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My 2 yr is quickly approaching and I must say this surgery has changed my life! I've never been so happy in all my life. I am at a plateau now and would like to lose 20 more pounds but don't know if that is possible. At this point I feel having excess skin removed is the only way to accomplish that. I need support or advice from someone in the same boat on what to do about the final pounds! I am starting to think it won't be possible as I've already lost almost 150 pounds.
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I get between 1200- 1500 a day.

I eat every 2 to 3 hours and I sip all day. Breakfast is usually greek yogurt with Bear Naked for Protein. lunch, egg salad (2 boiled eggs mixed with greek yogurt and paprika). snack, Sargento cheese Stick and 2 slices of Oscar Mayer Natural turkey breast. dinner is egg-drop Soup with noodles. *I probably shouldnt have the noodles, but... * Sent from my SM-N910P using the BariatricPal App

That's why you just sip, sip, sip, all day long.

5 weeks post op is 23 pounds down for me.
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I have surgery 4 days ago and I have gained 9lbs!
Just kidding, I have lost 6.

Maybe you're looking for variety in your meals. Try adding in, fruit veggies and nuts.
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If you're getting in good, dense Protein sources (chicken, fish, turkey, etc) as your main meal portion and eating veggies and small amounts of complex carbs each meal, then it's probably not real hunger. It's going to be head hunger. Which is something you'll have to try to get under control if you hadn't been working on it with a therapist or support group before now (relearning how to eat and also figuring out your emotional/psychological attachments to food and breaking those habits).
If you're eating simple carbs often now (breads, pastas, rice, potatoes, sugary things) that may be the issue. Simple carbs increase hunger cravings and make you crave more carbs as well. It can be a pretty depressing cycle. But you can detox from carbs by doing a 5 day pouch reset (basically go back to doing liquids/protein drinks for a few days, then soft foods, then the basic protein/veggie progression WLS patients stick to in the early days after surgery).

Hang in there! Try ice chips and if your doc allows, sprinkle flavored crystal light on it. I also ate lots of broth. Smithers is the best and I found it on Amazon. Popsicles - sugar free though. chocolate, sugar free Popsicles kept me sane my first week. Good luck!
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The ice trick is a clever idea, I must try! I am not getting in all my liquids anyway so it would help with that as well! Thanks for the advice. @@KindaFamiliar
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I like these A LOT! Just be sure and stick to the listed serving size on the back of the pack.
They're so good, it's waaaayyyyy to easy to overeat on them - even though they are low calorie. :-)
I tried the Quest Protein chips too -

My doctor told me to drink 15 minutes after eating and vice versa. I sometimes forget and have extreme gas. That's the only time I have issues. I am 7 months out.

Welcome to the 3 week stall. If you do a search of the topics on this site, you will see it is very common and happened to almost every single one of us. Carry on as usual. This too shall pass. One day you will wake up and be at goal weight like me ????. In the meantime, I found it helpful to read posts from others further along in the process so I would know what to expect. There seems to be a predictable pattern to this madness. I'm now a little over a year out from WLS and the repetitive postings tell me we seem to have similar experiences!

After the first few weeks you will likely find that you are losing in a stair step pattern, not in a straight line down.
If you follow your plan the weight will come off, don't worry.
Do not stop your Protein, you need it to lose properly and to prevent muscle loss.
Good luck to you

I took out my Protein Shake and noticed the SAME thing happen, my NUT and surgeon said it's perfectly normal. Your body is like a computer downloading data on foods and drinks all over again. I was stuck yo-yoing between 5 lbs for two weeks, suddenly one morning it just dropped and kept going down again. You will have stalls, your body is just adjusting.

A lot of people say within 6 weeks, some 4-5 months, and then others like me didn't really get it back for 10 months or more. I think it just depends on the individual. We'll hope yours comes back real soon! Hang in there:)

i just started the purees yesterday, my surgery was 3/30. I find if I take small bites, and eat about 4 oz over an hour I seem to do okay. I had a hernia too. The first 2 days were clearly the worst of all.

I wish someone had told me that the "gas pressure" was going to settle up under my rib cage and feel like someone was sitting on my chest.

30th for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel SO MUCH better! I think it's been so long since I have lost weight that I had forgotten how good it feels to be a smaller size. How is it going on all of your approvals?

Mine is on the 31st, so excited

Katie,
We have the same surgery date and it looks like the same pre-op diet. I did great the first day, yesterday I had a piercing headache all day long. I have a bit of a headache now. I think this is because I was a diet soda addict before. I am realizing how awful my diet used to be and how much better I believe I will feel once I get back to eating healthy and once some of this weight comes off.
I'm right here supporting you. :-)
-Melissa

I love the GNC Lean shakes and the Atkins Shakes so yummy! I also found a new one V8 actually has a Protein shake which was a treat when I was wanting sometime different only thing it's 12 grams of Protein. Also with 4 Protein Shakes a day I have sugar free Jello and sugar free Popsicles. For lunch and dinner clear broth (chicken or beef) and of course the 64oz of Water which at times I added liquid Crystal Light. Good Luck you can do this ????

I'm down 30 lbs. since surgery. I never had to go on a preop diet, so all of my weight loss has been post op.
Yes, the snow has been a serious pain! Glad it's finally getting to be Spring now. Hopefully your process will go much faster than mine.