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Well on a sad note....I lost my baby over the weekend. Had nothing to do with the surgery was doing very well it just happens sometimes! Thanks everyone for your advice and support!

I am doing ok! I have become very sensitive to a lot of milk products but I can seem to drink the powder Syntrax 5.0 protein powder mixed with water. No morning sickness so I am very lucky there. Will be going in fro my appointment on Tuesday. I found that if I just graze through the day I can get more calories in. Thanks everyone for your support.

So I am lucky to get in 1000cal I was never low carving so ok there tested to see if was in ketosis just to make sure! My question is why did they say no protein shakes? They told me to drink 2 to 3 a day! Feeling good just some fatigue!

I am about 10 weeks out of my band to sleeve revision and doing well lost 31 lbs so far (115 lbs total with band). And then yesterday I found out I was pregnant!! This is the reason I wanted to lose the weight and get healthy and yes it is a great blessing I could not be happier. But I am scared to death! I am losing about 2 to 3lbs every week and they want that to slow down a bit. So they want me to eat more......WHAT eat more I cant get down the crap I need to eat NOW. Drs. want me to drink at least 3 Protein shakes and 3 to 4 meals a day.....it is impossible. So if anyone has any ideas or have gone through this please HELP! I am stopping the personel training and the gym will just take walks around the block. I think this might be a lot worse then the 30 day post op diet:001_tt2:

Good luck with drinking while exercising. I have no problems drinking fluids at all....until I start to exercise....I dont think I even get down 4oz. And before I was sleeved and exercised I would down a 32oz bottle of Water at the gym...that is the only thing I miss. I exercise pretty intense and I think I am breathing so hard that when I drink I am also taking in air into my stomach it is very uncomfortable.

So it will be 2 months for me on the 8th of June and I have lost 28lbs I was at the same weight as you when I had my surgery plus I had lost 84lbs already from the lap-band. So I don't believe I am losing super fast but a very steady pace for me. So far I have had no stalls I have lost at least 1 pound every week. So yes you can do this no problem just stick to what the doctor says and drink your protein and water 2 most important things in your life now...and stay active.

Ok so I have fitness pal, The daily plate(livingstrong), and Lose it. I am an Iphone junkie so I thought I would try this Fat Secret you all mentioned went on the computer and registered it was ok.....but then downloaded the Iphone App and now I am in LOVE. It has a barcode reader for the Iphone so the food I am eating all I do is scan the barcode with my phone and there it is. Never found one easier. Going around scanning everything in my house...hahahah I find this way more accurate then any of the other sites because it matches every product. What a wonderful App.

I know my acid is real bad. I take 1 prilosec in the am no eating or drinking for 20 min then I am suppose to take Gaviscon at 12 noon no matter if I have acid or not then another prilosec about 9pm. Dr.Aceves said a big acid problem ( I know most of us won't like this) is chocolate! All my protein shakes are chocolate and sometimes I was sucking on some sugarfree chocolates. He told me to stop all products with cocoa. I have been a good girl and have followed doctors orders and have had no episodes at all.

I do take it and it helps but since I switched from Nexium to Prilosec I have not had as much of a acid problem or maybe it was because I was eating the rolaids like candy and the Dr was right and I was just causing myself to make more acid. But I have been acid free for about 4 days now.

I am having a big problem with acid I now take Prilosec twice a day plus I was taking some rolaids in the middle of the day. So I let Dr. Aceves know how bad it was and this is the reply Gaby sent me..... The doctor is out of town, but I called him he says to please do not take any Rolaids do not take Calcium carbonate products (TUMS, Rolaids, those type products. They will help immediately but in a few hours they will create more acid than you had to start with. He wants you to try Gaviscon.

21 lbs.....you are awesome!!! Get your protein shakes in girl don't make me come to Philly and kick your butt!

Not a good source of protein those are the vials and they use collegen protein.....NOT GOOD!!!:001_tt1: It is a very low protein....on the protein scale of 0-100 it is at the bottom.....Whey Isolate Protein is like a 98....Please do not buy any more of those. I bought 36 vials from bodybuilding.com and returned all of them....read the lable if anywhere on there says collegen return them.

I am so glad you are doing well your wightloss is wonderful. How are you doing with getting your protein in??? I am on mushies now and I still drink more then I eat because it is easier for me I get to full after 1 or 2 bites of mushies so I dont end up getting enough. Hope everyone is doing well.

Congrats Wendy....Walk...Walk...Walk!!!

So my story started back in December of 08 and was on my way to TJ Mexico to have WLS. Oh my gosh what was I thinking!! I know what I was thinking.... I am 327 lbs I own a restaurant and I can not even help out for 4 hours without coming home and my whole body hurting. I can not walk by the french fries without grabbing some and dipping them in tarter sauce. Then I get home and my wonderful man who happens to be the Executive Chef makes Ribeyes, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Garlic Bread, and Alfredo....down it goes. Then we decide to watch a movie so out comes the bag of Kettle Corn Popcorn then I add my own butter and salt. So l was thinking this needs to end or my life will end. Blood Pressure 160/102. My quality of life was zero. I have a 12 year old daughter that is going to end up like her mom if I do not change. Or end up with no mom at all. So I ended up getting the Lap-Band. I have had many problems with the band over the last year and three months but what I can say is I lost 84 lbs with it and now I was going to lose it. What a girl to do...Replace it and hope nothing happens to it again or do you listen to the wonderful doctors you have been going to to get your fills and been there for you for all of your aftercare. So as of 04/08/10 I have been sleeved (should have been 04/05/10 but due to the earthquake I was pushed back a few days) Everything has been golden since my surgery no problems at all can drink just fine and had no pain was up 1 hour after surgery even got to go home a day early. Well the big new is now I have lost 100 lbs....It is amazing I can not believe the difference in my life....the energy the way I look at food. The best moment of all this was when my daughter was so excited that she can put her arms all the way around my waist when she hugs me. I even have smaller feet I can wear a size 10 now not a 12. I have gone from a size 28 pants to a size 18. I feel now like I am living not just going through the motions. I run around the restaurant like some teenage kid and walk by the fries with no urge to even grab one. I love the gym and love to workout. I have a long way to go but now that I am sleeved I know I can get there and it will be a better journey then with the band. Thanks to all for reading.

I know I know how about taking a flight down to see your favorite sleeve sista in Yuma!! Because the airlines that flies to Yuma is American Airlines! Then I am sure we can figure it out from there on what to do with it.

What day are you on?? If you are past day 5 I do nectar Protein and add 2 scoops to about 16oz of Water and for just drinking that I get 180 calories and 46grams of protein. I drink that once a day and then a chocolate Premier Protein Ready to Drink (this one after day 10) which is I think 160 calories and 30 grams protein and there you go 76 grams of protein all done for the day so what ever I get in over those 2 drinks is a bonus!! DO NOT drink those Vials of Protein they are a bad source and a very low form of protein. It is a collagen protein and you do not want to know what they put in that stuff. Hope this helps.

My favorite low carb snack is Pepperoni Chips. Just bake the pepperoni in the microwave for about two minutes pull them out let them cool and they are crispy my replacement for chips! Dip them in a little ranch and that was my evening snack with string cheese.

HI I am so glad you are doing well. Very Well!! It was nice to meet you and your family. They let me go home a day early so by the time you were out of surgery I was gone. But Grace kept me informed on how you were doing. Please keep me up on your progress I sure do love hearing from all the people I met while in Mexicali.

Between 5am and 6am every morning!!! AHHHHH I hate mornings but now I am a morning person....no way....this has to stop!

So true..I feel like a million bucks. I am so excited because today I get to go to the gym and workout on the elliptical...I love the gym and it has been hard to stay away but been cleared just need to remember that I just had major surgery. And healing faster with protein ....even my incisions I might say are beautiful they are already disappearing and Dr. Aceves I might say did a wonderful job of keeping them small not anything like my Lap-band incisions. Thanks everyone today now I just feel like a lucky one not the odd one!!

Thanks Tiff so funny that I worry when things seem to be going so well.

Ok I am only 12 days post op and I can drink anything and I can drink like I did before surgery. I never was a gulper...but no sipping for me. I drink all day get in way more fluids and Protein then I need to. This worries me a little because I read that everyone can only sip and take it slow and somethings make them sick or taste different. Am I the only one???? I have no hunger if it was not for this or that the pain that I had daily in my side from my port...I would never known that 80% of my stomach was gone.

If you are doing low carb stay away from all fruit!!! Almonds are a good low carb snack if you have a hand full not a zip lock bag full. Plus on low carb dont worry so much about the calories as you do about your carbs. MEAT CHEESE & EGGS. That is what I repeat over and over when I did low carb. Get some cheese sticks, pepperoni, salami, deli meats, jello, they have a bread called flatout bread that is low carb that I used. Just remember most likely if it is low fat it is high carb. Read your lables!! You can do this!