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So I have done great with Water and Protein until 2 days ago. I am 3wks & 3days out. I am now having nausea not stop and food sounds awful to me. Has anyone else struggled like this? I vomited last night, otherwise just nausea.

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I was sleeved on 8/23. It has been a whole month and I have only lost 25 pounds. I'm a big girl I should have lost more. I'm not eating nearly what I was eating before but staying under 900 calories a day. What is wrong with me? Why am I not losing? I feel like this was all a mistake and I'm going to just stay fat forever. The scale hasn't moved in about 2 weeks and my heart is broken.

For me if I eat too fast I het nauseated. Then if I've been real bad I lose my tummy contents. Just saw my doc today and am down 20% of what I want to lose total. So I'm happy with that I think reading everyone's pounds lost is difficult cuz we all started at different places and have different goals of how much we want or need to lose. So percentage of the goal might be better way to express the loss, at least for me. Thanks for sharing.

... Also, on another note, I was at King Soopers the other day and saw protein-infused Water in the diet/exercise supplements section of the store. I was intrigued to try it out but considering it's $10 for four bottles, my attitude quickly shifted to "screw that".


Ok girl, I tried Isopure Protein water and hated it. It was the smell that got me and I could not drink it. So in my opinion I would steer clear. I did by genpro unflavored Protein Powder and it goes great in Soup, so that may be an idea.

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My WLS group's goal for all patients is 3 squares/day. Mind you, by the end of the 2 year program. Obviously I can't get all of my requirements in 3 meals right now, but once I can, I won't need more meals.
Their point is, eating 5-6 small meals a day (every 2 hours or so) leads to grazing on food all day. Your metabolism/body gets confused on the nearly constant supply of food source, that it's not able to utilize it properly. Having decent breaks between balanced meals gives your digestive system the opportunity to perform it's sole purpose in the way we were designed to work. Eating smaller, yet more frequent meals may lead to less desirable habits, and food choices, and mindless "grazing".

I think stalls happen and we just have to face them. I upped my Protein and broke mine in 4 days, I am still pretty early on, 3 weeks tomorrow. But I totally stressed it too. I am down 20 lbs since surgery. 36 since preop diet. I don't see it myself but my clothes fit differently and my hubby sees it.

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Which app were you using? Does an alarm go off?

I didn't think about this option. I haven't looked lately, but certainly in the beginning, foodie apps didn't fit with my Bariatric way of eating. While I'm still struggling to eat more than 2.5 ounces at a time, regular reminders could be helpful.
Though my NUT talks about grazing and dangers of eating too often, so there's conflict.

I'm going to buy these OhYeah! Bars for my desk at work.

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Do the bariatric Soups have enough Protein and veggies in them for the first two weeks?

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Tomato Soup works well for me and I add genpro unflavored Protein Powder to it. Puree diet is tough but it's a short term thing.

Stalls happen even in the first couple weeks but they do end. You will lose again.

It hurts something awful but has been totally worth the loss.

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When I overate it was under 5 oz of food (I'm allowed 6) and it was literally from one bite to the next. It wasn't pain per se but this fullness in my chest and throat like I could literally feel the food backed up. I get more pain pain if I eat too fast, this was so uncomfortable to the max and it was nearly instant.

I had gastric bypass 12 years ago. I lost 175 pounds. In the past 4 months I have lost 52 pounds. I just can't hold any food. I have no energy at all. I can't even work. I've had terrible stomache pains and have to wear warm ups since they are loose. I look anorexic. I am really scared. I have been to my gastroenterologist and he has run all kinds of tests (endoscope, colonoscopy, ct scans, etc). He did have to stretch my esophagus because I had a hard time eating meat and that helped that but I still can't eat. Something had to have to the pouch. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? I NEED HELP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Thanks.

Whenever I feel like food might take control I repeat "eat to live, not live to eat" several times. Then I remind myself that is not the last ______ (cake/candy/French fry), I can have some another day when I am healthy.

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They had me taking pills the day after surgery and it sat heavy but was totally fine. I didn't start my big pills for 2 or 3 nights but that was just because I was scared.

If you're really really nervous, no matter the med you likely can pull apart the capsules and eat it with some applesauce or something similar. You just can't chew the little balls inside.

I'm so sorry you guys stalled. But glad to hear I'm not alone and it's part of the process. I assumed but got nervous too.

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I stalled for 6 days in week 3-4

How long have people stalled?

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Made a huge mistake and ate 2 bites too many. So painful. Lesson learned.

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I had to track my liquid intake in 15 minute increments. No more than 2 oz every 15 min (in this tiny little shot (pill) glasses) and I couldn't leave till I drank x oz within y hours. I definitely fibbed a little to get home after only one night. The hospital bed caused more pain than my incisions and my particular ward had patients that left me a little traumatized.

Less than 2 weeks till solids for me!

For those on the soft food/solid border I made this amazing mash. Riced cauliflower, sweet potato and ground turkey. Garlic and a little onion for seasoning. So good. It's not quite solid or soft.

The remarkable thing is how different each of these programmes are. For me, they discharged me from the hospital as soon as I could handle full liquids, a couple of days later I could start the purée diet and now, I am on soft foods.

My two-week post-op check was on Monday and Tuesday would be two weeks from my surgery.

That's the objective. When I spoke with the nurses at my surgeon's office yesterday, she told me that she would expect me to lose 10% of my starting weight by my six-week appointment. Since I've already lost half that, it could come down.

I contacted my surgeon's office yesterday and they said not to worry. If I gain again tomorrow, I will phone my surgeon's office again tomorrow. As for menstruation... I am a transgender woman, I do not menstruate.

Can anyone share acceptable puree ideas? The baby food chicken/peas are killing me [emoji16]

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I gained another 0.3 kg between today and yesterday. I'm monitoring my caloric intake. So far, I've consumed 645 calories today.