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I'm three weeks post op. The salad actually helped me go to the bathroom. I thought that it was going to be a bad reaction but it went just fine.

Day of surgery (7-19)I was 305, height 5'2. Today I'm at 293. But it's been going between 295 and 292 for the past week. I just don't know what's going on. At first I thought it was because I hadn't had a BM in two days but after I did I was 1 pound lighter. Like you I follow the meal plan. I get a little less then the suggested water intake and I walk (not as much as I should). I'm hoping its my body still in shock mode. And now I start to feel hungry. I don't know if that's me actually being hungry or head hunger.

I don't crush. I just cut them in half.

I went to Walmart and bought some drops. Natures best or something like that. In a yellow box.

I also am a slow loser. I had surgery on 7/19 and have only lost 10 pound post op. right now the scale will not move. I think my major thing is liquids. Can't seem to get all the liquid I'm supposed to get. But every day I seem to get more. And my other issue is exercise. I REALLY need to jump on that band wagon. But so far pre and post surgery I've lost 32 pounds which I know if great. Just need to over this hurdle and I will be just fine.

I cut my pills in half to make them as small as possible. That was my major concern after surgery. But I also hate that stuck feeling. Happened to me after I ate the other night and it took 45 mins for the feeling to go away. Thank goodness I was at work and could walk it off.

I took the anti nausea meds only the day of surgery and then only twice the next day. Once they got me off the morphine and on to the liquid pain meds it went away. Also after I went per the first time it helped. I hope you feel better soon.

RJ you have left me speechless. Glad to hear you are recovering great and prayers heading your way. You are one amazing person. But I do have one question....how did the sponge get in your but??? I know really random.

Try both warm and cold liquid. When I was in the hospital post op all I could get down was warm liquid. Now (almost 3 weeks post op) all I can drink is cold. Congrats and I burp all the time. Mostly when I'm full.

Congrats!!! Looking good :-)

I bought the Jiffy whipped peanut butter and I could probably get in trouble with that. If I don't pay attention I'd probably eat the whole container.

Thanks. I tried to pick out the chicken, cheese and egg before I ate the salad part. I was actually happy my tummy didn't reject it and I'm not a salad person.

So today I decided to be adventurous and bought a salad from chick-fil-a for lunch. I haven't been thinking too much outside of the nix for food ideas. Been really scared to eat stuff other then the usual chicken, cheese, eggs etc etc. But to my surprise my stomach didn't reflect it. Had 1/4 for lunch then another 1/4 for later lunch and still have some left over. Looks like my stomach gave me the All Clear for veggies. I feel soo much better now.

I work for an airline in the customer service field (I know crazy) and am a mom to an 8 year old boy who thinks he's 20. :-)

A friend of mine got sleeved 1 year ago, lost 130 pounds and 1.5 in shoe size. I understand the width part but not the actually size part part.

I've only lost 15 pounds but me shoes are already big. Can that be possible that soon after surgery. I know my feet are going to get smaller but soo soon?? Maybe I'm going to loose weight starting in my feet and then working up. Who knows :-)

Even though we aren't supposed to snack I found these awesome crunchy krinkles. If you are like me and like to have something that crunches you should try these. They are found on bariatric kitchen.com. I also bought pancake batter. High Protein and ok on the carbs. The krinkles have 13g per serving size (can't tell u serving size since I cut it off...oops). They are really yummy.

Good luck to you all. I had my surgery on 7/19. Loosing weight slowly but that doesn't matter. As long as the number on the scale goes down I don't care. I read about all these people loosing 30 pounds in two weeks and at first was a little sad I hadn't but in the long run I don't care. Everyone is different. I just need to up my water and protein. Once again best of luck.

Truly inspirational!!! I started at about the same weight and I would like to get down to close to the weight you are now.

Awesome!! Great job.

The receptionist at my surgeons office was really good about it. I had to do 3 months worth. So she counted my first appointment there as my first weight loss/ NUT appointment. They made it really easy.

Reading all the posts about eating different foods, I guess I need to experiment more. I guess I'm just afraid to eat something and get sick. I'm eating the usual chicken, eggs, cheese. I haven't tried veggies or fruits. Breads are ok but depends on the bread. And when I eat chicken the sauces don't seem to bother me. I'm going to be adventurous and try more things :-)

All my coworkers were just surprised I was back a work. I never knew how many questions people could have about the surgery. The ones I hadn't told were surprised that I had already done it. But all are supportive and they all tell me the same thing "listen to the doctor!".

How long did you wait to eat fruit and/or veggies? I'm afraid to eat both. I guess cause I don't know how my new stomach will take it.