Re: Do you watch others eat after the surgery?

November 9, 2006

I am now about three and a half months out. I was one of the lucky ones

that got the ulcer between the pouch and the new intestinal tract, but other

than greasy foods, spicy foods and sweets, I eat mostly what I want just in

very limited quantities.

I do try to eat as low fat as possible, but sometimes that is just not

possible.

Lin

Lhsh@...

American by birth,

Saved by the grace of God.

Re: Do you watch others eat after the

surgery?

Lin,

How far out are you? lol that sounds funny, usually it's

*how far along are you*

I'm hopefully, praying! that my surgery will take place sometime

in Aug or September of 2007. Depending how everything goes, I think my

husband

and I are going to schedule surgery the same day. I'm not sure if that's a

good idea though.. !!!! what does everyone think???!!!

-Dawnyel

298/248/150

November 9, 2006

HI ,

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one lol. Its not that stare or do it

all the time, but when I'm out somewhere I used to eat pre-surgery I do

think alot about what others eat and think how I used to be able to eat

that much. It is truely amazing actually when I compare. I know I

used to eat alot and its cool now that what I used to eat in one

sitting lasts me 2 or 3 meals :-)

Open RNY 1/12/05

310/150/120

November 9, 2006

---HEY HEY the secrets is now out,, mike is a thigh man... not

breat.. lol.. c ya donna In GastricBypass-

LOSERS , " Mike " wrote:

>

> A typical KFC evening with the family would involve me demanding

all

> the thighs. As it turns out the thighs are the most caloric piece

KFC

> has. How nice. I think they're something like 550 calories EACH. I

> would have three. I would then also have some mashed potatoes and

> gravy and some baked beans, probably not too much of those but

let's

> be kind and say something in the neighborhood of 600 calories. I

> would then add one or two biscuits with honey sauce (what's in

that

> crap anyway) for, let's be kind again, and say 400 calories (it's

> gotta be more). Now I know you're saying, " But Mike, that's only

2650

> calories, that's not really that much " and of course your right.

Uh

> no wait, THAT'S REALLY BAD!! Keep in mind that this was not me

> pigging out. This was me having KFC (which we did every three or

four

> weeks). Of course I wouldn't eat this many calories for every meal

> but often for two in a day and then the third was probably half

that.

> Then there were the occasional snacks of a few hundred calories. I

> dare say I was pulling down somewhere around 7000 calories a day,

> again this is with no desert, no pigging out, etc. I wonder how

much

> I had on the few times I'd have desert? Hmm.

>

> It's hard to believe that I would gain weight considering that I

> never exercised outside of the occasional walks from my office to

the

> car and to the restroom. You'd think exercising my jaw from

chewing

> would have helped!

>

> I sometimes miss the full feeling I used to get off having those

> massive meals but I get a different full feeling now. I used to

get

> so full that I'd burp/hiccup or maybe even have some slight

> heartburn. Now I just get plain old full. It's not nearly as

exciting

> or dramatic but it's a lot more " full " filling if you will. Making

> yourself full until you're ready to burst isn't that desirable if

you

> can just take a few months away from doing it.

>

> Mike in GR

>

> > >

> > > I'm still preop but I'm trying to adopt some of the lifestyle

> changes

> > > now. I figure it will make things easier for me rather than

wait

> until

> > > I HAVE to do it. Now when I'm in the cafeteria at work, I see

> people

> > > just shoveling really unhealthy food into their faces and just

> think

> > > that I was doing that a couple of months ago. Heck, some days

I

> still

> > > want to do it. I'd kill for a fried seafood platter at Joe's

Crab

> > > Shack but it's not going to happen.

> > >

> > > Anyway, does this happen to you after surgery? It doesn't

gross me

> > > out, but I have almost a weird fascination with it.

> > >

> > > in MI

> > >

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November 9, 2006

Atually now all I eat are chicken breasts....oh and I'm a leg man but

really if there's other parts I can fixate on I'm not above doing

that too. URGLE!!

Mike in GR

> > > >

> > > > I'm still preop but I'm trying to adopt some of the lifestyle

> > changes

> > > > now. I figure it will make things easier for me rather than

> wait

> > until

> > > > I HAVE to do it. Now when I'm in the cafeteria at work, I see

> > people

> > > > just shoveling really unhealthy food into their faces and

just

> > think

> > > > that I was doing that a couple of months ago. Heck, some days

> I

> > still

> > > > want to do it. I'd kill for a fried seafood platter at Joe's

> Crab

> > > > Shack but it's not going to happen.

> > > >

> > > > Anyway, does this happen to you after surgery? It doesn't

> gross me

> > > > out, but I have almost a weird fascination with it.

> > > >

> > > > in MI

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November 9, 2006

7000 calories in a day? Seriously? Was that routine? I got to where I

am by averaging probably 2000 or so.

To lose the 15 pounds required by the surgeon, I've cut back to

700-900 per day. The nutritionist was pleasantly surprised this

morning because this was to be my pre-surgery consultation. If I

hadn't already started losing weight, I think that 15 pounds by Dec. 4

might have been quite a challenge. I only have 3 pounds to go but I'm

going to overshoot that a bit because the insurance company has their

own requirement and the phrasing is not clear. I thought it was 5% of

your weight and the nutritionist said it was 5% of EXCESS body

weight. I'm not taking chance and I'm going with the greater amount to

lose.

in MI

> > >

> > > I'm still preop but I'm trying to adopt some of the lifestyle

> changes

> > > now. I figure it will make things easier for me rather than wait

> until

> > > I HAVE to do it. Now when I'm in the cafeteria at work, I see

> people

> > > just shoveling really unhealthy food into their faces and just

> think

> > > that I was doing that a couple of months ago. Heck, some days I

> still

> > > want to do it. I'd kill for a fried seafood platter at Joe's Crab

> > > Shack but it's not going to happen.

> > >

> > > Anyway, does this happen to you after surgery? It doesn't gross me

> > > out, but I have almost a weird fascination with it.

> > >

> > > in MI

> > >

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November 10, 2006

Well maybe it was more like 5000-7000. But yes I would routinely eat

at least one big meal a day and then other " smaller " ones which had

to be in the 1000-1500 calorie ranges themselves. My snacks were

usually a cheese sandwich or something which had to be a few hundred

calories. I was just tossing stuff down 24/7 and would eat until over

full.

My surgeon's dietician was pretty excited for me because I would

bring in food diaries while trying to lose pre surgery weight and

show her how I was eating good food. She would ask what I thought my

problem was. I would tell her without skipping a beat that my problem

isn't always WHAT I eat but how much, how often, etc. Toss in that I

wasn't carrying enough about what I eat and it was really bad. I was

making an effort at this point to eat better but still was eating an

awful lot quantity wise. She told me the surgery would fight that

problem very effectively. She was right.

I still seem to eat a lot compared to what I read here but it's a

fraction of what I used to eat. Now, too, it's not only healthier but

very healthy stuff. I'm especially happy about cutting out soda even

though I've replaced it with bottled water.

I lost a lot pre surgery I don't really recall how much. I think it

was in the upper 30lbs range. I'm not sure how much I cut back but

like I said I just switched from eating chips from the machine at

work to eating soynuts and some other better things and trying to cut

down ever so slightly on quantity which was still hard at that time.

I don't snack on soynuts now though. If I did I'd have a large bag of

them at my desk and would just graze all day. I suppose that might be

my biggest problem now is still having the ability to graze. I avoid

this by not buying or having within reach grazing food. Sounds simple

but then we all know resisting food, especially for boredom/comfort,

is never easy.

Mike in GR

> > > >

> > > > I'm still preop but I'm trying to adopt some of the lifestyle

> > changes

> > > > now. I figure it will make things easier for me rather than

wait

> > until

> > > > I HAVE to do it. Now when I'm in the cafeteria at work, I see

> > people

> > > > just shoveling really unhealthy food into their faces and

just

> > think

> > > > that I was doing that a couple of months ago. Heck, some days

I

> > still

> > > > want to do it. I'd kill for a fried seafood platter at Joe's

Crab

> > > > Shack but it's not going to happen.

> > > >

> > > > Anyway, does this happen to you after surgery? It doesn't

gross me

> > > > out, but I have almost a weird fascination with it.

> > > >

> > > > in MI

> > > >

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November 10, 2006