Looking for others who have had bariatric surgery.

Since you have had a medical procedure you can alter the calorie requirement yourself. I have people on my friends list have a daily requirement of 300 calories or 800 calories since they had B.S. and can only eat like a cup of food a day.

I'm a bypasser! As long as you're getting your protein and fluids in, don't worry about the calories yet. Also, there is a site called Renewed Reflections (not the forum on MFP) Do a search and check it out. There's a gazillion great bits of info, and it's mostly bariatric surgery folks. Anyone is welcome though, and there are several non-ops, as we call them. I'm Phonepest on there too!

I had vertical sleeve gastrectomy on May 29th.

Just figured out today how to change my goals. Here's how I did it.
1. Go to My Home
2. Click on Goals
3. At the bottom of the page there is a green button that says "Change Goals"
4. Put in whatever numbers your surgeon has given you.

PS...I have looked to change this several times and this morning figured it out and I'm not blonde!

I`m super happy to see all the info in response to your question. I`m in the pre weight loss phase and will have my appt made for VSG on Aug 22. I`m so excited!! I`m constantly looking for people to "follow" their progress. May I add you as a friend?

I had the sleeve in January. Do not worry about your calories. At this point it would be surprising if you were doing much more than 6-700 calories per day. The important things are the protein, the water and adjusting to this new way of life. I think you will be very happy with how this works out!!

I had RNY Bypass on July 23rd. I'm still on liquid diet, so I can't help you with calories or such. My doctor's office gave me a list of what I can eat and how much, how often and that's that. Since surgery I've lost 23 lbs, I had gained 10 lbs while in the hospital from all of the IV fluids they were pumping into me. LOL I still have issues with pain, but it mostly comes and goes. I haven't taken anything for it in over a week.

It's nice to find other people that are going through the same things that I am.

Possibly to the shock of my current friends, I am preparing to have gastric sleeve surgery (pending insurance approval). Would really appreciate any FRs from those who have had, or will be having, the sleeve procedure.

To the OP, with the sleeve, my understanding for concerns are 1) sufficient protein intake, and 2) vitamin intake. Low calories, under a 1,000, is normal.

Hello,

I am PRE-OP for the Sleeve procedure, looking for others here as friends.
I have been working on this with a Bariatric medical group since February, 2013.
My insurance required a six month supervised weight loss program and I am on month 5.
I need to lose 20 pounds before I can apply for insurance approval and get the surgery authorized.
This should happen some time in October.

Thank you!

I had RNY in April of 2011! I've lost 113 lbs (highest recorded loss was 120 lb., gained back 7 after knee surgery in February). I started MFP about 3 months after surgery and I recall only eating around 600-800 calories a day. Now, I eat at a fairly normal deficit for a girl my age/weight/etc... (about 1300-1800 calories).

I'm happy to answer any questions!

Hi , while i've not had surgery i've had to do lot of research into the various procedures for work, And have a few q's if thats ok?
One thing that completely surprised me was he fact that 3 years post surgery most ppl had only lost half of the excess weight. I was wondering how many of you were informed of that beforehand? And that weight loss is 1-2 lbs/week.

Also as most of these limit the passage of food through the stomach/ intestines nutrient uptake can be difficult. I see some ppl have been concerned with protein, but are you given guuidelines for vitamins, minerals etc?

And how many of you changed your diet before surgery ( in terms of composition, not calories) to closer match your new diet?
one last question, those that had VSG, why was that procedure chosen over something simpler and more flexible (like lapband)?

I'm not really sure what all you've read, but here are my answers from my experience:

1. I will be 3 years post op in April. I have lost a total of 110 lbs. I did gain 10 lbs back after knee surgery, and after 2 years post op, they say is when you can start to gain weight back. The first 100 lbs, I lost in the first 10 months. I steadily lost 10 lbs a month until then. It took me another year to lose the other 20, then I gained 10 back in 3-4 months. My surgeon didn't really go into specifics with me about weight gain.

2. Yes, I take a multi-vitamin everyday. This is pretty standard for any bariatric patient.

3. My diet is 110% different from what I used to eat pre surgery. I eat more often, but I eat better options. I used to eat a lot of carbs, we would dine out a lot, I cooked with too much butter and cream. I now eat 6 times a day, tons of lean protein and veggies and slow carbs. I also workout. OFTEN. Like 4-6 days a week. I didn't move AT ALL prior to surgery.

4. I chose RNY over lap band because there seemed to be a lot more room for failure with lap band. I am also afraid of needles, so the thought of having to get the band filled all the time freaked me out. Lap band only really restricts consumption, where as RNY and VSG have more of a restricted diet, as well as consumption. You get used to not eating certain things because they make you sick; therefore, it forces you (at first) to change what you're eating.

I hope this has helped. Feel free to message with any other questions.

Yes! I had the sleeve but get cramps in my pouch. I was given prilosec for 90 days but may be raising dosage. They say NO Tums or rolaids allowed.