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took your advice and logged the days food on My fitness pal came up with totals for the day: Calories:323 carb: 13 g. fat: 18 g. protein: 28 g. plus I had 10 grams as well in clear protein added to water with Mio.

Oh man! lose my 1/4 teaspoon of sauce? this is getting worse! I'll have to try your chipotle tabasco. cardio, vitamins and water are all in place.

I am almost five weeks out and I just talked to my dietician last Friday, she moved me from 1/4 cup of pureed Protein food to 1/4 cup of soft protein food 3X a day for at least the next 6 weeks. No Snacks, no Protein shakes, no fruits or vegetables unless you can fit a sliver in after the protein. This program never let us have protein shakes. My friend who has been wonderfully successful on a different program is two years out on her RnY says that it is too little food and where is the amount of protein I need? I have been stalled and my elimination hasn't been good. It is tough that all these programs are so different between Doctors and WLS centers. I am okay with continuing with this program if I will be getting the results I want in this weight loss honeymoon period but I am willing to modify it myself if most people's experience has been different. Even among the other WLS surgery centers in this *** this one has a different more stringent program than the others in it's own system. I need to make sure I am not starving myself and stalling weight loss as a result or losing muscle not fat. yesterday I had: 1/2 hardboiled egg and wedge of laughing cow cheese 1/4 cup of shrimp meat with cocktail sauce 1/4 cup of curry chicken salad Thank you for your ideas and views on this.

Hmmmm when I watched it I thought she said it wasn't the easy way out, that she was saying the sleeve was a tool, that the head work needed to be done as well, perhaps I misunderstood.

Yea!!!

that is just a crazy thing for her to say, she must have flat butt! My boyfriend is so worried I will lose my back side and legs but even thin before I had back. flaunt it!

I loved that she was so honest and gave good info to the masses, who don't have a clue what the heck we are doing.

wonderful! would like to know more about your journey to success!

I am so happy for you that you figured it out and are back on the path! thank you for sharing this with us to help us not go that way, takes courage. Keep posting your progress.

they are amazing! they did post that the weight loss includes their two weeks preop diet as well but still great!: Sleeved 12/19. Our weight loss began when we seriously committed to lifestyle changes 2 week preop diet start date 12/03/12, losses to date - me 44 mr 64 . On regular food but limited selection of choices ( stage 3 on our journey). Feeling awesome. Wishing everyone a wonderful blessed day!

You are doing great!

That is so wonderful! Glad you are feeling so good and have had a wonderful start. I have lost 27 lbs since being sleeved on Dec. 19th as well and 40 overall since last Sept. with my preop diet. I feel well on the path, I am trying to make the most of this period of weight loss because it is the best during the whole journey. I will be going to soft foods at the end of the week and not go to a regular modified diet for another 6 weeks after that. enjoy!

Phew! we do have a lot to learn here. I think too as we heal and feel better it is easier to not think of this stuff. We both got a wake up call. I am starting to get my schedule filled up more again and I really need to make the time for my food program in it. eating cottage cheese verrry slowly this morning.

best wishes for an easy fix at the doctor's.

Yes, I do still have an uncomfortable feeling when I don't sip, I also had a hiatal hernia repair so that is healing as well, I had a bad day with food yesterday too. I ate some canned fish for breakfast too fast because I was going to meet my friend for a walk, I didn't eat much but what I had decided to come back up. I also hadn't mixed it with mayo or anything because it seemed moist enough, canned in oil but now I am thinking it was too dry. then it happened with some shredded chicken later in the day. This is the first time this has happened to me so it was a wake up call to sit and eat slowly no matter how small the amount. The pain and pressure in my chest was really bad.

wow you guys are amazing! Is that weight loss all since surgery? I am trying to optimize my weight loss during this honeymoon period. what food stage are you in? I have been walking once a day perhaps I better ramp it up but I still get tired. Congrats on your new job.

this is great advice and you have the time to do it!

glad you are doing great. Sounds like a good doctor looking out for your well being!

have you been to an orientation meeting or talked to your surgeon yet? sounds like the problems you are having could be related to your weight but I would check with your doctor. Many things get fixed after the surgery, it is a path to a new life of not having these physical problems related to being too heavy. You are too young to feel this way. they almost always want you to lose some weight before surgery, have they given you an amount yet? You could get started on that and will probably feel better so that you want to continue and when you decide to do the surgery you will be ready to take the plunge into better health overall.

Hi there, I am Dec. 19th as well, how is everyone doing almost a month out now?

I am almost a month out and my hiatal hernia was fixed at the same time, I didn't even know I had one. I am glad it has been fixed for sure. How much weight do you have to lose and have you been trying to lose it for some time? for me I did medifast and lost 100 lbs then gained it back did other such diets and lost the 100 lbs then gained it back. I think it depends where you are in this process, I am 51 it was this or keep having more and more health problems and not last too much longer. You may be younger and I wouldn't want you to go through what I did in my 30's and 40's. It is a tough decision and it is not an easy thing to do but the people who stood up and spoke at the support meeting I went to yesterday all said they would do it again in a heartbeat and wished they could have done it sooner. Take your four months and so some real soul searching and thinking about what you have been through already. All the best to you whatever you decide.

Do you have a dietician? My surgeon seems to leave it all up to the dietician's program, he doesn't remark on food at all so far. I have a phone appt, with the dietician on Friday and she will probably move me into soft foods, which won't be all that different than puree's for me. I have been eating soft stuff and just chewing really well until it is pureed. I will be interested if she adds more volume this time, I have been having only 1/4 cup each of the three meals. So interesting to hear all the different programs.

What stage are you in? Are you eating mainly protein first? no liquids with the meal and it sticks in the stomach longer.

Meegan, this is another thing different between our Kaiser programs, at one month I go from pureed to soft foods and stay there for another month and a half before going on to a modified regular diet.

36 lbs!!! that is great.