Martha88

I'm 2 weeks post op also and cant get thicker soups done without that feeling in my sternum right away. Is this what being "full" feels like now or is it that the foods are too thick?


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Thank you everyone!! I'm too weeks post op and have been living off of beans for the past 3 days. I came up with mashed potatoes instead of using water I used chicken broth and thinned out with half cup of milk. Turned out to be 13 g of protein 50g carbs

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I flew 2 days post op and then home 4 days post op. No problems,the o ly thing that sucked was not being able to enjoy the cookies that were handed out lol

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Wow good for you for thinking through what you think will help you. The approach of going public makes sense. I too am fearful of the regain possibility which is why I'm keeping news of my surgery mostly quiet. But I can see how this thought process may be seeing me up for failure because it could be that I don't have enough confidence in myself that I will not regain. Something for me to think more about. Good luck to you on your journey.

One of the biggest thing that I am concerned about as I begin this journey is regain. I promised myself while I was laying on that table that I was not going to ever do this to myself again. I promised myself that I was going to work on the things that I needed to work on that I am no longer going to use food as my lover as my companion as my confidant. So to ensure that I continue on this journey I decided that I was going to go public. It is so easy to stay behind the scenes but I know myself. So today I made a YouTube video and now it's kind of crazy and it's not really for other people is just for me to Chronicle my journey and to keep myself accountable. I know this might be viewed as real silly because really it is a personal Journey but I feel that at this moment I don't want to be a secret anymore. Many bad things has happened to me because of Secrets and going public is actually cathartic. I don't know of any other people feel the way that I do but I guess we all have our own way of coping and embracing this new Journey. Mine is still very very new. I just have been on here and I have to tell you that knowing that there's somebody out there and the responses and support that I have received has been amazing. So I'm thankful to this community for making me feel less isolated and feel welcomed. I hope that I can continue to be a blessing to somebody as you guys have been to me
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Beans! I was looking for the most bang for my protein.

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So, let me start with stating the obvious... I'm a bit of an idiot. My first meal was canned tuna mixed with buffalo sauce and a little bit of mayo. I'm damn lucky my stomach seems to like me and I was able to tolerate it. I've eaten buffalo sauce mixed with almost every meal since. I've just been alternating between scrambled eggs with buffalo sauce, tuna with buffalo sauce, and canned chicken with buffalo sauce. So far my stomach loves me. My colon is a different story... That being said, I just finished my lunch. More buffalo sauce.

If you don't take your daily vitamins it will catch up to you eventually,maybe not tomorrow,but it will.

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Yaay! My stall broke yesterday! I spent 5 days without any movement of the scale and then BAM down 3 pounds.

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Eat at Buffets

If you don't take your daily vitamins it will catch up to you eventually,maybe not tomorrow,but it will.

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Yaay! My stall broke yesterday! I spent 5 days without any movement of the scale and then BAM down 3 pounds.

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I finally had enough guts to puree up some chili lol.
Delicious but heavy.

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If you don't take your daily vitamins it will catch up to you eventually,maybe not tomorrow,but it will.

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I am not a soft touch. I am direct. Feel free to ignore my post.
You said "I hate them. I justify it. wondering how bad my checkups will be ?" Your choice to take them or not.
A cancer patient is doing chemotherapy treatments. I person who had a leg amputated is learning to walk with a prosthetic leg. They would gladly trade places with us for our bariatric struggles.

Yaay! My stall broke yesterday! I spent 5 days without any movement of the scale and then BAM down 3 pounds.

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The biggest change for me is the fact that I can no longer stomach any temperature of plain water. Has to be flavored or it comes back up. I use crystal light. I used to guzzle plain water. Strange.

Thank you everyone!! I'm too weeks post op and have been living off of beans for the past 3 days. I came up with mashed potatoes instead of using water I used chicken broth and thinned out with half cup of milk. Turned out to be 13 g of protein 50g carbs

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I've heard people say that things taste different after barriatric surgery,but how soon after did everyone (if you did at all) experience this?
I'm 2 weeks post op and seemed like it happened over night. Muscle milk in which tasted alright before now tastes like sour milk to me and Gatorade tastes super salty and filled with chemicals.
How soon did your taste buds change after surgery and did they ever go back?
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Or you have things that are ok for a couple months after surgery then all of a sudden you don't like at all. Lol

yep it changes but I agree everyone i different. It happens in the beginning for sure... then after 5-8 months you get to eat better and try new things . I have few things i don't care for anymore but its not too much different. I just can't eat certain things because they fill me up too quickly so I stick with more digestible foods.

@Martha88 It's a normal feeling for right now. You will feel it more often than not. Sometimes from eating too fast, sometimes from eating too much and sometimes from food that is to heavy. As your body heals and adjusts the feeling will not be as extreme. 4 months out I get the feeling when I eat too much but it doesn't happen often as I've learned my limits. Heavy foods sometimes still do it as well. Don't rush things and listen to your body. As time goes on things will work out and you'll feel "normal" again.
Congrats and Good Luck!!!

Just FYI, the protein in broth is mainly from collagen, a necessary and beneficial amino acid, but a very incomplete protein. And if you depend on it to meet your protein goals, you could quite quickly find yourself in a mess of trouble.

I'm at two weeks and feel the same way. 22 lbs and hit a stall,for some reason I think that's it. My body is done losing weight just because it's not just melting off as it did the two weeks before. My team says it's normal and should keep losing inches during this stall.

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I think everyone is different, but I’m 6 months out and I still don’t like certain things I use to love...