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Hey guys! Hope everyone is doing well this morning. I am soooo excited - I hit onderland today!! I have been waiting for this moment and I'm so glad that I made the decision to have surgery. Just wish I would have done it sooner! I included a pic of when I started, and a current pic as well. Only 8 more pounds to go until I am 100 pounds down. Hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend.

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So, I've never tried blogging before, but ive had complications from surgery and so I decided to give blogging a try as an outlet....so here it is https://wlsjourneysite.wordpress.com

I can't believe that I'm down 50 pounds since surgery on 11/22/16. I'm down 62 since 8/3/16. Best decision ever! I feel so much better and I can't wait until I can see the difference in my body. However, my clothes do feel bigger and I can comfortably sleep on my stomach lol so wins there! I can't wait to continue this journey. Question: Does/has anyone experienced incision pain more than 3 months after surgery? Just curious as I joined a boot camp and things such as burpees cause pain in my incision site. Thanks! Sent from my SM-G935P using the BariatricPal App

Almost 4weeks post op and I've tolerated most things I've tried. Lots of soups, cottage cheese, canned peaches, bananas, mashed sweet potato, yogurt, re fried beans, scrambled eggs, chicken and very lean ground beef. I add one or two new things every other day or so. Only thing I did not tolerate well was a soft crab cake I tried to make. Holding off on seafood for a little while.

Wow. It's cool that your employer lets you put that much into a flex spending account. I'm already close to spending the max of mine ($1,400) this year. I talked to my NUT about my FSA and Vitamins. I think as long as you have one of those letters of medical necessity, you can get the cost of those reimbursed, too. Thanks for the share! Hope you're doing well one month out!

Mashed potatoes and gravy, cottage cheese, refried Beans with cheese, scrambled eggs, tuna salad, chicken salad.

The three most important elements after gastric bypass surgery are to meet your daily Protein, Fluid and Vitamin requirements. food is secondary because your body is converting your stored fat into the energy that drives your body. Thus you lose weight. Be willing to experiment. After surgery, my taste buds changed dramatically. Even Water changed. In the hospital it tasted excessively chlorinated and I could not drink it. So I experimented. sugar free popsicles became my best friend. Some individuals find hot or cold can help with fluids. For me, I found that I could tolerate flavored water. So I began using Crystal Light. I also found a new drink Bai which I liked cold. In the winter, I found that I tolerate Hot drinks such as piping hot cocoa. But you have to use the "No Sugar Added" variety. Also fine English teas were very good. Your fluid requirement can also be met by the water component of Soups and by the water/milk use in making your Protein shakes. What concerns me about your thread, is that you indicated that whenever you drink, you experience pain. This is not normal. Pain is normally an indicator that your body feels something is wrong. Therefore this issue should be discussed with your surgeon's office.

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Is it only whey based Proteins you're having issues with? I had issues with whey Protein immediately following surgery (not anymore) and I temporarily used a pea or rice based vegan protein source that worked great. You might try that and see if it helps because I'm about 8 months out and I still find it difficult to get enough protein in via food sources without supplementing some Protein powder. That being said, there are some good lean sources of protein to include in your diet. Of course, I am not certain what stage you are in, so this would be considering you are at a point where you can consume these foods, but the best sources of protein for me have been chicken, fish and turkey with the occasional lean beef mixed in. I also juice a lot of leafy green vegetables which adds a variety of amino acids and protein as well. You can juice far more greens than you can eat, so it does add some good healthy sources of protein into your diet, as well as an entire host of Vitamins, minerals and nutrients, not to mention hydration. If I'm going to snack, I try to snack on healthier things that will add some protein as well. Things such as low/no fat Jerky (I dehydrate my own beef/chicken/fish), nuts and seeds (raw and unsalted), hard boiled eggs, Sonoma Creamery Mr. cheese O's Snacks (you can find them on Amazon), low-fat string cheese or the light babybelle cheese snacks. I try to stick with natural "whole foods" whenever possible. Best of luck!