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yep...I put a plateful down and can't eat it all !!!!! It surprises me EVERY time!!!!! ...when I think of how much I USED to eat!!!!......don't do the small plate thing....just learning to live with this new tummy as normally as possible...and so happy with the restriction....and enjoy the food I can eat now...all of it!! A real variety of meats ...if I have enough, I start burping...and that's it...sometimes my mouth is full and I realize as I am chewing ..I'm done! already!...then I have to spit it out coz I know there's no way its going dowwwwnn.... (but not in restaurants..lol)....unbelievable! truly delighted......hope this is how it will be....forever and ever and ever and ever....!!! yipppeeeee...(again)

Did have the stall changing to solids..(over a week..grrr) but that seems to have worked itself out...

The best side effect of all this is the LACK of cravings...no sweet tooth really! There seems to be a shake to cover any desire I might get..(hence havin' a little protein!)...get very creative with flavours and mix-ups(I get bored TOO easily and we don't have the variety in cans in Canada that you Americans do...lucky things).....but gone are the cupcakes I LIVED on!!! (and they actually look kinda yucky at the store...stunned at this!)

Have a huge cup of crystal light (34oz) with Isopure in the afternoon at work...every day if I can....that helps I think.

April 9 to now....24down....and losing.

I'll sneak another little yippeee.

B

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yep...I put a plateful down and can't eat it all !!!!! It surprises me EVERY time!!!!! ...when I think of how much I USED to eat!!!!......don't do the small plate thing....just learning to live with this new tummy as normally as possible...and so happy with the restriction....and enjoy the food I can eat now...all of it!! A real variety of meats ...if I have enough, I start burping...and that's it...sometimes my mouth is full and I realize as I am chewing ..I'm done! already!...then I have to spit it out coz I know there's no way its going dowwwwnn.... (but not in restaurants..lol)....unbelievable! truly delighted......hope this is how it will be....forever and ever and ever and ever....!!! yipppeeeee...(again)

Did have the stall changing to solids..(over a week..grrr) but that seems to have worked itself out...

The best side effect of all this is the LACK of cravings...no sweet tooth really! There seems to be a shake to cover any desire I might get..(hence havin' a little protein!)...get very creative with flavours and mix-ups(I get bored TOO easily and we don't have the variety in cans in Canada that you Americans do...lucky things).....but gone are the cupcakes I LIVED on!!! (and they actually look kinda yucky at the store...stunned at this!)

Have a huge cup of crystal light (34oz) with Isopure in the afternoon at work...every day if I can....that helps I think.

April 9 to now....24down....and losing.

I'll sneak another little yippeee.

B

Isn't it amazing? To think that I cannot eat a whole egg when I think of the two-egg scramble, 3 pancake, 2 sausage link breakfasts I used to put away easily!

10 days and 24 lbs--Yay you!!! congrats!

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Isn't it amazing? To think that I cannot eat a whole egg when I think of the two-egg scramble, 3 pancake, 2 sausage link breakfasts I used to put away easily!

10 days and 24 lbs--Yay you!!! congrats!

That is so wonderful! I could eat almost a whole large pizza by myself, along with a lot of Coke...I really packed it away too. But then to me food was a great reward, going out to eat was my pick me up....now it will be just a way to fuel myself.

congratulations and thanks for sharing!

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We're happy to announce the launch of www.SleevePlicationTalk.com ! A new community for pre or post Gastric Sleeve Plication surgery support

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thanks for answering (I was feeling ignored)...actually it was preop April 1 to 9 plus post for the 24..my excited mistake...still....24 in a month...not too shabby..thanks again!!

Isn't it amazing? To think that I cannot eat a whole egg when I think of the two-egg scramble, 3 pancake, 2 sausage link breakfasts I used to put away easily!

10 days and 24 lbs--Yay you!!! congrats!

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I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but it won't always be this way. Not for me anyway. I am 10 months out now. Almost 11. At first I could only eat 1 egg or less. Only eat a few bites of anything. Now I can eat much more. I can have 4 ounces of chicken or beef plus squeeze in a few fries. Enjoy this "Honeymoon" phase. It doesn't last that long.

Isn't it amazing? To think that I cannot eat a whole egg when I think of the two-egg scramble, 3 pancake, 2 sausage link breakfasts I used to put away easily!

10 days and 24 lbs--Yay you!!! congrats!I don

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      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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        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.

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        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.

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