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My husband loves when we eat out because he gets 80% of my food to take home. Your life doesn't stop because you had weight loss surgery. You can still eat out and enjoy your date nights. If I want something I eat it. Just not a lot of it.

If you're on soft foods you don't need pureed food. There are plenty of things you can eat. Yogurt, small curd cottage cheese, refried beans, blended soups, eggs, mashed bananas, apple sauce, humus, avocado, smoothies, tuna fish, oatmeal, cream of wheat, cooked vegetables, baked beans, guacamole, baked potato, sugar free pudding. The list is endless you just have to be creative.

I still get hungry after my surgeon told me I wouldn't. I just eat what I think is about a cup of food and I eat several small meals a day.

Get rid of the sweetener and the cheese. You are not eating enough protein. Yes cheese has protein but its fattening. Unless you are a vegan you need to eat meat.

I don't know how you all can eat as much as you want because I get full quickly and stay full for a while. If I eat more it just comes right back up into my throat. You can't force food and you are at risk of possibly a terrible outcome. Eat only a cup of food at one time and take 20 minutes to eat that. I have a sugar addiction too but I can't even eat enough to even make it count.

I use the Walgreen multi vitamin for 50 plus. I eat enough dairy for the calcium and I take D3 because I am deficient in Vitamin D. You can get sublingual B12 at Walmart for cheap. You don't need any vitamin with iron unless you are iron deficient.

My worst moment was waking up from surgery and the pain being so bad that I threw up. A one and a half surgery that turned into four hours. I had my lapband removed but there were so many adhesions it took them two hours just to get my band free to remove. It was attached to my liver and my stomach wall and other organs. Now I understand why everything was getting stuck because the damn thing was so severely adhered to my other organs I couldn't get food down most days.

I had the lapband too. I am 4 week post op with the sleeve and I still get hungry. I don't think any surgery would take away my appetite but I can only eat so much now so I try to get in the protein. I think I would still be hungry if they removed my whole stomach lol

Sorry for all the stress and my deepest condolences for your losses. I don't know what I would do in your situation. You need to get healthy so that you will be ok. I know its hard and your husband surely has your heart in his hands. He is giving you the ok so do it. You won't be down for long and I am sure he will be just fine. Big hugs and I hope you have much success on your journey.

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You will be lucky now to lose 2lbs a week. The less your eating the harder it is to lose. Your body is screaming what are you doing to me. Hold on fat hold on. I didn't lose weight for two weeks, I didn't care. I know I am doing what I am supposed to do. Just hold on and it will happen.

Are you getting enough protein? You have to stretch a lot after lifting weights to release the lactic acid in the muscles. If you don't stretch good that could be a sign of soreness.

My stomach growls and I get hungry. I have been hungry since the second week of surgery. I was hoping I wouldn't be but I am.

Why are you eating puree food? Your surgery was way before mine and I am now on soft foods.

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I hope both surgeries work for you. Good luck.

I was on liquids the week before surgery and now until Thursday. I had a lot of scarring and adhesions from my lap band plus my hernia repair was not easy. Apparently the old surgeon who put my lapband in didn't want to fix my hiatal hernia so he basically cauterized the area hoping the scar tissue would just make ok. I even had adhesions on my liver from my band. Hopefully Thursday I can upgrade to soft foods.

My suggestion to you is find a different route to go. My house is exactly 5 minutes from every fast food restaurant that exist. All on one road. I started going a different way home so there would be no temptation. Just some thoughts

You did not gain all your weight in a short period of time. It takes time for your body to adjust to the smaller amount of food that it is getting. I don't understand people being discouraged at 2 weeks out of not losing more then 14lbs. It will come. Stay off the scale. Are you sleeping at least 8 hours? Are you moving your bowels regularly? Are you drinking enough water? All these things matter in weight loss but the most thing that matters is your patience. It will happen. Stay off the scale.

You shouldn't have to do any other diets other then the one your dietician gave you. You have to have some carbs because they full the body. Drink one protein shake a day that has 30 grams of protein in it then the rest food. I am not saying this mean but we all had weight loss surgery to get away from all the failed diets we already did. If any of them worked we wouldn't have needed surgery. Up your cardio.

The whole time I was waiting for surgery I had that horrible thought in my mind that I just want my lapband out and don't want the sleeve but I had gained so much weight I really didn't have a choice. Even the day of surgery I almost told my surgeon to just take out my band and forget it. But my husband told me you know you need this. So they whisked me away to surgery and I woke up in horrendous pain. Not only did he removed my lapband but I had a ton of scar tissue in there plus a hiatal hernia that he repaired. I wanted to die right there. Well here I am a week and three days after surgery and I feel good. Feel human. Hang in there and don't have second thoughts. It is worth it.

I was sleeved Aug 17 still on full liquids until I see the surgeon. The first week was hell for me. I felt like total crap and wonder why the hell I did this to myself. I only wanted my lapband removed but he talked me into the sleeve. Well I started feeling so much better over the weekend. I feel human again. I am still hungry though. I want to eat food but I know the stomach takes time to heal. If I had not lost 23lbs in the last two weeks I probably would be so miserable but the weight loss has definitely changed my mind that I did the right thing.

If the shakes are too sweet get frozen fruit and make a smoothie that is the only way I can drink them. Water I love so no problems with that.

I think it is normal for any of us to do better stop eating junk but we all had a relationship with food. I found that before my surgery in the liquid phase I just had to break up with my food. I have to be all or nothing. I can't eat those things in moderation because it becomes the whole day of sugar if I take one bite. Its hard but I must. I am happy with my weight loss in two weeks 21lbs but I know it won't go like that forever. I have to start walking soon. Hopefully the weather will change and I can get outside.

I will be two weeks post op on Friday. I see my surgeon on Thursday. I came home on full liquids and Thursday I will go to soft foods. I know its annoying because I could puke to drink another protein shake but using different frozen fruits I can get it down. You have to realize they have taken 80% of your stomach. It takes time to heal. That is the reason for the different changes in diet. Honestly I am hungry and I thought I would never be hungry again but that was a lie. I could eat someone's finger maybe even a toe at this point. When I do start to consume food I will make sure I will get enough protein in so that I won't need any protein shakes.