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I'm from NJ, but I've moved to the Pocono's. I'm from JC / Plainfield. My Dr is Dr Teleo he's really good. pretty hard at 1st but I like that. He did an amazing job. My sx was on Jan 28,2020. I just had my 7mnth f/u & I lost 50lbs. Not sure if u want to travel up this way bcuz the drive back will b no fun after the sx. Especially w the road bumps. Good luck on finding ur choice. The adventure will b awesome! I'm loving my new body & the way my clothes fit... awesome I tell u..lol I didn't hv choices when I went to my surgeon. I saw him & went w him. I should hv done what ur doing & looked around... Now for my Tummy Tuck I will get a referral from him to c if I'm comfortable w the Dr & am willing to travel to find the right Dr for my LAST surgery. GOOD LUCK W yours....

18 grams - 7٪ & 2gram sugar
But I've stop eating bread & Pasta. I'm dwn to 199lbs. Following my stupid Dr's advice was throwing me off so I've bn talking to my friends that's had the GS & their ways bn working. My anxiety is up bcuz I hv an appt w him tomorrow. UUUUGH! I HATE his visits.

Love the results!

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I'm 10wks out & I got it (Moderna) just had a sore arm for 2 days. 2nd shot on the 22nd. But I still get tested when I see family.

I AGREE!! it's a MARATHON. and if you've read anything I wrote my crazy Dr thinks it's a sprint. I just think as long as I'm LOSING I'm 👍. Keep up the good work

Raisin bread only has 100 calories &that's the only starch I hv.... DON'T MAKE ME CHOSE (CRYING) ok Imma give up the cinnamon raisin bread but that's usually one a day. I'm tryna mix things up. I gotta get my weight down so I don't hv to hear my Dr in 10days. My weight IS going dwn but very slllooowly.

I am on day 5 of pre-op diet and have lost 10 pounds. I am excited about it even though it's surely just Water weight. I have told a few people (who have asked) that I have lost 10 pounds. They keep saying "it's just water weight." I DON'T CARE! 10 pounds is 10 pounds

I recall feeling the exact same at that stage! Felt very despondent that I had gone through surgery and it hadn’t seemed to help, I was convinced at one point the surgeons had just made incisions and forgotten to actually do the operation!! I carried on with my eating programme and as the days went on I learned to discern head hungry from tummy hungry, I actually found that when I told my head to get over itself as I wasn’t hungry it really worked!!!

At around 14 days I was allowed to start on very soft, mushy baby food type things and this is when things started to change. I keep carbs to below 30g a day and eat lots (well, as much as Bariatric surgery allows...) of healthy, real Protein like chicken and fish which were blended with a bit of low fat mayo, ff yoghurt and some little spices coupled with veg like broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and butternut (2 veg per dinner) and my hunger definitely changed. I eat the above type meals twice a day with a Protein Shake daily to keep me topped up.

I’m on soft, real foods now and I still stick with the above meal layouts and I am not finding too many issues with being hungry.

Oh, almost forgot that keeping Water up in between was super important. When I get bored of water I would mix some low cal juice concentrate with the water which works a treat getting Fluid in.

Keeping a check on the carbs (less than 30g) and good, real protein (between 50-70g) seems to be working for me right now and keeping my calories between 550-700cal pd without the starving to death feeling. Good luck 😊

I am not in the same stage as you having just had my surgery a week ago but I did lose 13lbs in the two weeks before surgery by drinking 2 Ensure Protein Shakes and in between I would have a bowl of steamed veggies. snack before dinner I would do raw carrots and celery with Walden Farms zero calorie dressing. Dinner was a salad with 2 oz's of baked Turkey, Fish or chicken. If I needed snack before bed I would do the sugar free popsicle's. That worked for me. Since I had my surgery I have been on Protein shakes and some broth only so cant really say much about post surgery but did lose another 10lbs the last week. Don't get discouraged. Try changing up your workout a bit. Do Treadmill or go for a walk instead of Bike (alternate). I would say maybe take the cinnamon bread out of the equation as may be contributing to a stall. Just remember - you've got this!

it's the infamous three week stall. If you do a search for it on this site, you'll find something like 17,000 posts on it. It happens to almost everyone. And as NovaLuna said, it's not always the third week, but sometime in the first month or so after surgery. Mine was weeks 2 & 3. It broke during week 4, and I lost like 6-8 lbs within a couple of days. Just stick to your program and stay off the scale if you need to - and rest assured that it WILL break.

Considering the date... I'd say you've hit the three week stall. It's totally normal and happens to most. It doesn't always come on the third week post op, but it's usually within the first month. It skipped me, personally, but my first stall was at month 3 and it was three weeks long. It frustrated me to no end, but now, 14 months out, stalls are very common. Even so, every time I hit a stall I still want to throw my scale (I'm in one now as a matter of fact as March 29th was the last time I lost weight, but considering it was 3 pounds... I'm okay with the stall lol. I just hope it won't be as long as my last one... 27 days was way too long! 😬). Anyway, you'll pass the stall. Just continue to follow your diet, get your Protein in, and your Fluid, and it'll pass!

I feel ur pain 😞 I'm drinking lemon, cucumber & a splash of cranberry raspberry just for color that seems help me for now

In having that same prblm! I'm eating about every 2-3hrs & starving. I'm literally eating out of a baby's bowl to measure my meals. I find it harder to lose now than I did b4 this. The full liquid was a breeze. I'm back to that to c if Ican lose more than 3lbs b4 I c the Dr on the 10th.

Protein Shake & yogurt smoothies are a delight. It's filling & takes the crave of sugar away. I like that. Thanks! 😊

I wasn't restricted to any Vitamin. I was told to keep taking my Vitamins as usual. But they added on Vit B12, D3 & Iron, and chewable vit C. I am currently taking Centrum 50+ multi vitamin. I bought the chewable Multi Vitamins ahead of time to find out that it wasn't necessary. Buuuut... I hv a Pain in the Butt Dr. That's making my anxiety go crazy. But that's not neither here or there [emoji23] I just take my vitamins daily & read what everyone's doing on here.
Good luck w ur choice!

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You just had pretty major surgery so nausea, some pain & not feeling the best is to be expected. It’s all new & different, you don’t know what to expect or how the surgery will affect you so it’s okay for you to have doubts & be concerned about your choice.
By day 4/5 I was off my pain meds & apart from feeling tired & a bit washed out I felt ok. I was a bit tender around the incisions but that was to be expected. I live alone & was perfectly fine looking after myself. I did have an extra day in hospital because my back went into spasm from a pre existing condition & that was way, way worse than any post surgical side effects.
You’ll be fine. Just take it easy while you’re getting over the surgery & healing. Follow your surgeon’s plan & instructions. If anything does seem unusual, not right, like unmanageable pain, contact your medical team straight away.

I'm 6week out here in losing very slowly. My 2wk after post opt visit, my Dr said I only lost 16lbs. He said I should hv lost 20. I was feeling good that that was all I lost. Now I'm a month out. I think I lost MAYBE another 4lbs. My back been killing me for 3 of the 4 was and all I've bn doing is just sitting & laying down to relieve the pain. So when I see the Dr I know he's gonna be upset, but now I'm feeling good & I'm exercising 2x's a day. I hv 3 dislocated disc's in my lower lumbar spine that gives me a fit. But I do try to exercise more. I am sticking to my diet & luckily my stomach let's me know I'm full. Protein Drinks, smoothies & my Vitamins are my friends. But I just know the Dr is gonna b 😡 but I'm ok w that. I can see the changes in my body. It's slow 🐌, but I'm sticking to this diet. I just figure it'll take me longer than others to get to my goal weight.

I WAS mad but I know I'm doing what I'm suppose to b doing. I'm good w that. He'll get mad by I'll keep up w my visits just to show him that I am sticking to my diet & in this for the LONG HAUL. Thank u for ur support & incouraging thoughts. I appreciate it sincerity.

your doctor is a jerk and should know better than that! If he's been dealing with this for any length of time, he should know that very few people lose 20 lbs - or even 16 lbs - in two weeks (unless he's Dr. Now and works mostly with high-risk bariatric patients that most surgeons won't touch).

I got that crap once from a resident (not my regular surgeon - but some resident that the surgeon had during follow-up appts for awhile). He was sure to let me know that I was a slow loser and behind the rest of my cohorts. Well screw him - I went on to lose 100% of my excess weight - over 200 lbs (and most likely blew the rest of my "cohorts" out of the water). I'd love to see his face NOW....

there are so many factors that influence your rate of weight loss, most of which you have little to no control over (like...your age, for example). The two things you DO have control over is your activity level and how closely you stick to your surgeon's plan. If you're very committed to those and doing what you were instructed to do, then you'll lose weight - whether fast or slow. As long as the overall trend is downward, you're good.

sounds good to me - you're losing it faster than I did.
I think people's perceptions are shaped by shows like "My 600 lb Life", but you need to keep in mind those people start out MUCH heavier than the average WLS patient. Although I've never seen research on this - this just comes from hanging out on bariatric boards for the last six years, I would say most of us lose in the 15-25 lb range the first month after surgery. Of course you'll always find people who lose more or less than that, but that seems to be where the majority of us fall. If you've lost 6 kg in two weeks, you'll be in that range as well. So nothing to worry about. You are doing fine!

My weight came off in a painfully slow...but steady...trickle. You didn't gain it in six months. You gained it over years and years. Be patients. Slow weightloss is healthy and your skin will have more time to reduce...less dramatic bagging.

You're doing great! 6 kg in 2 weeks is almost 1 pound per day. That's excellent, especially considering that most people temporarily gain weight in the hospital from all the IV fluids. A lot of people have unrealistic expectations for weight loss. You didn't gain the weight overnight and you're not going to lose it overnight. Most people lose 15-25 pounds in the first month, so you're well on your way. It's too soon right now to worry about your rate of weight loss. You need to focus on getting your fluids and Protein. Stick with your plan and the weight will come off.

Bring lounge pants, and don't bother with a robe. Robe won't go on over your IV. Lounge pants WILL cover your butt in the hallways. You're gonna do great. Congrats!

Good luck! My best advice is walk as much as they will let you after surgery. It helped so much. My other advice is do exactly as they tell you. You got this!!!

OMG I can’t believe the time has finally come. I am down to my last day of liquid diet and I have to be at hospital at 5:30am tomorrow. To say I am nervous and elated would be understatements. Any last tips or advice?