DiamondDior

Protein promotes healing. Doc told me to up it and it worked for me. But give your body time to heal as well. Some people heal quicker than others.
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Calories, calories, calories. Aside from the obvious need for hydration my nutritionist encouraged us to get enough calories in every day so we don't feel so fatigued.
Of course Protein is important, but even with 3 Premier Protein shakes per day you're not reaching the 500-600 calories per day that are typically what they go for during the first few weeks postop.
Eas Myoplex double chocolate has the most calories per shake that I've seen out there. They have them at Walmart.< a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="/monthly_01_2017/post-305854-14848360465133.jpg" data-fileid="68410" rel="">
Then there are these little 2oz jars at Dollar Tree -- they come in a pack of 2.

Fill up 4 of them ready to go every hour, then set a timer for yourself every 15 minutes or find a Westminster Chimes app on your phone and use that to remind you to drink every 15 minutes.

Good luck to you, you will be feeling better soon!
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It gets better once your calories boost up.

I was the same way for weeks after surgery. I started taking Vitamin B complex and it seemed to help me.
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I've felt the same way. I've been struggling to get my Protein in, so I just decided to eat nothing but Protein right now. It has helped a lot. I hope you get to feeling better soon. I keep telling myself that every day is a little better.

Thanks to all you guys for the advice and suggestions
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Drink Water or liquids and take Vitamins
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I felt bottomed out and very weak at times. I went back to my nut and my Vitamin combination wasn't enough.

Everyone is different. I had tons of energy. Just give yourself time to heal and your body time to adjust to the new you. Don't measure yourself against anyone else. You will be ok.

I felt that way the first few weeks. Your body's been through trauma, and you're not taking in very many calories. It takes time...

For Michiganders---It may be different? Just kidding..
My Dr did not require one as well with non-open surgery.
My original VBG of 20 years ago did require one and I used it for 3 weeks, to allow for healing of skin and muscles that were cut.

My doctor said it's not necessary since I didn't have open surgery, so never.
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Wear it as long as possible it will help give you a shape and help you not have as much loose skin. I wear very tight Spanx to this day and I had my surgery in 2007 and have lost 237 lbs. I weigh 134 now.
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I know you're healing and probably starting to get hungry since it looks like we had our surgeries on Jan. 3rd! Just go really slow and get to know your pouch! Take care of yourself always
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Thanks TracieSue
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I'm on day 12 and just ate 4ozs of fat free cottage cheese with salsa. I ate slowly until I started to feel pressure which is STOP. I have felt this getting full feeling since I started the shakes and stopped immediately as I do not want to hurt my new pouch!
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I have stayed fuller longer on soft foods as well but the shakes didn't make me feel the "full" sensation unless I drank a little more. I guess I "tested the waters" and pushed it a little, but I went SLOWLY and listened intently to my body. You have to be careful but you need to know your limits as well.
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I thought the same thing at first like well this isn't going to work like the 500 million diets I tried. lol
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I am 7 weeks out and didn't feel full until recently. The puréed foods did not make me feel full ever. Now on regular food I can really feel my restriction after eating a small amount.
VSG date: 11/22/16
HW: 225. SW:222. CW: 196

I had the same issue. Now 3 days on purée and it's totally different for me too. Just measure everything it's going to all be ok once you get to next stage.
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I measured everything at first and felt the same way. Honestly like I was a failure and it wasn't going to work. I went to introducing solids and bam just like that I could not even eat weighed out portions. I think that liquids are like the sliders and move right through. Makes the first few weeks disappointing, but when you think about it. Sliding through is a good thing at that point because your tummy is still healing.
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Yeah, I have that problem. I have to measure stuff, which is hard if you are out. Twice, I've made myself sick. Hoping to learn soon.
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I am almost 4 weeks postop. I felt the same way but within the past few days, I definitely started feeling full. I think it is from healing and the transition to some solid foods. Hang in there...

I wore mine for three weeks, if it got itchy i used a tank top under it. I gradually took it off like i would take it off for an hour and see how i felt then longer until i got used to being without it. Of course that was per drs. orders too.
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Adding a powdered marine collagen supplement to my Water everyday cut my Hair loss way down. I also added a cup of bamboo tea everyday which is high in silica and this helped with the dryness, breakage, and brittleness I was experiencing.