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Hi,
I understand. Psychologically I feel that I 'want' to eat but realize that I don't 'need' to eat. It's been almost 7 weeks for me and just wrapping my head around my new stomach size takes some getting use to.
On the positive side you are here and you recognize your issue which is half the battle and your asking for advice so kudos to you!
Hope you do well!

Really it is no one's business. I always thought it was. My husband made me change my mind and my ways and it feels great! We told my daughter and a nurse friend. I really get tired of people going on and on about our losing weight so I darn sure don't to have my surgery announced to everyone within hearing distance. We are just a little bit private anyway.

My opinion is that once those people start paying my medical bills and fixing my meals they can be told about my surgery but until that time its none of their da** business so they don't need to know anything. Yes I'm on a diet and if you want to know how I'm losing weight... watch me eat and do what I do. Otherwise stand back and watch the transformation!!!

I plan on
well-said. I'm starting to pre-op diet with low carb and walk everyday at work. I will be off for 2 weeks for the surgery and when I get back, I will just say: low-carb, Portion Control, exercise. It's the truth. They don't need to know I have a tool to enforce portion control.

Hi,
I am 6 weeks post op and hit my stall not long ago. It happened to occur with the introduction of some real food and not just Protein shakes and Water. I am pretty sure that it involves sodium and Water retention though I am not doctor and after my body lost fat but gained water weight I balanced out and started losing again.
Monitor your salt/sodium intake for a week and see how that works for you and keep us posted.
Best of luck next week!

A little regain is a fairly normal part of the process. I advise you to NOT beat yourself (that sounds like OLD destructive patterns!) and instead come up with an action plan (which you are doing) and just DO IT!
One of my eye openers over the last few years is that even skinny people have to work at weight management - especially after about age 40. You know what, they don't think they failed cuz they had a little bounce - they just do something about it!
Hang in there, think positive and stop the self loathing - you have not failed, you are simply needing a little tune up right now.

Er how bout boxers?

NEVER is a good word as in... "I will NEVER be overweight again!" or as in "I will NEVER neglect my health again!"
Of course pre op for me it was PEPSI MAX! Whoo hoo! Man at my weight watchers meeting the leader confessed to drinking one two liter bottle of soda in a day. My at work ww meeting was mainly women and they all gasped at her confession. I started to chuckle and one coworker thinking me mean or cruel asked me what was so funny and I replied "Only one two liter bottle of soda in a day? On a weekend I've finished my first two liter bottle by 2 pm!" Most of the ladies laughed at that but it's all relative.
I use to drink two liters of soda a night and 2-3 bottles (4-6 liters) on weekends. Now 5 weeks post op I just don't have a craving for it. Also all those vitiman waters, gatorades, sweet teas, juices etc. all leave me with a chalky feeling inside my cheeks so usually it's just Water for me now and it feels great drinking it.
FYI in case anyone else can't stomach some of the flavored drinks I just found this week that Lipton diet green tea seems to be like Water, no chalk

Throwing in my 2 cents... I feel that I've gone through too much pain to not try to maximize my weight loss now so with mayo I go light as it's only 35 cal for a tbs and like most other posters if the cal count is down and it tastes comprable then I go with the reduced fat/cal brand but if not then why not go for the taste? Good topic too as I wonder if we know for sure just how all those SF items will affect us down the road with all them chemicals they put in them

Hi again and congrats!
My nutritionist told me later that they wanted to 'wean' me off of the protien shakes if possible during the soft phase of my eating around week 4 and get my stomach used to thicker foods. So I think if possible you should try to eat a little bit each day to help the stomach adjust. I am only a few weeks ahead of you and I'm working on tuna, eggs, thicker Soups etc. I did get sort of a manual with all the phases in it and am working on that for now.
I do my six week check up on Monday the 21st then won't do another till June. Ask you doctor or dietician what they think at your next check up.
Congrats again and hang in there.
Weight loss is a marathon not a sprint. I think I'll try to add that as a signature

This may not sound like a whole lot of fun but I use my weekends to do a lot more exercising. And I do find that it picks up my mood, distracts me, keeps me busy, etc. I also make sure I spend extra time working in the yard, taking the dog for longer walks (I also count that as exercise) and tidying/cleaning the house. All of these things keep me busy and active, and they leave me feeling satisfied just by knowing that my house looks nice, I've made my dog happy, and so on.
I know what you mean about weekends -- I never realized, before surgery, how much my weekends revolved around food and how much time I spent planning what I would eat, shopping, preparing food, eating -- and I have to find other ways to fill the time. I find that if I keep the time filled with active chores, the "head hunger" and cravings take care of themselves.

I was sleeved on 11/20/13 so I'm not a vet yet but I can relate......... I come from a big Italian family where food means everything......... And I also looked forward to my weekends to go out(mostly restaurants)......... But I can say things do get better............... My boyfriend and I will still go out at night but we will just share an appetizer..... Getting out and enjoying the convo is really what matters............ Also I started having card night parties at my house, where we invite some friends.. I cook appetizers or finger foods so people can eat through out the night and no one notices what I eat.................

Used to love going to the local pub on fri / sat night for live music, having a few drinks and tons of bar food, in fact we still go, just minus the drinks and food, on those days I workout little longer in the gym, do some extra house /yard work so that when I'm tempted I feel guilty cheating, the bartender is great too, I always used to drink gin and tonics in large pint glass now it's pints of Water with line wedges, I still have a good time and I make sure all my friends get home safe, so it's win, last week I actually tried a small glass of gin and tonic took me like 45 mins to drink and I was fine with just the one.
My only regret was waiting so long to get sleeved.

Throwing in my 2 cents... I feel that I've gone through too much pain to not try to maximize my weight loss now so with mayo I go light as it's only 35 cal for a tbs and like most other posters if the cal count is down and it tastes comprable then I go with the reduced fat/cal brand but if not then why not go for the taste? Good topic too as I wonder if we know for sure just how all those SF items will affect us down the road with all them chemicals they put in them

Hi again and congrats!
My nutritionist told me later that they wanted to 'wean' me off of the protien shakes if possible during the soft phase of my eating around week 4 and get my stomach used to thicker foods. So I think if possible you should try to eat a little bit each day to help the stomach adjust. I am only a few weeks ahead of you and I'm working on tuna, eggs, thicker Soups etc. I did get sort of a manual with all the phases in it and am working on that for now.
I do my six week check up on Monday the 21st then won't do another till June. Ask you doctor or dietician what they think at your next check up.
Congrats again and hang in there.
Weight loss is a marathon not a sprint. I think I'll try to add that as a signature

Welcome to the club! Now enjoy your Protein shake!
Gas-X !!
Worked wonders for me. Give it a try. Enjoy your weekend.

NEVER is a good word as in... "I will NEVER be overweight again!" or as in "I will NEVER neglect my health again!"
Of course pre op for me it was PEPSI MAX! Whoo hoo! Man at my weight watchers meeting the leader confessed to drinking one two liter bottle of soda in a day. My at work ww meeting was mainly women and they all gasped at her confession. I started to chuckle and one coworker thinking me mean or cruel asked me what was so funny and I replied "Only one two liter bottle of soda in a day? On a weekend I've finished my first two liter bottle by 2 pm!" Most of the ladies laughed at that but it's all relative.
I use to drink two liters of soda a night and 2-3 bottles (4-6 liters) on weekends. Now 5 weeks post op I just don't have a craving for it. Also all those vitiman waters, gatorades, sweet teas, juices etc. all leave me with a chalky feeling inside my cheeks so usually it's just Water for me now and it feels great drinking it.
FYI in case anyone else can't stomach some of the flavored drinks I just found this week that Lipton diet green tea seems to be like Water, no chalk

Hi again and congrats!
My nutritionist told me later that they wanted to 'wean' me off of the protien shakes if possible during the soft phase of my eating around week 4 and get my stomach used to thicker foods. So I think if possible you should try to eat a little bit each day to help the stomach adjust. I am only a few weeks ahead of you and I'm working on tuna, eggs, thicker Soups etc. I did get sort of a manual with all the phases in it and am working on that for now.
I do my six week check up on Monday the 21st then won't do another till June. Ask you doctor or dietician what they think at your next check up.
Congrats again and hang in there.
Weight loss is a marathon not a sprint. I think I'll try to add that as a signature

Good answer Butterpants. I posted something similiar for someone else. For BobbieKatie I'd say read my signature, it's about the marathon not a sprint. Keep working harder at the exercise and the diet. Read the websites mag article called "Plateau? Get Over It! to get some further ideas, great article too btw.
Hang in there and enjoy the weekend!

Throwing in my 2 cents... I feel that I've gone through too much pain to not try to maximize my weight loss now so with mayo I go light as it's only 35 cal for a tbs and like most other posters if the cal count is down and it tastes comprable then I go with the reduced fat/cal brand but if not then why not go for the taste? Good topic too as I wonder if we know for sure just how all those SF items will affect us down the road with all them chemicals they put in them

NEVER is a good word as in... "I will NEVER be overweight again!" or as in "I will NEVER neglect my health again!"
Of course pre op for me it was PEPSI MAX! Whoo hoo! Man at my weight watchers meeting the leader confessed to drinking one two liter bottle of soda in a day. My at work ww meeting was mainly women and they all gasped at her confession. I started to chuckle and one coworker thinking me mean or cruel asked me what was so funny and I replied "Only one two liter bottle of soda in a day? On a weekend I've finished my first two liter bottle by 2 pm!" Most of the ladies laughed at that but it's all relative.
I use to drink two liters of soda a night and 2-3 bottles (4-6 liters) on weekends. Now 5 weeks post op I just don't have a craving for it. Also all those vitiman waters, gatorades, sweet teas, juices etc. all leave me with a chalky feeling inside my cheeks so usually it's just Water for me now and it feels great drinking it.
FYI in case anyone else can't stomach some of the flavored drinks I just found this week that Lipton diet green tea seems to be like Water, no chalk

Welcome to the club! Now enjoy your Protein shake!
Gas-X !!
Worked wonders for me. Give it a try. Enjoy your weekend.

Er how bout boxers?

Er how bout boxers?

Er how bout boxers?