Thank you for the tips. It helps hearing from someone who has gone through the process and is so motivational. I like how you specified differences and where some may struggle. It wasn’t just about “your journey” you really approached from a well-rounded perspective and I appreciate it. I am starting pre-op tomorrow so I’ve been trying to find “my tribe” and some of the bariatric groups seem kind of toxic for new comers because they’re kind of set in their ways so thank you for the open minded approach. ❤❤❤
I’m considering getting a gastric bypass because I have been struggling with my weight for so long and I have tried literally everything, from starving myself to keto to plant-based everything! I have done everything! I love that you are all about research, so am I, you inspire me and I’m so excited! I’m so glad I found your channel!❤
I was 420 and I’m losing weight fast but I would give this back if I could. I liked the old me and how I didn’t have cramps and etc. I would suggest anyone do the pre op diet see how much you lose and you will see you can do it without this stupid surgery. I keep getting told wait three months I won’t regret it. I’m sorry I don’t care how many roller coasters and clothes I can fit I want to be able to go to those kinds of places and enjoy it without needing water in hand and food and such.
@@ifwefindsomethingwow I’m 40 I have 4 kids my youngest is 8 I’m 5”6 292.. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I’m glad to see your post it’s so many people who say do it it gets better etc. they only want to tell the good, or don’t want to have advice on the ugly . I want to know really is it worth it.
@@tiffanytwiggs160 what I will say is go to your gym or run a mile hard as you can. Then don’t eat anything for eight hours then drink some water. And that will be easier than this. The missing out on stuff and as well as going out to restaurants and not even caring to go other than to sit with your family just sucks. Then usually over indulging because it finally feels like a treat. It’s just not worth it. If I had educated myself better or knew it was going to be like this I would have ran out of that hospital. I had a lot of people telling me to go for it that they did it. Well it may have been for them but it’s not for me and I’m at month 3 and I know month 6 will feel the same. Especially after now I have to wait a year to get two hernias repaired. Which is the whole reason I went this route. But I feel if the doctors had given me a date and time and a weight to be I would have obtained the goals and got the hernias repaired then I would have kept the weight off because I wouldn’t have wanted to have risked ripping them back open.
My surgeons, thankfully, only want me to wait the 30 minutes after eating. I'm allowed to drink up to the minute I eat. I'm lucky my doctors teams allows alot of things many dont.
Definitely! My personal thoughts are to follow the recommendations at first but if something isn't working or needs to change, to see if there's something that works better for you personally. For me, testing out drinking up to a meal was important and made a huge difference. Same with using a straw. Now that I know those things don't bother me, it opened a huge ability for me to do better!
Most important also Don't drink water when eating do not, the exact amount of time to wait may not be Earth shattering, but don't drink under any circumstances during a meal bottom line
Im scheduled for Gastric sleeve in 2weeks, im now on pre-op diet 😢(hard) the powder meal replacement is hard to consume, i can barely do 1shake a day.. ive been overdosing on popsicle and crystal light Thanks for tour video, it helped me ❤
I'm about 6 months postop from my VSG. I'm pretty lucky; I never had an issue getting liquids down. I had to sip slower in the beginning but for the last 3 months I've been able to take 3 big swallows of water/crystal light at a time and if I'm diligent I get in about 96 ounces plus my protein shake in a day. I keep a 32 oz bottle at my desk and will usually get 2 of those in during work hours. My program encourages drinking up to meals but I usually stop drinking 5 or 10 minutes before I eat. Something I'd like tips on is spacing out meals/eating slowly. I typically eat every 3 hours but sometimes that's too long between meals and I get super hungry and eat too fast, getting full really fast and sometimes a tummy ache but in 3 hours I can be ravenous again. I am worried about moving meals closer together; I don't want to get in the habit of grazing. I'm going to bring this up at my follow up appointment in 3 weeks, just wanted to know if you have any insight.
96 ounces, I want to be like you! I know 60-75 oz is enough to keep me hydrated personally, but of course I feel great when I get even more. I just need to keep working at it! My bigger issue at this point is that I get busy and forget to drink, but it has nothing to do with my capabilities post-op anymore. The next big topic that came to mind for Life Changes is definitely eating slower/smaller bites. It's something I still struggle with sometimes myself to be honest. I think it'll be a good topic!
Pausing the video to say this. I will have to make a sticky note to remember: I am carrying almost 100 pounds of life-sustaining nutrition on my body right now. Even if I was only drinking straight water for a week, I would not starve to death. I'm sure it would (and will, after I have my surgery) absolutely FEEL like it, but I am NOT going to starve to death on the clear liquid diet. LOL!
That's such a great point! Even if it feels like we're starving, we all have plenty on our bodies to actually sustain our lives. It's a temporary inconvenience. But water is so important.
Thank you. I'm in the prep stage, going through all the appointments and I am trying to practice the sipping and the window around small meals. And I am trying to eat six small snacks of protein with veg/fruit or grains. I just had to take a second to thank you for all the information and to tell you that you look fantastic.
Just the second video I've watched of yours and find them excellent and informative. Do you also share how your weight loss or maintenance is doing two years post surgery? Found your explanation of the need to sip water and the timing of drinking easy to understand. I do not need the surgery myself but find the procedure interesting, especially in its longterm aftereffects. Have you also experienced a change in your moods, either depression as a result of loss of coping through eating or an improvement as a result of less inflammation? (If this is too personal and not part of your channel, my apologies, I understand if you don't want to reply.
OK, just saw your October update where you discuss your weight progress. Just want to tell you, you are very impressive in your ability to be honest and open and explain clearly many of the issues that follow WLS and how your pre-surgery binges felt. I have just tried to contact BigT Bariatric to ask if he follows you and recommend you could work together on a video. He had his surgery about 6 months ago and is slowly but steadily building his channel. This could be good for both of you to have a livestream together.
I appreciated the explanation of the sensation of what your body experiences with consumption of water. I’m practicing the sipping pre-op but not being sure what to expect it seems difficult to know what to mentally practice.
It's definitely tough to know what to prepare for because it's hard to know what you're going to feel and experience. But practicing during pre-op will take you a long way, I promise! Great job!
I'm nine months post op RNY, and drinking before no longer inhibits me. i still try to wait 10-15 minutes before eating, if possible, normally milling around in the kitchen getting everyone else's meals together. but that 30 minutes after is gospel. if i drink before that, yikes. i get nauseous and it's super uncomfortable. i am good on hitting my daily goals (64oz of water, i aim for 75ish since my main cup is 24oz and I drink *at least* 3 of those a day). If i forget my cup though? my whole day is out of whack, i swear. i rely on that cup, lol. i love your videos! *edit to add: i truly wasn't realizing i have been drinking right after protein shakes until you mentioned it. i am going to be stopping that right now. i was waiting before, but had grown lax as time passed.
Sounds like me! Being able to drink up until a meal has made a huge difference for me and I'm so glad I was able to figure that out. I stop drinking and get things ready in the kitchen and by the time that's done, I feel perfect to eat something. But yeah, sometimes I definitely need to wait 30 minutes or even longer after eating before I drink again or it just doesn't sit right at all.
In my personal experience I would become ravenous after drinking water so I had to wait 45 mins up to an hour to drink water after a meal. Sucks but it is what it is. However i had absolutely no issues with drinking water up till eating something.
I’m schedule for March 23! My concern is that as a throat cancer survivor I lose most of my salivary glands to radiation so it is very difficult to have no water to help me swallow!
I definitely had the same question! It's okay to eat soup, even though it's both. It's important to pay attention to make sure it doesn't bother you specifically, though. For a long time, Pho was tough for me just because my stomach didn't like the combo, but it's okay now that I'm several years out 🙂
@@1FatBeet thank you for your reply. Can you now eat pasta, pizza and red meat type of things or ? I am asking because I had gastric surgery for a different reason (other than weight loss) and I am trying to figure out how eating will work from now on. I am a foodie and I hope I’ll be able to eat most foods again (in SMALL portions). For example, I like shawarma dinners. I wonder how that will work …? What about sushi ? I looooove sushi (and sashimi).
That's super common - for some reason a lot of people struggle with drinking plain water after surgery. Try water enhancers like Crystal Light or Mio to see if that goes down easier. I've also heard changing the temperature of the water helps, like only drinking ice water or only room temperature. It can be a struggle to figure out what works best post-op, but it'll get easier!
Reason number 6,500 while I will just tell people do not get this surgery. Just practice what these people are saying they did before this surgery. This isn’t living we all are different kinds of active. I only think someone should be allowed to have this is they may have got up to 600lbs or more. I’m about 6 weeks out and I know I would take my old stomach back in a heartbeat along with diabetes and other issues and do all I could to eat right. I was very ignorant about food and now I have to have hernia surgeries after I lose the weight. This surgery is not worth it….
I’m just going to assume that your restrictions will be based on your surgeon and is not the same everywhere. My dietician recommended stop drinking 10 minutes before start drinking 30 minutes afterwards 🤷🏾♀️
Absolutely! I can only speak to my surgical team's guidelines and some of the research I've done for other programs, but I always recommend having a discussion with your medical team about restrictions and the guidelines they recommend as it does sometimes differ. This is also why is so important when people say things are HARD RULES after surgery... to take it with a grain of salt a bit - they really may not be hard lines as even surgeons have different guidelines and opinions.
I’m 9 days post op and the gas pain is gone but i am now getting pain across the end of my tummy when i take a few sips of water. About 20 seconds the pain starts and last for 10 seconds but then subsides. So annoying 😢help anyone
I’m so sorry you’re having so many issues. I’m nervous about my journey being the same. I keep being encouraged to try different flavors to find what works. I hope things start getting better for you. Has the doctor given you any additional tips or suggestions to help?
For the most part: no carbonation for a very long and then only as tolerated. My Dr said no carbonation ever. If you had weight loss surgery...why would you still drink the Pepsi that was a contributing factor in your weight. This surgery is to be life changing and a tool to lose weight and have a better life. So please reconsider drinking Pepsi
I am in the pre op stage and have gotten more information from you than my doctor or nutritionist. Thank you. 😊
Thank you for the tips. It helps hearing from someone who has gone through the process and is so motivational. I like how you specified differences and where some may struggle. It wasn’t just about “your journey” you really approached from a well-rounded perspective and I appreciate it.
I am starting pre-op tomorrow so I’ve been trying to find “my tribe” and some of the bariatric groups seem kind of toxic for new comers because they’re kind of set in their ways so thank you for the open minded approach. ❤❤❤
I’m considering getting a gastric bypass because I have been struggling with my weight for so long and I have tried literally everything, from starving myself to keto to plant-based everything! I have done everything! I love that you are all about research, so am I, you inspire me and I’m so excited! I’m so glad I found your channel!❤
Thank you so much! I can absolutely relate and it's not an easy decision but the choice will become clear in time on what you need for yourself 💗
I was 420 and I’m losing weight fast but I would give this back if I could. I liked the old me and how I didn’t have cramps and etc. I would suggest anyone do the pre op diet see how much you lose and you will see you can do it without this stupid surgery. I keep getting told wait three months I won’t regret it. I’m sorry I don’t care how many roller coasters and clothes I can fit I want to be able to go to those kinds of places and enjoy it without needing water in hand and food and such.
@@ifwefindsomethingwow I’m 40 I have 4 kids my youngest is 8 I’m 5”6 292.. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I’m glad to see your post it’s so many people who say do it it gets better etc. they only want to tell the good, or don’t want to have advice on the ugly . I want to know really is it worth it.
@@tiffanytwiggs160 what I will say is go to your gym or run a mile hard as you can. Then don’t eat anything for eight hours then drink some water. And that will be easier than this. The missing out on stuff and as well as going out to restaurants and not even caring to go other than to sit with your family just sucks. Then usually over indulging because it finally feels like a treat. It’s just not worth it. If I had educated myself better or knew it was going to be like this I would have ran out of that hospital. I had a lot of people telling me to go for it that they did it. Well it may have been for them but it’s not for me and I’m at month 3 and I know month 6 will feel the same. Especially after now I have to wait a year to get two hernias repaired. Which is the whole reason I went this route. But I feel if the doctors had given me a date and time and a weight to be I would have obtained the goals and got the hernias repaired then I would have kept the weight off because I wouldn’t have wanted to have risked ripping them back open.
My surgeons, thankfully, only want me to wait the 30 minutes after eating. I'm allowed to drink up to the minute I eat. I'm lucky my doctors teams allows alot of things many dont.
My surgeons have the same recommendation as yours. Definitely makes it easier to get fluids in.
Definitely! My personal thoughts are to follow the recommendations at first but if something isn't working or needs to change, to see if there's something that works better for you personally. For me, testing out drinking up to a meal was important and made a huge difference. Same with using a straw. Now that I know those things don't bother me, it opened a huge ability for me to do better!
Most important also Don't drink water when eating do not, the exact amount of time to wait may not be Earth shattering, but don't drink under any circumstances during a meal bottom line
Im scheduled for Gastric sleeve in 2weeks, im now on pre-op diet 😢(hard) the powder meal replacement is hard to consume, i can barely do 1shake a day..
ive been overdosing on popsicle and crystal light
Thanks for tour video, it helped me ❤
I'm about 6 months postop from my VSG. I'm pretty lucky; I never had an issue getting liquids down. I had to sip slower in the beginning but for the last 3 months I've been able to take 3 big swallows of water/crystal light at a time and if I'm diligent I get in about 96 ounces plus my protein shake in a day. I keep a 32 oz bottle at my desk and will usually get 2 of those in during work hours. My program encourages drinking up to meals but I usually stop drinking 5 or 10 minutes before I eat.
Something I'd like tips on is spacing out meals/eating slowly. I typically eat every 3 hours but sometimes that's too long between meals and I get super hungry and eat too fast, getting full really fast and sometimes a tummy ache but in 3 hours I can be ravenous again. I am worried about moving meals closer together; I don't want to get in the habit of grazing. I'm going to bring this up at my follow up appointment in 3 weeks, just wanted to know if you have any insight.
96 ounces, I want to be like you! I know 60-75 oz is enough to keep me hydrated personally, but of course I feel great when I get even more. I just need to keep working at it! My bigger issue at this point is that I get busy and forget to drink, but it has nothing to do with my capabilities post-op anymore.
The next big topic that came to mind for Life Changes is definitely eating slower/smaller bites. It's something I still struggle with sometimes myself to be honest. I think it'll be a good topic!
@1 Fat Beet yeah, on the weekends I don't get in as much because I'm not sitting in one place with the bottle right next to me for 8 hours, lol.
Pausing the video to say this. I will have to make a sticky note to remember: I am carrying almost 100 pounds of life-sustaining nutrition on my body right now. Even if I was only drinking straight water for a week, I would not starve to death. I'm sure it would (and will, after I have my surgery) absolutely FEEL like it, but I am NOT going to starve to death on the clear liquid diet. LOL!
That's such a great point! Even if it feels like we're starving, we all have plenty on our bodies to actually sustain our lives. It's a temporary inconvenience. But water is so important.
Thank you. I'm in the prep stage, going through all the appointments and I am trying to practice the sipping and the window around small meals. And I am trying to eat six small snacks of protein with veg/fruit or grains. I just had to take a second to thank you for all the information and to tell you that you look fantastic.
I’m so glad I came across your page!! This video is very helpful ❤
Thank you, you explain this so well and you look great BTW!
Thank you so much! 🥰😳
Just the second video I've watched of yours and find them excellent and informative. Do you also share how your weight loss or maintenance is doing two years post surgery? Found your explanation of the need to sip water and the timing of drinking easy to understand. I do not need the surgery myself but find the procedure interesting, especially in its longterm aftereffects. Have you also experienced a change in your moods, either depression as a result of loss of coping through eating or an improvement as a result of less inflammation? (If this is too personal and not part of your channel, my apologies, I understand if you don't want to reply.
OK, just saw your October update where you discuss your weight progress. Just want to tell you, you are very impressive in your ability to be honest and open and explain clearly many of the issues that follow WLS and how your pre-surgery binges felt. I have just tried to contact BigT Bariatric to ask if he follows you and recommend you could work together on a video. He had his surgery about 6 months ago and is slowly but steadily building his channel. This could be good for both of you to have a livestream together.
I still battle this 9 years post op vsg.or SLEEVE SURGERY.
I appreciated the explanation of the sensation of what your body experiences with consumption of water. I’m practicing the sipping pre-op but not being sure what to expect it seems difficult to know what to mentally practice.
It's definitely tough to know what to prepare for because it's hard to know what you're going to feel and experience. But practicing during pre-op will take you a long way, I promise! Great job!
Hello, thank you for all your recommendations. Can you help me why you choose bypass and not sleeve surgery?
I'm nine months post op RNY, and drinking before no longer inhibits me. i still try to wait 10-15 minutes before eating, if possible, normally milling around in the kitchen getting everyone else's meals together. but that 30 minutes after is gospel. if i drink before that, yikes. i get nauseous and it's super uncomfortable.
i am good on hitting my daily goals (64oz of water, i aim for 75ish since my main cup is 24oz and I drink *at least* 3 of those a day). If i forget my cup though? my whole day is out of whack, i swear. i rely on that cup, lol.
i love your videos!
*edit to add: i truly wasn't realizing i have been drinking right after protein shakes until you mentioned it. i am going to be stopping that right now. i was waiting before, but had grown lax as time passed.
Sounds like me! Being able to drink up until a meal has made a huge difference for me and I'm so glad I was able to figure that out. I stop drinking and get things ready in the kitchen and by the time that's done, I feel perfect to eat something. But yeah, sometimes I definitely need to wait 30 minutes or even longer after eating before I drink again or it just doesn't sit right at all.
In my personal experience I would become ravenous after drinking water so I had to wait 45 mins up to an hour to drink water after a meal. Sucks but it is what it is. However i had absolutely no issues with drinking water up till eating something.
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I’m schedule for March 23! My concern is that as a throat cancer survivor I lose most of my salivary glands to radiation so it is very difficult to have no water to help me swallow!
How are you doing ?
I have Sjogrens and this is a concern for me as well.
How does it work when / if you eat food in soups, like ramen, noodle soup, minestrone, tortellini in chicken broth etc… ?
I definitely had the same question! It's okay to eat soup, even though it's both. It's important to pay attention to make sure it doesn't bother you specifically, though. For a long time, Pho was tough for me just because my stomach didn't like the combo, but it's okay now that I'm several years out 🙂
@@1FatBeet thank you for your reply.
Can you now eat pasta, pizza and red meat type of things or ?
I am asking because I had gastric surgery for a different reason (other than weight loss) and I am trying to figure out how eating will work from now on. I am a foodie and I hope I’ll be able to eat most foods again (in SMALL portions). For example, I like shawarma dinners. I wonder how that will work …?
What about sushi ? I looooove sushi (and sashimi).
Yes, most of those things don't bother me, I just try to be mindful and keep as much balance as possible, always prioritizing protein first.
I'm 4 days PO and desperate for drinking water is sooo hard it's like my new stomach hate water
That's super common - for some reason a lot of people struggle with drinking plain water after surgery. Try water enhancers like Crystal Light or Mio to see if that goes down easier. I've also heard changing the temperature of the water helps, like only drinking ice water or only room temperature. It can be a struggle to figure out what works best post-op, but it'll get easier!
Reason number 6,500 while I will just tell people do not get this surgery. Just practice what these people are saying they did before this surgery. This isn’t living we all are different kinds of active. I only think someone should be allowed to have this is they may have got up to 600lbs or more. I’m about 6 weeks out and I know I would take my old stomach back in a heartbeat along with diabetes and other issues and do all I could to eat right. I was very ignorant about food and now I have to have hernia surgeries after I lose the weight. This surgery is not worth it….
I’m just going to assume that your restrictions will be based on your surgeon and is not the same everywhere. My dietician recommended stop drinking 10 minutes before start drinking 30 minutes afterwards 🤷🏾♀️
Absolutely! I can only speak to my surgical team's guidelines and some of the research I've done for other programs, but I always recommend having a discussion with your medical team about restrictions and the guidelines they recommend as it does sometimes differ. This is also why is so important when people say things are HARD RULES after surgery... to take it with a grain of salt a bit - they really may not be hard lines as even surgeons have different guidelines and opinions.
I’m 9 days post op and the gas pain is gone but i am now getting pain across the end of my tummy when i take a few sips of water. About 20 seconds the pain starts and last for 10 seconds but then subsides. So annoying 😢help anyone
I’m 4 years out and still cannot drink water
I’m so sorry you’re having so many issues. I’m nervous about my journey being the same. I keep being encouraged to try different flavors to find what works. I hope things start getting better for you. Has the doctor given you any additional tips or suggestions to help?
Can we have soft drinks im a pepsi addict and iv had my surgery about 2 weeks now so any idea whn i can drink pepsi
For the most part: no carbonation for a very long and then only as tolerated. My Dr said no carbonation ever. If you had weight loss surgery...why would you still drink the Pepsi that was a contributing factor in your weight. This surgery is to be life changing and a tool to lose weight and have a better life. So please reconsider drinking Pepsi
No carbonation.