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hey change it up....i am 5 weeks out...i am supposed to eat what you are too....but like you...i'm sick of that stupid list of 10 foods to eat and nothing else. yogurt and cottage cheese are dairy products...so apparently you CAN have dairy. i hate yogurt and the Protein shakes are just so gross sometimes. i tried eggs, ricotta cheese with spaghetti sauce, ricotta cheese with s/f blueberry sauce, refried Beans with l/f sour cream and taco sauce, chicken, tuna, fish, and creamed Soups. everything gets blah so fast. 4 or 5 bites of something and i'm done. have you made s/f pudding at all?? i made s/f chocolate pudding and put chocolate Protein powder in it. not too bad... i have to admit...i have been trying bites of other foods here and there...ham deli meat, turkey deli meat, cheese from a pizza, pretty much anything i make for my family...i will take a bite or 2 of it and see what happens. if you chew anything enough times...it'll be pureed. my next f/u visit is next week and i know the next phase is pretty much the same as this one....YUCK...i'm going to be inching along faster than that because the diet is just so ridiculous. by christmas...we should almost be able to eat everything again. i don't understand the discrepancy between all these different doctor's diet...why some can eat and some can't...there should be a standard rule of thumb...and if there isn't....them there's nothing stopping us from advancing our own diet little by litte.

right??? you can take 10 giant pills...but don't eat any tiny piece of meat. the only Soup that is hard is clam chowder because you really can't chew the clams into pieces. i am going to try little bites of steak today with mashed potatoes.

wow...you are doing great!!! you can eat ALOT of stuff they told me NOT to eat. meatballs? Soup? ? pepperoni?? is any of that food not sitting right with you? i'm tired of eating this pureed crap and have been advancing little by little. i even had a piece of a turkey sub yesterday that was like 1 inch big and that was it and i did fine...felt fine. i think my doctor's office is being really way too over protective. i am dying for some good soup to eat. nutritionist said not to eat soup because the liquid will wash the food away. did they say anything about that to you?

hey change it up....i am 5 weeks out...i am supposed to eat what you are too....but like you...i'm sick of that stupid list of 10 foods to eat and nothing else. yogurt and cottage cheese are dairy products...so apparently you CAN have dairy. i hate yogurt and the Protein shakes are just so gross sometimes. i tried eggs, ricotta cheese with spaghetti sauce, ricotta cheese with s/f blueberry sauce, refried Beans with l/f sour cream and taco sauce, chicken, tuna, fish, and creamed Soups. everything gets blah so fast. 4 or 5 bites of something and i'm done. have you made s/f pudding at all?? i made s/f chocolate pudding and put chocolate Protein powder in it. not too bad... i have to admit...i have been trying bites of other foods here and there...ham deli meat, turkey deli meat, cheese from a pizza, pretty much anything i make for my family...i will take a bite or 2 of it and see what happens. if you chew anything enough times...it'll be pureed. my next f/u visit is next week and i know the next phase is pretty much the same as this one....YUCK...i'm going to be inching along faster than that because the diet is just so ridiculous. by christmas...we should almost be able to eat everything again. i don't understand the discrepancy between all these different doctor's diet...why some can eat and some can't...there should be a standard rule of thumb...and if there isn't....them there's nothing stopping us from advancing our own diet little by litte.

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

1 month out today and i'm only down 22 pounds. i lost more weight doing the beer and cigarettes diet after my divorce 15 years ago. what the hell?? i am suspecting that i am getting my period since i skipped it last month after surgery....but for as little as i am eating (probably 500 calories)....i can't believe the scale is not going faster. any words of encouragement out there??

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

thanks everyone. i guess i thought i would lose more...i don't know. i am not a patient person....hence...the reason why i never succeeded at weight watchers. i expect immediate results from sacrifices being made. because i eat SO little...like tablespoons of food....i thought the weight would drop off like a dead leaf. i do realize now that heavier people will lose faster. i really need to stop complaining and comparing...having a bad couple of days and maybe it is PMS time and i'm feeling blah. my clothes do feel looser, so that's a positive thing. you guys are amazing. thanks for the support. this website is the greatest!

greg....here is what i found on another's site...makes sense...so we can stay positive!!
A "stall" a few weeks out is inevitable, and here's why.
Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of Water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.
As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.

greg....here is what i found on another's site...makes sense...so we can stay positive!!
A "stall" a few weeks out is inevitable, and here's why.
Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of Water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.
As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.

i don't get why that is....i will be 3 weeks tomorrow. i have been losing about 0.5 to 1 pound a day so far, but the last 2 days i have stayed the same. how can we not lose when we are eating barely 600 calories a day AND walking. i can only think that it may be Water gain from a period or salt...but even so... it doesn't make sense. i have lost 19 pounds since day of surgery.

greg....here is what i found on another's site...makes sense...so we can stay positive!!
A "stall" a few weeks out is inevitable, and here's why.
Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of Water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.
As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.

OMG....88 pounds in 4.5 months???? that would be a dream come true for me. i did alot of vomiting after the surgery as well...the Protein shakes are just not appealing at all. i think at week 1, i move on to pureed food. it's okay tho....not feeling hungry for anything is a blessing. hope i am as successful as you all are. i have only heard positive feedback from people that have had this procedure done. they wouldn't go back for nothing. excited for my future!

wow...that's amazing. i hope i am that successful when i get m surgery in september.

wow....this is my first post on this website and i am so happy for you. your post and your pictures really give me hope. i am presurgery so far...probably going in by aug/sep. you are an inspiration because i thought the sleeve would not be enough and i am freaking out. thanks!

GG: thanks for sharing your before and now pics, you look amazing and beautiful! Going by your rate of weight loss I too am a slow loser. It didn't feel that way to me though because pre-sleeve I would maybe lose 1 lb in a week on your typical diet and then regain it plus more!
I am struck by the posts in this thread who write about feeling ashamed of their weight in the beginning. I guess it's because I have been obese and/or morbidly obese my whole life. I never before experienced life as a "normal" size person, and even now 100lbs lighter I'm still not a "normal" BMI. So I had no "before I gained all that weight or how did I let myself go so far" comparison.
I didn't have WLS because of feeling ashamed of my body, although I did feel ashamed. I had it because I was in pain all the time and I hoped to have a better quality of life (which I do). But I was made to feel ashamed of my body and my desire to overeat for so long that I look back now and think how that shaming not only didn't in any way help me to lose weight, it fueled the fire of my overeating, and it still can wreak havoc on my life.
Most of us chose to have WLS because of our health and well-being, not because we were ashamed of our bodies. The improvement in our physical appearance is really the icing on the cake (sorry for the food ref. LOL). Holding onto shame only holds us back from fully living and enjoying our lives now! So what if one was once morbidly obese? It took courage to change our lives and it will take a lot of determination to stay the course.
Obesity is a disease of the body but also of the mind and for me the healing of my psychological weight and food-related issues is going to take much longer and be much more difficult. The surgery was the easy part!