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Had My Surgery On The 24 Of September 2012



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M feeling pretty good lost 20 pounds in 19 days

And then stopped losing lol is that normal I haven't lost anything for the past 3 days and I'm still on a liquid diet is that normal ??

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Yes you will go into a "stall" when your body slows down to catch back up with your weight-loss Just keep doing what you are suppose to be doing and you will start to lose again.

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I had my surgery on the 26th of Sept. I hit a stall this past week too and gained 2lbs even. I have now lost the 2lbs. I'm just trying to stick to the program. Right now I am on baby food consistancy. I have dabbled in more solid food here and there with out problems. I look foward to getting the green light on eating most foods. It's hard when you are so limited.

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One thing I have learned is every doctor is different!!!! I was on clear liquid for one week, full liquid the second week and now pureed food this week. Next week I start soft food, but I have skipped ahead and had a few soft food items. I will not puree meat and drink it so I will sneak bites of grilled chicken or baked fish. I chew like crazy and take small bites. I would stick to what your doctor said tho. There could be a reason why he wants you to do what you are doing.

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That's what I'm going to do lol but I have the fact that i haven't lost anything the past 3 days :( ugh lol but loving the pounds that I lost though

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Almost everyone stalls at 3 or 4 weeks. I did too. I stalled for 8 days and then started losing .5-1 lb a day.

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Hi- this is probably a strange question but I was sleeved on 9/25 and this past week my gums are swollen and bleeding. I find it odd since I'm not even chewing on anything! It's all liquid! Has anyone else had this problem? I was hoping to lose weight with the sleeve - not my teeth!

Thanks

Lauren

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Hi- this is probably a strange question but I was sleeved on 9/25 and this past week my gums are swollen and bleeding. I find it odd since I'm not even chewing on anything! It's all liquid! Has anyone else had this problem? I was hoping to lose weight with the sleeve - not my teeth!

Thanks

Lauren

Are u taking a B12 sup? Bleeding gums can be an indicator of a deficiency of B12. Try a sub lingual..walmart carries them.

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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
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      1. LeighaTR

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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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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