i posted this on the ds forum. just wanted a record of it here...
*** please no flames!!! ***
ok so i normally wouldn't do this, lols, but LeaAnn invited me over and thought maybe you guys would be able to help me out. basically, i'm hoping y'all might be able to help me STOP LOSING WEIGHT! (weird, huh?)
a little background info first: i had lap rny (yeah, yeah... i know. but hey, it's what my insurance paid for and it's in the past so
let's just move on from there, m'kay? 
) anywho, had lap rny on 11-27-06. i'm 5'0" and weighed 254 at that time. here i am now, 13 months out and down 146 pounds to 108. (well, that's what i weighed thursday anyway. i've been afraid to get on the scale since then 
)
at 26 days out i had a perf'd ulcer that required emergency surgery and a subsequent 2 week hospital stay. the sutures to repair the "hole" actually cinched my pouch to an even smaller size than it was to begin with. then i developed scar tissue on top of that which made my pouch even smaller than that. (i understand that ds'ers don't have a "pouch" so this may not make sense to some people but basically, my newly created stomach was originally made to be 1 - 1 1/2 ounces in size and stretches from there. BUT, "MY" newly created stomach is smaller than that. it has stretched since then but it's still much smaller than most rny'ers.)
i've also had 3 strictures and am currently nursing my fourth AND i've had my gall bladder removed and an internal hernia repaired. so... i haven't had such an easy time of it. i'm not complaining though and i certainly wouldn't ever bash the tool that has given me my life back. but now i'm at a point where i'm DONE but i can't seem to make it STOP! my surgeon and nut have both pretty much stated that they aren't concerned UNTIL i become underweight. "UNTIL"!!! not "if", UNTIL!!!
now keep in mind that i'm really short so 108 is still technically a "healthy" weight for me (bmi wise) and i'm not complaining about being tiny. BUT, i don't want to lose any more. i could actually get down to 96 pounds and still be considered "healthy" because of my height! but i wouldn't be too terribly upset if i somehow managed to get back up to my original goal weight of 123 even though that's at the high end of the normal bmi range for me, but i certainly wouldn't ever want to go ABOVE 123. (i guess that's the real goal here, huh? to somehow manage to stay "healthy"? not too high and not too low.)
so... LeaAnn thought it might be helpful for me to learn to "eat like a ds'er". (LOLS!!!) any tips? advice? keep in mind though that i cannot eat very much at a time so in order for me to get in everything that i "need" each day, i pretty much eat constantly from 8am-5pm. seriously, i plan and portion out everything that i know i have to have each day either the night before or the morning of and i start eating from the time i get to work until it's time for me to go home. some days i finish in time, some days i have to take stuff home with me and work on it some more. (some days i don't even finish.)
and i'm totally not exaggerating here, ok? so please don't patronize me and tell me to snack in between meals. i don't have meals because i don't have time for meals. i am constantly chewing up food. i am CONSTANTLY eating. there is no time in between meals (unless you count trips to the bathroom) but i DO have "snack foods" mixed in with what i am supposed to have. here's todays menu and yes, it's going to take me 9 hours of constant eating and drinking in order to get it all in:
1/4 cup kraft shredded sharp cheddar cheese
24 club puffed multi-grain crackers
1 dannon activia light raspberry yogurt
3 oz. tuna w/fibersure
4 oz. bumble bee bbq chicken breast
1 strawberry flavored 50 gram slam
2 k2o protein waters
1 servings v8 splash tropical blend
16 oz. milo's splenda tea
12 oz. diet dr. pepper
955 calories
19 g. fat (18%)
88 g. carbs (30%)
120 g. protein (52%)
1760 mg.sodium
20 g. fiber
83 oz. liquids
and in addition to that i'm sure i'm going to have a few hershey's kisses (probably 3 because they're red, green and silver foil and i have to have one of each since i'm so incredibly ocd...) and maybe one or two reese's hearts (LOVES those things!) and possibly some other sweet stuff and maybe some alcohol tonight since it's new year's eve. BUT, my quantities will be MUCH smaller than anyone else's so i seriously doubt that my calories will go over 1200 today, even though i'm already so close to 1000. (and i'm thinking i may not be able to get all that in today. it's already almost 10am and i've only gotten in my cheese and crackers so far.)
oh yeah, and i DO dump... somewhat. if i eat too much of something sweet or carby then i'll
and then 
and then 
so i have to space the sweets/carbs out if i'm going to have them at all. (btw, check out my blog if you wanna see lotsa pics. i have a whole collage up from pre-op to current.)
so yeah, thanks in advance for any help/advice any of y'all may be able to offer. some of y'all have already given me great suggestions on the wls grads board and i really appreciate that
and i'll be talking to my pcp probably next week when she comes back into the office about that digestive enzyme, etc.
*** please no flames!!! ***
ok so i normally wouldn't do this, lols, but LeaAnn invited me over and thought maybe you guys would be able to help me out. basically, i'm hoping y'all might be able to help me STOP LOSING WEIGHT! (weird, huh?)
a little background info first: i had lap rny (yeah, yeah... i know. but hey, it's what my insurance paid for and it's in the past so
let's just move on from there, m'kay? ) anywho, had lap rny on 11-27-06. i'm 5'0" and weighed 254 at that time. here i am now, 13 months out and down 146 pounds to 108. (well, that's what i weighed thursday anyway. i've been afraid to get on the scale since then )at 26 days out i had a perf'd ulcer that required emergency surgery and a subsequent 2 week hospital stay. the sutures to repair the "hole" actually cinched my pouch to an even smaller size than it was to begin with. then i developed scar tissue on top of that which made my pouch even smaller than that. (i understand that ds'ers don't have a "pouch" so this may not make sense to some people but basically, my newly created stomach was originally made to be 1 - 1 1/2 ounces in size and stretches from there. BUT, "MY" newly created stomach is smaller than that. it has stretched since then but it's still much smaller than most rny'ers.)
i've also had 3 strictures and am currently nursing my fourth AND i've had my gall bladder removed and an internal hernia repaired. so... i haven't had such an easy time of it. i'm not complaining though and i certainly wouldn't ever bash the tool that has given me my life back. but now i'm at a point where i'm DONE but i can't seem to make it STOP! my surgeon and nut have both pretty much stated that they aren't concerned UNTIL i become underweight. "UNTIL"!!! not "if", UNTIL!!!
now keep in mind that i'm really short so 108 is still technically a "healthy" weight for me (bmi wise) and i'm not complaining about being tiny. BUT, i don't want to lose any more. i could actually get down to 96 pounds and still be considered "healthy" because of my height! but i wouldn't be too terribly upset if i somehow managed to get back up to my original goal weight of 123 even though that's at the high end of the normal bmi range for me, but i certainly wouldn't ever want to go ABOVE 123. (i guess that's the real goal here, huh? to somehow manage to stay "healthy"? not too high and not too low.)
so... LeaAnn thought it might be helpful for me to learn to "eat like a ds'er". (LOLS!!!) any tips? advice? keep in mind though that i cannot eat very much at a time so in order for me to get in everything that i "need" each day, i pretty much eat constantly from 8am-5pm. seriously, i plan and portion out everything that i know i have to have each day either the night before or the morning of and i start eating from the time i get to work until it's time for me to go home. some days i finish in time, some days i have to take stuff home with me and work on it some more. (some days i don't even finish.)
and i'm totally not exaggerating here, ok? so please don't patronize me and tell me to snack in between meals. i don't have meals because i don't have time for meals. i am constantly chewing up food. i am CONSTANTLY eating. there is no time in between meals (unless you count trips to the bathroom) but i DO have "snack foods" mixed in with what i am supposed to have. here's todays menu and yes, it's going to take me 9 hours of constant eating and drinking in order to get it all in:
1/4 cup kraft shredded sharp cheddar cheese
24 club puffed multi-grain crackers
1 dannon activia light raspberry yogurt
3 oz. tuna w/fibersure
4 oz. bumble bee bbq chicken breast
1 strawberry flavored 50 gram slam
2 k2o protein waters
1 servings v8 splash tropical blend
16 oz. milo's splenda tea
12 oz. diet dr. pepper
955 calories
19 g. fat (18%)
88 g. carbs (30%)
120 g. protein (52%)
1760 mg.sodium
20 g. fiber
83 oz. liquids
and in addition to that i'm sure i'm going to have a few hershey's kisses (probably 3 because they're red, green and silver foil and i have to have one of each since i'm so incredibly ocd...) and maybe one or two reese's hearts (LOVES those things!) and possibly some other sweet stuff and maybe some alcohol tonight since it's new year's eve. BUT, my quantities will be MUCH smaller than anyone else's so i seriously doubt that my calories will go over 1200 today, even though i'm already so close to 1000. (and i'm thinking i may not be able to get all that in today. it's already almost 10am and i've only gotten in my cheese and crackers so far.)
oh yeah, and i DO dump... somewhat. if i eat too much of something sweet or carby then i'll
and then and then so i have to space the sweets/carbs out if i'm going to have them at all. (btw, check out my blog if you wanna see lotsa pics. i have a whole collage up from pre-op to current.)so yeah, thanks in advance for any help/advice any of y'all may be able to offer. some of y'all have already given me great suggestions on the wls grads board and i really appreciate that
and i'll be talking to my pcp probably next week when she comes back into the office about that digestive enzyme, etc.
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