Post Op Day 58
Friday, May 7th, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Protein and calories, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Hello everyone! I had to wait until I could articulate my feelings of late without crying. I was so happy and pleased with the surgical weight loss progress I had made when I last wrote. The weight loss has continued ...
Health Law Will Make Calorie Counts Hard to Ignore
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Protein and calories, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »The U.S. health care bill will now require vending machines, fast food chains or restaurants with 20 or more locations to list their calorie counts on the menus. It’s true that some restaurants and fast food chains are already listing ...
Post-op day 35
Monday, April 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I am now 5 weeks from vertical gastrectomy surgery and I have broke my stall!!! YIPPEE!! The scale said 353.9 this morning. I have now lost 46.6 pounds. This is going slower than I or my doctor thought it would, ...
Post-op day 11
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I am still trucking along. Tolerating my fluids, meeting protein and fluid goals. Pain at the incision sites is almost non-existent. I still will have an occasional esophageal spasm when I take in too much, but happens only once to ...
Post-Op day 9
Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I stepped on the scale this morning and weighed 367.1 pounds. I weighed 374.6 on morning of surgery. I spent 2 nights in the hospital as I was having esophageal spasms and difficulty making me liquid intake requirements. I went home ...
Getting Back on Track
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 Posted in Duodenal switch, Exercise, LapBand, Protein and calories, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Throughout the surgical weight loss process you’ve developed some great eating habits. Whether you have the LapBand, Realize Band, Vertical gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or the Duodenal switch, you’ve worked so hard to maintain them but whether you are months ...
Milk- it does a body good!
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Protein and calories, Uncategorized, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | 1 Comment »Bariatric laparoscopic surgery and milk: Milk and yogurts are good sources of calcium and protein for successful weight loss surgery results. Remember that milk does contain carbohydrates so be sure to add it into your daily intake. As you know, ...
Starchy vegetables
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Protein and calories, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »We generally know what foods contain carbohydrates: breads, rice, pasta, potatoes, tortillas, crackers, pancakes, etc. It’s also important to know that in order for a weight loss plan to be successful, there are some starchy vegetables out there that you’ll ...
Hiking Snacks
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Exercise, Protein and calories, Recipes, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Hiking has become a favorite activity for many of our weight loss surgery patients here at LapSF. If hiking isn’t something you normally do, try fitting it into your next vacation to the mountains or if you have a weekend ...