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Congrats! All the best for your surgery and speedy recovery!

Congrats! And all the best for your surgery and speedy recovery!

I had two stalls within the first 4 weeks too. I was freaking out and then read here that most have these stalls early. And I dont really think we can do something to break the stall. So dont worry, you'll surely move past this soon. All the best!

Glad to hear that! Take care of yourself and good luck with the weight loss!

Congrats! You guys are black belt LOSERS!! I wish I was a fast loser too - but I tend to lose slowly. But I'm not worried much. Coz though it has been a bit slow, I do see gradual weight loss and I'm more and more confident that I will be able to lose a considerable amount of weight this year and reach goal atleast next year!

LOL the first thing I noticed before joining the site are the tickers! And then I searched in the forums for instructions to get one - there are many posts that instruct how to get a ticker.

AWESOME! Congrats on your NSV!

Aww I feel so bad you had to go through that! Mean people are everywhere. You cant beat yourself up everytime you cross paths with one. A lot of bad habits start because of peer pressure than any other reason. But it is a great thing that you've learned so much from that experience. I know we all have reasons to not let others know that we've had surgery. That's our personal business, right? And it is good that you had a wonderful support from your friend. Dont worry! All will be fine. And best of luck in your weight loss journey!

Woo Hoo! Congrats!

Good luck to you! Wishing you all success!

WOW! An amazing NSV! Congrats! I hope I lose more weight soon to have that much of energy!!

Thank you very much for the reply, Swizzly! Right now, my food is totally fat-free. So I dont think I'll have any problems with the cottage cheese. But I just wanted to check with people here so that I dont mess up my weight loss

Wow can we really do that? What should I do to 'confuse' my body? I haven't been very religious about working out. I haven't hit a gym yet. I'll be starting at a gym after my 8th week. I just walk for like an hour or 90 mins. I just wanted to know about this in advance

That is great!! Congrats and all the best!

Wow! You look awesome! Congrats on this amazing success!!

Yogurt and honey? Sounds interesting. I'll have to try that. And I totally understand what you say about sweets. I dont really have any craving for sweets but pre-op I used to eat chocolates atleast twice a week!

Thanks for the helpful reply! I'll definitely try out the cottage cheese.

A hearty welcome! 44 lbs in 2 weeks?! Now I'm jealous LOL. You are doing great! I'm struggling with getting in the Protein and I'm still falling short of the required amount. But I'm going to up the protein intake from today. And I agree with all the responses. Stay hydrated and concentrate on the Proteins and take it easy! All the best in your weight loss journey!

It surely does! But what about the fat content in the cheese. I'm not a big cheese fan (except for cottage cheese which I love). So I dont really know if that fat content is going to mess with my weight loss.

I did. But I had asthma early in my school days and used to have a bit of wheezing trouble every now and then. But my doc had me practice on a device called Respirometer (it is a small device with three cylindrical columns each having a small plastic ball). I practiced inhaling and exhaling through that device which allows you to make full use of your lungs. This helped me a great deal post-op. But I still had to use a nebulizer for the first two days. And the gas bubbles - that is normal too. You could probably ask for some meds if it gets worse coz I had a bad time with gas and had to take the meds for a month.

You look great in that dress! And thanks for the recipe!

Thanks for your advice, unbanded! I'll surely run it by my doc and get his advice before starting to eat chicken. I'm really apprehensive about reintroducing chicken in my diet too. The last time I ate chicken, it was 2 years ago and before that it was a good 8 or 9 years of vegetarian and egg diet. I'm considering chicken only because I dont know other protein rich vegetarian food. I'm going to do more research on that front!

That is awesome! All the best in your weight loss journey!!

Thanks for all your replies! I too eat Protein first, veggies next and only if I have room, do I eat carbs. But I dont think I'm getting in enough protein now. I'll take protein mix twice from today to meet the requirements but that is going to be really hard coz I just hate it. But now that I take protein mix with orange juice, it surely helps! I'll have to check with my doc about what else I can take that will suit my sleeve. I've not tried anything 'ambitious' with my sleeve yet LOL.

As my doc advised clear liquids for one month from surgery, I used to have clear vegetable broth/soup, orange/apple juice, tender coconut water (yummy!) and water.