I’ve recently has a surgery to remove 85% of my stomach. I did this at a private hospital in Sydney in Feb. If you have any questions, let me know, I’ll do my best to answer.
[AMA] I Had Weight Loss Surgery (Gastric Sleeve) 1 Month Ago. Ask Me Anything
PropertyPig on 27/03/2022 - 13:56
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My poops are almost non existent. I have to take benefiber to try keep me regular. But yes, they are smaller. I’m thankful because a lot of people have the opposite problem.
I had a gastric bypass In 2020. Still have not met my weight goal, a work in progress but I have dropped 27k in that time. I can eat equal to one meal a day split through out the day. The surgery effects the hormones related to hunger so your not as hungry at meal times as before. The hardest part for me was realising I had a psychological addiction to food which I am still working through. I have zero regrets having the surgery I fell better health wise and emotionally much healthier too!!!
How many kg do you have to go? I would have thought only one meal or equivalent a day would drop weight faster! Do you have any thyroid problems that are slowing things down?
I want to drop between 5-10 kilo still. It is very slow going and my food and drink choices are probably not the best. I have substituted alcohol 🥃 for snacks so not such a good choice. But at least I am not gaining weight.
Dude, by the sounds of it, you're not healthy. You had surgery to supress your hunger and you're now starving your body with a caloric deficit, while simultaneously realising just now that you have an addiction which your mind is still craving.
Sounds like you need a serious attitude change. Not sure if your doctor ran through this with you, but you're going to die if you keep this up. Health isn't a game and poor lifestyle/diet are the main causes of premature death worldwide.
Cut out your junk food and do your exercise. Anything else is just lazy theatre.
All the best.
Good on your PropertyPig, welcome to the club!
I'm a 165cm tall/short man who had this surgery in Dec 2016, at the time I was a 38yo and 115kg when assessed by the surgeon, my max was 125kg. The 6 weeks of shakes pre surgery got me down to 96kg on the day. 6mths later I passed my 70kg target and I'm still ~64kg now years later.
I have a bunch of other health probs unrelated to weight and doing it the old fashioned way simply didn't work for me in part because of those extra limitations, I tried for over a decade and failed. The op is merely the tool that I used to get over the hump so to speak.
Thank you! Its always good. to hear from someone years later. What were the hardest parts for you?
The early limits on fluid intake with it being either eat or drink, not both.
I was so used to eating and drinking simultaneously, not even any bad drinks just water. But nope not possible in that first ~6mths or so, and still limited out to about a year. I had to drink first, which felt wrong to me, and if the drink was too large, which was only like 150ml, then I'd have to wait 5min to eat or it'd come back up.
I'd been warned about this of course but I had no idea how ingrained and unconscious the simultaneous eating and drinking was.
After about a year when my stomach had settled down & I was used to proper food portion sizes without having to consciously think about it, I can do pretty much whatever I want. Of course what I want now has been trained into the limits of what I can do, but the point is I can sip water and eat in any order like I had my whole life, with just the food portion much smaller.
It wasn't a bad habit to break like eating while watching TV or similar distractions, just a quirk that didn't work with the op.
Good on you, you tried dieting multiple times before going for the surgery which shows your commitment to change. I know some people think surgery is a bit drastic but if it makes you lose weight, look and feel better, be healthier and improves your mental health then it is definitely worth it!
Thank you. This surgery is just a tool, not a miracle cure. There is still so much work that goes into it.
That sounds like a hell of a journey - congratulations on having the willpower to make a decision and following through with it.
Can I ask - when you sit down for dinner with your partner what's the feeling like when you get to see someone else eating/enjoying a much 'nicer' meal?
Also, how does your partner feel when eating a meal in front of you?
Is there any awkwardness/guilt?It was hard at first when I was on the pre op diet and pureed food. When you are hungry and trying to only have optifasts, it was like torture for 2 weeks. My partner tried not to eat around me. I do talk about this a lot on my youtube videos.
Its a lot better now because we do eat the same stuff (my partner is type 1 diabetic and pregnant so eats quite healthy). My portion is just WAY smaller. She is fine eating in front of me now. Going out to dinner is a bit hard, watching people eat huge meals. But I know why I am doing what I am doing and I get over it pretty quickly.
I've been knocked back 3 times by the public system. I actually got as far as the surgeon on time 2. He said I was too frail. I was so shocked, I couldn't speak. I'm in a wheelchair, but that doesn't mean I'm frail.
I found out through back channels (one of my other specialists i see privately but she also consults at that public hospital) that his concerns actually related to the 12 X 12 cm mesh in my abdomen after a Hermia repair. The hernia was post a Laparoscopic removal of gall bladder and formed at one of the ",keyholes,". That particular site is vital for abdominal surgeries via Laparoscope.
I actually wasn't overly keen to be honest, but I needed to lose weight desperately. I was hoping to get knee surgery. I am now on Saxenda injections and I have lost 26 kg on that but it has platformed for well over 3 months now. I saw a private orthopaedic surgeon in December and he feels the knee surgery would not give the usual results and would be a great risk anyway. However my heart would appreciate the weight loss.
Why did you took this drastic and disastrous decision? Did you know there’s something called intermittent fasting? You thought stomach stapling is easy and it will fix your weight? But what about your metabolic health? Doctors will do anything to earn money. Weight loss surgeries are one of them. This is equal to car mechanic asking to put diesel in petrol car and changing the engine. I reduced 20 kgs in 1 year and never put that weight back with IF.
I tried IF, specifically 16:8. I never thought that stomach stapling would be easy. I did a lot of research and know how hard it would be.
It’s been 6 weeks and I’m 14kg down. I’ve started at the gym. So yes, I think it will fix my weight.
I don’t understand your analogy?
You might have tried everything. But if you have the same determination as your stomach stapling you would be far successful without any loose skin and improve your metabolic health. I can understand your mindset. There is no way a guy who eats at McD daily can comprehend the mindset of who cooks at home daily. In the same way, the person who believes everything the medical system says can comprehend there is an alternate way of living. Good luck for your weight loss journey. In case you fail, then whatever you do alternate way, give your 100%.
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are your poops smaller?