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Learning that if I follow the guidelines, the weight is going to come off. I'm down 3 pounds already for the week, 16.5 total in December. My official weekly weigh-in day is on the 25th. I don't really need to over-think things. I'm getting to the stage, though, where I really want some phase 2 foods (puree/soft food) - which I move on to on Christmas day (yay me)! I'm fantasizing about cottage cheese w/salsa, hummus, scrambled eggs, egg salad, tuna salad, blended soups, real smoothies instea...

I measured out a teaspoon of smooth natural nothing added pb and savored every lick! I'm less than 2 weeks post op. It tasted fantastic. It's a soft food right?

Day 6 of recovery, feeling good and motivated! Walking and drinking as much as I can. Cant wait to be able to eat food tho!

First solid food tonight after 1st fill. Both Excited and nervous

So tired! Ready to try mushy foods tomorrow!

So I am 6 days post op. I feel great besides the lingering gas pains. Man do they kick my butt. My surgery went great. My support person couldn't come at the last minute so I went by myself. The moments leading up to the surgery were intense since i was alone. I was the last of the day so I didn't go into surgery until after 9pm and wasn't back in my room until almost midnight. The only other downfall is there is some sort of damce club next door and they were pretty loud until the early morning hours. I plugged my head phones in and listened to white noise so I could try and sleep. Being there alone was quite boring. No one to talk to, no one to shop with afterward. The positive is I was able to sit quietly and read my Bible and have some self reflection. It really was a test of strength. Now I am home and adjusting to my new normal. Found the right mix of vitamins, mostly sub lingual thank God because if I had to drink all this fluid and take 6 pills I think I would die. I have a few bouts a day with head hunger but I am not hungry and I don't feel weak from the lack of solid food. I usually save my jellos and chicken broth for those moments. I found a tracker that I use to track my fluid intake that is very helpful. I have one to track my protein as well. I know there are apps that track everything for you and maybe when I start to go to more solid foods I will look more. A lot of them make you pay for the specific features I want so I may just start a journal I can keep in my purse and update it weekly or daily on my computer. As far as pain from the incisions I am actually quite good. They are starting to itch a little which is a sign they are healing. I am a side sleeper and with the use of a pillow I have not found a really issue with laying on my right side since the 2nd day. They left, especially where the drain was, is a bit more tender but not too bad. My biggest issue is getting enough fluids. Not easy. But I push through and try to stay diligent. I got to about 95% of my 64 fl oz goal yesterday. Today I am about 8 oz behind of my hourly goal. Looking forward to my new beginning and new life.

Several blog updates: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/338407-real-food-real-weightloss-still-delicious/page-14

Today is my 1st Day of Puree, YES!!! Wish me luck

I'm noticing that my relationship to food is already different. Healing well, sleeping well and feeling good.

For those struggling with pureed food, here is an amazing recipe to get your alfredo fix! Check out my blog for more. http://wakingupfromheavysetdreams.blogspot.com/2014/11/friday-food-fix-pureed-cauliflower.html

Joined Jenny Craig today as part of my 6 month supervised weight loss. The food isnt bad at all...now if I could just get some activity in...

Bibim Bop, bariatric-style - wow, that was excellent! It's good to still have good food.

Hello everyone i'm really close to my surgery date.I want to know if anyone can explain to me how to know what 1 serving of food is i was told 2 different thing's one was if u have one serving of fruit u can look it up and do one 1/2 strawberrie and 1/2 cup kewi it 1 serving im so confused

First time in my life I've ever had to worry about expiration dates and food safety.

Shrimp Salad on Califlower Mash - REAL FOOD despite pureed diet. YUM

so excited, tomorrow is my last day on pureed foods and I move to soft foods...I am feeling more and more on top of this every day!!!! Its amazing!!!!

Christmas potluck at work tomorrow. I'm on purees, so this isn't going to be much fun. I'm making meatballs, but there will be sooo much food.

Im doing okay i quess you can say. Im still watching how the food makes me feel and how well it goes down. I really want to learn how to be a bariatric chef lol

Im doing okay i quess you can say. Im still watching how the food makes me feel and how well it goes down. I really want to learn how to be a bariatric chef lol

Struggling with this darn Phase 2 post op diet.......can't wait for more of a variety of foods to eat....

The vacation was great and lovely and I stayed very active while still getting to sample foods I hadn't yet tried since surgery.  After getting back, I decided to stay off of social media for a little while, which also included these forums.  I had a lot of work in the office to catch up on and needed to focus on that.  Of course, the past week or so I have been struggling a lot mentally and emotionally.  I've desperately wanted comfort food and have done well not giving into that temptation.  This week doesn't feel like it'll go much better, but October always seems to be the worst month for me. 

Had an anxiety dream last night involving a substantial weight gain in the past week.  Absolutely no basis in reality since I've stayed on plan.  I think it stems from Saturday when I ate some extra calories due to a 2 hour hike earlier in the day that burned 900 calories.  The extra calories brought my total intake up for 1025, as opposed to 700-800.  And my extra calories were from curry egg salad, so it was a protein packed choice.  And yet, my brain some how decided that would lead me to gain 10 pounds in one week and threw that are me while I slept.  Brains can be jerks.

Hi, Everyone.

I have just started my Maintenance Diet / "Forever Diet (What I call it.) on Saturday, September 5, 2020 and I am both excited, because I can now eat normal food and scared about messing this opportunity up that the Sleeve has given me. I don't know if there are any out there who work in Food Retail but it can be challenging at times given that we are around food most of the time.