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Thank you sooooooo much. I recieve that! I beleive that might just been intended for me. That is my all time favorite passage in the Bible. I do trust in Him! Have a blessed day!!!!

I was taking that one but it was the metoblolic one and come to find out it had caffiene in it. I am not sure about that one though. I switched to two Flinestones a day for a few more weeks. (3wks out tomorrow).

Congrats! You look wonderful.

How amazing and inspirational! Thank you.

Lisa you give great advice!!

Look for Little Miss Diva, she has the 5 day boot camp post that helps you get back on track.

I right in the same boat, not quite out 3 weeks, started stalling and then gaining 10 days out. Have no reason to gain.

I was thinking the same thing, I could not imagine eating that. I wish I could ... I am told to stay on full liquids for a while longer. I am 3 weeks out on this Sat.

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Praying for you Irene. Take good care of yourself and know we are here for you. God Bless you and your family. xoxo

So happy to hear you are sleeved! Yeah, welcome to the loser's bench!! Now the fun begins. I am praying right now that you hold down anything you are able to comsume and that you have a safe and swift recovery!!! God Bless.

I am 18 days out today, funny thing is i guess I been in some kind of warped time zone for I been saying I have been 2 1/2 weeks out for a week now...lol. I am in the same boat, I am not getting enough protein in. I struggle to get 50-60 fluids in also. I know that is not enough. I still am on full liquids and thought I was fairly well. I walked a long while yesterday. I actually finally went to the bathroom. I also thought I would lose, weight, I have been not cheating on anything and now I am up a couple of lbs. Plus my chest hurts also. I won't be discouraged. Take a gas-x, walk and keep going.

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I am craving spinich. When I go to mushy stage is spinich or turnip greens exceptable? Even canned spinich sounds good right now. lol

I agree with Allformy4 , one other thing. Keep your sodium intake down. It definitly helps with the swelling. I am 2= weeks out and am not ready to exercise yet. I walk but get winded quickly.

Yes , more than a few of us. I was there on Feb. 4th, It was awesome. I was sceptical like you. My husband was like absolutely not!! Well that all changed and it turned out to be the best experience..

Praying for you right now. I admire the way you chose to be optimistic. You will be sure to heal faster with that attitude. God Bless you and keep us posted!

I am so glad I found this topic! I refuse to get discouraged. I have educated myself enough on this forum to know that if you eat right and implement excerise when possible that you will lose weight. I must say, I could easilyget quite down about it, if I did not know better. I was sleeved 2/04. Counting pre op diet I went down as much as 28 lbs. This entire last week which would mean a 1 1/2 weeks out, I been up and down the same 3 lbs. I got as low as 202 and now sit today at 204. It is a bummer. I am done weighing myself daily, to much anxiety about it. I will start with once a week and if that does not work then once a month.

Great idea.... I am also thankful for that also, I second that one!!!

I could not be happier for you. Hopefully one day you will not have to be regretful. I will continue to pray for you . (((((HUGS))))))

That is awesome, encouraging also. I never liked working out but now that I am sleeved look forward to it.

Hi, I was sleeved 2+ weeks ago. I had a lot of the same questions and honestly it is all differently for each of us. So that being said, try to look at it in a broader sense. What I did is set myself up for a no fail envirorment. I did not tell anyone either, except for my husband. When it comes to work, arrange for the MOST time off as possible, just incase. Before surgery keep your sodium intake down that will help with swelling after surgery, which inturn will help you to be able to drink more fluids and pain is less. Your energy level is going to change. Maybe not drasitcally but there will be days you just have to sleep. I would think more of a reason you can come up with that excuses these things so your employer does not question them, ex: I have a personal issue at home, my iron level is low, feeling ememic, I haven't been able to sleep well at nite lately. When someone asks what it is say I would rather not talk about it. I would definetly not take the chance and drive myself 3 1/2 hours after surgery. You do not even need to take the chance with that one. I would do whatever it took to not do that. I thought I recovered very well, and EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT but I just started driving a day or so ago b/c when I tried I felt it stressing my lower abdomen. That scared me and I got out of the car. I wasn't ready. My point, set yourself up for the worst scenerios. So if any of your concern surface you are covered. If they don't you have the freedom to change it. A really good thing about getting surgery this time of year is that you will be completely healed by the most of the holiday season. You might have to miss out on one, Easter but you still will be able to enjoy it. July 4th, you will be eating BBQ ..lol. Be positive. You are going to do great. I wll be praying for you. Also, keep in touch. Stay on and let us know how you do.

Good for you, that is awesome!

My heart goes out to you along with some prayers. When feeling down , do what you have been doing , give back. YOU help so many of us on here. In times of struggle to endure it is always helpful to give what you are needing. Do you know what I mean.. That does not mean do not take time for yourself but fill your time knowing your are needed and valued. (Right here with us!!!)

Your working towards an hour glass figure. You look great!!!!