JRaye

Don't listen to them. You are gorgeous! I'd say they are jealous!

Congratulations! That's fantastic! Keep up the great work and progress!

This gets better, guys. Give it time! My sense of taste absolutely changed after surgery - I prefer salty to sweet things now, and flavors are more pronounced. It was overwhelmingly so at first, but after several months, it does become less apparent.
My sense of smell took longer - maybe 6-8 months - but I have always had a very sensitive olfactory system, anyway. Surgery made it even more so - I threw up a few times early on due to smell.
Hang in there! It all dissipates down the road.

Don't listen to them. You are gorgeous! I'd say they are jealous!

Don't listen to them. You are gorgeous! I'd say they are jealous!

I know! I feel like it's a freaking cow stomach or something! Lol!

You ladies might appreciate this one - you guys not so much. I used to pee a little when I coughed, but after the doc took out my big-a$$ed stomach - no longer do I have that problem. I don't know what the deal is, but ever since surgery that has not been a problem. Oh the small things in life that bring us joy!
On a side note - if any of you didn't get a pic from your doc of what your stomach looked like and would like to see a pic, let me know and I can post a pic of mine. I thought it was quite interesting.

Here's 80% of my stomach!

Here's 80% of my stomach!

Just want to tell you guys about a food that was recommend to me on this site - EGG DROP Soup. It has saved my life. I can't tell you how much of it I have eaten. It is warm, delicious and wonderful.

Here's 80% of my stomach!

Here's 80% of my stomach!

I lost exactly 20 pounds at the 4 week mark. Tomorrow I will be 5 weeks post-op and I am down 22 pounds as of today. Best of luck to you.

You ladies might appreciate this one - you guys not so much. I used to pee a little when I coughed, but after the doc took out my big-a$$ed stomach - no longer do I have that problem. I don't know what the deal is, but ever since surgery that has not been a problem. Oh the small things in life that bring us joy!
On a side note - if any of you didn't get a pic from your doc of what your stomach looked like and would like to see a pic, let me know and I can post a pic of mine. I thought it was quite interesting.

Just want to tell you guys about a food that was recommend to me on this site - EGG DROP Soup. It has saved my life. I can't tell you how much of it I have eaten. It is warm, delicious and wonderful.

You'll have to save your shopping for Adam and Even for when you're feeling better.

You'll have to save your shopping for Adam and Even for when you're feeling better.

You'll have to save your shopping for Adam and Even for when you're feeling better.

Just do what your doc says - drink your ounce of water/liquids every fifteen minutes while you are awake, move around as much as possible, take naps when you can, have sugar free popsicles on hand and be sure to take your anti-nausea medication every four hours. AKA do what your doc says and hopefully you should do well.

Just do what your doc says - drink your ounce of water/liquids every fifteen minutes while you are awake, move around as much as possible, take naps when you can, have sugar free popsicles on hand and be sure to take your anti-nausea medication every four hours. AKA do what your doc says and hopefully you should do well.

Just do what your doc says - drink your ounce of water/liquids every fifteen minutes while you are awake, move around as much as possible, take naps when you can, have sugar free popsicles on hand and be sure to take your anti-nausea medication every four hours. AKA do what your doc says and hopefully you should do well.

You will do great! And you might surprise yourself - I only missed three full days of work. Then I went back to work for half days and worked from home. Good luck to you.

Wow guy you look outstanding. Looks like you have very little to no loose skin to deal with at all.

Here are some of mine [emoji4]
I went from 240 ish to 128ish now. Not really sure what I weigh exactly cause I stopped caring. I'm 5'6 and I wear a size 0-4 depending...
I can run about five miles without getting tired. That's the best thing to me.
  

Congratulations...you look terrific!!! Like a new person!