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ShapeShifter:

What liquid multi do you use? I need to find one that is tolerable.

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I am so glad I read all theses comments I have been so worried because I haven't lost any weight since I started on soft Proteins two weeks ago. I was sleeved on 8/27 and lost a pound a day until I started eating solids. I haven't lost anything since. I thought I was doing something wrong but it seems this is normal.

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I was sleeved on 8/02. Down 25 pounds and I feel so good. Just started adding in real foods to my soft foods. Have not tried too many things yet, but I am looking forward to being able to have more variety :) Still struggling with fluids, have never gotten in near 64 oz. Working on doing that each day. Some days it is hard to eat, my stomach is picky about some foods, others it really likes. I can usually tell after one or two bites if I need to stop eating and find something else. It always surprises me at some of the things it does not like yet.

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Started at 233 DOS 8/30 & down to 210 for total loss of 23 lbs...of course 10 of that at least is Water weight but I feel great anyway! Those who I've talked to say they hit there goals anywhere between 8 to 12 months do dropping 23 in 2 1/2 weeks is well on my way to total goal of losing 83 lbs...now I only have 60 to go. Woo hoo! Still on purée but not getting down much been busy & forgetting to eat or drink (which I NEVER would have forgotten to eat before lol) I don't notice till I start feeling weak or get dry mouth...sick of Protein Shakes yuck. Yesterday I had a yogurt & glass of water & a flintstone Vitamin. Thinking of getting a juicer & getting a good portion of my nutrition that way. Gonna try scrambled eggs this next week...sounds really good to me :) Don't want my hair to fall out

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I was sleeved on August 16. At four weeks out I was down 40 pounds. This is including my 3 day pre op diet where I lost 13 pounds. I weigh on Thursday and I'm hoping to be down an additional 5 pounds at least.

Great job you guys!

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@gettinmeback I am on soft foods like eggs, tuna, etc. I also eat soft fruits and Greek yogurt a lot.

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Hey. I was sleeved 8-22. As of last Wednesday, 3 weeks post-op, I was down 31 pounds, including my two week per-op diet. I gained like 10 lbs during my hospital stay and it took a while to get rid of all the Fluid, but I hope I'm on a steady losing track. Finding it hard to get my exercising and Vitamins in.

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Sleeved 8/2. Pre-op diet started at 350. Lost 17 on pre-op, down 33 since surgery for a total of 50. This Thursday will be 7 weeks. Just in the last week I have been able to take more Water in, like a regular size drink, which is so nice, but I still have super dry mouth all the time! I'm on regular food, but stick to all high Protein foods...eggs, cottage cheese, protien shakes, chicken breast, turkey, soft cheeses, steamed veggies with sprinkled cheese...I can eat bread with a sandwich but only a few bites.

My tummy can not handle ANY raw veggies or salad. For the people struggling with weight, switching things up has helped my stalls....eat 2 days higher carbs and then 2 days lower (no more than 20 grams) carbs...this keeps your body burning :). I have not been exercising but I REALLY need to start...I'm starting to notice soft skin :(. Good luck to all!!!!

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Today I'm 4 weeks out. Surgery was 8/21. I'd have to look up what I was at certain times because I really don't remember! I just know i'm losing. It's sporatic, but it's working.

First weight in June 2012: 253

Today's weight: 212

I lost about 30 preop, BUT I would not have lost that amount w/o pre-op counseling from surgeon, NUT and Physce. So for ME, it's all inclusive and I consider the sleeve a success starting in June, not just the day of surgery. :-)

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Hello all, I was sleeved on Aug 21st and I am down 33 lbs. I hit a stall for a week and then I went back to the liquid diet for 2 days and lost 3 lbs. I am very happy. I started at 288.8 and now I'm 256 can't wait until I'm 240. My goal for the Halloween contest was 249 but I'm going to change that to 240 maybe 239.

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Sleeved 8/24 starting weight was 222 today it was 201 for a total of 21 lbs <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> yipee

U were sleeved the same day as me! I don't weight again til Friday so ill tell u what I've lost so far also! I started out dos @ 217

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Lost 36 since surgery on Aug 8.

Starting weight 346 now 310.

Surgery has done wonders for me .

My profile pic is my before- size 30-32.

Now I am at 22 and 2xl.

Only problems I have are that

I have been sneezing a lot.

These past few days I am super tired.

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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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      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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