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@tmrtyty2018 @Ed_NW drinking that much water is not a bad thing guys, I liked water before surgery and I still like it now and the taste never changed for me after surgery. I’m 6 weeks post op and can really drink a lot of water quickly, I don’t chug like I used to but can take big gulps at a time, I was concerned about being able to gulp a lot of water but another poster who’s almost close to a year post op told me that she can chug water and that made me feel much better. That’s water only...I can only eat 1-2 oz of food at each meal because restriction is great. I wish the both of you well

I certainly sympathize with you and your struggles. When I had my first dietician appointment post op I was told that I hadn't lost enough and needed to cut back to between 300 and 400 calories. It was quite depressing. However, my bariatician said I was doing fine, as did my surgeon this week. They both told me to expect to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week. To me that doesn't seem fast enough and that I lost at a quicker pace before the surgery. My surgeon told me that I can do 500 to 600 calories per day and to make sure I get at least 50 g of protein. That is what I aim for right now until I am told otherwise. It isn't easy because I get cravings all the time. Sugar free jello helps, as do almonds. Be happy and proud with what you have accomplished. WLS is hard work and you are doing it!

I am scheduled for October 22nd and I am nervous that I am not fully prepared and I’m not talking mentally or physically. I am meaning that I am Not sure if I have everything I am needing for the first couple of weeks. Anyone want to provide me some tips or things I definitely will need the first couple of weeks post surgery?! Thank you in advance!!!

Clean your house and do all your chores before going to hospital as you won’t feel like doing them the first week back home. Have all of your dieticians guidelines on hand in the hospital to review and again when you come home. Do a big shop of protein items and other items. Buy different flavours and kinds as you don’t know what you’ll be in the mood for.

I bought those 8 oz tiny little grenade looking water bottles and lined them up by 8 so I knew how much water I'd need to take in per day and set up reminders on my phone. This is because I was prone to dehydration and tended to chug water when it was too late, and that was no longer going to be possible. I also bought about 5 days worth of Premier Protein shakes of various flavors. I really wish I had purchased Benefiber and Senna Tea, but I had someone go get it for me because that after-surgery constipation appeared randomly a week later and it was so intense and sudden I felt like I was "crowning" and wouldn't have been able to waddle to the pharmacy to get the stuff on my own. As I sat there for many minutes trying to pass what felt like an Easter Island statue, I wish I had been prophylactically mixing soluble fiber into my liquids from Day One at home. Best of luck on your surgery!

First autumn since the surgery. Less body fat = freezing (what’s left of) my ass off.

Why do you need to be at 800 cals? Is that the goal you were told to always meet? Ask your team for advice on how to reach it, if they set it.

You look awesome! I'm about to turn 30 and having my surgery right before my birthday. My mom's been steadily losing weight over the last few years and hoarded some of her larger clothes, so I'll be wearing mom-clothes for a while. Fortunately, she is quite a fashionable 52 year old. lol! I also saved some clothes from 10 years ago when I was 6 sizes smaller in the hopes that some day I could wear them again - welp, soon enough, bag of hoarded clothes! haha. And people told me to just get rid of them. PFFTTTTT.

@erinlyle if you had the traditional DS, I don't really know anyone who fasts. What we do is eat. More protein and more liquid. I agree with lowering the carbs. That will definitely help with the weight loss. But having the DS was a way to stay away from things like fasting and dieting. Also, you need to keep the protein going for energy and to keep your gastric system eliminating waste.

Hopefully your hormones are just out of whack making you feel this way. You have lost a significant amount of weight already so I would guess that getting healthy really is important to you. Having all of this junk around does make it much harder and there are times when we all slip but it should be the exception and not the rule. The other thing is, it is very hard to force the people around you to change because of your disease but like others said it doesn't mean you can't make that happen albeit slowly. I am the cook in my family and just started changing how I cook. I make a Protein, veggie and salad almost every night. Maybe once or twice a week I will make a potato, rice or other starch. Sometimes I have a spoonful of mashed potatoes sometimes I choose not to. I have found over time that my hubby likes this new way of eating and actually requests many of these foods. I have also learned that he can have his fast food for lunch when he chooses and it really does not bother me anymore. For me, that food is just no longer desirable and I used to eat it everyday. When I think about what I ate before, it sickens me. How many times I would stop on my way home at McDonald's eat crap from there and then go home to cook for my family. I am glad you are talking to a therapist on Monday. Give yourself some time to adjust and give your man a break too. They didn't choose this so it may take some time to adjust as well.