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03-14-2008, 11:25 PM
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#1 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 1,292
Weight Statistics 10/27/07 Start Date:
11 March 08 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
239 lb Start Weight:
134 lb Current Weight:
144 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
-10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.9330543933 % % Lost:
12/25/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.3323255228 BMI Start:
23.7344419249 BMI Current:
25.5056689342 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I dont know why, but I thought it was going to be 30mls....I have no idea how I came to that conclusion.... It was made to 15mls....
I constantly feel like I have eaten a whole pizza with a side of fries and a milkshake....overstuffed, even if I havent eaten!
I know that everything is still a bit swollen etc, but I am really really struggling to get fluids in...only managed about 200mls today (not including 70mls protein shake and kiwicrush 100mls) but even added together, thats only approx 370mls.... the nut said about a mizone bottle which is 750mls....
I am sipping slowly, but still feel like im about to burst! 
Any advise please?
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03-15-2008, 06:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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i have no idea LOL. i know when i first came home ONE OUNCE of fluid was my limit LOL. i was so stuffed as if i had eaten thanksgiving dinner and had to adjust my belt. of course now its not like that. i think now i can hold 4 - 5 ozs of solid food comfortably. anything more and i get that feeling....
take your time.
in the beginning i used a medicine cup which is one ounce. i was told to make it last 5 sips...and surprisingly that did last 5 sips, and it helped me to slow down.
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03-15-2008, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 5,236
Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
154 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5692041522 BMI Start:
23.4130622837 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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silly goose...you just had surgery 4 days ago!!! IT WILL GET BETTER!!! I don't know how big my pouch is/was.....I need to ask my surgeon....I know nowdays, it thinks it's bigger than it actually is  | |
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03-15-2008, 06:59 AM
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Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 5,595
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7876106195 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.5654269972 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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im not sure how bug mine is either, i know i have seen on here a few time that ppl know how big theirs is, i never even thought to ask but am curious now, in the begining, it is hard to get in all ur fluids, it gets easier as the days go on, just keep sipping!
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03-15-2008, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I have no idea how big my pouch is and never thought of asking my doctor, and I am also very curious now how big my pouch is. For me I can get a little over a cup of soup with it being at least half water. But I try to stick to only one cup of soup and I also get in 1 cup of chili, that is pretty runny and not thick chili. Now for the meat part it is usually around 2 to 3 oz and every once in a while I can get in 4 oz. of meat. and then I am full and I am full longer with heavy meat. My problem is when I get busy I forget to eat in between my meals. Becasue I am suppose to eat 6 small meals a day. It has happened to me that I missed two meals in a row already. But at the beginning I could not hardly eat anything and I hated food at the beginning and once I could eat chili I almost lived on chili becasue that was the one food that agreed with me the most. In time when the pouch and everything else heals the eating will get better.
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03-15-2008, 09:31 AM
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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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I have no idea the size of my pouch but I go see surgeon on Monday so maybe I'll ask. There is NO way you will get in all of your fluids yet. I am 7 weeks post op and I am just getting there with the fluids. I'm still no where near the amount of food I should be able to take in. One thing these girls taught me was to relax and let my body heal. Your pouch is very swollen right now. I also sipped from a 1 ounce cup for serveral weeks.
Hang in there each week gets a little easier.
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03-15-2008, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 2,707
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
330 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
35 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.7878787879 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index47.3448979592 BMI Start:
33.7153061224 BMI Current:
28.693877551 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It's true Leelee,
at this point you are so swollen on the inside. I think it was FemmeMode that wrote in the beginning she kept a timer and every 15 minutes she had about an ounce of water or so...?...(what discipline!)
point being, you have to sip slow and sip little. I'm almost 9 weeks and just getting to where I can drink with out having to really pay attention (can't gulp..). The first few weeks I was lucky to have enough time in the day...because it was so little each time.
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03-15-2008, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mira Loma, CA 91752
Posts: 589
Weight Statistics April 15, 2006 Start Date:
May 10, 2006 Surgery Date:
6' 3"
Height:
365 lb Start Weight:
200 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
165 lb Weight Loss:
45.2054794521 % % Lost:
anytime Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.6168888889 BMI Start:
24.9955555556 BMI Current:
24.9955555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My surgeon recommended "two sips every 15 minutes from a water bottle", a sip being about one ounce. If you stick to this schedule, in an hour you'll get 8 ounces. In 8 hours, you'll get 64 ounces, well within the recommended regimine of fluids. This also includes any protein shakes that are water or skim milk based. If you can stick to this type of regimine, you'll do fine. Bring a water bottle with you everywhere you go. If you don't like just plain water, flavor it with Crystal Lite powder, or use 1/3 Gatorade in the water bottle, and the rest water.
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03-15-2008, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,122
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.4492961793 BMI Start:
26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It Will Def Feel Like Its Bigger In A Few Months. Trust Me You Will Not Feel Like This Forever! Like Kenya I Had To Drink Out Of A Medicine Cup Of 1 Ounce. I Had Trouble Doing More Than An Ounce Back Then. I Couldnt Get Anything In
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03-15-2008, 02:55 PM
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#10 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 1,292
Weight Statistics 10/27/07 Start Date:
11 March 08 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
239 lb Start Weight:
134 lb Current Weight:
144 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
-10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.9330543933 % % Lost:
12/25/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.3323255228 BMI Start:
23.7344419249 BMI Current:
25.5056689342 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You guys are awesome!
Yeah I just didnt want to get dehydrated, but I dont feel I am. That measuring cup idea is great! I have started that now. post later, scheduled power cut due in about 30secs!! all day - 9am till 6pm!!!
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