I am 13 weeks and two days out from my gastric bypass surgery and 60 lbs down. I am officially a hair under 240lbs (my scale is an old spring and dial scale) and it is going very well. I have had very few issues really, compared to what I thought before surgery from what everyone on the sites and my partner who had lapband was saying about things. I was stuck for about 4 weeks at 246lbs, but then did a week liquid diet to revive things. Didn't lose but two pounds on the liquid diet, but afterward, when I started eating again, the last 4 to 5 pounds just dropped off. It was awesome. I am not doing a formal exercise routine at the moment, but I am very active now. I was able to get up on my roof and spent about 5 hours pressure washing the moss of my roof. And I am going to re-fence the back yard. I am always finding some thing to keep me moving some during the day.
The only real difficulties I have had are I have to be cautious eating meats. Sometimes it is painful to digest, and sometimes it is not. Seems if I eat some sauce with it, it goes down better. And if I make sure I chew, chew, chew till my jaws are tired. Can't be in a hurry anymore and woof it down. Still can't do scrambled or fried eggs, but the poached ones do fine. Don't know what the big diff is, but it is what it is. Eggs used to be my go-to food. I would have at least two to three a day. Now I can't really stand eating them, even if they are poached and go down easy. I just can't eat but a few bites and they don't sound good any more.
I did eat about 75% of a Wopper Jr. the other day. I know fast food is not a good choice, but it is nice to know that I can eat regular foods again. I have coffee for breakfast and do a protein shake for lunch, then have some type of meat and veggies for dinner. I do some carbs and fat once in a while, too. I overdid it and four pieces of deep fried sushi for the meal after my liquid diet and had a bit of low blood sugar afterward. First I have had in years. So not the best choice for after liquid diet. I am watching the fat and the carb intake, but I still have some of both for that dinner meal on a regular basis. I try to keep my calorie intake below 900 on a daily basis, but it will vary from about 800 to 1100 a day. I started out before my surgery before the liquid diet I did for that at 299 pounds. This is week 13, and I have averaged 4.6 pounds per week weight loss. Not to bad. And not to fast, too. Don't want to do that either. My skin is starting to catch up with me again. I would like to avoid the droopy look if I can. I know I will have some though.
My biggest problem was eating meats, though. Have had more than a dozen times of soar and nauseous pouch for an hour or so. And about a handful of times with to many carbs or fat leaving me with a touch of dumping syndrome. I only get the nausea, rapid heart beat and exhaustion feeling. Doesn't give me the diarrhea at all so far, thankfully. Doesn't take much sometimes, as there is no predictable amount of carbs or fats so far. It has varied from very little resulting in dumping to a decent amount with no problem at all. Lots of trial and error, but I roll with it. I eat with more forethought and caution is all. But I feel very comfortable with the after surgery life. I feel so much better and have so much more energy and I can do things I haven't been able to do in years. When I do get up on the treadmill every so often, I can even jog a bit here and there. Whoohoo! Anyways, I have rambled on and on to get to the point that I am so very glad I chose this path! Only thing I would change is I would have done it years ago.