3 Weeks Post-Op (need advice)

[taylor25]

Hey everyone! I’m 3 weeks post op (gastric sleeve) and have my 1 month check in with my surgeon this coming Monday. I’ve been really struggling mentally, but physically I’ve been healing fine. No issues with food, or pain, or overall healing. But mentally this really sucks and I’m worried I’m doing this wrong or it’s not working or something isn’t right. My starting weight the day of surgery was 230 lbs. I’m between 215-213 currently and for the past week and a half. The scale won’t budge below 213 and I’m really struggling to follow the diet because I’m able to eat way more than I should be?? I just had my post op dietician appointment where she said we shouldn’t be able to eat more than 2 ounces of soft food. Yesterday, I couldn’t take in more than two bites of my lunch but at dinner it was probably around 3-4 ounces of ground chicken, sweet potato and boiled carrots (mixed together) and I was able to eat the whole bowl without feeling full, sick, or discomfort. I chewed slow, paced myself, didn’t drink prior. Granted that’s significantly less than what I would have normally eaten pre-surgery but still feels like way more than I should be able to handle right now. People in the class were talking about struggling with food and liquids and I can’t relate at all…I feel like I really am the one person this isn’t going to work for and my anxiety/stress is through the roof constantly.

Has anyone else experienced this or something similar or has any advice? Please help, thank you

 

[lindsayrene325]

I had a similar panic at the same point in my journey. I had the absolute BEST post-op recovery. I kept liquids down just fine. Broth and thicker soups were fine. Healing was smooth and I felt great.....and that panicked me! I mentioned it to my surgeon and she said, "That is the best case scenario we could hope for!" I had to consciously change my mind set from "I can't eat more than this" to "I won't eat more than this." I tracked everything I ate to make sure my calories were in check and my protein was high, and I started moving constantly! I am down 99 pounds since 8/5/24 (almost hit the 100!).

 

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