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Just wanted to share my progress with you guys. Im a month post op today. I started at 266 pre op, by surgery day i was 248 and today im 215 lbs. i cant believe it 33 lbs down! From a size 18 stretch jeans to a super loose 16. Tomorrow i start to do aerobics. Lets go guys we can do this!

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Can someone please explain to me in simple terms what slider effect is? And does everyone go thru a stall ?

Hey I found this article on slider foods and it helped me understand it better.

http://5daypouchtest.com/articles/art002.html

And as far as stalls, I think eventually everyone goes through one. I think the biggest thing is to try not to get too frustrated. The most common stall is the 3 week stall. I think it's because many people are transitioning to mushy or purée foods and the body needs to adjust(that's just my logic don't quote me on it).

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Just wanted to share my progress with you guys. Im a month post op today. I started at 266 pre op' date=' by surgery day i was 248 and today im 215 lbs. i cant believe it 33 lbs down! From a size 18 stretch jeans to a super loose 16. Tomorrow i start to do aerobics. Lets go guys we can do this!

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Great job........

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Had my surgery done on the 20th. All went well. The problem is I feel completely run down. I have no energy to do anything, my wife is 6 months out and feels perfect. She says it will come back, but man it is tough.

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I'm going to be sleeved March 18 - super excited and a little nervous - love this forum great info.

I had my sleeve done on March 18, 2013......how are you doing????

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Had my surgery done on the 20th. All went well. The problem is I feel completely run down. I have no energy to do anything' date=' my wife is 6 months out and feels perfect. She says it will come back, but man it is tough.[/quote']

Just try to keep you fluids goin in and your Protein, i found that if i push myself to get up and go i actually do feel better, maybe a bit tired, but better

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Thank you willows for explanation :). And thanks joe for article

No problem..

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This is my first time responding after last time being attacked on here but ThoughtI would let y'all know; it's crazy my mind does not match with my stomach; I want to eat theses foods and can't; I just wish I could: the hardest thing usisnot doing it; hang in there march sleevers y'all can do this

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March 18th w/ Dr. Lopez in TJ. Best of luck to you!

Amanda Rae

I had my sleeve done one March 18, 2013.....how are you doing????

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Just wanted to share my progress with you guys. Im a month post op today. I started at 266 pre op' date=' by surgery day i was 248 and today im 215 lbs. i cant believe it 33 lbs down! From a size 18 stretch jeans to a super loose 16. Tomorrow i start to do aerobics. Lets go guys we can do this!

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Beautiful sweetheart. Keep up the good work

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This is my first time responding after last time being attacked on here but ThoughtI would let y'all know; it's crazy my mind does not match with my stomach; I want to eat theses foods and can't; I just wish I could: the hardest thing usisnot doing it; hang in there march sleevers y'all can do this

No worries just think of combinations of things you can eat. I know I too struggled like crazy with the smell of anything delicious in our house..

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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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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