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Bariatric Advantage has a new chewable tablet out that has everything but Calcium. It is their best seller now. I switched to it last week and the only additional I need to take is my calcium, since you can't take that the same time as everything else anyway. I went done from 6 pills to this!

If you mean walking on a treadmill or easy going on an eliptical, you could physically handle it. However, you will need clearance from your surgeon. A week out you probably still have the drain at least and maybe the pain ball. Even if you don't have any of those, the gym is a hotbed of bacteria. You don't want to be around that crap while your incisions are still healing.

Like someone posted, you've lost 8% of your body weight, that's amazing. I'm only 5 weeks post-op and have lost 22.8lbs since surgery. When I compare myself to others I get discouraged but I have to remind myself daily to stop comparing myself!! It's a daily struggle. I didn't take measurements to start but did at 3.5 weeks. Also, for the first month I lived in lularoe skirts and dresses so it was even harder to tell if I'd made any progress. People were telling me not to focus on the scale but to concentrate on how my clothes fit and I didn't want to listen. However...I'm totally convinced now. In the last week I have tried on clothes that haven't fit in 3.5 years or more! So take it from a skeptic, focus on how your clothes fit and if you haven't taken any measurements, do it now
Addition - the surgery messes with your hormones and I too have been an emotional wreck some days. It does get easier. Just take it one day at a time!!

whoa.... at your high weight you were barely two bills and you got gastric bypass? hey, that's cool.
but that's also why you "only" lost 16lbs. that's 8% of your freakin body weight. that'd be like me losing 28lbs my first month!
you're not very big to begin with. if you see people on here talking about 30lbs lost in the first month they are usually male and around 400lbs.
comparitively, you are actually outpacing a 400lb guy who lost 30. hell i wrapped up my first month today and i lost 24. and i was/am ecstatic. and i'm way way bigger than you! do you see what i'm saying here?
focus on your emotional health. the weight loss will come in time. you need to focus on getting your soul right...

OP, I only lost 12lbs in the 1st month after surgery. I started at 206lbs on surgery day and lost 14lbs during my 2week pre-op diet. I am about 3.5 months post-op and down to 162lbs; that is 44lbs since surgery. I have lost inches. We have less to lose so our body will space it out slowly. Take measurements and pictures! You will see a difference!

I can't WAIT to feel that!!

Congrats on a successful surgery!!

Good for you. I am 11 days post op and am feeling great. Crazy amounts of energy and NO HUNGER!!!

1/4 cup Cottage cheese with baby food fruit. Just be careful to watch the sugar content. No more than 7g per jar. You should only use 1/3 to 1/2 the jar for one meal.

Purée low or fat free chili. Wendy's has a healthy chili too.

1/4 cup Cottage cheese with baby food fruit. Just be careful to watch the sugar content. No more than 7g per jar. You should only use 1/3 to 1/2 the jar for one meal.