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mine was KFC mash potato and Gravy I really struggled during the Puree stage so i just went with what worked for me

Try the chewable ones ? don't stress over what you can and cant eat/drink just do the best you can. Try putting a dash of juice in your water it will help it go down easier and ditto on what catwoman7 said.

To satisfy your sugar craving try having some juice, Powerade or something similar. You will be able to eat some cake for your birthday just not as much as you would have in the past. There are lots of threads about being regretful after surgery and what different people have gone through I was one of them and I can happily tell you now at almost a year out I have no regrets which is huge because I was shouting from the roof tops that this surgery should be banned blah blah blah which I get quite embarrassed about now lol. you will be fine.

Yes all perfectly normal, a lot of us went through it. I had a particularly hard time I cried multiple times a day, I screamed and yelled (mostly when no one was listening) I had panic/anxiety attacks over doing simple things like going to the shops. We go through a grieving process and our hormones are all out of whack and then there is the unknown of what our lives will be like, I was convinced I would never eat or drink normally again no one could tell me otherwise but that was not true I now eat and drink very normally. So hang in there know this will pass, it can take time though, for me it was 6 months. I do recommend getting back in your normal routine I took extra time off work but once I went back to work I started to feel like my old self again. Find some distractions like doing things you enjoy or even just chilling out in front of the TV to take your mind off it can be helpful. Anyway hope you feel better soon.

Nope but you will wish it was true when you find out how easily you can eat these types of foods again 😉 PS I am a sleever though so your experience might be a bit different

Yeah I went through this too, its like a grieving process, fear of the unknow and both genders suffer with hormones being out of whack too. have a good cry if you need to I found trying to hold it back made me feel worse.

in a few months you will be wishing you still have that restriction

It does depend on what I am eating and what I am going to drink ( I still love bubbles even if it's just soda water ) but plain water and just a few sips is no drama at all. Just go slow you will work out what works for you. A Drink before eating is easier within the first 6 months, but just a small drink.

Sleevediva you too should be incredibly proud of how far you have come in such a short space of time. I want to share what I have finally realised after months of saying I have no restriction, I am still getting hungry. My full feeling is no longer the same feeling it was before surgery at this point it's hard for me to describe how it feels as it can change from day to day sometimes it's just a " I don't feel like eating any more of that". It certainly isn't the hard stop eating or you will explode feeling I thought it would be. Most times it's very subtle and the further away from surgery I am the more subtle it seems to be. Now hunger omg I can get this "my stomach is an empty pit" feeling while I am eating and directly after eating it was the worst, this was happening almost every meal at one point it also happened to my surgery buddy we discovered that if we had a small drink before eating (10 mins ) and a few small sips after eating this helped. we then tried to drink more during the day this also helped so we figured this feeling was thirst related. Head hunger is the hardest to over come my head hunger is triggered by time, you know look at the clock oh its lunchtime and the obvious see something yummy and want it. So now I stop and think does my stomach need food or is it just my head. Most times it's my head my true hungry stomach feeling is a weird growly feeling and if I am honest I eat before I feel real physical hunger most times. Snacking/ grazing is something that is getting harder to get a hold of as it gets easy to eat and drink food so much easier. 😫. Anyway my point is our full and hungry cues after surgery can be very different to what they were pre surgery we just have to work out what they are for our bodies. I hope this helps.

I am almost a year out and I have found I can drink while eating.

My apologies then. I guess when someone says burger I automatically think of a full burger 🍔 with the works like I would have eaten myself before surgery. I had a win today We went through the hungry jacks drive through to get my friends hubby his lunch and looked at the menu and thought yum but I didn't order anything it didn't even bother me .

I am with you I finally crack the 70 kg to 69 only to up to 70 again 😭😭😭

That's awesome news !!!! I was a bit concerned about you as you seem to be around most days. So happy the scales have moved for you 💓 maybe relaxing a little is the key for you. Again congratulations, you've got this !!

Thank you 😊 yes it does I pulled it in a little the day after this picture was taken

My belly is the same but I think mine is a combination of fat and loose skin

You will be fine, I was a mess after my surgery I was convinced I would NEVER eat or drink normally again. How wrong I was. It took me until the 4 month to finally start feeling better, I cried multiple times a day I couldn't go to work I was a mess. I beat myself up for having the surgery it was awful. Keep in mind your hormones are all over the place and you are most likely grieving your old way of eating and drinking and worried about the unknown.. I am here at 11 months out and I can tell you you will feel better, you will feel amazing when you are shopping for new clothes, can walk up a hill without feeling like you are not going to make it, paint your toes nails easily so many things to look forward too. AND you will be able to have that beef stew and a Martini 😆

Wow that amazing so glad you are feeling so much better now

Yeah I struggled early on too I found at the 2 month mark things started to get easier and Improved each month from there. I reverted back to the previous stages too, I was on soft foods for ages. I didn't have a goal weight from my surgeon but I had a a tentative goal of 70kg which I reset when I was 73kg to 60 kg as I still had a bit a fat to loose. I don't know if I will get to 60kg as my weight loss has slowed right down but it has slowed due to some of my food and mainly drink choices (coke) . I was really surprised how easy the "binge" was and how much I was able to eat but you are right now I know I can take steps for it not to happen again

Yes I find myself eating a meal to the point of comfortable and instead of disposing the left overs or putting it away I leave it and come back to it in 30 mins or so to finish it even though I am not really hungry it's head hunger. The more I enjoyed the food the more likely I am to do it and there's the old "can't waste good food " mind set too. My team say what you haven't eaten in 20 mins of slow eating ( another thing I haven’t mastered) you discard. Boredom is a big trigger for me especially on nightshift as they can be very quiet.

Strangly I have, I want it and I think about having it but never do

yum!!

My 1 year anniversary is 28th july

I bought this Jacket 13 years ago when going to NZ but it was to small so I didn't take it. It finally fits yay !!!

Yeah its because of the floods wiping the crops out. Most of our fruit and veg that is locally sourced is quite highly priced at the moment

sounds very hi-tech