M scheduled for my surgery April 26th and I was curious to see who else would be walking in the shoes of April with me. Tell me how you feeling? What's on your mind? Any worries? Second thoughts?

Well I purchased the Lactaid chewable pills and chewed one before I had my protein drink this morning. What a difference!!! I was able to drink the whole thing in an hour instead of two hours. I am also already getting more water in as the protein drink is not "backing up". I also got some Tums and those have helped along with the Gas-x. Wow, the pharmacy must love me at this point!!! On a down note, I was up 3 pounds this morning. I am pretty sure it is water retention as I have really struggled to get enough water down. I am making a huge effort today to get that water in and also get two protein shakes in instead of just the one I had been getting down. I'll fee if all this helps.

Jimmy... Way to go. Glad to hear you are doing ok post-op. Finally we are all through. I hope the May sleevers form as tight a group as we all have. I wish them all sucess in their upcoming surgeries.

How's everyone's weight loss coming along?

Hey 7 days post op and head hunger is killing me. Hoping it goes away once I am back at work to much time on my hands lol I am healing really well hardly anymore pain

So what's everyone eating I am totally confused what to be eating and how much I should be eating

I am glad to see that you are doing ok, and wanted to let you know the head hunger will pass. If you can, get out and walk outside. That really helped me. Even if I could only do short walks, I did them frequently and that help to keep me busy while off work and at home. There is a Google program that lets you put in any city/state and you can plot your walking course. It tells you how many miles are in your route. I did one for here at work so I knew I was getting a mile in during my lunch period. I then plotted several around my house so I would know how many miles they were. Love this program!!!

As far as food goes. I was on clear liquids the first 4 days then on full liquids for two weeks after that. Monday started week 3 for me and I am now on pureerd foods for weeks 3-8. Then my instructions say weeks 9-12 soft solid foods. Then starting month 4, I am allowed to start solid foods introducing one food at a time to see how they work with my sleeve. My instructions also say that at any stage if I have issue to go back to the previous stage for one to two days, then try advancing again since everyone's swelling goes down differently. Hope this helps.

Sleeved on 4/16 - went back to work the next week...everything going pretty good, except I seem to be having some gall bladder issues. That is bringing on quite a bit of pain. Doing walking for exercise... can't wait for the all-clear to get back to doing boot camp. Hope all went right for yours!

Sleeved 4/24 and I weighed myself for the first time today an I'm down 11 lbs (woot!) I'm cleared to eat puréed but a few days ago I had an egg puréed and was in agony the rest of the day so I'm gonna wait another day or two to do puréed - protein shakes, cream soups, yogurt and ice pops - I'm looking forward to egg salad!

Looks like our April gang is doing great!! Can't wait to see how everyone progresses.

Hey 7 days post op and head hunger is killing me. Hoping it goes away once I am back at work to much time on my hands lol I am healing really well hardly anymore pain

So what's everyone eating I am totally confused what to be eating and how much I should be eating

I am 3 weeks out and down 24 lbs. I eat a lot of soup, cottage cheese, laughing cow babyal cheese, still protein drinks and thinly sliced turkey. I am struggling with thirst! I want to guzzle water and still have to sip.

Oh yeah, I want to guzzle the water too. My daughter used to laugh at me cuz I could down almost half the bottle at one time. Not anymore, baby sip, sip, sip..... Anyway, sleeved 4/23. All in all, doing well. Lost about 17 including preop diet. But need to get moving. Protein and fluids were a breeze at first and now the protein is going down super slow and not tasting the same. Weird that it would take 7 days to change on me. Can't tell if I'm hungry, full, or how much to eat. Still on full liquids and go to pureed at start of week 3. Glad to hear from everyone!

I was sleeved on 4/4 and I'm down 44lbs. Keep up the good work everyone!

can someone post the link for myfitnesspal thread?

can someone post the link for myfitnesspal thread?

I used the app on my phone.

Thanks willow that has helped heaps

Hello April sleevers! Today marked two weeks postop and I'm down 23 pounds. But, my dietitian disappointed me by saying that was not good news and it sound like I was dehydrated. So I have to try harder at getting my 64oz water/beverage down. I was really feeling good about the weight loss.

She was disappointed? Did she expect more or less weight loss? Have you had a hard time getting fluids in? How much do you think you were averaging? The weight loss sounds great to me! I had gained 7 pounds while in the hospital and dropped that pretty quick. Hang in there!!

To Joni, she said that it was too much loss. I also gained while in the hospital. The day before surgery my weight was 257, 5 days later I was 270. One week after the surgery, my weight was 261, and two weeks after surgery 247. I get all my protein in, but my stomach be so full that I'm having a hard time getting 64oz fluids in.