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I don't have food allergies but I have a kosher diet which is super restricted so I became a vegetarian/vegan. Then just back to kosher after surgery. So I started with several unflavored proteins but couldn't tolerate it, I found I could only tolerate one brand so far and it's not vegetarian lol, premier protein, so I leave that as all the artificial ingredients I have in my diet, otherwise everything else is scratch made, well except for cheese. I can't make that... Yet lol

Welcome!

Congrats and safe journey!

I definitely think that there's a pressure to be a poster child of positive attitude. Always have positive affirmations and outlooks, reminding each other of all of the great things that will come from the change but sometimes it's a little tiring and real life has changing tides... So I was looking for people who maybe understood how I felt and I could lean on their collective knowledge (not compare) until I could see my forest past the trees

Same! After surgery I found myself compromising too much because of the plan so I talked with my NUT and cut it all out again except the protein shakes, everything else is super clean again! So happy even working my way back to vegeterian/vegan! Safe journey!

Deficiency in iron and b vitamins especially b1 or b12, get labs done to confirm as some can cause great damage.

I love kale, I firmly belong in civilization. Otherwise great post

I'm glad everyone has been willing to be honest about how they feel, sometimes I struggle with the pressure to always be positive

I spoke with my Dermatologist about my scars and was informed that the silicone scar patches work well and time will make a big difference

Extremely so far

Thank you for the reminder to stay the course!

I chose this surgery as an alternative (off brand use) to another and it was agreed upon by all of my teams that if it didn't produce desired effect within a certain amount of time (no matter how much weight I lost) I have to move forward with another method of treatment I don't really want. So I'm running out of time, 5% just would not work for my case. But I started this thread for a little look on the bright side or the struggle is real either way perspective because I really only get to see my journey

Amazing

Absolutely agree there should be a way to 

I still wear the same type of clothing because I'm still the same type of person

Two worlds apart

Adding to #ProgressSunday Super proud of everyone !

There are a lot of different people here doing this for a lot of different reasons , some are more time sensitive. My expectations were not unrealistic, my frustration comes from needing to reach a certain point by a deadline agreed on by my practitioner

My local Sams club stopped carrying them?!?! They never had the Cookies and Cream variety... Anyone still able to find these flavors? HW 270 SW 238 CW 188 VSG 11/7 [emoji471][emoji471][emoji471]

Hi there walking even aimlessly around the house block neighborhood is a start

I can't tolerate very high sugar very high sodium very high fat content foods

Try hot liqui

First time i ever thought about this but I take various forms of vitamins (and meds) throughout the day. Some are gummies. I tend to drink after as im taking other forms of vitamins also. Is this considered eating and drinking?

You become a warrior This becomes your fight

You become a warrior This becomes your fight