nichola24
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I went for my 6 week check up today (even tho im only 5 weeks post op). Dietician was really pleased with me 
she was suprised how im not having any problems eating anything, must be my iron stomach haha.
she weighed me and told me id lost 11kg (2 stone) since my op and that id lost 24% of my excess body weight! really chuffed
she was that impressed shes asked me to go along to a support meeting to talk to other people having the same op, tell them about my experience and stuff. i said i would let her know as it made me feel quite scared lol.
next in i saw the surgeon and he too was pleased with how i was progressing. he looked at my wounds and was happy that they were healing well and gave me the go ahead to use bio oil on them.
i can now go swimming!!!! and start the gym, use small weights and build up.....soooo excited, shall be ringin bannatynes shortly to get my membership
got to go bk in 3 months time, hopefully i will have lost another 20% by then!
few questions i asked....
chewing gum.....can chew it but if you accidentally swallow it you could be in trouble!
sugar free mints and boiled sweets are fine
cals per day were fine (mine were between 700-1000)
sugar and fat per day were fine (around 30 each)
protein she said nothing about even tho i fort it was low ( mine is about 30-50 a day)
as long as you eat 3 meals a day it doesnt matter when you eat them, alltho if you leave it too long you can produce a lot of saliva and you can feel nausea when you next eat.
and aslo with my age the surgeon said i might be lucky with the whole excess sking thing he also said if you hold most of your weight in one area you will prob get a lot of excess skin in that area rather than having small bits all over x
just fort i would post this as some people might find it intresting xx
nichola xx
she was suprised how im not having any problems eating anything, must be my iron stomach haha.she weighed me and told me id lost 11kg (2 stone) since my op and that id lost 24% of my excess body weight! really chuffed
she was that impressed shes asked me to go along to a support meeting to talk to other people having the same op, tell them about my experience and stuff. i said i would let her know as it made me feel quite scared lol.
next in i saw the surgeon and he too was pleased with how i was progressing. he looked at my wounds and was happy that they were healing well and gave me the go ahead to use bio oil on them.
i can now go swimming!!!!
and start the gym, use small weights and build up.....soooo excited, shall be ringin bannatynes shortly to get my membership got to go bk in 3 months time, hopefully i will have lost another 20% by then!
few questions i asked....
chewing gum.....can chew it but if you accidentally swallow it you could be in trouble!
sugar free mints and boiled sweets are fine
cals per day were fine (mine were between 700-1000)
sugar and fat per day were fine (around 30 each)
protein she said nothing about even tho i fort it was low ( mine is about 30-50 a day)
as long as you eat 3 meals a day it doesnt matter when you eat them, alltho if you leave it too long you can produce a lot of saliva and you can feel nausea when you next eat.
and aslo with my age the surgeon said i might be lucky with the whole excess sking thing
he also said if you hold most of your weight in one area you will prob get a lot of excess skin in that area rather than having small bits all over xjust fort i would post this as some people might find it intresting xx
nichola xx
