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The day after... but I had to have my back turned to the shower head

Once a week. Every Wednesday.

The amount you lose depends on several things, starting with you and your body. Surgeons often vary and differ in the pre-op diets as well as post op diets. For me, during my preop I was allowed 3-4 protein shakes a day, broth, sugar free jello, sugar free popsicles, G2, and Powerade zero... and of course water with and without crystal light. I personally was on my pre-op diet for 21 days. And during that time I lost 16.5 pounds.

Trust me when I say that your body will let you know if you're eating too much. For me, I hiccup one time. Any bite/sip over that hiccup and I need to be finding a restroom fairly quickly. You definitely are not eating enough. What are you allowed during your soft foods stage? The only reason why I ask is because surgeons are so different when it comes to that. I am allowed pretty much any meat (except steak) and fruit and veggies as well. Chicken and other meats just need to be chewed really well... the first couple of times I literally counted to 30 with my chews and made sure not to take such a big bite. Protein shakes are really REALLY hard for me to stomach so I'll only drink them when I have a super tight restriction day... after I've tried to at least eat a yogurt. For breakfast: I have a Greek yogurt which has anything from 14-17 grams of protein in it. Every now and then I have chili from Wendy's because it I easy and cheap when I'm out and about and will usually give me 2-3 meals depending on how much I eat. Eggs w/ cheese is another good simple protein option. Peanut butter isn't on my list of okay foods so I cannot answer that question for you. Hope this helps.

I had my first stall at 3ish weeks it lasted a couple of weeks. I am almost 6 weeks post op and stepped on the scale and am down 5 pounds since last wed! From my understanding stalls are all aboard of the journey. The faster you lose, your body is going to need to keep up and/or adjust.

I was on puréed food a week out from surgery and then soft foods a week after that and will be on it for another week or so... then I will be on regular diet.

It really is! I hit the dreaded 3 week stall but today I stepped on the scale and was down 2 pounds! I'm ready for more lol.

It's a bad thing that I do. And usually I can catch myself, but I literally catch myself judging and I literally had surgery a little over a month ago and am nowhere near where I'd like to be. I don't even think I'm like thinking of them as a fat person, just someone whom truly can't control themselves

I personally have never seen those videos BUT I have a bad habit of looking in people's carts while at the store. My mother literally had to snap me out of it because I guess I was making a face. Unfortunately, it is human nature. I think about how not that long ago it was me.

Dumping can happen

I know this... but the surgery is the cause of that. You can't eat a ton of calories when your stomach is tiny. I gave a very vague answer.

Yes. You just had a major surgery. It takes a while for your body to adjust to this kind've trauma.

Gaining a little is normal.

I am officially a month post op today and have been at a stand still for the last 2ish weeks. I started out at a higher bmi and am bummed because I've {only} lost 25.5 pounds since surgery. But I know I couldn't have done that much before hand. It's just a little disappointing.

You'll be fine on your liquid diet. I was on mine for 21 days. Nerves are normal... you're having a major surgery. But you will walk out of the hospital.