 1 and my insurance should approve me..fingers and toes crossed! my mom is scheduled to have Roux-en-Y surgery April 11!0 -
Your insurance company sucks. Kick em in the pants for me. (metaphorically speaking)0
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Got my surgery date.....May 8th. Excited and nervous all at the same time. Could use some friend who have been there.
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Hello all,
Check out this article that is taboo for a lot of programs and should not be: (see link below)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/955294-the-pain-of-regain-after-bariatric-surgery
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Ok so all this is new to me and I need a lot of help to keep in the right direction. I'm in my pre-op stage and I'm making lots of progress... almost finish with tests and studies need to get approve for surgery. One of my concerns is hair loss or thinning..... any recommendations? 0
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There's not a lot you can do about it.... well actually that depends. For 90% of the people, there's not a lot they can do about it. The shock of surgery and anesthesia and being on a very low calorie diet right out of surgery (a lot of people can't get in more than 400 calories those first couple of weeks) causes your hair to die. Then, because your new hair hasn't grown in yet, the dead hair stays in your head. but 3-4 months later, the new growth pushes the dead growth out. And, at that point, it's dead. Nothing you can do about it. It takes about 3 months for it all to be pushed out.
But, if your hair falls out sooner or it falls out for more than 3-4 months after it starts, that's most likely from malnutrition and you can do something about that.
The big thing is to eat a lot of protein as soon as you can so as little as possible dies that first month. And not stress to much when it does fall out.0 -
Eh, I didn't love it. My thought was "typical guy. Thinks everything is a problem to be fixed."
Dude, I was just venting.
I find your response to my post to be rude. I was trying tell about what helps me when I do not see the scale move. Dont be such a judgmental person. I come here for positive reenforcement.0 -
Still in lecture mode, I see. 0
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Hi everyone. I am new to this group and have my surgery scheduled for September 23, 2013. It has been a long process for me as I was referred in May 2012. I have learned so much about eating right and having your support system in place. If anyone has any tips on how to prepare for the surgery or what to expect after the surgery I would love to hear them 0
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I think we have to be careful on here. The typed word is not the same as the spoken and it is easy to see things in a different way. I posted a message to friends recently that the weight loss had stopped and a friend posted 'Oh why whats gone wrong?' After I had stopped blubbing I thought about it and realised she was just concerned not criticising. We have all invested so much into this physically and emotionally that it is too easy to react to anything as a major trauma.
My weightloss has stalled. I can't bring myself to stop weighing myself every day so I just look at the pattern and as I still see a general downward movement all is good. I know I need to get beyond this if I am to maintain this, the weightloss will not and cannot continue for ever!!
No-one said wls is easy I just think we need to look after each other in here because the main boards are a battle ground for wls people. And none of what I have said is aimed at anyone so I am hoping no-one has a reaction to this!!0 -
Surgery tomorrow....nervous, excited, nervous,0
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Saying a quick prayer for you tonight. Let us know how everything worked out for you.0
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Surgery tomorrow....nervous, excited, nervous,
Best of luck. Check back in when you get home.0 -
Surgery tomorrow....nervous, excited, nervous,
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Don't worry about stalls. I stall every month! lol. I loose nothing for 3 weeks then about 3-4 days before TOM I drop a few pounds and during the first 3-4 days of TOM I tend to continue to loose, then nothing!!!! for weeks! Then the cycle begins again! I am 1 year out and have 18lbs. til goal weight! It is a slow process lots of times!
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Got to the hospital was all gowned up and ready to go when they came and told me the doctor was going to cancel. He had to do a liver transplant instead. I have been rescheduled for Tuesday. Hopefully0
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Hi Everybody; I'm a Newbie here. I'm scheduled to have Roux-En-Y on Monday, May 20, 2013. Although the surgeon hasn't started me on liquids; I am doing them as of today. Tracking protein, carbs and sugar. I go for my Pre-Op day after tomorrow and will switch to whatever they have me do.
I'm extremely nervous, very excited about this journey. I've tried everything, you name it ~ 35 years of yo yo. If I could have had the WLS years ago, I would have.
Would love to get to know those of you who have recently been through WLS or are in the pre-op stages.
I'm determined to follow the plan from the beginning. Sounds like it is a good thing to take full advantage of the "honeymoon period" and get those good habits in place.0
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