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I'm more than 6 months out. I don't regret anything. I never regretted it at any point. Some people have issues some people don't. Fortunately, I never had any issues. But I think topic headings like this are more likely to bring out the people with issues than not. I know its a concern of anyone's before they have surgery, but try to put everything into perspective.

I could take in way more liquids, soups, and liquified foods than was recommended at my first two weeks. I felt no restriction. It was good because I didn't have to worry about dehydration. When I started eating solid foods I felt restriction. So I wouldn't worry too much about that. I think they should tell newbies that you may not feel restriction on liquids or mushy foods. Plus your stomach in that point has been severely injured/cut so the nerves are still healing. You may not feel the fullness feeling due to the fact that these nerves have to reconnect and heal but it doesn't mean you are not full.

I think when you are obese there is too much emphasis on the pleasure and enjoyment that food brings you. I was the same way. I thought I would be devastated because food was one of the few things that actually brought me joy. But several months after surgery, I just find the enjoyment from food diminished and now find pleasure in doing other things like writing and photography and that sort of thing. BTW I can eat a salad. I just had one last weekend. I do eat balanced meals just smaller. I still go out to eat with my mom on occasion even though I can't eat much.

I was the worst food addict and binger before surgery. I'm a lil over 6 months out. No I don't enjoy eating like I used to. But I still eat. I actually don't miss it. I find enjoyment in other things now.

Congratulations!

How did you resolve this?

I'm struggling with this right now. Especially with food in already small containers like individual yogurt or pudding. I feel like I have to eat the whole thing if its open.

I don't have true insominia but I do have trouble sleeping. Like I'll wake up at 3 in the morning and it will take me an hour to go back to sleep. I thought it was just me but its something I definitely noticed after surgery.

No offense but I remember you Really Rosy saying in another thread that you ate until you were stuffed, you said that you had to eat the whole container at one time if it was open. Someone told you that you could bust your staple line and it could lead to serious injury or death, and you wanted proof. If you've changed to measuring your portions that's great, but I think we all know the surgery is only one part of the weight loss process, there is a lot of mental baggage that we overeaters have to deal with too to be successful.

I think starvation mode is mainly a myth. But I do think your body has controls so that it doesn't lose too fast too quick.

Please don't listen to your friends and family on this. At your height and weight you are obese. I know friends and family don't want to see you hurt, and they are mostly scared that the surgery may hurt you. But your weight will ultimately hurt you in the end.

I'm the same. Liquids go down really easy. That includes pureed/liquified foods. I can eat 4oz probably 6oz if I tried of yogurt. I'm almost 3 weeks out. I really trying not to push myself though. Even though I know I can eat more of these mushee foods I try to limit myself at one sitting. Something I noticed I can't eat really is mushy potatoes. One or two bites and it makes me full. So I think once I go to dense proteins, I will feel restriction. As it is now, I usually feel very little restriction.

All of the WLS forums offer a lot of support. I don't really have any friends here and I don't have a husband or boyfriend, so I literally had no one to talk to about this in real life. I went to the hospital alone and left alone. So its possible to do it alone. I wish I would've had someone there like my mom or sister but there weren't available. I was doing this for me anyway and I made it through.

Are you drinking protein shakes? Maybe you should supplement. Also your blood pressure may be out of wack if you are constantly dizzy. If the dizziness is just from lack of calories, you can increase your calories through liquid protein supplements.

I guess it depends really. The only time I've ever dieted successfully and lost weight, I lost it through strict Atkins and exercising. I loved eating low carb while it lasted. But the carbs always come back in my diet. Going forward from surgery, I really don't want to restrict my carbs that much, because I don't want to be super low carb, get to goal, then start adding them back in and go out of control. My plan was to just eat regular small amounts of anything (Protein first and according to my dr's plan) in the first 6-10 months or first 100lbs lost, and then maybe when I need to kick it up a noch and lose the last 50lbs be more conscious of my carbs. But I often see the opposite, I see people who are very low carb, and then fizzle out when they can eat more, and start eating more carbs in their diet and then reach a stall at around a 100lbs loss and struggle getting their carbs back down.