I was just sleeved on November 26, 2010 and wondered if anyone else out there has just had surgery. If so - interested in how they (as well as everyone else) are doing.

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CONGRATULATIONS on your current success. I am starting my third week post-op. The mushy foods stage. I am NOT looking forward to pureed meat. Any suggestions on how to get through this? Unfortunately I have not been as successful with my weight loss. I retained a lot of fluids after my surgery. I am only now beginning to shed my excess fluids. I hope things pick up soon for me.

pre-op weight 333.4 lbs

day of surgery 316.6 lbs

current weight 314.4 lbs

Hi...thank you for the congratulations and I'm glad to hear that the Water weight is coming off. Rejoice!! I'm not sure how many times you're eating but while I was in the hospital, the nurses explained that I should be eating every two hours for a total of 6x a day. This way the frequency of eating even 2 ounces of food would hopefully trick our bodies to NOT go into starvation mode. Perhaps that's something you can try?

Since I can now eat mushies, I'm eating 3x instead of 6x, since it makes it easier for me to get more water. I find that I'm really, really thirsty and have been trying to get about 64 oz of water a day. I can relate about the pureed meats since I have a 15 month old daughter, I remember how gross the pureed meats looked. What I've done instead is to puree regular food using my Magic Bullet. Yesterday, I had some cooked chicken with lipton broccoli & cheese rice blended in the bullet for a short bit and heated that up and I was able to get down a couple of ounces without feeling sick or burping. Cottage cheese and organic applesauce has been good too but be sure to chew up the lumps well. I love Beans, and found that I can eat those too mixed with a little philly cheese for flavoring. I just have to strain the skins off.

Have fun experimenting and please let me know how things are going for you. We started off at very similar weights and were sleeved a day apart so I'd love to stay in touch and Celebrate your success milestones.

Laura