Food Visuals and Portions after WLS // How much CAN and SHOULD you eat? | My Gastric Bypass Journey 

I wish I could heart this more than once. I'm pinning your comment and linking the video because that is THE EXACT VIDEO that helped me realize I'm doing fine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OpnjvuWP6W0.html Congrats on your date! That time will fly by in no time!

Did you have the gastric bypass surgery or the sleeve gastrectomy? & Do u, or will you please from now on explain what is expected during traditional bypass, or sleeve gastric bypass, please. THANK YOU, obviously this video didn't need any distintion seperation

Dannon (protein) light& fit

U are correct... For my case the quantity she showed quite a lot for me... I am 1.5yrs post op.. I still cant swallow more than 3 spoons. 3 spoons was maximum... 😢 Is it normal..?

TY!

What was your emergency surgery for? I just got my rny surgery on Monday

What are you up to now ? Mine was done on May 19 and I’m still not able to eat but I feel very hungry !

​@@geetankvatsI had my surgery 4 years ago I still have great restriction and I'm never hungry I have to force myself to eat because my stomach tells me I need to eat I had to try really hard to eat all of the food I was allowed after surgery everyone is different good luck with your journey.

@@geetankvatshow is it going now?

@@lynnk7222 I must say it went pretty well in initial 4 months. My weight went down from 120KG to 95KG. From last couple of months my weight is floating between 95-97 KG. However restrictions to eat are still there. I can easily feel that tool is restricting me to eat freely. To be very frank I’m overall happy with this and I think I took correct decision.

Thank you so much!!💗

Thank you!! ❤🥰

It’s the best decision I have ever made for myself.

So nice of you, thank you so much!! 🥰

Thank you so much! When is your surgery date?

@@1FatBeet I am still waiting 😭 but I completed all of my pre-rec classes But my insurance person who works why because of what happened

How did your operation eventually go?

Maintenance is a whole new beast and so many of us are used to always "dieting" and in the weight loss phase that switching over to maintaining and not actively trying to lose can be such a different and tough change. I hope to keep adding my voice to experiences with what it's like years after surgery as so many people kind of phase out after that point.

How are you doing?

Everyone's medical team is a little different. At that stage, I was told 6oz total, so 3 of those being protein and then I could do 3oz of fruit, veggie, or other healthy side. I wasn't always able to eat the full 6oz as like you said, some things fill me up quicker. And sometimes I could eat all 6oz without any issues. It's weird like that 😋

LOL no, it's a long cup from Vegas for the adult beverages 🤣

@@1FatBeet 🤣🤣🤣

Ditto. The mental struggle is still very much there to clean my plate, and sometimes I'm like "but it's 6 oz. and already dished up!" I stopped weighing my food mostly and started focusing on just my internal fullness cues but there are pluses and minuses with that just like anything else. So far it seems to be working well for me at this point at least!

This is why I always end my videos telling everyone to make sure to look at the big picture. Losing 12 lbs. in a month is phenomenal. Losing 76.2 lbs. in six months?! That's amazing! That's an average of almost 13 lbs. per month! Forgive me if I'm being too forward, but why do you not think that that's a good amount of weight loss? When people are looking into fad diets and advertisers are shoving information in your face on why you want to choose their service, they advertise losing 10 lbs. a month and everyone blows their mind. Yet us bariatric patients are not okay with 10-15 lbs. a month, even though it's way above average to lose that amount of weight per month. The CDC recommends losing 1-2 lbs. per week for healthy, steady weight loss which is only 4-8 lbs. a month compared to the 12-13 lbs. you're losing. Take a breath and try to look at the big picture on how far you've come. I know it's so difficult and I've been there, but all you'll do is stress yourself out and make yourself really upset over something that is worth celebrating and being proud. At 6 months I started putting more variation on my plate and eating more veggies because I was also tired of protein-everything and I really missed vegetables. Always prioritize the protein, but start to branch out with fruits and veggies and other whole foods to get a more varied diet and maybe that will help the monotony. You've got this, I say all of this with love because you are doing GREAT, you just need to see what I see! 💗💗

I never lost 12 lbs in a month. But I did lose 100 lbs my first year. I'm 1yr 2 months post op now and not really losing at all. I'm not gaining and I can eat whatever I want. I look at it this way 12 lbs is amazing 👏 be proud of yourself because what's the chances you could've done that before surgery?

I think it's really important to remember everyone loses differently. I'm one year post VSG and I've lost 80lbs. It's not as much compared to other people, but I feel really great in body and don't have the pain I did 80lbs ago. Do I wish I've lost more yes, but 80lbs is still incredible. :) Try not to compare yourself to others! ❤

@@1FatBeet This is so true. I am 6 months post RNY...lost 87 pounds since and lost another 87 pounds prior to surgery. I felt the same way. I saw a therapist yesterday. Take EVERY NSV in the world and use that as your guide! Down 175 pounds and doing things i could NEVER EVER do! Still want to lose another 55 pounds over the next 6 months. GO GO GO!! YOU CAN DO IT!

I really liked your video. You aren’t selling a product, just giving your own information. I haven’t had the surgery yet so seeing amounts of food is helpful for future reference.

We all make our own decisions for what's best for us individually.

Were told to sip alow. 1 ounce every 5 min. with my surgeon.

I drink mine down easy peasy Get worried then bam any meat etc really lets me know I am a Bariatric patient

That’s a ton of meat! Yeeet nope

Oh sweetie, you are going to have a lot of pauses and stalls along this journey, and it's totally normal. You aren't doing anything wrong. It's really common after 2-3 months to have a bit of a stall while your body adjusts and catches up with the rapid weight loss. You've lost almost 30 lbs in 2 months - that's phenomenal. Keep being consistent and try to look at the big picture and be proud of how far you've come, I know it's hard, but you're kicking butt!

I'll be back.

​@@1FatBeet That is 👍 The portions are bigger than I would have guessed. what is interesting to me comparing you and your food with Alexandria Rodriguez. She just posted about her " failed surgery". She is eating more and different food. You seem to be about the time out from surgery. She is clearly gaining weight again. Your habits are working for you. Good for you. I cant imagine going through the pain of surgery and gaining it back... heartbreaking but habits have to change.

I'm not familiar with her channel and I only watched a couple of her videos, but what I saw was about a month ago she said that the comments saying she's failed her weight loss surgery are really bothering her because she's lost over 100 lbs. since her surgery, her doctor says her bloodwork is great, and she feels better than she ever has. I wasn't able to see anything clearly posted from her about her weight and whether she's gaining/losing, nor was I really able to get a sense out of what she's eating on a daily basis. It sounds to me like she is doing her best and found success after her surgery, which doesn't look the same for everyone. Just as a word of caution, it's hard enough trying to destigmatize the idea that weight loss surgery is the easy way out and is a lazy person's response to weight loss. Adding in the idea that then, after surgery, other people will scrutinize your every move and won't think you're doing it the "right" way can be really damaging. I haven't posted what I eat in a very long time, and in the last three months I have eaten VERY poorly (unbalanced, higher processed foods, over-snacking) due to huge amounts of stress and life events. It's a struggle to keep myself from buckling knowing I'm not doing everything "right," and I've taken a step back from RU-vid because I know that trying to film and post videos would add to my current stress levels but also there would be unhelpful comments and discussions about whether or not I'm doing things right, whether or not I'm gaining weight, and whether or not I'm failing myself and others. The internet is full of people waiting around to point a finger and say "SEE? I knew it wouldn't work!" I hope to release a video this week about what I'm going through, how I'm handling it, and how it's affecting my journey because I know people will relate and I always want to share the full story, but I'm also nervous of people scrutinizing my choices and my life because it doesn't fit into their idea of what they think this journey should look like.

I think that might depend on how far out from surgery you are and exactly what is in the juice/smoothies. I would talk to your surgery team or doctor to be sure - too soon after surgery, you want to avoid anything with too much sugar, even if it's natural sugar.

@@1FatBeet thanks. just curious why protein powder which is such a processed food many loaded with sweetener alternatives is ok for the stomach after surgery but fruit isn’t. I’ll defintely ask my surgeon about that in my upcoming consult. Interestingly with the exception of a few people I’ve discovered on TikTok the majority who have WLS seem to eat mostly processed food (based on the posts on social media) after surgery when they get to the food eating stage

My understanding is that volume is a lot harder to measure accurately between different foods. For example, a cup of yogurt is very different from a cup of shredded chicken breast. Think of baking recipes where the most accurate way to follow the recipe is by weighing out your ingredients because volume is not very accurate and can depend on how much things are packed in or how it settles in the measuring cup. I've not personally seen many recommendations for measuring by volume, and my surgical team has always recommended by weight. When it comes to "not imagining eating the amount of food I'm showing," that is highly dependent on not only what stage you're at/how long since surgery, and honestly also depends on each individual as well.

I'm not allowed to enjoy a cracker now and then? Look, if that works for you, please by all means. It doesn't work for me to cut that out of my life completely. We have to all find the balance of what is realistic in our lives, and then I put in the work to make small improvements over time. We are all doing the best we can.

Also, just a disclaimer: please do not intermittent fast after bariatric surgery without consulting your doctor and ensuring your nutrient intake and vitamin levels are okay to support that kind of change.

Not for everyone. Rice has never made me dump 🤷‍♀️

@@1FatBeet I wish 😭

There are certainly truths to what you are saying, no doubt. But I would exercise caution in saying 80% of WLS fail within 5 years for the simple fact that we are using a very clinical definition of failure. In those studies, they consider 50% excess weight loss as success, so if that threshold is not maintained, they say it failed. But guess what? We are humans. We have thoughts and feelings and nuance. If someone gains some of their weight back over time, but this surgery still saved their life, changed major habits, got them off diabetes meds... did they really fail? Is a specific number really what we should be using to say if you are successful? That's a very clinical doctor thing to do. And hey, statistics don't work without numbers, so it can't be completely faulted. But these numbers are used to scare people and I'm just not about that personally. Everyone has a very important experience they bring to the table that isn't recorded in numbers.

I answer from the perspective of firstly being a doctor, secondly having had a gastric bypass myself, and thirdly as someone whose mother died of obesity. I think the problem is not that someone loses 50% of excess weight (which is an achievement in itself) but that they keep it off - most don't sadly. And we know the reasons why people regain .... Better to have the surgery and be in possession of the facts that improve the long-term outcome. Postings like yours absolutely encourage and educate people. I had my surgery many years ago - last year, I had to have unrelated tests and the surgeon commented that my stomach pouch was so small that it looked as if my surgery was only six months old. However, at one point I had also regained 50lbs ..... The result of "grazing". I have long since lost it again but any information that assists in a fellow bypasser not having to flounder and wondering why they have regained is honestly important in my humble opinion.