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Thank you! Thank you! Glad to hear I'm not the only one chillin' through the weight loss. (hahaha) Guess my husband will by happy the A/C wars are offically over! (Am I really going to be one of those crazy skinny bit*hes wearing a sweater in the middle of the summer?... I hope so!) Thanks for the posts and support.

I feel like a blue ice cube! I have been soooo cold since surgery. Diet wise, I am doing well. I am getting my Protein and Water in - yes, I'm still on liquids. I've lost 25.6 pounds so far and feel TONS better than before. Is this a common side effect? A friend says it's because I am losing my layer of fat and it is totally normal. Anyone else out there feel like they are living in the Artic? Gotta get back to my pile of blankets...

BTW - GET OFF THOSE SCALES!!!! Stop beating yourselves up! (try going by inches, clothing sizes, etc.) I told myself I am cheating if I get on the scale... and that is the last thing I want to do right now. (good news - my pants are loose and my shirts look baggy.) It took us years, if not decades, to get to where we are right now - it's gonna take more than a few weeks to get back where we belong.

I agree with all the above! (get Protein in, it is an overproduction of acid and it will take your body months to reduce the levels being produced, it is head hunger, etc.) I am 10 days post op. I am getting the "hungry" rumblings A LOT and want to go inhale the kitchen with every noise! BUT... I have to stop and ask myself - is it acid, or hunger? The real, physical (correct) answer is acid. The mental (wrong) answer from years and years of bad habits is hunger. So, I don't deny myself... BABY STEPS! BE NICE TO YOURSELF! Sooooo, if it gets really bad and I start obsessing about it, I get a tiny tea cup of soup or diet hot chocolate and I am FULL before 5 sips is up. I then walk away. I have proven to myself I wasn't really hungry... I just thought I was. I throw it away because the LAST thing I want to do after going through three days of hell in the hospital and putting my family through everything I have is to stretch this new stomach back out and end up where I started. Another tip - if I don't want to/ can't get something warm to sip on when I feel like I need to eat, I have been taking Gas-X when the rumblings start and it seems to REALLY help. HANG IN THERE!!! It will get better!