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I am so excited, I have finally gone past the 50 pounds lost mark. I'm slowly moving forward with my weight loss. Slow is better than nothing!

Just start out slow so you don't over exert yourself, build up you stamina. You can do it!!!!

No salads for me until 3 months out when I start regular foods.

My nut told our class to eat 4 ounces of food at two weeks out. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. I bought a kitchen scale so I could measure everything out. It depends on how dense the protein is whether I can eat all 4 ounces or not.

I power walk 4 to 5 miles 6 days a week at the gym. I would like to get into running, but I am not sure how to start out. I know I can't just get in there and run a half marathon. Just needing some advice.

Are you chewing properly and eating slowly? I ate some tuna really fast one day a couple of weeks back and I thought it going to kill me. Eating shouldn't be painful. I would contact my surgeons office. The may want to put you back on the soft food or liquid phase so your tummy has more time to heal. You never specified how far out surgery you are.

Congratulations!!!! I have lost 13 pounds this last week. We are doing great. I'm losing a lot of inches really quick too. Went from a 26 to an 18/20 in 3 weeks.

I can't eat any kind of meat except lean deli stuff like turkey. I have had tuna and chicken get stuck. Believe me that isn't fun. It's very painful. I know that a lot of people seem to have issues with meat. Maybe try chewing like there is no tomorrow and taking very tiny bites. Some people eat off baby spoons to keep from taking to big of a bite. I hope they figure out what is going on soon.

So far I have not meet a food that has made me sick. That being said I don't eat sweets so they may cause me to dump. I just don't know and I don't really want to find out. I have been out to eat once since my surgery and I had a very tasty shrimp taco salad with all the fixins`. Of course couldn't eat but a few shrimp and some guacamole.

I have lost 13 pounds this week. I would like to get into running, but I am not sure how to start. I know I can't go out there and just start running 5 miles a day. Give me some advice runners!

I take a 40mg prilosec. It's is a capsule, but I swallow it whole like the rest of my pills. It is the biggest pill I take. At first I had a hard time getting it down because of the sipping. But one day few days after my surgery I accidentally learned I could take full size drink without any issues. Been taking pills like a champ since.

I agree with you, I stalled right at the time I was put on soft foods. I also somehow managed to gain 8 pounds in like 2 days. I have no idea where it came from. I stayed at 288 for 2 weeks then BAM I lost 12 pounds in 3 days. Anyway, during this stall, I lost a lot of inches. I went from a size 26 to a 18/20 in 3 weeks. I just keep on working out and the inches are coming off faster than the weight. If my body wants to lose weight slowly, I am fine with that. At least I am losing.

Thanks for all your replies, I am feeling so much better now. I just don't understand why people would act like that. I wasn't bragging or anything I was just stating how much I love to exercise now. I am going to talk to the surgeon about adding some weights into my workout at my next appointment on August 18. I need to do something about my arms they are not anywhere close to being toned, but my legs are looking great. Thanks again for replying.

I was told as long as I was steady and that I should stick to flat surfaces. Not marathons until released to do so.

Not trying to be a know it all but pepto is on list on stuff that we are not supposed to take. Plus it will constipate you bad. Just want you to be safe.

I had bariatric advantage orange cream and banana during my preop diet. The orange is pretty good, the banana not so much. However, my nut gave us specific instructions to mix with milk instead of water like canister says to. I still drink protein shakes because I can't eat much. The doctor's office tried to tell me I can only buy my protein from their office. It's 50 dollars for a 27 serving canister of bariatric advantage. To expensive for me. So I get pure protein plus protein powder from Sam's Club. It's only 19 dollars and has less sugar than bariatric advantage. I agree try many kinds before stocking up on specific one. Good luck!!!

My family is coming down to visit a few a days this week. I am in the soft phase. They had me pick out a restaurant that I can eat at. I chose ruby tuesday. I looked at their menu online and they have a dinner with tilapia and shrimp that I can eat. I am just going to have them leave off the parmesan sauce. I am nervous about getting dumping syndrome in public. So far, nothing I have ate has given it to me but I don't think I want to take the chance. This is the first time in my life that I have been scared to go out to eat. Good luck with your weight loss journey!!!

Mine took about about 2 hours.

Anti-inflammatory meds can cause ulcers in our pretty little tummies. I agree Tylenol and ice. I was very sore from using an elliptical, I just put up with the pain and tried to relax as much as I could. I would have given anything for an advil.

I'm not winded or anything like that. Sometimes I even talk on the phone. I only walk fast enough to bring my heart rate up in an acceptable range. Most of the time if I use the bike I can't get my heart rate up because I have to add a lot of resistance or put the bike on one of the workouts programmed into it. I'm not in there training for an iron man triathlon or anything like that. I just chose to go six days instead of five. My doctor told me to get hot, sweaty, and bring my heart rate up. That's exactly what I am doing.

I made my husband some key lime cookies about a week ago. There was some left over frosting. A couple of days later, my brain was convincing me I needed something sweet. So I tried a small bite of frosting and it tasted about twice as sweet as it should have. I didn't get sick, but my tastes buds have definitely changed.

I'm sorry this is happening to you. I had some tuna get stuck and it was very scary almost went to ER. I hope they are able to get you fixed up and you can back on your weight loss journey. Keep us posted. I will say a prayer for you.

I have been on another WLS forum and I posted about how much I exercise. I go the gym 6 days a week. If I use the treadmill I walk for 30 to 60 minutes at a fairly good pace to get my heart rate up. Basically power walking. If I use the bike I generally ride about 10 miles in about 50 minutes. I do have some resistance on the bike. I know that I am just over a month out of surgery and the surgeon said to exercise 5 days a week for 30 to 60 minutes. Some days I can do an hour on the treadmill, some days I just do a half hour. Anyway, some of the people on the other forum attacked me today, saying I exercise to much and that I will not lose weight like I should because of the amount of exercise I get. They were even nice enough to tell me to seek psychiatric help because I have a transfer addiction to exercise. I know I should listen to only what my doctor says, but they really made feel like crap. Am I exercising to much? I just want some opinions. I'm not going to stop, for the first I my life I am able to be active and I love it. Somehow I managed to gain 8 pounds when I started soft foods, then I stalled for two weeks. I have lost about 12 pounds in the last 5 days. Unfortunately, my monthly friend has come and my weight loss has slowed, but I expect that. Anyway, thanks ahead of time for a opinions or replies.

I got them at my first appointment which was March 3. I had my surgery on June 25th. I stopped taking them a week before surgery.

I don't know anything about the open surgery. However, bariatric advantage makes a preop vitamin. I had to take that and calcium before surgery.