Hello all! I've been reading the forum for the past couple of months, thank you all for the great advice and sharing your experiences. It's been very helpful and informative! I met with the surgeon a week ago today, my surgery date is June 26. Anyone else for June?

I am 12 days post op and lost 11 pounds. Started creamy soups this Tuesday and hardest challenge is starting my protein shakes up just takes all day to get it down and I'm just trying with the water but I've been alil dehydrated and trying a little Apple juice diluted with water but we have been having a heat wave but I'm working on it

I make my own creamy soup by boiling peeled potatoes and mashing them, adding water and a tiny pat of butter. Goes down better than anything else. Having problems with the protein shakes any kind gags me. My baby tummy doesn't like it. I'm postop day 8 and lost 13 pounds. 7 the week before surgery and 6 since surgery. I also add mio to my water, up to 40 ounces daily now. Its a work in progress for sure.

I make my own creamy soup by boiling peeled potatoes and mashing them' date=' adding water and a tiny pat of butter. Goes down better than anything else. Having problems with the protein shakes any kind gags me. My baby tummy doesn't like it. I'm postop day 8 and lost 13 pounds. 7 the week before surgery and 6 since surgery. I also add mio to my water, up to 40 ounces daily now. Its a work in progress for sure.[/quote']

Did you try adding a little of the unflavored protein to your soup? It might go down easier than the shakes. Adding skim milk to the soup would also add a nice dose of protein if you can tolerate it.

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@ nurse....whats milo?

@ nurse....whats milo?

She said mio, which is the little flavor droplets. Similar to Crystal Light, but it is liquid form instead of powder. They have some pretty tasty flavors.

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Thx...i typed it correct but missed the error it loaded..lol..i will have to look for some...

I have been feeling like a stall. Tomorrow will be 4 weeks out. I am down 24 lbs post surgery and 38 total. I lost 19 lbs the first week and then 2.5 lbs for week two and three and nothing this week. My husband keeps telling me that I look like I lost much more. All my clothes are falling off. I will weight myself on the 10th, it will be one month out. I decided after the first month that I will weigh once a week on Saturday's. I am happy that I am smaller and feel slightly better. I think I have been having the keto flu. Still not up to my old self. Thanks for all the help along the way.

No problem! I believe they are in all grocery stores now. Dasani even has some and I saw some Hawaiian Punch ones when I was at Wal-Mart last week. I got the Dasani pink lemonade, which is REALLY good and you would never think it didn't have sugar! The peach tea of Mio is really good and so is the strawberry watermelon. Luckily there are tons of flavors so you can mix it up and not have the same flavor every day!

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Hello everyone so glad to see all the positive feedback ! I have a question for those who are post op I finally get to start my purée stage tomorrow so happy but I have no clue as to what is considered a purée food I can only eat about 6-10 spoons food protein shakes have been going good and water intake fine all vitamins in but I'm finally able to eat and I have to admit I'm nervous I don't want to end up bringing it back up ! Any suggestions would be very very appreciated! Thanks you all for the support

I am so serious when I say this: it is so so so nice to come on this forum & see all this support without the cattiness I see in other threads. It's awesome that we are all going through the same thing around the same time together. THIS is what a support site is all about. You all ROCK!!

Pureed foods are blenderized foods similiar to baby food consistency or pudding consistency. Hopefully I get to start this stage this week at my post op appt. And I agree, this is a very nice thread going!

Hi guys I will be 3 weeks post op tomorrow. ..and it seems I have come down with some type of bug:( yesterday was throwing up with a sore throat today extremely sore throat slight headache and haven't been able to eat:( was suppose tobstart soft food tomorrow but my doc said go bk to liquids for a few days I took some liquid nyquil cold and flu in desperate need of relief also got some Tylenol for sore throats for the day time....it sucks getting sick in the summer hope to feel better soon bc I dont wanna end up bk in the hospital. ....anyway so far so good weight wise HW 294 PREOP 277 SW 265 CW 251.6 im 5'9 I only lost 2.8 this week I weigh on sundays I was a lil disappointed bout that then I got over it lol glar to see everyone is doing good hope w3 all keep in touch

Good luck to friend getting sleeves tomorrow. How all goes well. Praying for u.

Thanks nursebarbie for the soup advice. I seem to be doing ok sometimes i don't have the need to eat even though i should.

My highest weight was 278, after the two week preop diet and pre surgery weight was 262. Week one went to 254 yesterday i weighed in at 248.8. Was sleeve on June 24th.

Hi guys I will be 3 weeks post op tomorrow. ..and it seems I have come down with some type of bug:( yesterday was throwing up with a sore throat today extremely sore throat slight headache and haven't been able to eat:( was suppose tobstart soft food tomorrow but my doc said go bk to liquids for a few days I took some liquid nyquil cold and flu in desperate need of relief also got some Tylenol for sore throats for the day time....it sucks getting sick in the summer hope to feel better soon bc I dont wanna end up bk in the hospital. ....anyway so far so good weight wise HW 294 PREOP 277 SW 265 CW 251.6 im 5'9 I only lost 2.8 this week I weigh on sundays I was a lil disappointed bout that then I got over it lol glar to see everyone is doing good hope w3 all keep in touch

I got the same thing about week three. I had it about 10 days before it went away. I has it for 6 days and then got a secondary sinus infection. I went on an antibiotic and today I feel better. It sucked, but it will be over soon!