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I feel amazing. I have lost 25 lbs since my surgery and I can feel the difference already. I have more energy and my closes are falling off.

I do mourn the loss of eating my favorite foods and have a hard time smelling my favorite foods. I made spaghetti last night and I had to leave the room when my family was eating. I am burned out on soft food but I know I have to take it slow and easy. I have not cheated and I make sure I get my Protein and Water in each day as much as I can. I use to hate Beans of any type no love pinto beans with cheese. I make a fo-pasta bake lol ricotta cheese, spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese bake. I makes me feel like I am eating Pasta. Some days I can eat more then others. I love my baby bell cheese and laughing cow cheese. Club 100% wheat crackers are great 2-3 of them with humus sooo good.

Tell me what you have been eating and how you feel. Tell me how much you have lost. :)

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Good for you! I lost 19 lbs my first month. It's taken me another 2 weeks just to lose 1 more lb. I love hitting that 20 lb. mark! I'm able to button blouses that I used to wear open w a tank top underneath; plus, jeans that I hadn't been able to wear for the last year or two.

This would be hard cooking for family. I live alone, so I can just concentrate on myself. I finally got a "Bullet" blender. So now I can make shakes w fruit in them and change things up a bit.

I eat pretty much the same Breakfast everyday.....one egg scrambled w about 2 T of cottage cheese mixed in. lunch can be soup; greek yogurt; EAS drink; leftovers .....something like that. Dinner: an egg again; or shrimp cocktail. I got a turkey dinner from Mimi's the other night. I've been eating that for the last 2 days....a little turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. That has been a real treat. I also like chicken salad or tuna as a meal, too. So, those are my food choices. I'd love to hear what other people are eating.

Keep up the good work!

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I lost 20 lbs my first month but then slowed WAY down. I can't do Protein Shakes, so I ate a lot of tuna, soft tofu, ground turkey, and greek yogurt. Also, saltines and creamcheese, when I desperately needed something that went crunch.

You're doing great!

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1 month post op today and down 26 lbs but.seem to.be in.a.stall now..just added some light walks in the last week...feeling good..I game 1-2 Protein Shakes a day..couple.turkey meatballs..sometimes a slice of deli.meat and cheese..cottage cheese..Greek yogurt w sugar free.preserves..sugar free fruit sorbet..just started exploration of more food options last few days crab cakes...haven't had any.sweets..breads...or full leaded coffee.< /p>

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I love the club crackers 100 whole wheat. I have not tried crab cakes sounds like a good idea. What kind of lunch meat do you eat? chicken salad I have eaten once. I made homemade egg foo young with vegs that was great. I do not have caffeine or sugar at this point as well.

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ddd8704

Thank you soo very much. Any new ideas please send them to me. I had a Naked drink that was a Protein Drink it was great. The drink has a ton of fruit in it was a nice treat.

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I am one month post op today as well. I am about 23-25 lbs down, I have been fluctuating but started my more vigorous walking this week and it seems to be helping me get out of this plateau. I am seeing the inches come off though which is exciting, I fit into a lot of clothes that were ridiculously tight on me.

I am still doing soft foods, fork tender stuff which seems to be going well. Crackers and LF cream cheese go down really easy when I am famished. I do seem to be getting hungry like every 3-4 hours some days but I snack on LF yogurts, cottage cheese and more nourishing foods like that if it's in between meal time.

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Have new ideas to eat Eddys - Frozen fruit Bar No Sugar Added, 1 bar 25 calories, Honey baked ham company has turkey salad and ham salad that is great.

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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.

        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.

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