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I think the face changes especially weird people out. *I'm* weirded out by my changing face. It's bizarre though how people feel they can give you their uninformed opinion of what's healthy for you though.

Oh yeah - the salmon and fish here is tasty too!

Woot woot yayyyyyyy

The first few weeks are pretty tough but it helps coming and reading the forums here. I'm about ten weeks out now and I'm so much happier now. But I remember finding the early stages hard. You can do this, you have so much to look forward to on this magical journey!

Our protein bars are Fulfil and Carb Killa. You can get them at pretty much any supermarket like Tesco or Supervalu. You can also buy protein powder and RTD shakes from Holland & Barrets (they're all over the place). The produce, meat, cheese here is pretty good quality. Beef that is grass-fed is normal here. You'd struggle to get non-grass-fed beef. You don't need to tip in restaurants here unless you get outstanding service. Most coffee places will have Skim milk or soy available (some, like Costa also do coconut and almond milk). I'm trying to think what else might be helpful to tell you. I'm not in Dublin so I can't recommend any specific markets but is there anything else I can tell you? We have Aldi and Lidl which are discount supermarkets but you'll get a wider range of products at Tesco.

Céad míle fáilte! [emoji4][emoji4]

I'd talk to your pdoc about it and also any future possible bariatric doc. As far as I know, once you're habituated to seroquel the weight gain stops. But you may find you lose slower than normal and maybe not as much weight overall as others, that's what Dr Weiner said on one of his YouTube videos. Hope that helps.

Oh well done! That is fantastic.

Best. Thing. Ever. Bloimin' hard work but boy is the payoff worth it. Everyone around me is commenting positively and I love catching sight of myself in windows etc. Mostly I just love being free of the obsessive drive to eat (crap) food all the time. Its such a mental relief as well as physical one.

Zomg that is pretty amazeballs!

A gorgeous, smart one at that #throwingAllTheComplimentsAtYou

Even my mam-in-law who didn't want me to get the surgery is impressed #score

Hah, I hear ya!

Woooooot, looking goooood

OH NOOOOOOOO I didn't mean to agree to thaaaaaaat [emoji15] [emoji15]

This is so true

IKR!! I wonder if it's because those nerves at the top of the stomach are already stretched so they don't respond to restriction feelings or sommit. If I'm not careful I can happily eat the same size plate of food as I serve my hubby [emoji22][emoji848][emoji849]

Caffeine withdrawal is real but its only a couple of days. Maybe make some posh caffeine free flat drinks whenever you want one instead, like some flavoured water with ice and a slice of lemon.

I'm a revision too and likewise I don't really have restriction. Maybe if I eat a whole lot of dry chicken at once I will feel it back up into my oesophagus and that's a little unpleasant, but otherwise nope. But what I have been feeling is pleasantly satiated after half an hour of eating good quality protein. So I have to force myself to eat the smaller quantity knowing the satisfaction *will come* its just not immediate. Its hard work but its doable. I do have dumping and squits from sugary and fatty food but it's not like one square of chocolate will have me heaving. The dumping can be linked to how much intestine they bypassed. Maybe they were conservative with you. But even without the super virgin stomach benefits, you do still have a tool at your disposal, it's just that maybe you won't have a traditional honeymoon. You may have to live like how a Vet does but be a bit strict with yourself. Think of it this way, you won't get the regain shock that first timers who had a fabulously easy honeymoon do, coz ya been there, done that!

My understanding is that dumping occurred after an intolerable sugar or calorie load where the body rushes fluid to the intestine to help move the food quickly through and that sudden imbalance causes symptoms like light headedness, feeling flushed, nausea, etc. Too much fat causes explosive diarrhea. But I don't know if it also causes dumping. It hasn't with me.

I'm gonna be a smug mum, but when my girly was in primary school, for her teachers' prezzie I made homemade hampers full of cool stationary. I figure teachers always need /like stationary. At least it wasn't more chocolate hahaha

I had to do a bunch of calculations coz I think in metric, but in 66 days (9 weeks, 3 days) I've lost 30.8 pounds (probably a few more coz I haven't weighed myself for a couple of days). I'm a revision and apparently we lose slower, but I'll take it! I'm just happy to see the scales going on the right direction!

I did mine and my dad's a while back, and what isn't clear is that the generic profiles are only accurate in sofar that the database they are comparing you to is large. You don't actually have 100% accuracy, what it is is, they sample a population eg. Irish and if, say, 90% of that Irish population have the same gene markers as you, then you most likely belong to that Irish population. But you could be one of the 10% of the Irish population that don't have the same profile so you get missed. So it's only an approximation. So don't expect really detailed information.

Ooooh nom. The photos always magnify the food heheh

I totally get you, I'm the same way. It is a (smelly) reminder that I have a tool to help me lose weight. ?