Hi, I am new to this group and new to weight loss surgery too. I had laproscopic Roux en y gastric bypass surgery on Mar.26, 2012. I am currently 3 weeks post op and mostly pain free. I'm having trouble getting all my protein and fluids in....not sure how it's even possible to eat and drink that much! I'm walking or swimming everyday. I am using myfitnesspal for a journal to keep track of what I'm eating. It keeps telling me that I'm not eating enough! Any tips?

MFP isn't setup for WLS goals. Just keep following the rules your surgion set up and you will do fine. It takes a while to get where you need to be. It is a great place for journaling so keep up the fabulous job.

My name is Tanya. I will be having lapband surgery in May. Please add me as a friend. I would love the extra support.

Hi Everyone,
I'm Pam from Socal. I had the sleeve on March 15, 2012. I lost 56 preop and have lost 27 since surgery. I have about 50 pounds to go. I have been using another APP but switched to myfitnesspal today. Trying to figure this tool out but like it already.
Best of luck to all. :flowerforyou:

Hi! I had gastric bypass surgery in the beginning of 2010. I started at 255 and got all the way down to 140. I am currently at 153 and am going to get back down to 140. It is truly my "happy weight" (I'm 5'6).

Hi, my name is Tina..I am from Northern Cali. I am going into surgery on Monday the 21st of May. I am very nervous. lol (Understatement!!!) I am having the sleeve.

Sorry so short. I am still working atm.. I am a prof. cake decorator. And it is wedding season.. I just wanted to say hello.. and say I will be posting more in the future.

Thank you..
Tina.

Hi, I am Nikki, from Michigan. I am a married 31 y/o with a 10 year old son and 6 y/o step son (who are great). I had gastric bypass on 12/6/2011. I was always a thick girl but not overweight until I had my son at 22, when I gained 108 lbs (ouch). I had lost all that weight but the wrong way (starving myself) and ended up very sick, and gained it back and extra and for 8 years couldnt get it off. I have this great friend who had gastric bypass and she told me about it the good and the bad, so I decided to go ahead and get the help and I am glad I did! I weighed 230 and I am 5'3, since my wls I have lost 72 lbs. In mid March my weight loss stopped at 175 lbs. So had to work my butt off (in the gym 6 days a week and a personal trainer 2 of those days) and now I am at 158 but, again, I am stalled for a couple weeks now. I have 25 lbs left to reach my goal weight and wont give up. I recently joined mfp and purchased the fitbit(great by the way) and I am going to get rid of this 25 lbs for good.

:happy: sorry that was so long

My name is Sherri and I am 37 years old.. I had VSG on November 9, 2011. So far I have lost 89 pounds. My highest weight was 325 pounds. I was on meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, stress incontinence/overactive bladder and migraines. I also had to have SynVisc shots in both knees every 6 months due to the severe arthritis pain. My feet, ankles, knees and hips hurt from carrying around all the extra weight and my legs would swell. I was miserable and had no energy. I had struggled with my weight since I was a child (put on my first doctor supervised diet at 9 years old).
I had the surgery to get healthy. I wanted to get off all the meds, I wanted to be able to enjoy life and have energy for my husband and daughter.
As of right now, I am off all my meds except a low dose blood pressure med and a med for overactive bladder. My PCP thinks I will be able to come off my blood pressure med very soon. I have energy to do things with my family now, I have the energy to exercise and I can actually enjoy both since I'm not so miserable and tired all the time. I also cancelled my last appt for the SynVisc shots in my knees because my knees are so much better now that I am no carrying around so much weight.
My personal goal is 160 pounds, but I will be happy in the 160-180 range. I just want to be healthy and would like to have another baby. I have PCOS, so all the extra weight caused infertility issues as well.

Hi,

My name is Diane and I had WLS in November 2005 - I lost 200 lbs. In 2009 to 2012 I gained back almost 100 of it. I had revision on the 10th of May and so far have lost 30 lbs. I'm excited to have found people who have had the surgery on MFP

Hi-I had RNY on March 21, 2012. I'm down 45 lbs since surgery, 80 lbs from my highest weight. I'm already taking on bad habits and I want to get back to my surgeon's rules. I truly have an eating disorder and man does it not want to die.

My name is Christine and I had a sleeve gastrectomy on June 12, 2012. I had lost 13 pounds on the pre-op diet and have lost another 5 pounds in the 5 days post surgery. I know that I will not continue to lose weight at this rate once I start eating real food again. I am on an all clear liquid diet for the first week and adding protein shakes in the second week.

I also had a hiatal hernia fixed during my surgery and the 'resection' of my diaphram has left me a bit short of breath. I also have developed low potassium (from the lack of food) and have to take a liquid dose daily that is absolutely the worst tasting thing ever. Other than that, the recovery has been alright. Looking forward to losing another 102 pounds to reach my goal of 130 pounds (I am 5' 1" tall).

Hello I am Cindee and had RNY 6/2010 and have lost 155 lbs, and still woking at my goal which is 180 lbs.. I have 32 lbs. to goal!

Anyone who thinks having surgery is easy then they have no idea!! This is hard work!! If you have surgery, it is a life change not a diet. I love sweets also but you can do it. I haven't had a bad sweet or a soda in over two months so If I can do it you can too. You will find alot of support here, so GOOD LUCK!

My name is Renae and I'm 34. I had my open RNY almost 8 years ago on 8/3/2004, when I was 26. At my highest weight, I was 334 lbs and, at my very lowest weight, I was 118 lbs. I settled comfortably for a long time between 135-140 lbs before I began regaining 2 years ago. I attribute it to a number of things and I take my fault in it, believe me. The highest number I saw on a scale was 191 lbs, but most of the time I refused to weigh, even at the doctor. I am now at 154 again and going down (that is as of today). I wanted to be 140 by August 3rd, but I probably won't make it by then. I will, however, make it to 140. I should mention that I'm 5'7" and I have also have had 2 babies since my RNY. They are 6 and 3 now. I started here on MFP in March when I was just under 181 lbs. I look forward to losing the weight together with y'all!

I joined the web site earlier on in the year but fell off the wagon and lost my way.

I have been overweight most of my life but gained over 100lb when I met my husband. I had a gastric bypass on 6th Feb 2007, at my heaviest I weighed 373.5lbs, I managed to get down to 194 but have regained a bit and now weigh 211lbs.

I am struggling a bit to keep to the rules and find myself eating the wrong thing and can eat what I call normal adult portions. I am so mad with myself and terrified that the regain will get worse.

Any support would be greatly appreciated, please add me............I need some freinds:bigsmile: