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First off, CONGRATULATIONS for hitting your goal weight! Second, the fear that you feel is most likely in everyone. I have it and I'm only post op by three weeks and I messed up yesterday at a friend bday party. But like you said, "Tomorrow is a new day and I promise myself to eat right." (--- However I'm still learning when enough is enough). You're amazing for hitting your goal weight within six months! But hey we all get that feeling, just don't let it over burden you.

My surgeon says to stick to Water because juices has a lot of added sugar. But I'm kinda curious about drinks with sweeteners. Does anyone else use them?

So I read somewhere that Teavana has a few caffeine free tea options but noticed that they use some type of sweetener (rock sugar) in their teas. Has anyone tried them? Does the sweetener effect your weight loss?

Does menstruation hold up weight loss? I feel like mine is commin round the corner.

When I was at 8 days they had me on soft foods, meaning yogurt and a few other items. That stage sucked for me. But I did try grits with a little bit of cheese on it. Real good and helped me with cravings.

So the hospital that I went to for my surgery urged us not to use MOM simply because MOM take Water from the body to help loosen the stool. Since post surgery water is extremely important they suggest Miralax. But when I was constipated for the fist time in... EVER I grabbed that MOM and shot glassed it as fast as possible. The after effects did show signs of dehydration so it took me a while to recover. Since then I've been drinking Miralax with my water religiously. Hope that helps.

I'm nearing into my three weeks and so far I've been eating 1/4 cup of baked salmon and 1/4 cup crab meat (because that's what I made a week ago), but this new week I'm gonna try cottage cheese, boiled egg, and a few pieces of thawed shrimp (from trader joe's).

At first I was terribly sad about missing foods. So sad I avoided going out in public and being around food. But I needed to walk as much as possible so I walked a few times around the mall and had to smell the food court. What's funny is... the sweet smells doesn't trigger me anymore - it's when the food is placed in front of me. Oh boy! That's where I know trouble will come in... so I try to walk away from it until I've figured out how to avoid the craving all together. you're not alone. we all go through this.

I recently found myself in this same boat yesterday (three weeks post op). I was at a friend's kid's bday party and I had some chicharrón, a lumpia, and few bites of cake (few chips of chicharron in the early morning, 1.5 lumpia at the afternoon, and a few bites of cake before I left around 8...the whole day was soooo bad). I'm so upset with myself. But today is a new day and I gotta get back on the healthy road and I hope you will too!

Since your profile says your pre op I can only assume that this is a question that's been floating around your mind. However, once you do have the surgery and you've gone through the recovery to seeing the results you probably wouldn't even want to have a beer. Beer has so much calories and is just as similar to soft drinks. Furthermore, beer may lead to transfer addiction so you need to be mindful of that. Be wise for your long term health. Don't go for the temporary fix that may go into long term issues. </twocentend>

I'm taking four weeks off because I work in a lab and it demands for me to do a lot of walking/standing and mental work... which I'd find hard to stay focused since I'd probably be thinking about how to not let anyone else in the lab know that I had the surgery. My program has me on food levels... so for now I'm eating 1/4 cup of yogurt. Not enough for continuous movement.

Glad I'm not the only one in this boat! I'm closing into 2 weeks and I'm at a stall! 12lbs down since surgery (June 3) though!

Thank you you guys!! It really brought me to tears reading all of your input!! I truly value all of your advices and will talk with my husband with trying to work with my parents. You are all so supportive and I'm so thankful for finding this website!!

Thank you so much !!@@JamieLogical