Darque Girl

You are just like me. I had no issues. Thank your lucky stars. I'm now down over 100 pounds 1 year out! Just keep your liquids going.

This is the BEST FREAKIN' THREAD ON BP I have ever read!
Please, more stories about how boringly easy recovery was.
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Try different extracts, chocolate and coconut extracts added to vanilla shakes taste pretty good, also almond is tasty ora rootbeer float by adding rootbeer extract. Find a few different ways to make your shakes,so you don't get board and so you won't feel limited.
Best of luck to you.

Good luck to you also. Just wait until you go shopping and overwhelm yourself with all the cute clothes you get to buy.
Enjoy the beginning of the new you.

Good luck to you also. Just wait until you go shopping and overwhelm yourself with all the cute clothes you get to buy.
Enjoy the beginning of the new you.

Well, it is a relief to know that there are more of us out there. I was wondering if my doctor actually did anything, I was out on 3 mile bike ride 4days after surgery. No food or liquid issues, I just decided that my angels were working overtime.
Best wishes to everyone, continue to enjoy all the wonderful blessing you have been given.

Well, it is a relief to know that there are more of us out there. I was wondering if my doctor actually did anything, I was out on 3 mile bike ride 4days after surgery. No food or liquid issues, I just decided that my angels were working overtime.
Best wishes to everyone, continue to enjoy all the wonderful blessing you have been given.

Well, it is a relief to know that there are more of us out there. I was wondering if my doctor actually did anything, I was out on 3 mile bike ride 4days after surgery. No food or liquid issues, I just decided that my angels were working overtime.
Best wishes to everyone, continue to enjoy all the wonderful blessing you have been given.

This really a learning process, if we all knew everything and were such health freaks. We would not be on this support page. Whether you have had the surgery or your surgery date is coming up. You are still learning and trying to figure out how to make this change in your life. The reason so many diets don't work is because you are restricted from some of your favorite food. Like this surgery you are also restricted but now you are physically restricted if you, aside from throwing in the towel and regretting your choice to have tge surgery. Find alternate foods & beverages that you can have, and so be it; if it is diet soda, if your new tummy can handle it... go for it.
Make sure that you get the appropriate amounts of required fluids not including your soda in to that total, but make this life change tolerable.
were human some of us also need to learn our own lessons and sometimes it is the hard way, we are not throwing away a 40k surgery we are learning how to eat again, without punishing ourselves.

This really a learning process, if we all knew everything and were such health freaks. We would not be on this support page. Whether you have had the surgery or your surgery date is coming up. You are still learning and trying to figure out how to make this change in your life. The reason so many diets don't work is because you are restricted from some of your favorite food. Like this surgery you are also restricted but now you are physically restricted if you, aside from throwing in the towel and regretting your choice to have tge surgery. Find alternate foods & beverages that you can have, and so be it; if it is diet soda, if your new tummy can handle it... go for it.
Make sure that you get the appropriate amounts of required fluids not including your soda in to that total, but make this life change tolerable.
were human some of us also need to learn our own lessons and sometimes it is the hard way, we are not throwing away a 40k surgery we are learning how to eat again, without punishing ourselves.

Against my doctors orders, I had my first Dt Mountain Dew 2 weeks post-op. Opened the can and let it sit in the fridge over night. I still take little sips no issues so far. I have been able to drink from a can and bottle without letting it defizz, for the last week.
Keep in mind everyone is different, its what your new tummy can handle. I have literally had no issues with any of the foods or beverages that should have had me bellied over.

You can spend your time looking up recipes for after your surgery, catch up on your picture albums if you have those, and I have been spending some time on Pinterest picking out all the cute clothes that I am going to wear when I get to my goal weight
Good luck on your journey and I hope you find something to do to help pass the time.
Summer

I got my date today while at work... all of a sudden i felt weak and scared….loaded with what ifs….months ago i could not wait to get approved…its all i thought of…but after a glass of whispering angel wine the nerves settled ….its okay to be scared its a normal human reaction….focus on the good that will come from having the surgery…and keep in mind that the work starts after surgery….heres to positive vibes on you're journey….And Good luck!!!!!

If you're still weeks or months pre-op, it's much easier to slowly make these lifestyle changes over time. I made a pre-op list of my lifestyle changes and implemented them over months. One was quitting diet soda. I once drank about 2 liters of Diet Coke a day. I don't miss it at all. I've noticed that once I started changing my eating and drinking choices, I really didn't miss the processed foods and diet sodas.
Waiting until the surgery or pre-op diet to 'give up' all these things (remember that you're not giving it up unhealthy foods, you're making a choice) is much harder than spreading it out. Remember that you are empowering yourself to make these healthy choices. Embrace that.
Good luck and best wishes to all!