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Today's weigh in. Holding at 47 lost from DOS on 11/20/12.

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Surgery was 11/12/12 for me... 6 weeks later I'm down 31.

Current weight 209 :)

I wanted to be 200 by New Years... But won't make my goal by that date. ..

Oh well- I'm still very happy about my weightloss :)

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I was 326 when I started pre-op diet. I weighed 305 on surgery day ( 11/28 ). I weighed in today at 282. I've lost 23 pounds since surgery and a total of 44 pounds since I started this journey. Congrats to everyone. We will all be big losers soon. :)

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Current weight today is 271 pounds. I've lost 34 pounds since surgery day and 55 pounds since Halloween. Super happy so far. Tomorrow I my one month surgiversary.

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11/19/12 dos

Starting pre op 215 on nov 4th

Curre t weight 178

Goal weight 105 (im 4"10)

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hi I had my sleeve done Nov. 7th. Doing well been able to eat 1 oz of meat & 1/4 cup of fruit or veggies per meal. Have lost 54 lbs so far. My NUT told me to make sure I drank 2 premier shakes a day to reach Protein goals. So far it's working out well. Most days I get in all the fluids ...... that seems to be the thing I have to focus on the Most. If I don' t drink all the fluids my lower plumbing does' t work. And then I am so uncomfortable. Drinking all the fluids makes a HUGE difference.

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I started this journey back in sept 2011 and weighed in at 336 I had to loose 21 before surgery for insurance purposes. After all loosing the weight and going through the two week pre op diet I weighed in at 213 DOS Nov 1st 2012.

The first week I lost 14 then had a 0 week after that boy that was frustrating. Now almost two months out I am at 282. Down 29 from surgery and 52 overall. Very happy about that but frustrated this past week or so since I have stalled again.

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Is it still taking everybody over 30 minutes to eat meals? Even when I chew food so well, and pause between bites, it will only take 15-20 minutes. Wondering if I should just stop between bites for a few minutes

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Is it still taking everybody over 30 minutes to eat meals? Even when I chew food so well' date=' and pause between bites, it will only take 15-20 minutes. Wondering if I should just stop between bites for a few minutes[/quote']

Very good question. I find it difficult for the first few bites but then I seem to be picking up speed and sizes of bites too. I don't necessarily eat more just faster, even when I tell myself to slow down. It takes me about 15-20 min too.

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Me too. It takes time but I get it done pretty quick. I'm still eating small amounts and get full easy. But I think the quantity is more what I am concerned with.

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Good!! Thought it was only me! It's only 2-3 ounces of food, but I wanted to make sure I was the weird one ;-)

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I still take 30 minutes to eat..How much is everyone eating? I'm 6 weeks out and I can eat 3oz of Protein but only 1-2 oz of veggies or salad..I still have my shake for Breakfast.< /p>

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Is it still taking everybody over 30 minutes to eat meals? Even when I chew food so well' date=' and pause between bites, it will only take 15-20 minutes. Wondering if I should just stop between bites for a few minutes[/quote']

George it's only taking maybe 15 minutes for me too.

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I still take 30 minutes to eat..How much is everyone eating? I'm 6 weeks out and I can eat 3oz of Protein but only 1-2 oz of veggies or salad..I still have my shake for breakfast.

I am about the same ad well. Veggies seem to fill me up more than the protein.

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I made galumpkis last night and the cabbage is going down well surprising enough. I can only eat half at a time but that's ok too. Lol. I also used grated zucchini and crook neck squash instead of rice. Came out better than the old rice version.

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I usually eat in about 20-25 min. I had the flu for 7 days in mid December, and I'm sure that it slowed my weight loss. My goal was to be at 199 by Christmas and I didn't make it :(. I'm happy with my weight loss so far!

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      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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