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How many ounces of meat can you eat at once? Do you eat seafood?

@@lachellove You don't have any of your surgery information filled in, when did you have surgery?

You could look for a sleeve buddy on the forums. I found one here with the same surgery date as me and our friendship has been a great help to me during my post op time. Other than that I post here and that's enough. There are lots of facebook groups, I don't use them but I am sure someone can suggest some.

Why can't you just eat more meat or fish to meet your goals? I have them for an occasional treat and I keep one in my purse for emergencies but Protein bars are an extremely fake and processed food. Real food is better. Eatmeguiltfree.com brownies are less processed than Protein Bars. They don't taste like brownies but they taste really good.

@@jstachic I had to learn the hard way about taking my pepcid early on. I never had any acid issues before surgery, so I thought I could skip it. Wrong. I didn't have to take it forever, just the first month or so. Its not worth it to miss it, The pain it awful.

Once you get on soft foods, it gets better I promise. Not being able to chew anything is just horrible. Then you will have a different things to worry about. When you first start on soft foods it is can be really jarring after having liquids so long. Hang in there.

The best protein bars I have ever had are the Oh Yeah One bars. I don't think I can ever force myself to eat another Quest bar again. The difference is night and day. The Lemon cake tastes just like lemon cake, it is delightful.

This is so well stated, I wish we could sticky it on the forums. If I try to eat more, I find that I can eat more. I caught something last week and didn't eat anything for 2 days and my restriction was back to almost the 3-4 weeks post-op level. Once I felt better and started eating larger (normal) portions everything was back to normal.

@@Inner Surfer Girl She answered that already in the 4th post.

You are working out 6 days a week and your nutritionist thinks 1000 calories a day is enough? That seems too low if you are burning calories. Did you have GERD before surgery? My understanding is the sleeve makes GERD worse not better.

Go for a walk, even in the rain. Sitting around stewing in life doesn't fix anything. Put your mind to something else. I would have never dreamed to ever tell my mom she was fat, even at 5 I knew better.

What do you eat in a typical day?

If you aren't logging your food and can't tell people your daily macros it is hard to help you. What people think is eating healthy really varies.

Thank you for doing these. They seem like so much work but I like setting goals.

You lost 28 pounds in 9 days. Even if 28 pounds ends up being your 30 day total, that is a ton of weight. Stop weighing yourself and focus on meeting your Protein and calorie goals.

Your body is trying to heal. 70 pounds in 6 weeks is major trauma to your body. Please let your body heal. Follow your program and the weight loss will come.

They are on the approved list for my program too along with a slew of other carbs. Even though they are in the book, my doctor and nutritionist said to avoid them to be successful. They have mashed potatoes on the list also. I wasn't eating mashed potatoes before surgery as they are just empty calories, wasn't going to start after surgery. A lot of really large programs include all kinds of things to rope people in, but on an individual basis they tell people to avoid these things. There are a lot of discrepancies in post op care. If you think you can lose with crackers and you can meet your Protein goals with them, eat them.

Do you log your food? Do you weigh and measure your food? Do you eat Protein first? Are you making your protein goals? How many calories are you eating each day? You kinda can't just eat what you want only less. You have to eat healthy.

@@sgc she said he is younger than her and she is 32, so I am guessing he is 30.

Don't show him your post, that would be a really heartless thing to do. I think this thread has some of the worst advice in it since that thread with the ice cream Protein shake. Are you sure he is 350? I was 350 for years and I wasn't destroying furniture. And I never had issues breathing and I didn't get easily winded. And I am older than both of you. Are you sure about his weight?

@@Muted_Tummy The first time you starting soft then solid foods you adjust. You learn very quickly how little fills you up. Large amounts of food make me uncomfortable. I don't use small plates or utensils, never have. I want to be very conscious that I am eating small amounts of food. It keeps me mindful about my food. Being full after the sleeve is really uncomfortable I have no idea why people are always dying to be full, when it fells damn terrible. My goal is to never be full.

It depends on where you live and how plus size you are. I would suggest Nordstrom because they tailor for you, and the prices are very reasonable for the tailoring. A budget on what you want to spend is helpful. A suit can have a huge range of prices from $200 to $2000.

The acid post op seems to be a huge issue for so many peopl. I am surprised at how few doctors seem to give anything for it or explain it to their patients.

I never had fat feet, so I didn't lose a lot of weight in my feet, but they did stop swelling. Also, now that I am lighter in weight, I have more of an arch and my feet aren't as flat so they aren't as wide. I still have long feet, that will never change, but I can't wear wides anymore, and I am down a size maybe 1.5 sizes

@@andreacharlier Without any stats on what your height and weight are now it is really hard to guage. In 3 months? It is unlikely you will have lost a ton of weight. In the beginning after surgery your body is healing from the trauma of surgery. Once your body heals some and recovers from the trauma of surgery, you start to lose weight, and lose it more rapidly. Also you need to get to a point where you can intake more calories so your body doesn't think it is starving. My first month, 3rd month 4th month, and 6th month were my biggest loss months. Weight loss isn't always a continual downward slope. This is my chart for the past 8 months. If you are setting yourself up right now that you will have lost enough weight in 3 months that you will look like xyz at the beach, you are putting too much pressure on yourself. You might not even lose weight from the places you think at first. A lot of people are disappointed with their early loses, look around, there are plenty of complaints, but it isn't about the short term, it is about the long term. I was disappointed I "only" lost 21 lbs the first month, but losing month after month, not back tracking and not adding, adds up to huge loses in the long term.