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Eat a salad at home first and see how you do. It may make you sick or cause a little discomfort and nausea Bc of the way your body digests it.

I agree that salad may not be the best choice to eat. It is harder for the stomach to digest and it is "empty" mostly in Protein. I would say, have a piece of pizza, but only the topping part, with the cheese... and maybe veggies... that would be your Protein

My dr had me get chewable Pepcid! They worked wonders!

No Diet Coke for 7 months and could care less. I had wanted to get off it for years. Loving Crystal Light Peach Tea (my husband's drink) now and I hated it before. I miss no food. I am enjoying small portions of so many foods, we eat no bread, rice or Pasta and do not miss it. I am loving my new life way too much to worry about food. I love having a yogurt and going shopping for hours without getting hungry. I am still loving SF popsicles. My priorities have changed drastically.

It sounds like when you are out at a restaurant, you are either eating too fast, taking too big of bites, not chewing well enough, or eating too much - or some combination of all of the above! It can be difficult to concentrate on your regular eating patterns when you are in a social situation like a restaurant, lots of distracting stuff going on. But really try to focus on your usual rules of eating slowly, small bites -- and push the plate away WELL before you think you are full. It might help. Good luck!

Make sure you focus on eating and do not try to talk while eating. If I were going to the pizza party I would eat before I went, and I would say the truth, I do not do pizza and I am dieting. We did not try salad until about 3 months post surgery and it now sits well with us, but I read so many posts here.....I was afraid to try it. We eat out at least once or twice a week with friends, and we focus on fun and talking, and food is not the focus. I also meet girlfriends for lunch at least twice a month and we all have go boxes. You probably need to slow down the eating a bit. My husband has mastered eating slower than me, and I am still practicing lol!

You also might be having a bit of anxiety/panic about what MIGHT happen if you're not careful. Your mind plays lots of tricks on you! At home, if something doesn't go right, you're at least at home and comfortable. Out, you feel trapped, embarrassed or scared.
If you can talk yourself through those feelings (I know this is my mind panicking, I know I will be fine, I will push these scared feelings away), you might have an easier time of it.

I'm going to Malley too! How are you doing now? I looked you up and saw that you had it about a month ago. I just got insurance approval today!

You are at the what the hell did I do to myself stage. We have all been there. It will get better, i promise!

I'm pre-op so I don't have direct experience but I can encourage your to give yourself a break. Stick with the program. There's no way if you're following the program that you won't see more weight loss... you're body has been through a huge stressor and takes a while to recover. And when you do start losing again, be SURE to post back to this thread so you leave a bread crumb trail for others who might be in the same boat.
Best wishes!

I am 3 weeks post op. I am only down 16 pounds. I have been same weight last four days. Still on puréed foods til the 30th. Should I be stuck at same weight already discouraged

Stalls are perfectly normal. You can search "stall" on this forum and find tons of information.
My surgery was 11/14/13, so I'm almost 5 months out - I have stalled many times. My first one came between weeks 3 and 4 and I was so scared. I can understand. Just know it's perfectly normal and continue to follow your plan. Your body needs to try to figure out what you're doing AND you're still recovering from major surgery.
You're going to be fine. You got this!!!!!!

Hi. My name is Jeremiah. I have always struggled with my weight just like everyone here. When I started my sleeve journey, I weighed in at 491. With the south beach diet that my surgeon insisted I go on, I was able to lose 73 pounds prior to surgery. I had surgery on 3/12/14 and weighed 418 lbs. At my one will follow up appointment I had lost 16 pounds in the right days after surgery. Got on the scale today and lost another seven pounds. Brings my total weight to 96 lbs so far since the end of November. I also got below 400 lbs for the first time in 10-11 years. But what I enjoy most are the little things I'm noticing like being able to pull my socks ask the way up and not bunching them around my ankles. Being able to wear a tie and wear it properly. Feeling the way my clothes are fitting. I am so looking forward to this summer when me and my kids can go on a bike ride. I have never been able to do that. Please consider the little things and Celebrate them. Remember them when your day is not going as planned. I look forward to getting to know and support some of you as we go through this journey together.

Thanks for the post and reminder that other people have gone through it and there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Omg this just made me cry. I am 10 days out and needed to hear this. Thank you!

I am only 10 days post op and doing puree's. Do you have any energy by three weeks in? My daughter and I will go to the store and 5 minutes in there I feel like I am exhausted. I am so used to go go oh and not barely have energy to start to go. I am hoping this passes

I didn't try drinking till past the 6 month mark. I had some leftover tequila (about 1oz) and crystal light. I was pleasantly buzzed afterwards. Since then, I've drank a few Mike's Hard Lemonades. Usually 1 can is enough to get me feeling good. I pour it over ice and let the carbonation bubble off a little before drinking. I was really a lightweight about drinking before surgery, now it only takes 1 can. I am now a cheap and happy drunk!

I'm not a drinker but I do have a very occasional drink. I was sleeved 10/21 and have had a drink on 3 occasions. Each time I could feel it just getting the glass near my mouth! I drank slow and couldn't finish but I had no problems Andy husband loves that I'm now such a cheap date! Stay away from anything bubbly or frothy, sleeves don't like it.

Hello All
To cut a very long story short;
My surgery was performed on the 20th Feb 2014 and I was to have a Gastric Bypass. My surgeon found issues which would prevent the Bypass, therefore he chose to perform a Sleeve instead...I was devastated when I found out, so disappointed!
Now, I am over the moon, i love my sleeve! I am 47 lbs down - long way to go, but bring it on.
Good luck to you all.
Nobby

Hello All
To cut a very long story short;
My surgery was performed on the 20th Feb 2014 and I was to have a Gastric Bypass. My surgeon found issues which would prevent the Bypass, therefore he chose to perform a Sleeve instead...I was devastated when I found out, so disappointed!
Now, I am over the moon, i love my sleeve! I am 47 lbs down - long way to go, but bring it on.
Good luck to you all.
Nobby

That makes my day!!!

Thank you! I just got home. It turns out that my potassium and magnesium were low. I also had an elevated level for blood clots- yikes! Thank God, no clots. I got infused with fluids all weekend and checked from one end to the other. I'm good to go and dying for the full liquid stage because hospital broth this weekend has just about done me in! I'm ready to get this show on the road. I'm going back to work tomorrow and ready to get in my routine.

I am so glad they took that f*ing tube out before I went home - OMG - it skeeved me out so bad and I hated it! The stupid bulb was always falling off my lap and yanking the stitch, oh I hated that damn thing. I was petrified my daughter (15 mo) would grab it and yank it or something!! Ugh I hurt for you that you still have it in. Call your doc about the pain and remember it'll be out soon!!

Scrambled eggs and toast or even cottage cheese and toast sounds so good!!

Yes I was told it was fine just make sure its no sugar added, look at the label and if there is no sugar, glucose, fructose added then its fine should only be the fruits as ingredient. There will be some sugar but it is the natural sugar from the fruit and that's fine. I also add sugar free jams or jelly to my yogurt or cottage cheese. Baby applesauce in the squeeze pouch comes in mixed flavors I got some that was apple/ grape and apple/peach they had many flavors to choose from.. Good luck hope this helped.