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I called mine a week after it was submitted. Found out I was approved but the approval never reached the doctor's office. They 'supposedly' called and sent the approval by regular mail so it would have taken till the following week or longer if I hadn't of bugged them.

I didn't have my oops moment of eating too fast till I got to the mushies/soft phase. That first time it was incredibly painful and I had to walk around for a long time till I felt better. When you get to those stages please remember to eat slowly or the fullness will hit you really hard and fast and you won't like the uncomfortable feeling that follows. I'm still trying to learn this myself!

I'm not sure what form your sublinguals are in but I found mine at GNC. They are tiny little strips (like Gas-X). The strips have more b12 than I need so I actually tear it in half and have that once a day under my tongue. They taste fine to me.

We were told to eat 6 meals a day till the regular foods stage. Although I'm at regular foods now I still eat 6x a day because I feel uncomfortable after 2-3 hours of no food. All my meals are about equal in terms of protein/calories so I wouldn't call any 'snacks'.

Haha, that's too funny, I just started watching this show on Youtube this week for no apparent reason. Eating all that food makes you dizzy! Especially now after surgery, I would literally be able to eat 4 bites of those fatty, greasy foods and be full. It would make for a boring show.

I agree with the above. I stalled for 3 weeks and then I upped my calories by 100 and added some exercise and it broke it. I didn't think I could go over 600-700 either but it's really like an extra slice of cheese or few bites of chicken at night.

Bad english on my part. My stall started week 3 and it's now week 6 so it's 3 weeks for me as well. I'm so happy for you that you managed to break the stall! Thank you for the advice everyone, it really does help me feel better. I will try to increase my fluids and up my calories.

I have done a bit of weight training but you're right, not enough. I've been doing swimming and my muscles always feel sore so I hope that is helping. My clothes felt looser but that was from the initial 20lb loss, it's felt the same since then. Hopefully your stall will end soon too! I will try to get to 800 calories at least and see what that does. It's not easy gettting there... I'm still a 2-4oz eater, 6x a day.

I can't believe I'm making one of these threads after reading the forums for weeks before my surgery and knowing what to expect. I learned about the 3-week stall and sure enough when 3 weeks rolled around my weight loss stopped. The first week I took it in stride but now it's 6 weeks and I'm still not losing. I've only lost 23lbs since the day of my surgery and while that isn't a horrible number it's not a good number for me. 20 of those where in the first 2 weeks. The last 3 were lost in the next 3-4 weeks. Losing 1-2lbs a week is great.... but NOT when you're in month 2 post-op. These are horrible numbers and I didn't start out on the lower end, so no I don't believe I should be losing this slow. I'm only 5'3 and small framed with 100lbs to go, deep down I know I'm failing. It's so hard seeing others post they lost 60 pounds in 4 months for example when I now know I will never reach this. I'm very frustrated that I'm wasting the most optimal weight loss time. My doctor told me the first 6 months is when you lose the most and should take advantage and exercise as much as you can. Here I am at 2.5 months and still not able to get over this stall. And because you will ask, yes I've been exercising as much as I can, lately everyday. I believe I eat right. Yesterday was: 710 calories 68 Protein 30 carbs (-5 Fiber carbs) 33 fat 5 glasses of Water 429 calories burned exercising = 281 net calories Wednesday: 602 calories 73 protein 21 fat 29 carbs (-6 fiber carbs) 5 glasses water 684 calories burned exercising = -82 net calories The only thing I'm low on is water (but since some of my food is liquid I do hit the minimum). Adding more exercise hasn't broken the stall. I was at around 500-600 calories and upped it to around 700 and that hasn't broken it. I'm not sure what else to do except going back to full liquids. I dread that because it felt like a diet and I was miserable. I had days where I broke down and cried I hated that phase so much. I want to feel like I'm living life not living on a diet. Thanks

I've taken Flinstones as well. They were on our list of vitamin options but not the most recommended. One step above was Centrum Chewables. Flintstones taste better but I've had no issues with Centrum yet and the size is only slightly larger. Both are 2x a day. Honestly I'll probably end up going between the 2 for variety of taste.

I had a lot of issues with water too at first but I made myself drink it so I wouldn't get dehydrated. The lemonade they had at the hospital went down easier for me. Also when I got home and had milk, broths and protein drinks they all went down better too.

I'm having this issue of not chewing enough at 4-weeks out but my stomache is not warning me. Feels just fine. I get more gurgling from liquids. I am eating slowly, taking small bites and waiting in between but I need to work on that chewing!!

Make sure you are sipping very very slowly. Take breaks between sips. I couldn't drink much at first either. I know that tightness too but now 4-weeks out I only feel it with heavy food, not drinks. So yes you will get better.

Mine ended about 2 days after I made this thread, so yes I know you will be feeling better soon too!

Thanks for all the help! I went ahead and called the doctor and the nurse told me it sounded like a pulled muscle but she would ask my doctor tomorrow just to be safe.