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Thank you i am hoping that's the case with me to. Going to go back to liquids today and see how I go. The pain isn't as bad today so I will see how I go as it's a public holiday today so I ant ring surgeon till tomorrow thanks for your help ?

Any help would be amazing. I got sick with gastro the other week and was vomiting quite a bit and ever since then I really haven't been able to keep food down and today when I was sick after only a few tiny spoons, it felt very different than normal. It was harder to bring anything up, more painful and it felt like there was a something in the way stopping it coming up but I haven't eaten for anything to be there and as I sit here now my stomach hurts. I know I need to speak to my surgeon but it is a public holiday tomorrow and I wont be able to speak to him till Wednesday so I thought I would see if anyone else has felt like this or gone through this. Thanks for reading

Hi I had a check up and weigh in today and I am now 1/3 of the way to my goal weight I never thought I would see the day that the weight came off me let alone 25kilos/55 pounds down. Hoping for a successful next 1/3 down as this one has been even with all its ups and downs thanks for listening/reading I just was so excited to tell people

I have Tony he is amazing so loving and always has all the time in the world for me exactly what is needed in this profession what about you?

Hi I'm in Hobart also glad to finally find some Hobart people on here. I also had no pre-op diet. How are you both going?

you really need to be careful the doctors give you the rules of the weekly diets after the operation so that you don't hurt yourself. it could cause a band slip or rip the stiches. lots of reason to follow their rules 100%. I know its hard and a struggle to only eat what they say but they say it for a reason. please don't do it again you could cause yourself harm

yep I said if for the till I started seeing the results but some days I still say it, it is a massively big learning experience

oh wow so you are in the why the hell did I do this stage lol it gets better

me to got banded 14/6 last year what about you?

I have the LB and I still struggle with meat so I tend not to eat it much as its not worth the pain but besides that I can pretty much eat what I want if I wanted to. on saying that my diet consists mainly of salads. if I was to want a taco I would use turkey mince instead of beef and just try to have the healthiest version of it possible. normally for days after my fills i kinda revert back to the mushie foods i had to have at the start but then back to normal after that.

I only told my husband and kids before the operation and waited 3 days after to tell my mother as I was scared she would be disappointed with me for having as some see it the "easy way out" I soon realised I was being stupid and should of told her before. In day to day life now if somebody asks what I'm doing or if the subject comes up I am now more than happy to tell them as I did it to get my life back for me and my family and I'm proud

I try to only weigh myself once a week but I really go by the surgeons scales as they where what I was weighed on before I was wheeled in to be operated on and I trust they are accurate. so I only record my weight loss after I have seen the surgeon then it is official

Hi I am seeing all these people from everywhere on here but was wondering if there is any other Tassie people out there?????

Hi I was just wondering what everyone's average weight loss in first 6 months was like. I am 5 1/2 months post op and after getting weighed today I am 15 kilos or 36 pounds down. I am so happy with that and so is my surgeon but was wondering about others as I have read posts about people losing that much in the first month or so, and what tips you have to help me along thanks

Congrats for deciding this path. I'm still new to this my op was only 2 1/2 months ago but my advice is follow the doctors advise in regards to after op foods, you will get pretty hungry when in the liquid diet but just remember why you are doing it and think of the big picture. For me it was a mental thing and once I got my head around the fact I couldn't eat it wasn't thy hard. Good luck with everything