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Hello everyone. I am one week out Post Surgery and seem to be doing alright so far. The surgery was more painful than I thought going into it, but I am back to work and not having to take any pain meds at this point. I am so happy to have found this site and look forward to meeting new friends as we make this journey together. I have already found the site very helpful in learning things I can expect in the future and look forward to learning more. My pre surgery diet was three slimfast shakes and 2 cups steamed vegetables per day. I have to say that really sucked, but I made it through only cheating twice. I find myself missing food already and do not find the liquid diet to be very fulfilling and look forward to eating a little real food. I do not find myself hungry all the time which is exactly what I had wanted pre surgery and have been very pleased about. I have lost a total of 35 lbs since Feb. 25th, 13 of which has been post surgery. I look forward to meeting new friends on this site and gaining knowledge of my new lifestyle. I also look forward to learning how to find my way around this site and how to get one of those cool trackers, LOL. Good luck to everyone in your journey and I wish you all much success.

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Hello everyone. I am one week out Post Surgery and seem to be doing alright so far. The surgery was more painful than I thought going into it, but I am back to work and not having to take any pain meds at this point. I am so happy to have found this site and look forward to meeting new friends as we make this journey together. I have already found the site very helpful in learning things I can expect in the future and look forward to learning more. My pre surgery diet was three slimfast shakes and 2 cups steamed vegetables per day. I have to say that really sucked, but I made it through only cheating twice. I find myself missing food already and do not find the liquid diet to be very fulfilling and look forward to eating a little real food. I do not find myself hungry all the time which is exactly what I had wanted pre surgery and have been very pleased about. I have lost a total of 35 lbs since Feb. 25th, 13 of which has been post surgery. I look forward to meeting new friends on this site and gaining knowledge of my new lifestyle. I also look forward to learning how to find my way around this site and how to get one of those cool trackers, LOL. Good luck to everyone in your journey and I wish you all much success.

Welcome and congratulations! I think there s a tutorial /instructional on the site in another area for the tickers- I have to look for myself!

The support here is AWESOME!

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Congrats on your new sleeve. 25# down in a month is fantastic - keep up the good work.

I agree, this is a great place to find information and support, I'm still pre-op but it helped me decide the sleeve was right for me, and gave great insight into what to expect.

Welcome and good luck with your continuing weight loss!

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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    • KimBaxleyWilson

      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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