juliebccs

Relax, we don't learn everything pre surgery. Sometimes we just learn things as we go along. Post surgery has lots if learning curves as well. Imagine how amazing your going to feel once you stop owning his decision. You would not be in here if you didn't own yo'ur own decisions too. So let his go. They're his…

I noticed this morning that I woke feeling a little less frumpy. So I checked the scales and although I had not lost since my last check in,,I had lost since my little gain during the week. I just felt less stuffy and as if things were moving again. I suspect tomorrow when I check the scales they will have gone down a…

Is it easy? Well it is easier. Tools tend to do that. Necessity however is the mother of invention. My response. The people who love me see me happy and are happy for me. . What more could I want. Judge me while I run on my treadmill, play sport, travel with less pain and buy my new clothes. Judge me all you want while my…

HARM0706, I am the one who has said my surgeon is not obsessed over the protein intake and he really is not. He feels that it is a western world (he is Indian) obsession and everyone who is sleeved does not suddenly have to start a high protein, low carb Atkins like diet. He is however very very strict about a balanced…

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease 21 years ago. I was told I would be medicated for life. However after several years my levels were good. I tested every 6 or so months from then and all was good. However I had not tested for about 1 year, starting to trust it had gone. When I had my pre surgery bloods done they…

I love reading about people meeting their goals. So well done!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS.

I too discovered that shrimp (or prawns as we call them here) is a great go to meal today. I crushed 1/2 clove of garlic, added just 2.5 gm butter, fried them up and added 100gm uncooked prawns (from a bag of frozen but defrosted for my meal). I then added a little amount of frozen stir fry veggies. Oh wow. It was without…

You can ask your Dr. I was sent by my endo just after surgery for that and my bone density scan.

It is just a body fat scan and it shows the adipose (fat) tissue in yellow,,,your muscles in red and your bones in blue. So you get to see how small you skeleton actually is,,no more 'I have big bones' excuses. This wipes that out. When you can see what your body really looks like without the majority of fat,,it is a real…

VSG but VEG were probably scary too back then haha

Hi For me the pre op phase was hard. But I was travelling through airports for a week of it. So packets of shakes were the go. I wanted to chew my arm off some days for sure. It is easy to say in hindsight but you will feel better after the surgery in regards to hunger. There will be some adjusting of course but you wont…

Hi It can be confusing before surgery because no surgeon wants to commit to a number. They give you averages of course. I have no intention of accepting the average however because that means I have pretty much lost the average and it will stop. But as my surgeon pointed out, the average includes those who do not follow…

Hi Paul. Not every surgeon demands high protein intake. Mine says don't panic. The body will convert. But he does demand hydration. 9 days out is still really early. At that stage I was sipping water, any juice and making stock powder soups just to survive. I didn't even take notice of nutritional values because my body…

Thanks guys. That all makes sense. I might reset mfp again and just adjust protein and calories and go from there.

That is so fabulous. Well done. I am aiming for my mini goal as under 100kg. I am 102 at the moment. It is such a great feeling to reach mini goals,,,,awesome work.

Haha your on. Yes I think I can do it. Thanks

That's really exciting. Well done!!! I have a long way to go (was 52 and just got under 40) but it is really great to see the BMI number going down. Because we tend to check it less often than scales it comes as a nice surprise when you do check.

My gown story : I had my surgery in India. Now I have very little to fault with the Indian hospitals except this is one thing I will never forget. Just before surgery I was taken to pre-op room to get ready. There are a lot of nurses and dr's and others in that room. It is a bit different than the West. So they asked me to…

When one did it I laughed and thought,,silly thing. When the other did it ,,with the same type of chocolates, I figured I needed to educate them a bit more. I suggested the kids all have a movie night and polish them off. That is on the cards. I suspect they have all got the message now. We have chocolates and chips in the…

Pearlsbabygir, it is very common to stall at about 3-4 weeks out. I have read many stories on here about the dreaded 3 week stall. Mine was around 4 weeks and lasted for 2 :-(. But eventually it starts moving,,sometimes rapidly, sometimes slowly. I had stall for the last 5 days but in reality as of today (things moved…

Well done. I have just hit my second stall. Been floating for about 5 days now so clearly a stall. But I have faith after the last one that things will move again. I do think that my stalls may be linked a little to hormone cycles too. :-) I found this even before my sleeve. Certain times of the month my body would go into…

With this particular show, the young girl had just come home from hospital and her family were eating junk food around her. I find that really sad. They talked support but they were really enablers, asking her if she wanted any. I personally had to remind my husband that even though I could only fit a little bit in after…

Thanks guys. Amino Acids are the building blocks of proteins. However using them means relying on my body to create proteins itself. Well it does this anyway moderately right now but I thought introducing enough base ingredients would boost things. Ok so it seems not too many VSG'ers go down this path. I might have to…

Thank you everyone. I bought some venison steaks and some venison burgers today. I also bought Kangaroo which I forgot is very lean and has reasonable protein. It is dense as well. So I cooked up a burger,,,each one was about 100gm uncooked. Once I had adjusted to the taste, I managed about 60% of the burger before it was…

Spirulina powder is high in protein and iron. Not sure how you go about using it though. Just researching that myself atm.:smile:

Do you eat lentils or seeds or nuts? It is much easier if you eat veggies or even fruits yes but I am sure a nutritionist can provide you with a chart to suit your tastes. I am only two months out so maybe folk who have been sleeved longer might have some other suggestions or similar experiences. What is your typical diet…

Your doing amazing for day two. I was in hospital for 4 nights after surgery. But that is just the way they do it in India. Not sure I could have done such a big walk on day two though,,great work.

I never took notice of who said it Pawoodhull tbh and it is fine now because I have learned that people here are only really wanting to help. Sometimes even I forget now that in the first few weeks out, anything that goes down and stays down can be a Godsend. The word that got to me I think was 'fail'. But ice creams were…

I had a two week stall but I haven't been measuring. I wish I had from the start. I think I could still feel weight coming off,,or at least I was feeling thinner but the scales had stalled.

Yes for sure. I hit a stall at about 4 weeks. It lasted two weeks and was disheartening. The following week was a little slow but this week seems to have started shifting again at a nice rate. Of course it wont go back to the early rapid loss but it is shifting downwards ad that is all I want. I hit 8 weeks today and I am…