shrinkinmama

how much are you drinking? I would say unless you are getting the 64 oz it may be darker

well not too bad unless i eat too much of it. so at least when i eat a cookie it is only one and not 10 so i guess that is a plus but i find my self no just not even wanting to eat.. food is turning me off all together today.

So I am 5 weeks almost 6 post op. I was doing very well and now that i am almost done with all my post op restrictions I find my self starting to eat whatever I feel like. The soft stuff just does not even taste good to me. I ate a few sugar cookies today...not too proud of my self. Last night I had a couple too. The day before i ate some m and ms and pretzles bits with hot wing flavor. I just seem to be eating whatever i can put my hands on and what is good for me and I have no desire for anything else. I am having struggles in my personal life and I am an emotional eater so that is where the problem is lying. I feel sad about my marriage and I feel alone and then I just automaticly think to myself what I can eat. I even thought about my old friend mcdonalds but becuase of the bread I dont. In addition I think part of this is becuase i have been stalled for 3 weeks so that is adding to the feeling of failing. I did great the first 2 weeks of the stall and this week is just going horrible. Has anyone else had this experience? I really need help

I do have a bp cuff here. i have been up running all over the place... no less moving than i did when i was at the begining of the surgery. I am at a mimimum having 70 ozs of water too. my mom and best friend are both nurses and find it strange too. just all of a sudden...who knows. ill have to call tomorrow

oh duh maybe i should have mentnioned that...It was April 17th so almost 5 weeks...

Thanks for all the wonderful words...they inspire me. I do have a question...I amn struggling with what to eat at this point. I need to eat Snacks etc and I feel like everything is cheese or meat...is there other ideas that you have of what i can eat?

Does any one know I can eat strawberries at this stage? I was not sure about the tiny seeds? I know oranges and that type with lots of roughage Im not supposed to have yet.

Hello all. strange question...not sure if this is WLS related or not but I thought that I would ask. Over the last two weeks my feet and ankles have been swelling and just this weeked they have gotten so swollen that they wont go down and I have pitting...where you can push in and the indention stays there. I am a bit worried and not sure why this is happening. I know that I am not eating more salt than i would have before. Im almost sure its less and I have never had this issue. I am drinking water too...Any ideas?

I got thrush too and it was nasty and i felt thristy and like i had a coating of yuck on my tongue. after the antibotics i felt better.

hey there. if you are going to get a leak then i am too. i have been so thirsty today as it is super hot out. i sometimes get a little belly ache if i swallow toomuch at once but if i pause after a few gulps i am ok... not sure if we are supposed to do this or not.

Oh i forgot to mention the sugar cookie dough that i ate. probably almost a cup of it. I am having a bad day today....issues with my husband and food has always been my go to and the cookie dough goes down so easy

So I am almost 5 weeks out and I have been by the book to the T. Today I was at a friends house and they had dip and then pretzle nuggets and of course the chocolate m&m's. I sat there and was so good just drinking my water, I decided if i eat a few of the chocolate it wont hurt becuawse it will melt in my mouth. so i ate them and they were good. then i was thinking well a pretzle and the chocolate would be good together so I started eating an eating and eating.. I was of course chewing it till it was mush and then the next thing i knew i was drinking to wash it down. After about an hour of doing this I felt sick and soooooo GUILTY. It was insaine. I guess I can just tell my self I wont do that but I felt like I used to. I would have normally eaten so much of the snaky type food. It was just so dissapointing that I let myself get back into this habit. I realized that I really do have to work on this.

I can tell you that i am 5 7 and i weighed 305 when i started. I used to weith that and then i lost 100lbs on my own so i was around 200. People told me that if i lost anumore weight i would be too skinny but i know that is still considered obese. I totally get your confusion. I would just follow the rules and work out and your body will stop where its supposed to be i think

wow you look amazing! great inspiration for me. I am only 4 weeks out and have been at a stall for 2 weeks already. I didnt think that it would happen this fast. I assumed that a stall would happen a few months out or something. I am just feeling frustrated and this was always my biggest fear. I am the type of person that needs to follow and strict schedule with eating and I know that is not the way to go. I am eating 4 to 6 times a day and gettin my protein and water...I dont know what im doing wrong. Advice?

Ill will give you my two cents on this...First I am so sorry to hear that you are not feeling good. It makes me sad to hear that but I can understand excatly where you are coming from. I am 4 weeks out as of Tuesday and I am for this two week supposed to be on soft food. I eat chicken salad tuna salad beans etc. I eat about a half a cup up to 6 times a day. I am supposed to eat 60 grams of protein and 4-6 times a day. They said not to go over too much with the protein as it adds more calories. Then in two weeks where you are at they say a cup to a cup and a half if you can and then try one new food at a time. 64 oz of water minimum and to be active as much as possible. I hope that helps. Im always up for a chat if you ever need to talk. Just let me know

What did you mix wiht it? I found some in a can today

You are going to get better with the walking. it is hard in the begining cause every thing seems to hurt. just take it slow and you will get there. I thought that I was going to die the first couple of weeks. I was walking so funny my hips started hurting. LOl but now im back to my normal self

Ladies, I am about a month ahead of you and I can relate. It seems so close but so far away. I felt the same way that you do. I took a small waterbottle and held it to my lips all day and just took little tiny sips all day long in bewtten the "food" that I was allowed. You wont get all your water in...it is just impossible but after a week or two you will see the huge difference. It wont hurt like it does now and it will get so much easier. I promise you

wow i feel the same thi ng,. i am 4 weeks and i eat and then i get full and then it seems shortly after that i feel like i could eat a whole pizza...

Totally uersand how you feel. I am 4 weeks out and have lost 25 since the two weeks before. I have been stalled for 2 weeks and I was expecting more to drop and now i feel like my worst fear has come true that i am going to be at this weight forever.

make sure if you can press a pillow against your tummy...it will help some...

I was told at 4 weeks out which i am now I can start soft food like chicken and stuff like that as long as I chew it up real well. I have had a couple bites of hamburger, chicken breast and it goes down just fine as long as i chew it well. I used a litle catchup and on the chicken i put some slasa verde...yum. also refried Beans wiht fage yougart...lots of Protein. I used to love cottage cheese but now its gross to me...so sad cuase it has alot of protein. also i have had lentils oatmeal, egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad. crab sala...all with a little bit of mayo... its not too bad. some time things are easier than others. oh and ricotta cheese with all sorts of stuff. im so ricottad out though. LOL i did liquids for 2 weeks and then puree for 2 weeks and now i am at the soft for two and then on to whatever i want....im assuming that roughage stuff willtake a bit longer so they say one at a time.

Wow great ideas again....thanks for all the info

thanks for all your wonderful ides!

Im sure that you would be able to get a handicap pass but the thing is that you are supposed to be walking alot...at least that is what they told me so I dont know if the doc would get you one... I happen to have one only becuase my knees are messed up and i had a broken foot...it will be up in july and i will have to park in gods country to get into work...it will stink but its alright. so regarding the support group i have not been to one yet. i have only been to the one meeting before that. i wis that we didnt have to pay ten dollars to go to the support group. it kind of stinks. but im up for going. not sure when you are thinking of going. let me know and we can all met up,. u me and Kat... Kat, dr wallace did my sister in laws veins. she loves him... I think they are all great there. I saw dr Rantis when i was in the hospital he was cool too