Having surgery April 26th....anyone else scheduled for April?

Hi everyone,

I just have to put it out there that I am very thirsty at night. I drink all day long. My fluid intake (since I am on liquids still) is averaging 102 oz. So as you can guess I am constantly sipping.

Has anyone else awoke with a dry mouth and excessive thirst?

3 1/2 weeks out. I still wake up with a dry mouth. I try to keep water by the bed and sip thru the night. My mouth is so dry when I wake up it feels like concrete!!!

So is mine ever since surgery I wake up and it dry and weird taste

I have noticed that I have to brunch a little more than usual too. I think it is the protein shakes that is coating it.

I have been waking up at 2 am to drink 4 oz but it still does not help. I will try drinking gatorade before bed and see if that does anything. Some people on here have said that the thirst was related to dehydration. I don't get that though because I am drinking more NOW than ever before. I think that with weight loss your body needs more water as it does when in ketosis. When the body is in the phase we may experience nights of extreme thirst.

^ hehehe. I was writing about brushing my tongue..

I got sleeved on April 19th. Lost 30lbs. already. Yay!!

I got sleeved on April 19th. Lost 30lbs. already. Yay!!

Congratulations! That's awesome!

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Ok... so the Gatorade at night does help a little with not being excessively thirsty when awakening.

I was sleeved on 4/17. I lost my 30lbs and am now in a stall for 10 days now! Ugh! Extremely frustrating being stuck at 265. I really want to see the 50s.

I would love to join the facebook group. Please add me at david@hgclaw.com

I know the being stuck feeling. Lost 50 pounds since April 1, but haven't lost an ounce in the next two weeks.

Call me super positive, but, have any of you actually measured yourself? I mean really measured your thighs, upper arm, forearm, neck, waist, hips, chest?

Chances are really good that IF you are following the Dr's guidelines you are most likely having small body adjustments and have lost size. I encourage everyone to do this twice a month. I did it just so I can keep track and if I do ever have a plateau, I will know it is a true stall when EVERYTHING doesn't move. That is something I can show the Dr and NUT and we can work on figuring out how to solve the issue.

I know that the scale can give discouraging (and misleading) numbers, but cover up the numbers with a piece of masking tape and put your goal weight on the tape. Only find out this info from your Dr. at check ups because that is the weight that is going to matter when it is recorded in your record.

It is stressful enough trying to readjust to life post op and enjoy foods one at a time, why add more?

On another note, I did ask a few people in my San Diego Support group about hitting stalls/plateaus. Almost all of them swore by eating avocado with every meal for a week to break the plateau. When I can I will upload a .pdf file that explain a bit more about this.

I have measured myself and it does help..when I was in a 2 week stall on the scale, I took my measurements again and had lost 5 inches, so that made me feel better..I love avocado's! I eat them all the time but didn't know about with meals..Would love to read the article when you get a chance to upload it, thanks..

I would love to join the facebook group. Please add me at david@hgclaw.com

Just sent you a friend request & facebook message.

Ok... I uploaded it on my profile blog.