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This is all so wonderful and inspiring, I pray my surgery and recovery goes as well as all of your surgeries. Great job everyone, congrats!


Have a great day!
Amanda [emoji16]
HW 248 CW 241 Surgery Date: pending 11/21/2017. Goal weight 150’ish [emoji23]

I had a lot of stomach acid immediately after surgery and found that once I regulated that, "huger" subsided. Stomach acid has leveled out in the weeks/months following surgery so was only a short-term occurance.
Now that I'm > 4 months out, I find that I'm getting more snacky then before. I'll feel guilty about having an extra handful of almonds or a piece of cheese... and then suddenly remember how I USED to eat, and feel much better about it!

I can pretty much eat anything except eggs and they just make me have intestinal issues. I for sure get hungry still and I have to make sure I'm not snacking like crazy throughout the day. Otherwise, I'm glad I can eat what I want because I did this for a lifestyle change and didn't want to live on a "diet". Now I can make the choice not to eat something instead of my body telling me I absolutely cannot. 115 pounds down and I've found a new relationship with food.

I've been able to eat pretty much everything as well, no problems. I'm only a month out. I feel hungry all the friggin time, it sucks!

I don’t think the point of the surgery is to make you sick when you eat junk. It’s to limit your intake. It’s really up to you just to make smart choices. Which it sounds like you have. The hardest part about this is adjusting your mind. The cravings will not ever go away probably. Cake and chips and ice cream are great.

Hi! I am so glad you posted this. I feel very similar to you!
I'm 9 days out--had my surgery October 13--and I feel amazing. I was tired for the first couple of days, but now other than some minor irritation at my incision sites I feel 100% back to normal. I'm easily able to get in all my Water (I get some gurgling if I take too big a sip, but I can drink "normally", just not in gulps).
My surgeon has sleevers start on soft foods at one week, and so far I've had no problem eating small portions of pretty much normal food. Right now I am taking breaks between bites of tuna salad with Triscuits (which are explicitly allowed during the soft food stage in his plan, since they mush down to nothing).
If I hadn't lost 11 pounds in the past week with no feelings of deprivation, strong hunger, and all the accompanying pains of starving like headaches and dizziness, I'd think he'd left my stomach in! I'm eating around 1,000 calories a day, which feels like a lot? I've also been exercising though, at least a mile walk a day for the past 3 days, and shorter walks even from the day after surgery. I'm just telling myself that I knew I could *lose* weight--it was the keeping it off that I could never do, and this surgery is a tool to help me with that.
I seriously have told my husband worriedly more than once that I feel like it shouldn't be this easy. I only took the narcotic pain meds the first day and then tylenol for another day and a half. I haven't had a moment of nausea. It's amazing, and I feel simultaneously incredibly grateful and yet scared that maybe the surgery won't work for me as well as the folks who are struggling more early on.

Wow that's great. I'm 7 days out and just starting to feel better. I still have some soreness but I think I'm finally walking the gas out. Struggling with getting my 64 ounces of Protein, would love some tips

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That’s amazing I hope I feel like this after surgery x

I was the same as you! My pain was minimal, no gas either. I tolerated everything great (new foods). We are so very fortunate!

thank you all! glad to here you're doing well also! If i hadn't lost 12lbs so far i'd be convinced nothing was done haha but I'm counting my blessings

Did anyone have to wear a nausea patch morning of the surgery. I did and i really think that helped with my gas and feeling "normal" after surgery.

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