sparksrn

Congratulations!!!

Rockon!

Hey Hey, I remember that feeling... it is Amazing!!!

Freakin A right, Awesome!!!

Yep! Never thought I would see the 100's ever again and now here I am!!

That's a big day, congratulations!

yes!! i ate a few pieces of shrimp yesterday and didnt feel like puking! success!!!

Congratulations! I remember what my first cheese day was like! I was so excited to find I could eat cheese and still eat it almost every day. Just like I remember my first chicken breast post surgery, and I don't mean puréed. It was the best thing I ever put in my mouth, I swear!

keep up the good work - watch those NSV's line up in a row. congrats - kathy

Awesome sparksrn!

those are the best "NSVs" the scale hasn't moved much for me recently but I am digging in the closet for clothes from 2007!

Congrats Ladies easy does it. Keep up the GREAT work!

I'm so new to this I don't think I have any NSV yet.

OK NSV finally!! I'm down a size in pants and the scrub tops I bought in the next size smaller are too big!!! YES!

I messed up, it is 6 weeks I get to try real foods, slowly. I was doing ok with several things until about a week ago and all of a sudden everything I eat upsets my tummy. Hope it goes away as weirdly as it came on!! How's the weight loss going? Are you able to do any exercise yet?

Well to add insult to injury, I got a stress fracture in my heel back when I first started this process in February. I was in a orthopedic boot for 9 weeks (including while I was in the hospital for surgery), so the boot is off but I still have pain which they think is plantar fasciitis. I have walked and rode a bike. There is a gym close enough to my home to walk, so Sunday I walked up there and rode the bike and walked back. Good workout but boy did I hurt later. Maybe not quite ready for 45 minute work out. All to say, I have not been consistent for sure. Tough to do when you feel like crap! When I do though, I lose more! Re weight loss not as much since surgery date as I hoped - I think it's 16 pounds? Since pre-op liquid diet, it's like 26 pounds? But all the way back to February when I first had my apt and started the 3 month NUT visits, I am down 42, so I am happy with that number. Just surprised it's not more since surgery given I am only eating about 600 calories a day! Oh well.... it will come off. I haven't seemed to hit a stall like everyone else has week 3, so maybe that's a good sign that it is just steadily coming off. Glad to hear it is only 6 weeks. That's much better! Hope the upset tummy goes away for you soon! Not fun!

I had plantar fasciitis before, had to get steroid shots in my foot before I would go on vacation just to make sure I would be able to walk and enjoy vacations! Then I started wearing Crocs all the time during the week and it healed up. Wore them for about two years and now I wear whatever tennis shoes I want to wear with my scrubs. Did they give you exercises to do to stretch the ligament? Try wearing Crocs or shoes with really good arch support. WOW 45 minutes is awesome, were you doing that before surgery? If not then you probably should back down a bit. What gym are you walking to? I have a membership at LA Fitness out there. I've lost 15.9 since surgery and 22.5 since the week before surgery when I started the liquid diet. I had hoped for more also. I wonder how much I have to lose to change pants sizes? 42 pounds is a lot!! Your doing great! Hang in there!

Yes, perfectly normal.

I would say yes. I am three weeks post-op and after I had switched to soft foods, I had ate 1/2 cup of creamed soup a couple days in a row, then all of the sudden I got that pain. The following day I cut back to 1/4 cup and have been fine since.

It is so hard to eat more often and follow the 30/30 rule, because now that I am eating, I am not getting 64 ounces in. It's a catch 22!

Try eating less and eating slower, even when it's something like soup. Also try standing up and walking after eating.

Haven't had that problem. How far out are you?

19 days now

Hmmm...did they ask you to use an incentive spirometer? Are you moving around as much as you can? It may be from the anesthesia, sometimes that affects people's lungs and deep breathing helps clear it out. If it continues call your surgeon's office to ask.

You may not be doing anything wrong - the switch over date is a guideline. You might just need to back down for another day or two then try again. It gets better!

Ok, thanks, I feel better now.

that is all I could eat I am up to 3 teaspoons of food and some days I cant eat that lol. It is great I am such a cheap date lol

Congrats, back at work! You go from liquids to soft? I had to go from liquids to pureed diet to soft diet. I'm still partially on pureed diet, taking the leap into soft diet veryyyyy slowly. Good luck with everything!

Congratulations. How long were you off? I'm hoping to go back after 1 week.

Surgery was June 1st. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I tried soft foods and after just a little bit it feels stuck in my esophagus like a swallowed a huge gobstopper and it hurts!

I don't think my smell or taste has changed.

wow, mine sure has. Smell is really heightened and every thing tastes so sweet. I was in the bedroom and knew my husband had cut a watermelon in the kitchen because I could smell it.

Wow! The only thing I have noticed is the air feels dusty or like I'm in a smoke filled room at times.

Good job! Isn't it a neat thought that the people we are at this moment are going to change so much? I mean of course we'll essentially still be who we are but so much is going to change! Excited for you

It can't get here soon enough for me! The hospital called today and my surgery is scheduled for 10am Monday morning!

That is totally AWESOME... Congrats!!!

Good luck! Let me know how it goes Congrats!!

Me too! Well half liquid half small portions of protein and veggies How close are you now?

I'm doing bypass also. One week liquid diet?

Just started the liquid diet. Interesting feeling so far (after a whole 3 hours :-)), I don't feel hungry but I feel empty. Does that make sense?

Sylvia13 if definitely makes sense. I had to do liquids for 24 hours for an endoscopy they wanted to do before insurance would ok my surgery and after just one day the thought of a whole week is very scary!