arizkel

To not have total anxiety if someone want to take photo , more to buy at Victoria’s secret, avoiding social things of people I used to know when skinny, clothes shopping for fitted and not everything loose and flowing, wearing heels, and feeling confident! [emoji41]🤩

I had mine on 3/20 and I am still on liquids but now on graduated things like Tomato Soup and drinkable yogurt (more creamy low-fat soups). It is a little progress. I get to be on soft foods starting Tues so beyond excited. For me, it is hard but I would rather be safe and follow advice from my doctor than do what others may be doing. My doctor’s warning about my staple line was enough for me to follow his orders. A bit scary if you ask me.

I was also sleeved on 3/20 and seemed to have stalled at 17lbs. I only weigh myself once a week and at my post op dr visit. I was getting frustrated, but see we are all in similar situations. We need to trust the process.

Oh yes, yes, yes - irritatingly, annoyingly, exasperatingly, frustratingly normal!
Prep yourself for stalls regularly on this journey. At 3 weeks. At 3 months.
I lose pretty consistently 100g a day now - 3/4lbs a week. But some days when I think I have eaten perfectly normally I will put on a pound! It goes fast, but Water retention, hormones, muscle building all have an impact.
One trick I have learned - often when I am in a stall, is when I will drop a pants size, or a bra size. So make sure you get in the habit of checking that or doing regular same-spot measurements with a tape measure and you will stay smiling!

I remember seeing recipes before my surgery, feeling delighted to know that heavenly food was not being taken from my life! It is very rewarding that what I Now experience as heavenly has changed so much...
Google fluffychix recipes and you will find a couple of her blog sites. She is a regular here, and has stacks of GREAT low carb meals - I have tried a few. She is gifted!

My mouth is watering , can’t wait to eat real food again!!!! Looks yummy!

Some Jumbos & mixed veggies. I love that I can use the word Jumbo in such a small meal! My Instagram has many of my meals posted. You can see them at ,” my_tiny__healthy_plate “.

You can't really lose 2lbs a day (aka burn 7000 calories more than you take in), so just think of this as reversion to the mean, which will pass and the weight loss will continue. This is why weighing yourself daily can be a point of frustration, be prepared the same thing will happen when you transition to the puree stage.

I was feeling like that yesterday too but I trie pho broth and miso Soup broth and it’s making it a bit easier! Another thing is non fat Greek yogurt is keeping me sane . 5 days till phase 2(puréed foods) you can do it I’m having second thoughts too but I’ve seen results in my friends and people I know and no one regrets it.

Thank you for the support! I have been feeling very sad today... i hope everything will get better soon, thank you so much

Oh wow that’s a more interesting list than mine !!! I’m scared of anything thick right now ! I even let my pudding thin out a little . I also am eating unsweetened apple sauce .

I have not done puréed Soup or fruit smoothie as I am just not sure I should be having on day 5 after surgery. Bit afraid :-(

My list for day 3 thru 7 consists of: three Protein Shakes (not sure how this is possible) , 2 other items including V8 juice, skim milk, fruit smoothies, puréed soup- all food must pass thru fine mesh strainer if too thick, don’t risk it, avoid high sugar fruit juices. Honestly my list is so vague to me. This is my first rodeo with WLS and I have been constantly searching for more info on what I can have on detail. Ugh.

I would probably wait for the Soup, (and honestly I'm surprised smoothie would ever be on the approved list). I found my first week that a bit of a knorr builion cube made with 2x the Water was about the most amazing thing I had ever tasted. Like cup o' noodles sans the noodles.