Just got my date --- Friday, May 31st. Excited, scared, anxious, hopeful, ready! I go in for my pre-op testing and class on May 20th. I'm required to do a 3 day liquid diet prior to surgery so Memorial Day will be my last hurrah although not planning on doing anything stupid. Praying that everything goes smoothly and that I'm healthy (and maybe smoking hot) by summer 2014!!! I've been working out with a personal trainer for a couple years now - 3x/week - so pretty good on the exercise front. Hope I can dive back in not too long after surgery. I'm kinda anxious about never getting to eat some of my favorite foods perhaps ever again but fit and healthy will surely taste soooo much better.

Congrats to my fellow May sleevers - looking forward to giving and receiving support as we continue on our journeys. :-)

Happy one week Sleeversary. I'm happy to read everyone is doing well and progressing. My progress is going well. Still trying to get comfortable with the soup going down. I think for some reason I'm still a little bloated or I'm taking in too much air when I sip. When the Fluid hits my stomach it feels weird. How does fluid or soup feel going down for everyone else?

It will feel weird until you tummy heals (same thing when I had the band). Right now our body's are like "wtf, things are different!". As you heal, your tummy nerves will be less sensitive and you won't notice the digestion process unless you eat too fast or something to "big" for the stage you are in.

What's everyone eating today? Just curious how I stack up to others. Here's my menu for the day:

Breakfast - 4oz of watery/pureed oatmeal

lunch - 2oz of Chobani Greek non-fat honey yogurt and 1/2 a small banana pureed together

Snack - 4oz pureed tuscan chicken and white bean soup

dinner - 4oz pureed hot and sour soup with tofu

Snack - 2oz Chobani Greek non-fat honey yogurt and 1/2 a small banana pureed together

Yum!! I'm still on full liquids, but I went to the store today to buy stuff for my purée stage starting on Friday! I am SO looking forward to the next stage. LOL! Can you believe we made it through the toughest parts? It makes me so happy!

How does REAL food feel in your tummy? Do you feel the restriction in the purée stage?

Oh yeah!! Big NSV today - I had a normal blood pressure today at the doctor's office! Yay!!!!

It feels and tastes good. I still have gurgling and a tiny bit of stomach seizing occasionally. I'm only doing 4oz at a time as I'm not sure what my capacity is. I haven't been nauseous or thrown up yet probably because I haven't really tested my capacity. I'm just taking it slow right now so to answer your question, not feeling the restriction as not trying to at this point.

Congrats on your blood pressure!!!!

Late reply.... Yesterday was not a good intake day for me. Not because of my stomach pains. Im frustrated with soups, protein drinks, and apple sauce and yogurt. I barely ate at all I had about 8 ounces of apple sauce all day. I slept all day too just to avoid eating. I know it's not healthy. I was just in a negative space yesterday. Hopefully I can work through this.

Late reply.... Yesterday was not a good intake day for me. Not because of my stomach pains. Im frustrated with soups' date=' Protein drinks, and apple sauce and yogurt. I barely ate at all I had about 8 ounces of apple sauce all day. I slept all day too just to avoid eating. I know it's not healthy. I was just in a negative space yesterday. Hopefully I can work through this.[/quote']

I can totally relate to how you are feeling as that was me in the clear liquid phase. When do you go back to your Dr? Any idea when you can move to the next food phase? Hang in there--we got this.

My follow up is on Thursday. I meet with my NUT on Saturday to get ready for weeks 5 and beyond. According to my NUT schedule weeks 3&4 is the purée stage. Base on that it appears that I can incorporate more variety. There is some light peeking through. Have you all started on your recipes or menus for the purée stage? Do share?

Thank you Mizzougirl for the encouragement. ????

Happy 13 days post op to all my fellow 5/31 sleevers. Hope everyone is doing well and learning how to rock their new tummy. I would like to see how what I'm eating compares to others who are at the same point in this journey. If you are on My Fitness Pal, please add me as a friend. My username is rlindameyerhoeffer. Or, let me know your username and I will add you. Thanks!!!

My follow up is on Thursday. I meet with my NUT on Saturday to get ready for weeks 5 and beyond. According to my NUT schedule weeks 3&4 is the purée stage. Base on that it appears that I can incorporate more variety. There is some light peeking through. Have you all started on your recipes or menus for the purée stage? Do share?

Good luck today at your Dr's appointment!!!!

I added mfp. My name is KUWags. Can u plz add me?

Kailisa, first thing I'm going to try on the next stage is this ricotta bake recipe I found on the forum:

Ricotta bake

8 oz of Ricotta cheese

1/2 cup grated Parmesan

1 large Egg, beaten

1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning

salt & pepper to taste

1/2 cup Marinara Sauce

1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Mix ricotta cheese, parmesan, beaten egg, seasonings together and place in a oven proof dish. Pour marinara on top and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake it in the oven @ 450 for about 20-25 minutes (best) or nuke it till hot and bubbly. I usually made it first in the oven and heated the leftovers in the microwave

That recipe sounds yummy-I'm going to make it this week as well as the crab ball recipe I received off line from Kalissa.

I'm still in the fulll liquid stage...for another week. I never thought I would put stuff in a blender, but I have just to get some variety. LOL