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I just had the most substantial food I've had so far- made myself some egg salad with two eggs, a little yogurt and mustard. it went down totally fine and I was thinking to myself that I might finish it but all of a sudden something clicked and I knew that was the last bite! I'm about two tablespoons shy of finishing so it probably was 1/3 cup.

my surgeon doesn't want any milk for the first two weeks. I saw the PA on day 11 and she cleared me to try lactose free milk. it went fine for me 11 days out.

You guys are all going to do great!! Good luck and I hope your surgeries go perfectly!!

Awesome!! What a fantastic accomplishment!

I see many people post that their surgeons want them to loose weight ( as much as 10% of excess) prior to surgery. I'm glad my surgeon didn't have anything like that. They didn't want to see a huge jump in weight prior to surgery but didn't require me to loose. Sorry... I completely understand where you're coming from!

I had a nurse tell me to thump on my chest if anything got caught and that should help dislodge it and it'll fall down. I've not had to try that yet thankfully. I hope you're feeling better!

Happy Birthday! What a great way to start out a new year!

I started week three today and I got to add: yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, re-fried Beans, mashed potato, lactose free milk, sugar free low calorie pudding, mashed hard boiled eggs. I think there might be one or two other things but that's pretty close. I have that for the next two weeks. I made myself some pumpkin tofu custard, greek yogurt does down just fine and I made some vegetarian chili that I plan to puree. I tried last night but the yellow split peas weren't totally mushy yet. I also plan to do a little egg salad with yogurt instead of mayo.

I have a three year old son and fortunately, I didn't have to cook for him for almost a week after surgery. My mom was doing his food prep. Since I've gone back to cooking for him (little over a week) it's not been so bad. It's weird to not taste what I'm cooking for him but he's usually a meat, veggie, fruit kind of kid. I make mostly chicken or pork chop for him and he loves canned green beans or fresh carrots, grapes and strawberries. Once in a while he asks for noodles or mac & cheese.

I had some tightness at a couple of the incision sites and it took a couple nights before I could sleep comfortably on my left side. I'm not sure which incision they took my stomach out of. the nurse told me one thing but that can't be right because that spot is one of the smaller lines. The two closest to my belly button are healing slower.

5 feet 7+ inches 268 start weight size 2X and 22s were getting tight I'm 3 weeks out tomorrow and down 20lbs to 248. My clothes are feeling much nicer and the rolls, especially around my bra are getting smaller. I think I'll need to get down closer to 235 or less to change sizes.

I was very confused about this post-op in the hospital. All I'd heard was sip and no more than an ounce but my nurses kept getting on my case about not drinking all they were putting in front of me. My first meal was a little cup of apple juice, a Popsicle, a jello and about 1 cup of broth. What on earth was I supposed to do with all that? I didn't tolerate sweet at all but they finally told me that I needed to sip but that liquids go right through so I should take in as much liquid as was comfortable. So my approach was take it slow but I stick with the 64-100oz of liquids per day.

oops!

I'll be two weeks out tomorrow. My cheating is that I ate a plain, no fat Greek yogurt yesterday morning and I tried a little bite of the tofu pumpkin bake I made yesterday to eat when I transition to soft foods officially tomorrow. The original food list I had for week two included Greek yogurt but a revised list indicated liquid yogurt. I made sure to drink with the yogurt and it all went fine. No nachos or popcorn for me!

I'm getting ready to start two weeks of soft foods and was trying to come up with something that sounded good. This turned out pretty good IMO. I'm used to tofu and I really like pumpkin. 16oz can pumpkin (plain pumpkin- not pie filling) 1 box Morinu extra firm tofu, Water poured out 2 eggs 6 packets Splenda 2-3 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice couple pinches salt Blend all ingredients until totally smoothe in cuisenart or blender. spray 8x8 baking dish with spray oil and add pumpkin purée. Bake at 325 F in a water bath for 70 minutes, turn off oven and let it cool in the oven. Refridgerate. Based on six servings there are: 90.1 calories, 4g Protein, 11.1g carbs, 7.1g sugar, 6g fat (per serving)

fantastic!! so glad it went well and you are doing so well!

three or four days after surgery was the first and it's been every other day or so since.

great! I hope your surgery is a snap! good luck!

Jessica- let us know how things are going for you!! Hope you're doing great!

I'm so glad to see you posting peacequeen! I'm so sorry you're having such a hard time. You are often in my thoughts and prayers. I haven't had anything like pudding yet. I've added some thicker pureed soups and have had yasso brand greek frozen yogurt bars from Costco. So far, everything seems to go right down. If I drink too fast I get a sort of stuck feeling and then I can kind of sense that its draining through but that happens pretty fast. I know if I slouch things move through slower too. Big hugs to you!!! I'm rooting for you-

Hi Pookyism, He had me take wellbutrin. It's an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety drug they give to smokers who are trying to quit. It worked well for a few months but then my body/brain just adjusted and it quit working. I was on a super low dose and didn't want to take more either. I have a tall string-bean PCP who doesn't "believe" in WLS. I live in a small town and he's supposedly one of the "best" doctors in town.

you both look great! how proud you must be of your fantastic accomplishment!!

I can't wait to swim with my son someplace other than my Aunt's pool when no one else is there! We're going to Disneyland at the end of February and I'm actually looking forward to it this time!

good luck! hope your surgery goes perfectly!

Thanks! I was pretty happy with that.