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03-08-2009, 08:16 PM
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#1 (permalink)
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Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA
Posts: 1
Weight Statistics 2/6/09 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
270 lb Start Weight:
234 lb Current Weight:
36 lb Weight Loss:
234 lb Lb Left to Lose:
13.3333333333 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.0104810535 BMI Start:
44.2090835797 BMI Current:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I had my surgery a month ago and did the clear liquid diet for 5 days, then the pureed foods diet for 3 weeks after that. I started the soft foods diet this week and some of the vitamins but I am constantly very tired. I'm getting plenty of sleep but I'm having difficulty with always feeling worn out.
Any suggestions?? 
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03-08-2009, 08:23 PM
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#2 (permalink)
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,004
Weight Statistics July 07 Start Date:
1/24/08 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
309 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
174 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
56.3106796117 % % Lost:
02/01/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4146745562 BMI Start:
22.4627218935 BMI Current:
23.2946745562 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It will come. It took me close to 2 months before I felt I was back to my old self. I went back to work at 4 weeks but still felt drained. It is okay to give yourself some time here you just had major surgery.
I hope that you start feeling up to par soon. Take care
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03-08-2009, 08:44 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: new york
Posts: 71
Weight Statistics all my life Start Date:
bypass on 1/29/09 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
285 lb Start Weight:
220 lb Current Weight:
155 lb Goal Weight:
65 lb Weight Loss:
65 lb Lb Left to Lose:
22.8070175439 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.3293685121 BMI Start:
33.4472318339 BMI Current:
23.5650951557 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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i am also still tired.. i get a boost and then all of a sudden get tired..like passing out. and i have to stop. i am trying to recover all the time from not doing much.
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03-08-2009, 09:13 PM
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#4 (permalink)
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,004
Weight Statistics July 07 Start Date:
1/24/08 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
309 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
174 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
56.3106796117 % % Lost:
02/01/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4146745562 BMI Start:
22.4627218935 BMI Current:
23.2946745562 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Please both of you give yourself a little more time. It isn't easy getting back all of your energy right away. I had my surgery almost exactly one year before you and look at my numbers. I didn't really start doing regular excersise until April and then I joined the Y. I go to classes MWF and do a video at home on the other days. Before April I pushed myself to do my bike and some walking but it was not much. Just enough to say I did.
Focus on getting in that protein and your fluids. It will help some. (((hugs to both of you)))
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03-08-2009, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Okla USA
Posts: 2,549
Weight Statistics 05/17/02 Start Date:
05/17/02 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
355 lb Start Weight:
190 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
165 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4788732394 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index59.0686390533 BMI Start:
31.6142011834 BMI Current:
29.1183431953 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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it's far to easy to forget we had major surgery whether it was done open or lap. But I find that the ones who've had it done lap have very unreal expectations about recovery.
make sure you are drinking plenty of water, doing your protein, vitamins if you can get 'em down and walk every day. It takes time to get back energy and your body NEEDS to be allowed to recover and to feed it what it needs before you really feel a ton better.
but I promise, it's like one day you wake up and it's this amount of energy you never had that just never ends!
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03-09-2009, 01:12 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 2,178
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
145 lb Current Weight:
149 lb Goal Weight:
194 lb Weight Loss:
-4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
57.2271386431 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index53.0891067053 BMI Start:
22.7077300067 BMI Current:
23.3341501448 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Your body just had major surgery and it is spending much of its energy healing. It took me a while before I was back to my normal energy level. Keep eating as much protein as you can, take your vitamins, and lots of fluids. It helps with healing and energy. Give your body some time and you will feel so much better soon. If your blood levels need checked, be sure to do so to check for vitamin deficiencies or anemia.
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03-09-2009, 02:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Birmingham, England
Posts: 835
Weight Statistics Oct 2008 Start Date:
30th January 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
351 lb Start Weight:
166 lb Current Weight:
168 lb Goal Weight:
185 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
52.7065527066 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index58.4030769231 BMI Start:
27.6208284024 BMI Current:
27.9536094675 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi Healthierme,
I so know that feeling, but I have had problems getting food down, so I put it down to that, but i do think what everyone else says is right, we try to run before we can walk, and in the end it only knocks our progress back, so follow everyones advice, get your protein in, vitamins, fluids, and if your body says rest, rest....
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03-09-2009, 02:29 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us.
Congratulations on your date.
(((((HUGS))))) May your journey go well.
At this point, your lack of energy is quite normal. Everyone will react differently, and some will feel better, others won't for a while yet.
Your body is still healing, and adjusting to the major rearrangement that your guts had done. It will take a couple more months yet for your system to readjust and realign and start functioning smoothly with the new plumbing.
Rest when you need to, move when you can. Once you are past the 3 month mark, things will be running much more smoothly and constantly.
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