Feel a bit of a fraud for being here now...

[phatgirl]

Hey chick, glad you feel better about you upcoming procedure. You'll have it done and dusted in no time and then you'll be ready for the main event.

One tip to keep your morale up, NEVER compare you weight loss to a man. They are built to burn fat more than women, they loose 2x as fast as us in the beginning. Plus he is boosting his already-higher-than-yours metabolism with a bunch of exercise.

Remember not to punish yourself, if weight loss were easy for you and slimfast was 'the way' you would not be on the path for wls. You are doing slimfast in order to make yourself a bit lighter and healthier for the surgery which is exactly what you are doing, and you're doing a good job at it!

 

[Gerry]

Hey chick, glad you feel better about you upcoming procedure. You'll have it done and dusted in no time and then you'll be ready for the main event.

One tip to keep your morale up, NEVER compare you weight loss to a man. They are built to burn fat more than women, they loose 2x as fast as us in the beginning. Plus he is boosting his already-higher-than-yours metabolism with a bunch of exercise.

Remember not to punish yourself, if weight loss were easy for you and slimfast was 'the way' you would not be on the path for wls. You are doing slimfast in order to make yourself a bit lighter and healthier for the surgery which is exactly what you are doing, and you're doing a good job at it!

Thank you for that. I guess he doesn't have my health problems, so is bound to find exercise easier for a start. I just feel so despondent when he tells me every Monday evening "oh, I've lost another 2lb this week" and there is me having put it on despite not having eaten anything other than my 2 shakes and 1 meal a day.

I knew him when he was much bigger and he looks great now. I wish I could do that without having to resort to surgery, but it just never works, regardless of how little I eat.

As you say though, he's a guy, so will loose differently to me.

Thanks again for your kind words of support - much appreciated.

 

[Gerry]

Sorry to be on a bit of a downer, but I am going nuts about my weight at the moment. I have gone from stuffing my face with anything I saw in front of my eyes, to eating next to nothing and STILL the damn weight won't shift. When I went to the hospital they said I would be able to just do the Slim-Fast diet instead of pre-op diet but although I'm doing that, nothing is happening. I haven't lost anything for weeks. Clothes are looser, but my weight is the same :cry:.

Sometimes I end up questioning if the GB is right for me, as I am barely eating anything now and still I'm not loosing weight. My calorie intake is about 800 cals per day. Before I started I could easily have been scoffing in excess of 2000 cals per day. I don't feel hungry, feel guilty and fat if I eat anything other than my shakes and evening meal.....what's wrong with me?

Everyone else who goes on a pre-op diet looses weight. I can't seem to shift an ounce :cry:.

Exercise is difficult and I've already put my back out twice today.

My friend is regularly loosing 2lb a week on Weight Watchers and when he tells me about his success, I just want to cry because nothing is happening. I worry that if I have a GB, that I won't be taking in much less than I am at the moment and it just won't work for me.

Wondering about just having 3 shakes a day which is 630 cals plus fluids. Can't see what else I can do.

Any ideas anyone?

(sorry I know this isn't the slim fast forum, but this question is related to my GB surgery).

 

[hopelesscase]

gerry i did 5 months of lipo trim for the last 6 weeks i lost nothing. I then went back to healthy eating and maintained at 18 stone until this year when my dad was ill and we were eating crap due to being at the hospital all the time. when i saw the endocrainologist he said no amout of dieting for me would ever get me to healthy weight as i had always been big. I was a 10.5 lb baby and had been big for 45 years.
It maybe as simple as your body thinking it has gone into starvation mode but for me the gastric by pass has been my life line. $ weeks down and nearly 2 stone gone.
take it easy on yrself the weight you loose initially on the pre op diet is water and glycogen from yr liver. you have done so well dont give up now.
take care
carole

 

[phatgirl]

The GB always works hun, but it can be slower/faster depending on your body. Slimfast and other low cal diets don't always work - don't beat-up on yourself. A tip I was once given about low cal diets was when you stall out, try adding 100-200 cals of lean protein per day to the existing diet for 5 days, then on day 6 & 7 return to your regular low cal diet. The dietician told me this fools your body somehow and will usually help you get back to weight loss. Sounds daft I know but I have tried it and it works. Just an option if you are desperate.

HTH

 

[Gerry]

Postie bought a letter from the hospital this morning, with an appointment on Thursday (no use to me as hubby has to take time off to take me) to see the anaesthetist prior to surgery. I phoned up and spoke to the Clinical Nurse Specialist. I told her that I couldn't make the appointment, a) because 2 days notice was not enough for hubby to book the time off and b) after waiting 15 years, I am finally getting my bathroom changed into a wet room. They only started this morning, and hope to be done by Christmas, so there is no way I can do anything before New Year.

Anyway, the CNS told me that she would re-schedule that appointment for 8th Jan. Also that she had a provisional date for my op of 31st Jan OMG !!! I can't believe it's almost here. I have to go in for the IVC Filter the week before that, so after the New Year it's all going to be happening.

Only thing I'm worried about is that it's my youngest's 15th birthday on 9th Feb, and she keeps saying she doesn't want me to have my op before her birthday in case I die . I've tried reassuring her, but if it comes to it, I can see I shall have to put it back a couple of weeks. I don't want her to be upset about it.

I also mentioned to the CNS about how ill informed I felt about the IVC Filter, and she's going to get some information sent out to me about it, so I feel a bit better about that.

Anyway, things are moving at last. OMG!!!

 

[mandy-1975]

Im so happy for you Gerry, You deserve this so much............ Well donexxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[tesmaralda]

well done am so excited for you

 

[clairelou]

yay!! so glad you got ur date at last Gerry. Mens you can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel x

 

[phatgirl]

Such fab news for you hun! CONGRATS!!! The new you is just around the way now...

 

[bridiegeorge]

Great news. tell your daughter it will be an extra birthday present for her to see you so happy, and to think of all the girly shopping trips for clothes.. Good luck it is the start of a new life for you. Bridie X

 

[Gerry]

Thanks for all the replies everyone . Seems like ages ago I was new here and hoping to get a bypass, now it's on the horizon it hardly seems real.

 

[uglyduck16]

arty0011::clap:Gerry- i am so happy for you, seriously that TOTALLY ROCKS!!!!! :happy096::clap::happy036:
Here is to a slimmer year in 2009arty0016:

 

[Lyn8124]

Aww thats fantastic new hon, happy for ya. xx

 

[weight loss hopeful]

Congrats on your date. Heres to a slimmer 2009 x

 

[Gerry]

Many thanks for the replies everyone.

Was pleased to jump on the scales and find I'd lost another pound today too. It's so hard for me to loose it naturally, regardless of how little I eat, so am really happy .

Only thing that has put a damper on my spirits is my friend who is helping support me with weight loss was told this morning that he was being laid off due to the recession. What a time of year to get that kind of news. I've never known a grown man to cry, but had to hear that this morning and it made me feel so helpless.

 

[mandy-1975]

Well done on the weightloss, that is great!!!!!!!

So sorry to hear about your friend, that is awful, esp at this time of year

 

[Lyn8124]

Jeez it must be really frustrating when eating so little results in practically no weight lost, the GB will be ace for you, I am sure

 

[Gerry]

Hi Everyone and a belated Happy New Year!

Sorry I've not been around for a while. I've been feeling rather 'down' again and wasn't very good company.

Had an appointment with the anethatist at the hospital on Thursday this week. All started ok, and I was fine. However I'd taken along a print out that I'd done, as I was getting a bit worried that no one so far had asked about any special needs I had for my stay in hospital. I wanted them to know what things I needed such as access to a disabled toilet, help dressing, getting to the loo and so on. I was a bit miffed when the anethatist said to hang on to it and that it wasn't worth putting in my notes as the nurses wouldn't read it . Then I mentioned to him about my phobia of masks over my face. He said I could have a clear one but I tried to explain I was still petrified of those too. He sent his assistant out to get one and he was so dismissive, saying things like "that's all in the past, we must look to the future" when I tried to tell him what had triggered my panic, and I just burst into tears. He has given me a mask to bring home and 'practice' with and I am really proud to say I managed to breathe through it for 5 minutes when I was focused and calm on my own. He'd said he would put me at my ease and talk to me, but I know that will fluster me, so I am going to ask him not to and let me stay focused or I will end up crying and getting bunged up.

I had to have a blood test and an ECG and they have to chase up my sleep test and I also have to have the IVC filter put in. I have a date for surgery for 31st of this month, but the letter doesn't say what it's for, if it's for the IVC filter or the main op, so I don't know what's happening when. I'll be phoning on Monday to ask them (and tell them how worrying it is to be sent letters not explaining what they are referring to!).

Starting to worry now that I won't get everything I want to get done, finished before the op.

Confess I have had moments where I've thought about giving up and not going through with it. I've lost weight over Christmas and dropped two dress sizes since I started my self imposed diet a few months ago. I used to take size 28, but am now in size 24 and even some of them are rather loose. Largest clothes I've ever bought are a size 30, but am so made up to be in size 24. Must be about 10 years since I was that size. Still doing it through using Slim Fast (Tesco equivalent). Getting more and more strict with myself, not eating snacks and drinking more fluids. Also bought myself some more exercise equipment, including a mini bike which I do 1000 pedals on a day. I'm so totally surprised at myself having stuck to it for so long. It's never worked longer than three days before. Now it's more like four months .

 

[tesmaralda]

Firstly congrats on the weight loss you are doing really well. 2nd your doing really well with the mask thing to go from freaking out at the thought of the off having a mask to holding it on for that length. If you are worried about the care you need afterwards you could ring the PALS service for your hospital and ask them the best way to make sure you get this care or you could mention it when you inquire about your op on mon.
As for the op only you can make that decission, whilst you are losing weight on the shakes can you see yourself staying on them for life, if not will you put all your weight on back on and then feel the way you did when you first thought about having the op.