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@@trvlgrl My surgery was 10/13 and my stomach still gurgles pretty constantly. You might think you feel hunger, but if you think about it, you're not really having the "I'm starving" feeling. It's hard to explain, but I know exactly what you're thinking. My stomach grumbles like it's hungry, but when I stop and think about it, I'm not really.

@@Peekboo I want to know how to suck in thighs!

Dying to know about this shrinking feeling. I'm down 12.6 lbs since surgery (18+ total) and honestly my clothes don't feel looser. That seems unfathomable to me!
And yes, watch out for sodium! It's in gatorade and Powerade and all of those sports drinks and definitely in Soup if you're not making your own broth from scratch and using something from a box or can.

Hiya everyone! Hope everyone's Saturday is off to a brilliant start I shed another 1.2lbs yesterday which is making me super happy since I felt like yesterday wasn't a fantastic day for me. My incision right under my left boob continues to bother me so I'm still on the extra strength tylenol. I had pretty runny bowel movements and actually what felt like an upset stomach. I tried something new to eat yesterday. I ground up turnip root into a paste like consistency and had that (it's a traditional Chinese style food) and I loved it, but I don't think my stomach agreed. Oh well!

@@chellede Thank you for that! Yes my daily average is great. 11 days out and 13 pounds down so yay!

How do you know which side it was pulled out? The one that hurts the most for me is the one right under my left boob and the top of my ribs there are sore too

@@Peekboo I want to know how to suck in thighs!

@@chellede Ok I guess that's better..... sort of And good on ya for feeling beautiful in your own skin!

@@chellede HOLY CRAP!!! I can't believe how bruised up you are! Are the rest of you guys like this too? I feel so bad! I have had none of that on my tummy, just where the nurses drew my blood and ouchy those are painful looking!

How do you know which side it was pulled out? The one that hurts the most for me is the one right under my left boob and the top of my ribs there are sore too

@@chellede Thank you for that! Yes my daily average is great. 11 days out and 13 pounds down so yay!

@@lovelytrl I just googled that and it looks amazing! I wonder if I can try that since I'm already eating ricotta and eggs in egg drop Soup.....

@@chellede Thank you for that! Yes my daily average is great. 11 days out and 13 pounds down so yay!

Yup, I'm a daily weigher myself and I think I always will be. No matter how hard I try. I like knowing. I dropped 11 lbs in 5 days, then it slowly dropped, then went up 2 lbs and after no loss for two days, I'm back to losing a pound. But look at the average. I'm 10 days out and down 12lbs ... uhm.. yeah.. I like those results. It averages out nicely !!! So yeah, I was worried about the gain, but it could have been anything.
I've been reading a lot of boards. Even the veterans boards. We don't have to do anything but eat our portions and what our doctor tells us and the weight will come off on its own time. Our bodies will understand what we want it to do. We will ALL stall, we will all fluctuate... but look how many people on these boards lose their weight. We got this !!!
side note... I was a huge coffee drinker before ... I'm talking 3 to 4 24oz cups of coffee a day. I find it very comical that I don't want coffee anymore and that I don't like it as much as I used now. My go to thing in the morning is hot cocoa. Which my little cup of cocoa has 60 grams of Protein in it (Double milk and a packet of Protein powder).
I hope everyone has a great day and we just need to follow some rules till regular foods, then it's using our pouch to tell us not to over eat.. which is why we had this surgery.

Good morning everyone! My first cover from my sutures fell off last night and I got a little panicked because that's the one that hurts the most for me, the one right under my left boob that gets irritated constantly from my bra strap. I put a bandaid over it before going to bed even though I know it's not the suture itself that hurts and the underlying area.
I got on the scale this morning and only went down .2 lbs. I know I'm a slave to the number, but since I'm not on any other medication and I don't have to worry or concentrate on my blood pressure dropping, it's the only thing I have to go by other than clothing fit, which doesn't seem to be getting looser for some crazy reason. Makes me regret the 1/4 grilled cheese I had.
Hope everyone's having a good day so far!

Good morning everyone! My first cover from my sutures fell off last night and I got a little panicked because that's the one that hurts the most for me, the one right under my left boob that gets irritated constantly from my bra strap. I put a bandaid over it before going to bed even though I know it's not the suture itself that hurts and the underlying area.
I got on the scale this morning and only went down .2 lbs. I know I'm a slave to the number, but since I'm not on any other medication and I don't have to worry or concentrate on my blood pressure dropping, it's the only thing I have to go by other than clothing fit, which doesn't seem to be getting looser for some crazy reason. Makes me regret the 1/4 grilled cheese I had.
Hope everyone's having a good day so far!

Dying to know about this shrinking feeling. I'm down 12.6 lbs since surgery (18+ total) and honestly my clothes don't feel looser. That seems unfathomable to me!
And yes, watch out for sodium! It's in gatorade and Powerade and all of those sports drinks and definitely in Soup if you're not making your own broth from scratch and using something from a box or can.

Dying to know about this shrinking feeling. I'm down 12.6 lbs since surgery (18+ total) and honestly my clothes don't feel looser. That seems unfathomable to me!
And yes, watch out for sodium! It's in gatorade and Powerade and all of those sports drinks and definitely in Soup if you're not making your own broth from scratch and using something from a box or can.

For me, I just feel lighter on my feet. I can also sit and feel like it's getting smaller. But then again, maybe I'm a freak. Because when I gained 50lbs in 3 months, I could also feel the fat growing on me. It was soon gross. And I wasn't able to do anything about it.

My absolute worst day so far was day 7 (if you count surgery day as day 1). I was completely lethargic, my take home pain meds ran out and I couldn't get more, everything hurt and honestly I slept most of the day and that really helped me out for Monday. You'll rally and I hope today is a better day for you too.

@@stephh that's really surprising to me! Ricotta was added to my diet on day 5 along with yogurt. I have the 0% Fage plain and I add just a little honey so it's not so bland and it goes down really well.
I'm on creamy Soup too and I love butternut squash.

@@stephh Thanks! I'm living on Water, plain yogurt, ricotta cheese and my oh so gross Protein Shakes which I can barely tolerate. I'm DYING for something savory.

Is anyone else having cravings? I've never had pregnancy cravings, but I feel like this is what it would be like. I want bacon. I want grilled cheese. Pretty much anything savory. Just a tiny bite, but all of this relatively sweet stuff is killing me.

I'd prefer to keep the group on this. I'm not publicly sharing that I had this surgery. A few select friends and family know from my end and I don't want all of my social media to be aware. But that's just my opinion and I'm new here.

I'd prefer to keep the group on this. I'm not publicly sharing that I had this surgery. A few select friends and family know from my end and I don't want all of my social media to be aware. But that's just my opinion and I'm new here.