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Since surgery, I've eaten sugar free Jello pudding (dark chocolate) when I get a chocolate craving. A single serving cup is more than enough post surgery, and it satisfies my craving.

I am so looking forward to being able to do all of the things you can now do! I'll probably cry tears of joy the first time I buy non-plus size clothes!

Congrats to you @@JCP !!! You've accomplished a LOT in just 5 months, and your story is inspiring to me!

I have noticed the same thing, and I am 28 days since surgery. I used to be someone that was always hot, too. I have a theory on why this happens, but would love to hear from someone if I'm correct. (I will ask my surgoen next week at my one month post op appt.) I think it may be that digestion takes a lot of energy, and that energy creates heat in the body. In my pro-op days (and years!) I had much larger amounts of food to digest, and was constantly eating.......therefore creating more heat in my body? Now that we're eating less, digesting less, we're noticing that we often feel cold. Just a theory........but I started noticing that I often felt cold immediately after surgery. I agree with @@Kathy812 , I'm in menopause, so feeling cold is welcome!

I'm almost one month out, too, and have been eating hummus with all of the allowed 'fork mashable' veggies: roasted cauliflower and onions, steamed brocoli, steamed green Beans, etc. I just put a dollop of hummus on the plate and dip veggies in it with my fork. You may want to try that! Congrats on your weight loss so far!

You can do this! I live alone, and came home from the hospital after 2 nights in the hospital. I was able to manage on my own just fine. (I did have a friend carry my garbage out if it was heavy for the first few weeks, etc) Here's a list of foods I had on hand for the first 2 weeks. My doctors food plan was: days 1-3 Clear liquids, days 4-7 full liquids, days 7-14 pureed food, etc. Follow exactly what your surgeon suggests, though. Here's what I had and it all worked out fine: Protein powders - vanilla, chocolate, unflavored cream based Soups chicken broth miso ginger broth apple juice fat free plain yogurt instant grits cream of wheat Cereal sugar free popcicles For pureed foods, I planned ahead and had cooked and frozen some options: pureed green Beans, pureed baked chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, etc. Good luck to you! I hope you hubby comes around and gets on board. For most of us, the decision to have this surgery will be life changing and life saving! You are doing a positive thing for you and your family! Keep us posted.

Congrats to you! You look amazing, and you should be so proud of yourself! I had my surgery on Jan 20th, and I'm so thankful I made this decision, too! Here's to making 2015 a year of many positive changes for us all on this forum.

Thanks for sharing! Congrats on your decision to have WLS. It sounds like you're doing great!

I wayyyy overpacked! I took pajama bottoms, plus leggings and t-shirts for each day that I was there. (I was in the hospital two nights and went home on the third day). I also took my phone, laptop, a book to read, several magazines, toothbrush, toothpaste. The only things I even ended up taking out of my suitcase and using were: toothbrush and toothpaste, one tshirt and my pajama bottoms. The first day I was out of it and stayed in my hospital gown. Days #2 I finally felt like putting on Pjs and brushing my teeth. Day #3, I went home in the clothes that I had worn to the hosptial. Good luck and hope this helps!

Hi everyone-- This is my first post, but I've been following everyone's stories on this site for the past year. I've gotten lots of great info and motivation from eveyone's topics, questions and answers. My surgery was on Jan 20th. I can't believe one week has already gone by. So far, so good! Per my surgeon, I've started adding pureed foods today. Been taking short walks outside for the past several days, and today walked around the block, which is about half a mile. Hopefully that's a good sign that healing is going well. I'm so thankful I've made this decision, and that I have the first week behind me. Just wanted to say hello to all of you!

Thanks everyone for replying! @@Lucy, congrats on being one week out, too. I also find it interesting how there is such a difference in different surgeons pre-op and post-op diets, etc. ?! Go figure. @@On the Wright track, congrats to you, too, on being oen week out! Woot! @Joleno---good luck with your sugery in a few days! Please keep us posted.