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You've got this!!! Stay strong!

Great job! I will say that my head starting playing tricks on me the second week, so stay strong! I just moved on to the next phase last night and its amazing what a difference it makes.

doh. I typed post-op when I meant to type pre-op. I *wish* I was 1 week post. LOL #imadork

What makes that little ol' ant think he can move a rubber tree plant. Everyone knows an ant can't move a rubber tree plant. BUT he's got HIGH hopes. He's got HIGH hopes. He's got HIGH apple pie in the sky hopes. get it???

Keep going! You've made it this far! Don't give up!

Oh my gosh. This was a rough day. Headachey, brain foggy, tired, and hurting pretty badly. I did eat a protein bar instead of a protein shake for one meal. And my "sensible dinner" wasn't the best choice, but it also wasn't horrible. I did drink a huge amount of water (and had to pee constantly) and managed a whole heck of a lot better than I actually thought I would. Learned a bit about how I need to space my protein drinks through the day. Tomorrow will be better.

Awesome! Congrats on your excellent progress, and now on to refried beans

@Christinamo7 Tell me more about this touchdown taco dip. Where can I find the recipe?

Yes! real food for me was the big turning point for me....It all gets better from here!!

I have auto-immune arthritis. I can't pull the foil seal off of the coffee creamer. LOL. I've had to have my family open bottles (pop top and screw top) for a couple of years now. I need to get some arthritis helper gadgets around the house, but part of me feels that's giving in. LOL

My sweetie has Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and Raynaud's disease. How do you think that I felt when she had to open my stuff? It certainly wasn't manly! Two weeks of the grip thingies and all is well again

LOL. Yeah, I can see where that would be concerning.

how many hours? :-) it's very exciting!

Half the fun of any journey is the planning. You, my friend are doing a smacked up job of going into your WLS with eyes wide open and your head in the right place. I look forward to observing your joyful and successful journey.

I can get 4-5 oz of yogurt,, pudding, applesauce, etc. But when I'm eating solid food, only 2-3 oz. I'm probably not chewing it up enough and waiting long enough between bites, but I'm working on it.

Try shrimp, crab and fish. Eat about half and wait 15-20 minutes. It works well for me like that. I can do chicken and tender beef and anything that swims this way but pork is my nemesis. That really sucks because we love swimmers and oinkers.

That's about all I eat now! I'm thrilled.

it'll be here before you know it!!

not long now! we are very excited for you.

Now, take a deep breath and ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.

Meet you up at, "The Losers' Bench".

Oh my dear, things are about to become great! You will be so amazed at how those foods that you loved before no longer have that draw.

I can't wait to hear from you after your surgery! This is, other than marrying my husband, the best thing I've ever done for myself. I hope it's the same for you!

I'm excited for you!!! You're going to kick ass at this!!!

The clothes transformation is one of my favorite parts of this journey! Yay you!!

I know once you get to about 50 you cannot deny yourself any longer... Congrats!!!

None of the sweets I used to crave taste as good anymore since I stopped drinking Diet Coke. I consider it a bonus. :-)

Congrats!

Congrats!!!!! Wonderful progress!

I hope you have a great deal of success. I have come to believe I do not like fish due to all the PCB warnings about not eating fish when I was a little girl. somehow I got that groove stuck in my brain. as an adult I try different seafood when my husband has it, but I really don't like it. I keep trying though.

Yeah, I try but I physically gag with most non-starchy vegetables, and can't force myself to swallow without puking. That's the reason I started seeing a therapist, I needed to fix this whether I had the surgery or not. She's not a huge fan of WLS, but respects my choice and approved of the thought I had to use the post-op food progression as a sort of re-feeding/re-parenting kind of experience to try and reset my taste buds and deal even more with the food reaction.

You are going to do great!!

The first time I had refried beans after my surgery was heavenly! Enjoy!

So glad you are doing well!

@MrsSugarbabe - I am back to full days. I am in IT so it's not a physical job. I worked all last week from home for comfort and the ability to lie down or take a break as needed. My department has partial work from home, I am in the office MWF and work from home TTh. They just started that the week before my surgery, so it's going to help me transition back.

Keep it going, its a struggle but worth every minute.

great! that's just a few weeks away, just enough time to get your house in order. I am looking forward to seeing your life change.

That's awesome!

Yeah the chronic pain is the worse kind. I had to go off Celebrex and baby aspirin 7 days before surgery. Oh my the fibro was horrible as well as every arthritic bone in my body! Even the liquid vicodine didn't help much except for the incisions. Wish I would've done this before all the chronic pain set in!

It is not fun that is for sure. I am finally off all the crap they had me on for the last year trying to deal with my spine pain. I have Oseteo Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthrits. They had me on a fentanyl patch, desiprimine, Lyrica, Cymbalta, cyclobenzaprine all at the same time. I was drugged out and barely functioning yet my pain was still severe. I decided enough of this crap and made them start weaning me off. I have been off all of it besides the muscle relaxer. That is the only thing that actually helps my pain.

Now i see a new pain specialist on wed they are talking about trying Botox in the muscle below my right shoulder blade. Anyone tried that?

It took me 3 months to wean off of all of it too. I still have severe pain but at least I am alert and semi functional. I spend a lot of time in the swimming pool because I don't feel pain in there. I wish I had a job that I could swim to. LOL. For me, no work until they get that pain resolved at least to a tolerable level

I'm on day 2 also. Not headachy but hungry and crabby, read B****y! I AM HUNGRY ALL THE TIME! I can't wait for surgery, maybe then I won't feel like this. I keep trying to be busy, and that helps a little.

the weekend challenge indeed! the liquid diet after surgery was the hardest part for me, but I would imagine it is even more so before surgery.

Woohoo! Great progress. I hate clothes shopping as well, so I feel your pain there. But how awesome that you are in the "skinny clothes" already! You are doing a fantastic job!

Well done! Congrats

That's exciting!

Yay

Yay! I love the pool.

Carrie Fisher and George Michael, way too young..RIP.

YESSSSS. Go away, 2016. I loved Carrie Fisher. Bleep you, 2016.

I missed the one you're referring to, but know your intentions and style from others. You do good things here. I, on the other hand, am fed up. Too long a time and too much misplaced effort.

Oo-o-o-h, there it is! Might it be copied over into a forum that's less busy so that it has a longer shelf life? Maybe it can be preserved as an easily found reference somewhere else on the site?

yeah, I wish I could "save" posts I like, like yours

Bumps in the road, my friend. These too, you shall overcome. What's going on? What did you doctor offer for advice? Yes, I'm nosy, but I really care too.

I agree with @Valentina just a bump in the road....continue on my friend.......

LOL. The doc doing the "supervised diet" actually was questioning my PCP's choice in BP meds, and wants to put me on diet pills. LOL. NO. I had to have a cardiac procedure after the last time I was prescribed a stimulant. Honestly, I think his scales are off, my PCP's scales read very differently only a few days before, and I hadn't been binging or anything.. My insurance doesn't have a weight loss requirement in the supervised diet phase, so I'm hoping a slight gain by his count doesn't affect the decision. To be honest, I resent the insurance company requirement, and haven't been adhering to the diet plan with the RA fatigue and everything, it's super hard to stick to plan. :/

what is your favorite protein snack?

So far hummus or cheddar cheese.