Gastric Sleeve Patients?????

I had surgery May 2012. I am really struggling with eating properly. I don't eat much but I have been making bad choices and am hoping to find some like minded folk to help me thru this. I was searching for gastric sleeve diets and found this thread. Gonna update MFP info and get back here to find and give support!! Peace!

I had the same issue and I've had many follow ups. The nausea gets better and so does the exhaustion. It takes time as your body has been thru an extreme trauma. My body has done crazy things but it's all due to the major adjustments you are going thru. Hang in there it gets better

Hey everyone. I had my sleeve done on 2/10 of this year. So far I've lost 25 lbs total between pre and post op. I go back to doctors today. And thankfully I have been feeling wonderful, thank God no complications. My question is this. Have any of you since your surgery been eating more since having the surgery. by all means I still cannot eat a lot, but I know Im able to eat more than I did when I first had the surgery and was wondering if it was because my stomach is no longer swollen. Thank you for any help.

Sorry I posted twice.

Hello,

Congratulations on having the Gastric Sleeve. I myself had the Gastric Sleeve nearly 4 years ago and doing great. There is another site that I use besides this site, the other site I use is called: Obesity Help. I don't know if you use that site let alone heard of it. If you have heard of it you can follow me on it and the same for this site. Feel free to add me to your friends list.

Hi all, I was sleeved in December of 2013 (about 14 months ago) and have lost 210 pounds - yep - 210 pounds in about a year. I followed up the sleeve with about a 700 a day diet for the first few months then up to 1000 for the rest of the time. I also started a serious exercise regimen of walking, biking & free weights 5-6 days a week, sometimes twice a day. I still walk or bike 4-5 times a week regularly.

I hit my goal around the end of December 2014 and started experimenting with ramping up calories. I slowly moved up to about 1850 calories - that seems to be a comfy number for me. I kept losing for the next few months (jan-feb) but have stabilized at about 160 lbs, I was 370 at the start. I went from size 60 pants to size 34 pants and a 5x shirt to medium / large shirts.

I am off all RX meds (I was taking several) and just taking vitamins, krill oil, etc. I literally don't have the words to say how positive and life changing this experience has been for me. I am 100% committed to keeping a healthy weight for the rest of my life.

I find it works for me to eat 4-5 small meals a day & to be very strategic about them. On the weekends I tend to drink protein shakes for breakfast as I know the fam will want to go out to eat. The other thing that is so important is journaling EVERYTHING you eat here in MFO or somewhere - but you must know how many calories you're taking in so you can understand what it takes to lose the weight.

Also - you will stall out from time to time - trust me. It will happen. Just keep doing what you're doing - remember to not let your calories sink too low. At 700 I stopped losing weight as my body was basically in starvation mode - once I went up to 1000-1100 the weight started flying off again.

I could go on forever about what I have learned...

I am happy to answer any questions anyone who is considering or has recently been sleeved.

To the poster about me, I was 47 when I was sleeved, 48 now. So I'm in your general age bracket, 4 kids, etc.

Hi! I had the sleeve procedure the same day! How are you feeling? How are things going for you?

Crystal light will be your best friend, flavored water, protein shakes, tea, chicken broth will be your other best friend. It's going to be hard but just sip on liquids through out the day! Good luck.

Going to have the sleeve August 4 2014. Excited and nervous at the same time. Had the second lap band done about 31/2 years ago. The first one slipped and I was sick for weeks. The lap band is just not working for me so I have decided to have the sleeve done. I have read everyones post and I have gotten even more excited about making this decision.
Would love any suggestions or comments you all have to help me through my journey.

please send me a friend request on my fitness pal please read my post let me known how your doing and what your eating please cant wait to chat with you have a bless day wishing u the best

Love your heart. I haven't had the revision yet but I'm in the beginning stages. My band failed and I failed. I haven't been able to eat and swallow meat in months because of the problems I have with it. But I will put you on my prayer list and tell you that I think you are a very brave young woman to go through this. You're blessed to have a supportive husband. Mine also supports me. Take care.

Love your heart. I haven't had the revision yet but I'm in the beginning stages. My band failed and I failed. I haven't been able to eat and swallow meat in months because of the problems I have with it. But I will put you on my prayer list and tell you that I think you are a very brave young woman to go through this. You're blessed to have a supportive husband. Mine also supports me. Take care.

Day one of my liquid diet, I am getting my sleeve surgery April 9th. Looking for support and ideas on what to eat after surgery. I was feeling nervous and honestly wondering if I made the right decision, but after reading the comments here my mind is it ease, so thanks for that!

I am in the infancy of my anticipated surgery. I am waiting for the clearance from my insurance. Then I have all the other pre surgery stuff to do. I am so excited to get this underway. I need to join a support group so here I am... anyone have any suggestions for me before going under the knife? I am all ears

Hello - my name is Robin. I'm not new to myfitnesspal but am new to posting anything. I'm needing support and modivation and even advise from my fellow sleevers. I had the sleeve on May 15, 2014 and although I am down 50 lbs. I graze all the time and have found myself gaining weight. Almost from the beginning my stomach could hold more than their suggest 1/2-3/4 cup of food. I can eat about 1-1 1/2 cups of food depending on what I eat. I started going to the gym about a month ago and doing 45 minutes of cardio and another 30-45 minutes of weight training. This has just made me more hungry. I need to get control over this before I'm back up to 250 again. Please give me your suggestions. What has worked for you? Do you eat a protien snack in between meals? How do you curb your hunger?