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I'm hovering at 200 waiting for the scale to drop below. I've been here for days. It'll come.

Did you do any kind of a pre-op diet? I think what you are describing - because I went through it too - is partially head-hunger. It's a big change, yes, to your body, but your stomach is only 20% still with you, so it's not as hungry as you perceive. It's more about knowing that you can't have food at the moment, well not food the way you remember food being, and for many people that is such a dramatic change they don't process it well. As long as you are sipping, sipping, sipping something, you're not really gut-wrenchingly hungry. Your head, however, and especially if food was the drug of choice for you, is what's suffering the most. You're missing your comforting friend, food, more than anything else. You are NOT going to starve or not be nourished, so don't worry about that. The fear you are feeling is the fear of giving up your friend, food. We all go through it, some more than others. This too will pass. On day 11 you can switch over to all liquids so you'll have a feeling of more fullness. Just get your Protein shakes in and then you'll feel more satisfied. In the meantime, keep drinking something you like so you stay hydrated and not empty. That's all I can think of to say.:001_smile:

It just has to be fluids, not especially Water. Find something you enjoy drinking, and drink that. I drink diet Green Tea because I like the taste. It comes in 16 oz. bottles so once I've had 4 of those I'm at 64 ozs. I drink up until dinner or meal time, and I drink afterward. Nothing has caused me a problem with this. I realize that's not recommended, but it's what I do.

Nobody cares; trust me. We drove over the border both ways. Nobody searches you unless the drug dog alerts and that isn't going to happen with prescription medication.

Glad to hear it, Steve. One day at a time. So glad the fire is no longer in our area, either. Hope they can get it all the way out very soon.

I'm sorry you were on the receiving end of such an assh*le! Probably some teenager thinking he's cool doing that. There's no excuse for some people's behavior. You should have said "Yes, I'm fat, but what's your excuse for being a RUDE ass?" Oh well, nothing you can do now except think to yourself that you've made the big change to no longer be fat, but that it will take some time and you're OK with that. He'll get his when he smarts off to the wrong person and they flatten him.:thumbup1:

No regrets whatsoever. Ladiesassie, maybe the bypass would have worked better for you, IDK....keep working at it because I know you can do it.

VS is so over-rated. Back in the day of skinny, I bought a very sexy LOOKING bra from them, and after I wore it a few times decided that it was just not comfortable and it wasn't made very well. They are expensive and IMHO the quality isn't there and neither is the comfort. They do, however, have great marketing to entice people to buy, but so not worth it (to me, anyway.) Stick with upscale department stores for better quality and lasting power.

/ Surgery has many inherent risks, including death. Everyone has to sign a form saying they understand that, HOWEVER, that doesn't mean it's OK for a doctor to knick an organ which caused so much blood loss they had to remove the organ. Sorry, I worked in the medical malpractice field for a long time so maybe I'm just sensitive to the topic. It still wouldn't hurt to discuss with an attorney just to see if there's any issue or no issue. If you went to Mexico for surgery, however, that's different; I wouldn't know who to talk to about such things. I'm just glad I had Dr. Aceves as my surgeon and had no misadventures.

Who was your doctor and where did you have this done? The doctor should not have "knicked" anything. If you were in the states, you might want to speak to an attorney about medical malpractice issues.

Yes, I agree, there is some scale gremlin who says "Here she comes, keep your foot on the same weight as yesterday button so she thinks she's not losing ..... heh-heh-heh!" I'm going to squash that guy when I find him!:scared0::blushing:

I'm back to stall status, could be the heat and humidity we've have lately. I tried tunafish with mayo for lunch. Took about 4 bites and tummy said NO....don't like that stuff, do not feed it to me. So that was the end of the tuna, sadly, and I like tuna. Guess not now; don't know about the future?

I'll tell you what: if I eat more than say 36 grams of protein at once, it gives me diarrhea; same with my husband, so maybe it depends on the person more than the protein grams.

I should have added this disclaimer: IF you're an athlete burning through lots of calories daily, THEN your body can handle more Protein than the 30 grams. If you're NOT an athlete and are doing just regular exercise or mild exercise, 30 grams is about it at one sitting.

Remember you can only absorb about 30 grams of protein at once, so if you're making up huge amounts of protein in a single drink, you're wasting it and it'll just go right through you.

Thanks for the visual, Bob, just what I didn't need to picture.:001_cool:

I drink diet Green Tea in the 16 oz. bottles. I like the Citrus taste and find I can down one of those faster than the same 16 oz. bottle of water which we constantly have in the frig. I take water everywhere, and I keep track of how much I'm getting in. I don't always get in the 64 oz, but I get close. I also watch the color of my urine for sgns of dehydration. My back on the right lower flank has been bothering me today, so that could be a sign of slight dehydration.

Congratulations! How are you feeling? I hope you're doing well and not having any difficulties. Let us know.

My stall seems to be over; I've had a loss (albeit, small) for the last 3 days, so things are moving again. I'm just starting mushies and had 1/2 cup of low-fat small curd cottage cheese yesterday. That's 100 cal. and 14 grms of protein, so makes a pretty good snack food, but only 1/2 cup. That sounds like so little, but it was actually more than it sounds like. All went down fine.

It sounds like you did not have the morphine spinal, or did you? Because that really makes a huge difference in the pain levels. Dr. Aceves team uses that. I know you were here in the States for your surgery. I remember the anestheiologist telling me that this was a very PAINFUL surgery and that's why they do the morphine spinal. By the time it wears off completely, about day 3, you're no longer in pain. I did not have bad pain at all, just digestive upset as would be expected. I had a hernia repaired as well, but never had spasming. I'm sorry you had such a hard time, and hope you're better now.

I just updated my weight loss ticker to show a 1 pound loss. I KNOW, that's sooo slow since the last time I updated it was 8/20/09, that's how long it took to bounce around and finally come down. In fact there's been a loss for the last three days, but not a full pound off. I certainly hope this moves a little faster as I'll be one month post-op on Sept. 10th!

Movement on the scale this morning, down .6 pounds and .2 yesterday, so that's good. Now I'm back to where I was on Aug. 22nd, that's how long the stall lasted. I'm not even on mushies, technically, until tomorrow. A food you can have on full-liquids is watermelon in small pieces, so that's great to have the texture in your mouth. It mushes down to only liquid so it's easy going down. I have a small bowl as a mid-morning and afternoon snack between protein servings. Anyway, the scale is once again my friend and hopefully I see more movement this week! :cursing:

Movement on the scale this morning, down .6 pounds and .2 yesterday, so that's good. Now I'm back to where I was on Aug. 22nd, that's how long the stall lasted. I'm not even on mushies, technically, until tomorrow. A food you can have on full-liquids is watermelon in small pieces, so that's great to have the texture in your mouth. It mushes down to only liquid so it's easy going down. I have a small bowl as a mid-morning and afternoon snack between protein servings. Anyway, wanted to share that the scale is once again my friend and hopefully I see more movement this week!

Oh, OK, well have fun. We're going to NZ and Australia on 12/31/09 on Silverseas. Have you ever been on a cruise before?

This was my first thought too, but she had the surgery August 18th, so it's more than out of her system.