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surgery was on July 17th has anyone tempted oatmeal yet? Thoughts? I have one my kids eat with 10g or protein in it.. yay or nay? Im very slow with chewing and eating everything and have not thrown anything up. (knock on wood)

slow and steady wins the race! I lost 15 lbs the first 2 weeks the nothing 2 weeks after! once i realized it was the week before my period and the week of my period I didnt over analyze it too much and now I only weigh myself once a week. Now im down about 22 lbs since my surgery on July 17th but ill take it! My husband says he can see it and I am wearing jeans I havent been able to get into in years. I have to remember to get my water intake in! Thats something I havent been doing!

Loving cooking again too! Isnt it so bizarre!

On week 5 now and slowly starting to eat normal foods but I must say! After I eat.. I get SO tired! And can nap for 2 hours- isn't that bizarre?

guys if you go out to dinner, just ask for a soup and sip on it without the chunky items in it, thats what I did last night and I was fine, soup is our savior!

Hey Coyote< How are you feeling TODAY? this is how im getting my 60 grams of protein in a day now that we can have yogurt. I take my premiere clear protein liquid (put it in the freezer i make it really cold before its frozen) pour it into my poland spring sports bottle with the pop up cap to sip throughout the day) Then, throughout the day i sip/eat these three items 1. Premiere protein liquid in my poland spring bottle = 20 g protein 2. Oikis tripple 0 greek yogurt = 15 g protein 3. Premier protein shake (i prefer banana) = 20 g protein. If im craving something to crunch i suck on a sugar free ice pop and im doing fine! I do have apple sauce in the morning with my crushed meds and if im craving something else i usually go to my V8. Today is a milestone for me! under 200's i n almost a year ..given Ive only lost 4 lbs since surgery but i Lost 10 before surgery so im a happy camper! going to keep going with the protein :-D

Hey sassyprassy! Yes we had sex too! lol it was totally fine! TO get your liquids in take a sippy water bottle, ive bee adding crystal light pure ( i dont like to do aspartame but ill do stevia or just lemons) and walk around with it all day! DO NOT GULP! thats what all my nurses told me, no gulping or staws just take the poland spring sports bottle with the pop up top and sip that slowly all day!

agree 100% how different these plans are across the US ! It makes my head spin! whats your thoughts on carbonation? no seltzer right? I wont because my dr said no but on this website i get mixing opinions and thats the one thing ill miss my seltzer lol

I feel the same way! Im in love with my seltzer but my nurse told me some stories about a few patients stretching their pouches due to it so im too scared to go back..hoping lemon and ice ice ice cold water will help me. If i do the crystal lite its the pure with stevia not the sucralose (which i think is horrible) but so far thats been helping me alot too! but im with you about the urge!

Are any of you guys going to put lotion on your skin to firm it and if so, which kind?

thanks sunmeadow! I ordered both the calcium and multivitamin in a liquid form from amazon. Hopefully it wont be too gross . Im actually starting to enjoy the apple sauce.

Agree 100% I have 3 friends who recently got it done this year and everyone made it sound like it was a breeze ! I was cursing them all on night 1 LMAO

When are you guys going to start taking the vitamins and calcium? Can we wait to chew them? I hate crushing the pills and eating them

Have you been able to find the gas x strips? They have been a life saver for the gas pains!

I had a bowel movement today!! lol where else can i share this that people would understand? Ok so heres my honest experience! day 1: TORTURE day 2: extremely uncomfortable day 3: uncomfortable but excited to go home and can start reading and watching tv without being miserable day 4: Not being too proud to take the oxy if i need it! I said to my husband on night 1 "if I knew how painful this wouldve been i probably wouldnt have done it" thank god it passed This is my pain..I dry heave and bile or nothing comes up and then my sides are in pain from all the dry heaving! the gas was bad but the gas x strips helped alot! Now I feel much better and someone sane! How are you guys all doing?

Hi guys! I'm new here! surgery date is July 17th I'm super excited and have a very supportive husband. Right now, nobody knows about the surgery except my husband and one friend i trust who has had it done. The reason I'm keeping it quiet is because my mother and sister have both had negative comments about it in the past and I don't want the negativity in my life right now. There's also a part of me that feels, its my body and my decision and I do not need to feel obligated to tell anybody my story. Then there's a small part of me that knows it will be difficult when everyone starts asking me and I dont want to feel as if im "lying" Any advise? Has anyone felt like this ?

Congratulations!!!! How exciting!!! Out of curiosity why in Tijuana? Is it that insurance wont cover in US and its less $ there?

Congratulations! is your pre op diet one week or 2?

HAHAHAHA so true!!! LMAO to eat a pick will be heaven! I was approved to drink the Isagenix shakes for the 2 week pre diet so they are definitely helping! those are the ones i always loved..Just miss my variets..the sugar free ice pops and veggie broth is helping me for variety! 2 days down 12 days to go

Thanks Berry, we do live nearby but Im hoping to just say im "busy with the kids this summer" plus husband will be home and can easily help me out.

New to this forum! what a relief I can talk to people who are going through what I am! July 17th is the day ! -Long Island, NY

Hey guys! Im scheduled for the 17th too! day one of liquids wasnt bad but today im dying for something to chew too! the pickle jar in my fridge is calling me..just the crunch :-( do you guys have to stop coffee too? How have you been doing with that? It was hard for me, the headaches are gone but i still crave 1 cup every morning.