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yes and that's one reason why I decided to take all of my multi vitamin at once. Those Bariatric Advantage are no joke. The first time I took them, it was on an empty stomach and I'll never make that mistake again. I eat lunch and then finish with a sip of water and 3 capsules. Then, I set a 2 hour timer for my calcium. My other doses of calcium are when I wake up and when I go to bed.

I am curious to know what vitamins and supplements everyone is taking. I'm currently taking: Bariatric Advantage Ultra Multivitamin w. Iron (3 pills per day and I take them all at the same time) Celebrate Calcium PLUS 500 Chewable 1 tablet 3 times daily Natrol Biotin 5000mcg 1xdaily I will be adding Nature's Bounty Probiotic 10 as soon as I finish my antibiotics. I need to add a B complex (I think) and for sure B12. I saw somewhere not to start B12 until month 3. Has anyone else heard this? I also need to add 500-700 mg daily of Omega 3 Fatty Acids. I'm not sure which one to get there are so many different choices.

I'll be interested in what your doctor has to day. When I was 2 days out, I went in for IV therapy and after I got home, it was magical because from that point on, no more tiny sips! I was able to drink a normal drink of water and shakes. I wasn't parched or anything like that. Six days post op, I called my doctor about another issue and during our conversation, I mentioned how I was so tired of shakes and broth and it seemed I was hungry. She told me to start eating scrambled eggs and if I was okay with that, I could then move on to other soft/pureed foods. I think the yogurt and other foods like soups and even the pureed foods just are easier to eat without giving us a full feeling. Once you move to textured foods, you'll be able to feel full.

I'm 600-800.

Everyone seems to have various programs for how they progress in what they eat. I would be sure to talk with your NUT or surgeon. My plan had me starting textured foods like ground meats, fish, lean beef, etc during week 3 and 4. Today is the end of my 4th week. I've tolerated everything I've eaten, I just can't eat much of it.

The first thing I thought about when I read your post was a gallstone attack. I had one years ago before surgery and I thought I was having a heart attack.

With my situation, I got so impacted, I could feel it in my side. I added Miralax daily in additional to the stool softener. Another option may be taking a dose of Milk of Magnesia. I had to do that once since my surgery on 7/31. I'm at a point now where I haven't had MoM, Miralax, or a stool softener for last last 5 days. When I was dealing with being impacted, I couldn't eat as well. I think my body was protesting because it was so stacked up.

If you have not had a BM since 7/30, that should be cause for alarm. I would try an enema and I would speak to your doc ASAP.

My husband and I decided to have sex daily for a set period of time. Bottom line for me, because I was non-orgasmic, I did a lot of reading and research and bought some "toys". The one item I would highly recommend (and the only one we still use) is Hitachi Magic Wand. You can get it from Amazon I also recommend checking out the site Christian Nymphos - I found a good bit of support there. Our marriage had all kinds of problems and lack of sex was just one of them (or more like a symptom of them). We ended up in a 911 save our marriage kind weekend program that did make a huge impact. This was 8 years ago. We are approaching our 25th wedding anniversary. If you want to dig deeper into your marriage, I high recommend starting with His Needs/Her Needs and doing the emotional needs questionnaire. This can be a great tool for you and your spouse to use as a guide to talk through your thought and feeling about how your needs are or are not being met.

Good idea. Speaking pf squatting. i did invest in a squatty potty. LOL

I wrote a post about my poo journey. It was traumatic! I've been doing fine with miralax and no longer have to use it daily. If I got a day with out having a BM, I'll take miralax for a few days.

I don't think it's unrealistic. I traveled on day 14 and had a skin infection on my big incision. However, I flew across the county to my mother's house so I was able to pretty easily stay with my meal plan. I have been able to take it easy here and my energy level has been pretty low.

I was sleeved 7/31 and started pureed food about 1 week in. For me, the fullness feeling came more when I started adding more textured foods. Like you, I was comfortable with shakes and soups.

Yes, apparently the 3 week stall is totally real and very common. I've been teetering between 229 and 231 for the last week. It is very aggravating but I'm sticking with my plan. I did start tracking calories yesterday so I could make sure I was eating enough and also not eating too much.

I've had the same thought about wondering if the surgery didn't work for me. LOL I was sleeved on 7/31 and I've been getting really hungry between my protein shake, water, and a few tablespoons of food here and there.

48 and I was sleeved 7/31. I wish I had done it 10 years ago.

You really should ask your NUT or surgeon. With that said, my surgeon gave me permission to start soft food/pureed early. She said if it could slide down a funnel I could eat it and she suggested I start with eggs. That as about day 5 or 6 post op.

I'm not sure about the others but I really like this one because I am able to easily import recipes from sparkrecipes.

Remember, everyones plan is different. My plan allows for adding textures like lean ground beef, shredded chicken or pork , and flaky fish starting in week 3.

Does anyone use Sparkpeople as their food tracker and/or have a recipe box on Sparkrecipes? I started using sparkpeople when about 9 years ago when I got really serious about my weight loss and I went on a 1200 calorie a day diet (along with the assistance of phentermine). I tracked everything I put in my mouth as well as my exercise. I lost a great deal of weight over the course of 1 year and kept if off for a bit only to let it slowly creep back on over the last 5 years. I'm planning on starting back now that I will be tracking my food intake after the sleeve (7/31). If anyone else has a recipe box, I would love to take a look. I will be meal planning and I'm sure there are things in my recipe box that I will need to move out. There are some things I've tried and some that I haven't. Here are links to my collections https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/cookbooks.asp?cookbook=1065702 https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/Cookbooks.asp?id=1110093

I was sleeved on 7/31. I have been eating egg drop soup, creamy potatoe soup, very creamy tuna salad, creamy crab dip (made with imitation crab meat, ff cottage cheese, ff cream cheese, olive oil mayo, garlic powder, and a bit of horseradish). I've also had scrambled eggs with cottage cheese, sf popsicles, and mashed cauliflower. I've been drinking 2 premier shakes each day and trying to get my 64 oz of water.

Haha! They sure do! I bought a double pack from Costco online when this all started happening to me.

Do you feel impacted? I had to use an enama because I was. It was pretty bad.

Have you taken stool softener? I would start taking something soon.

Have you had any since surgery? I made a post about "my poop journey". I've been using miralax nightly and it helps. However, I would say mine is far from normal but I think that had to do with the mostly liquid diet.