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Take the month! If you start getting antsy there are tons of things you can do- and nothing you would HAVE to do. I personally am glad I don;t have to be working yet. My husband and son are shooting a wedding tomorrow and we hired a friend to replace me because and mainly because I am not supposed to lift over four pounds until the one month mark but truly I am not ready to be on my feet shooting all day for a ten hour day. I definitely am much much better- I am walking a lot and feeling pretty good but I would not say I am 100% (Must point out here I have chronic nerve pain in my back, two bad knees, and fibromyalgia). The thing is everyone varies- there is a wide spectrum- and you don't know which end you will be on so why not take the time? Heck if you feel great you can sort you closets and get rid of the clothes you know you wont be wearing...go shopping...take walks with your Mom- go to day time movies- do all the things you always wanted to do if you had the time off.

I need to give it a try- I liked it before surgery and it made me ILL after! I still have my bag so I need to give it a try because that 60 grams is verrrrry appealing!

My opinion about Dr. Almanza has definitely lowered since hearing he did a sleeve on someone 20 pounds overweight. I am NOT one who looks at surgery in Mexico in a negative way as my sister lives in Del Mar and has gone there for dentistry, etc for years. I know the standard of care is excellent but this I find appalling.

Oh I am absolutely swooning to read what you have been eating! I a shopping today for Monday since my guys will be gone tomorrow shooting a wedding- I'll get the ricotta bake ingredients, and the Beans too. YUMM!!!! Luckily Harry's Hofbrau is down the street from us and they have cream of chicken Soup today so I will get two- one to strain and eat tomorrow and the other for Monday, my golden day. Kelly if things don't get better for you in a week I would talk to your doctor, maybe you need balloon down there to stretch the area a bit. This seems long to have swelling- but maybe not! I will know better after I try eating mushies myself.... SO near yet so far!

COnsider yourself so lucky! You will have a better chance of getting your 64 plus ounces in easily and you WILL have restriction. As soon as you start real food the sleeve will wave hello!

Aside from the IV water weight, which is different thing and will definitely leave within a few days, the other gains during stalls are so well explained in this article, which I believe really explains you are still losing even while stalled. I keep posting it in different threads because I think it is so great- it was originally posted in the Stall Busters thread I think. : http://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.html

With cottage cheese being on the full liquid phase for me I am not surprised it went down well- high in Protein too! I really recommend getting unjury chicken soup- it is tasty and 21 grams per envlopo (which I suspect is two scoops). No proein taste at all and 0 carbs. I am realizing as I head into real food that carbs matter more and more- for example the Chike protein I like the taste of just has too many carbs! Most have 11- though they do have 2-3 Fiber so net carbs are lower and my nutritionist approved them yesterday my thought was- do you want a chike for 11 or a pudding cup treat for 12? I imagine you know the answer- I had my 82 grams in mby days end yesterday and my pudding cup was my treat- at 60 calories.

Those egg bites - the cristless quiches?- seem like the easiest to calculate as they make 24 mini quiches so you can just divide by 24. I calculated the ricotta bake last night and will post but it is so hard to know what the serving will be. It says on the site the reason she does not list it is so many people are different- she uses full fat cheeses, for example, and some might sub low fat or (in her opinion HORRORS ;-P) non fat cheese. I think I will do the bake, score it for servings, and then estimate once I have my few forkfulls!

My name for my teeny tiny thumb sized tummy. It was coined by Ms. Swizzly, whom I really enjoy on this forum. I am thinking this could be sensitivity to splenda- since most of them have that- is that possible? I gotta say I am getting used to the taste to a point- I certainly macked a Jello sugar free pudding cup tonight and did not care about the splenda! I still cannot abide adding it to tea. Most beverages with it need to be cold for me. I had diarrhea every day until I hit day 16 and that seems to be over (knock on wood!) Anyway as I mentioned above, my doctor suggested if a Protein Drink is affecting you badly to dilute it more and drink it more slowly. Of course I can't wait to leave the PDs behind I know realistically I may need at least one a day until I get safely into eating my food sources.

I a beyond sad this happened. I have to say this bugs me because my doctor her knew exactly what I take- I take dilaudid, one of the strongest pain meds there is- and though I only take 2 mg 2 times a day most days this of course needed to be considered when it came to my pain management after the surgery and I had a dilaudid pump - I just needed to push a button and it delivered the relief immediately and to exactly where it was needed. I am devastated that was not available for you and that you had to suffer for even a moment. I am the last person to ever doubt that the experience in Mexico is first rate medicine but in this respect, at least, it failed you. I so wanted it to go well for you! I also heard you hurt your ear- is that ok? Keep us posted as you can and just rest and heal. This is but a short few days in a long life of rocking that sleeve! xoxo

I figure I will do it- just wondering if it is already out there! If not, I will post them when I do them. I am so wanting to try so many of them but I am also pretty obsessive about logging...

SO glad you are past this- seriously the hoop jumping period from February to mid April was so frustrating- I encountered roadblock after roadblock and finally got over them all. You will too! ONWARD!!!

Hooray on your sleeves all 5/27s! Can't wait to hear how you are doing. By the way- if you click edit and then click full edit and then you can edit the thread title.

What she said! My husband has been through H E double hocky sticks with me with back surgery, three falls, gaining a hundred pounds- all of it. He loves me for me and I adore him - we are soul mates. I do understand why a less solid relationship might be shaky after the surgery but I don;t relly see why you should hold back with someone you think you could have a future with just because of WLS.

Split peas and Beans have ALWAYS given me gas so maybe that is the problem Or perhaps. I am so sorry you are having so much trouble, I wish it would get better for you! Maybe you needed a little longer to heal. I will know better what that feels like on Monday. BTW do you have Harry's Hofbrau near your area? I looked up their Soups and tomorrow they have cream of chicken so I am stocking up. I am also excitedly betting the stuff for the ricotta bake....oh I just look forward to Monday so much EVEN with your tales of woe. I guess I want that taste even if it brings pain.

Congratulations! I am counting the hours until Monday , my 3 week mark, when I get off thin liquids and on mushies/soft food. I can't WAIT! I really don't mind my doctor being conservative though, this sleeve is for the rest of my life so I want it good and healed. Meanwhile.... Protein shakes. GAG.

OK now here's a wacky thing for you cottage cheese is on full liquids on my surgeons instructions! I didn;t get it since he kept me on thin liquids but how wacky it is not even on mushies for you- going by my doctor it is no wonder it goes down well for you. It has lots of Protein too. Yes- my husband made chicken stock for me so I mix it with the Unjury for my afternoon protein. I ordered a tub so I can use three scoops and up the count. I just cant take 2 sweet ones any more. Are you chewing until everything is absolutely disintegrated? This is in the instructions from my doctor, maybe this will help: 1. Try one small bite of the new foodand chew well. Wait two minutes and if there are no problems go to step two. 2, Try 2 small bites and chew well. Wait two minutes and if no problems, step 3. 3. Try three as above and if no problems finish eating ( you may be finished at this point!) If at any step you feel full, nauseated, or ill in any way. Stop eating and rest. Take only Clear Liquids at the next meal, and try again with blended foods and liquids at the next meal. I am starting to hate them too. So freaking sweet! About getting sick though- My doctor said that if that happens dilute the Protein Drink more and take longer to drink it. That, of course, is counter to my approach of getting it into the smallest amount of liquid and getting it over with! Puppylovemommy - if it is the usual protein drink it is unlikely to be sugar since most I have seen are splenda. You might want to add a scoop of Protein powder (unflavored) to the soups. I am on the hunt for soup today for sure I am so over the Protein shakes. My scales were so funny today- on the digital that was 2547 yesterday- I was 248.6, on the health ometer I was 249, and on the "accurate one" I stayed at 250. I expected a gain to day because I had unjury chicken soup yesterday and it is SO salty. I do want to put them with the one at my doctor just for fun.Yep- It is a hoot here at my house with us all checking all three!

I am soooooo jealous! I am so sick of Protein drinks and liquids ! Even though I get mushies Monday it seems so far away! I did have some SF pudding last night- just half of a little cup, and it went down fine. OOOH- what are you going to eat first? I'm shopping today to have everything ready for Monday to make the ricotta bake and a few other things I am dreaming of. I jut wish I could sleep until then! Don't forget what I told you about the hormones- as the fat burns the hormones flood. It is not even unusual to need an antidepressant for a time. And lucky you to have your new do and to know everyone at work will be blown away when they see you! ANd hey- no fair being blue when you get mushies! GRRRRR! ;-P

It doesn't even look like the same person to me! HOORAY! I so need to have my hair done. You can see how long my roots are in my videos on You Tube! I wanted to let my hair go back to regular shade and start over- and see just how much grey I have! Soon....

I suffer from chronic pain from nerve pain in my back and problems in both knees. It keeps me a near invalid. My pain management doctor had told me at every visit I could realyl help things if I lost weight. However activity was always the key for me to lose weight and I gained the bulk of my weight now after my back surgery, when I could no longer be active. Having tried every diet in the planet for years before I found woking out, I embarked on another diet last fall with dismal result even though I cut my intake back to extreme levels. The other thing is that I stopped weighing ten years ago- I was active, ina size I was happy with, and felt good in my body. To say I was in denial is and understatement! When I went to my doctor in January to discuss my problems losing, she asked if I had considered weight loss surgery. I was shocked, both because I did not realize I was big enough to have it and because I thought of it as so extreme! I decided then and there to face up and climbed on the scale to discover I was 277 pounds. I believe all the blood drained from my face, Once I saw that weight and confronted the truth about myself there was no way I would not do ANYTHING to rectify this to save my life and hopefully to be among the living again. I went to the next possible orientation of my surgeon and when he talked about all three surgeries it was clear immediately to me that I wanted the sleeve. A good omen happened for me when I discovered a friend in Water aerobics who was always raving about her surgeon for her bypass mentioned his name and it was my surgeon- he had recently moved to my health plan location PAMF. I finally met with him in February and he told me my insurance was wonderful about approvals and when I called my insurance they said they did cover the sleeve and that the only requirements were meeting the doctors requirements. When I actually met with my surgeon in Feburary he said I was a perfect candidate and that without the surgery he could see me in a wheelchair and then dead at an early age. He spelled out a bunch of hoops to jumo through in pre tests, nutritionists meetings, etc. and jumped through those hoops with strong determination, fighting problems that came up that might have delayed me more months and overcoming every obstacle. I even got a cold the week before my May 9th date and they said I should cancel and I fought them and insisted they let me wait a few days and be evaluated by my GP- and I got my surgery May 9th. It is the best thing I ever did. In the time from my 2 week pre-op to now I have lost over 30 pounds already.

Day five was my turnaround day too- but I STILL set my phone timer to remind me to drink lest I fall behind by the end of the day. COngratulations to both of yo on day 4 and welcome to the loser's bench!

This makes no sense. Most insurance companies don;t even require co-morbidities with a BMI of 40 or above so WTF! And I would thing the NSAID would count against you having it- maybe they just want to make sure. FIGHT FOR IT!

15 minutes isn't really "chugging" it. It is common anyway for liquids to be easier and easier to drink. It is when you add food that you start feeling the restriction. That is also when you need to start limiting fluids until at least a half an hour after eating a solid food. Don't worry- you will know you have a sleeve. For now just be glad you can get the fluids in and get a lot in!

by the way be very careful doing things around the house- I am not to lift more than 5 pounds for a month- it can hurt our new thumbys! It can wait.... your stomach is for life.