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Laura81    5

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Hi there long time since I post hope everyone is doing good. I'm about 4.5 months post op. on dec 6th I was finally in Onederland, now close to 2 months later I'm at 187-186! Haven't lost an inch for almost 3 weeks!!! And my doctor told me that my weight lost will slow even more Wth!! I'm sorry but I can bearly hit the 10lbs they required. I still suffer from costipation and have to take something to go and I feel aweful. I mean I'm happy I'm 55lbs lighter and I know my weight loss will not happen over night I just want to cry bc of my slow slow weight loss. I'm hoping to be at 175 by valentines day I'm pushing my self but seems even when I workout my weight stays the same. Help advice needed please!!!

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EmyWemy    32

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I know how you feel and I know it's frustrating. Sometimes it can be as simple as drinking in more Water which I still struggle with today. For the Constipation I personally take Colace every single night before I go to bed. There's a generic form of Colace that I buy at costco and I take 3 pills at night. It wasn't working very well in the beginning but eventually it has worked for me to the point where I actually go every morning (at least most mornings, if not later in the day). Weight loss stalls do happen and it does take patience, but as long as you are doing all the things that have been advised for you the weight loss will continue. Hang in there!

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Thanks I've try colace and felt make me sick. I try the cascara sagrada just 2 every night and helps but wish I didn't have to take them. As for Water I've struggle to get in all my water more at this time of the year since its cold I don't drink as much as when it's hot. I even told my husband that I wouldn't tell him my weight no more bc I don't loose after that but I haven't loss :( lol. I will try I promised I've seen others that hardly workout and results are amazing so idk. I'm 50lbs of my goal so hopefully soon.

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EmyWemy    32

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I guess I treat the Constipation pills just like my Vitamins, I just have to take them on a regular basis so i can be 'regular'. As for the Water I have been drinking it on the hot side because i still feel cold all the time. When eating out I usually ask for hot water instead of the cold water that they bring automatically. I also enjoy the taste of Decaf coffee and sometimes dilute it more with adding hot water, just so I can get more water in. Hope you find what can work for you too.

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Carol Watts    67

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Thanks I've try colace and felt make me sick. I try the cascara sagrada just 2 every night and helps but wish I didn't have to take them. As for Water I've struggle to get in all my water more at this time of the year since its cold I don't drink as much as when it's hot. I even told my husband that I wouldn't tell him my weight no more bc I don't loose after that but I haven't loss :( lol. I will try I promised I've seen others that hardly workout and results are amazing so idk. I'm 50lbs of my goal so hopefully soon.

what is this cascara sagradais ? where do you buy it ?

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Laura81    5

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Cascara sagrada is a In addition to being a powerful laxative, cascara is also believed to improve the muscle tone of the colon walls.

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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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        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.

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