I had my surgery on 8/8.

went home on 8/9.

I went back to work Friday 8/12/11 for a half day.

then back full time on Monday 8/15/11.

pretty tired, but I walk the stairs at work each day to the 5th floor and walk with my husband or kids each night.

when I got my staples out on the 16th. I had lost 14 pounds since 8/4.

I have not weighted myself again, though. I removed all the scales from my house years ago.

I suppose I will go buy one tonight.

I have been tracking all my food and exercising using the my fitness pal app. it yells at me in red telling me I am eating to few calories..... I am averaging 250 a day. protien drinks make me so sick. I try to drink 2 or 3 K2O, Protein waters a day and have managed to choke down greek yogurt each morning. I found little cans of chicken by swanson 3.5 oz . so I have that for lunch along with a sugar free Jello.

For dinners most days I have Soup. 1/4 cup of french onion or tomato or squash. then I have a 1/4 cup a bit later of one of the NAKED fruit smoothie drinks, then I try to get a snack in before bed. for the last couple of nights I have been eating a tablespoon of cashew butter. (yummy).

Finally went to the pool yesterday. felt so good just to float in the Water. I tried a bit of swimming but was feeling so tired that I only lasted 1 lap of the pool.

Lately I feel SO tired, like I could fall asleep at my desk or in the middle of a movie or even church.

I added B12 and Biotin to my morning suppliments. I hope that helps. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Is anyone else feeling so tired?

I also still have sharp pains in my largest incision site. I find myself holding that part of my abdomnin... odd.

Where is everyone else?

Thanks,

Mel

I am almost 3 weeks out and have just transitioned from clear to full liquids. I'm probably eating around 300-400 calories a day - which might explain why I feel so hungry! I drink a fair amount of Water but only getting in around 40-50 g Protein daily. I bought some powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken broth which packs in 21 g so that is good. Can't wait for the soft foods stage.

I have started walking for about a mile twice a day. So far I have lost 17 lbs - that was with no pre-op diet though so the weight loss will be faster initially because of that.

Checking in here too. I'm stalled. Blah. I eat about 600 calories a day at 4 weeks post op. I can eat most things now, but I stay away from dry or dense meat still. I love salad and tried some this week. It settled well, so I was happy about that. I am bummed the weight is coming off faster, but I look so much better now. I'm back in school full time and feel normal. I am no longer the fat one. ( I lost a lot pre op) My TOM is late. I'm going to assume I have a little Water weight from that and as soon as she rears her ugly head, the losing will commence again. I wish it would just happen already. I got all the symptoms, I know I ovulated, got crampy for a day, got zits but nothing else.

Typical day of eating for me:

1 egg omelet (whatever fillers I feel like) sometimes 2 egg whites, sometimes 1 egg plus 1 egg white, though I can't quite finish it.

1/2 C cottage cheese

tilapia fillet

shake

or

shake

1/2 c low fat chicken salad

string cheese

2 meatballs and 1/4C salad

if I'm still low on Protein, I'll have 1/4 C cottage cheese or greek yogurt as a snack