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A great story to demonstrate, "Stay the course." Thank you.

Try to stay busy and keep your mind off food. It's hard when your tummy is rumbling but remind yourself about the life choice you are making. It helped me to make a list of the things I wanted to accomplish when losing weight, other can focusing on the scale and numbers. I kept the list in front of me. Now, after surgery, I'm finally checking some things off that list. It feels so good. You can do the pre op diet. You got this.

Congratulations! Great success story. Thank you for sharing. I know you have to be excited. I love my sleeve. Only six weeks out but have lost 30 pounds.

Congrats on your upcoming surgery. These are the things I had on hand: - Clear chicken broth - sugar free popsickles - Isopure drinks - Premier Protein drinks - Cream of chicken Soup - Sugar free pudding - Sugar free Jello

You look awesome! Congrats on the weight loss.

It does get easier each day. And remember, now that the "pre-surgery" and "surgery" high has worn off, and things return to normal, you'll experience that sense of "let down" and wonder if the surgery was worth it. It was! Before long you'll feel better and can do all the things you missed...well...except maybe eat that cheeseburger. You got this. You can do it. Be gentle with yourself and remember that you don't have to be perfect.

Yeah! I know you are excited. I like the Premier shakes that you can purchase from Costco. I've tried most of the protein shakes and Premier is one of the better tasting options. I tried Muscle Milk. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. Good luck with your surgery date!

Way to go! Happy dance...happy dance! Thank you for sharing. It motivates me to keep moving forward.

it regulates your metabolism. your thryoid levels must be low. it could be a good thing as a normal metabolism will help with weight loss.

I admire anyone who can drink Muscle Milk. It's not for the faint hearted.

Best wishes

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Way to go! Congrats on your success. I can hear the positive energy in your email.

Definitely a life changing moment. I wish you the very best as you move forward in this new season of your life.

I know you are excited! Each day gets better. Best wishes as you move forward.

Congratulations! Yes, you will begin to feel better each day. Be gentle with yourself, get plenty of rest, and take things one day at a time.

Try gauze with Neosporin. Use a roll of surgical tape (paper tape variety is easier on the skin) to hold the gauze. Definitely call your doctor, even on call, and tell him or her about the redness.

What an amazing post. Thank you for sharing.

Great attitude and determination. Thank you for sharing!

Hang in there. It does get better and you'll definitely "feel" the fullness when beginning pureed foods.

Great post and a reminder that it's more than just about the scale. Like the future goals. And great job on the 5 month weight loss! Thank you for sharing.

Awesome post. Thank you. Congratulations on your weight loss! This is a significant accomplishment. As they say, this is a journey and each day brings about its own challenges and success moments. You've done very well.

As a coffee snob prior to surgery, I worried about this too. Let's just say a quad Grande Skinny vanilla Latte was my passion each morning. Yep...a quad. Sometimes I had more coffee in the afternoon, of course nothing as mundane as the grocery story brand (did I mention coffee snob). Sooo....after surgery....five weeks later, I ordered my old standby and found, to my dismay, that coffee didn't have the same appeal. I took a few sips and my tummy (sleeve) said, "Ok...that's enough." Now, I drink maybe 1/4 cup of just black coffee from the work breakroom...yep, the store brand. Things change after surgery.

That's about normal. You definitely want to err on the side of caution. I'm 5 weeks out and still taking a few bites. Eating too fast or too much causes the dreaded "foamies" for me.

Now that's success and determination in action! Great job and thank you for sharing.