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Tina glad to see your doing well. I also am on pureed foods. anything with a little mashed potatoes with a little gravey is good. This morning I had 2 slices of turkey chewed really well. Went down fine. Not sure if that's really pureed or not . I also took the no sugar cranberry and cut it with Water. down almost 9 pds :) What about you tina?

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I thought I would kick off the fun for August Sleevers! So here we go!!

I am scheduled for Monday August 19th! Let the countdown begin!!

August 19th also! SO ready!

I'm sure there are alot of August 19th'ers on here! My brain is exhausted from all of the see-sawing from unbridled excitement to parlyzing fear. lol. Best of luck to everybody!

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I am not really not that nervous at this point. are you getting enough Protein? that could be why you don't have enough energy. I make my shakes coffee' date=' a tiny bit of almond milk unsweetened, protien powder and 2 cups of spinach. That is morning and lunch and I put ice in them and have half a shake at a time so I get to have something to drink 6 times a day. Evening I use 10 cal juice with the Protein and spinach or decafe earl grey tea, almond milk and Protein Powder. They are low cal, delish and satisfying. I find for energy the splitting them in half and having some every two hours really help and gets me in the habit for after.[/quote']

Just so I can find this recipe.

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Started my clear liquids today for my surgery on Monday it's pretty hard and not fun and after drinking red crystal light it freaked me out a little lol

What are examples of the clear liquids you are doing? Just curious.

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Started my clear liquids today for my surgery on Monday it's pretty hard and not fun and after drinking red crystal light it freaked me out a little lol

Good luck!!! I can't believe that Monday is almost here. It's surreal! My emotions are up & down. I'm ready to get it over with and start this new journey.

Losers' bench here we come.... :-)

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Thanks for being super motivational! How are you doing one week out?

I am doing amazing! I am down 28lbs total 10day preop diet and 6 days post op! I feel great! Still get tired after doing too much so I can last for about 5 hours and I'm ready for a nap. But I know that will pass :) stay positive! You'll do great!

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Good luck!!! I can't believe that Monday is almost here. It's surreal! My emotions are up & down. I'm ready to get it over with and start this new journey.

Losers' bench here we come.... :-)

I am the same way and just ready to be on the other side! Can't wait!!

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I'm alive!!!!!!! Day three post op' date=' the nausea is gone, thank the good Lord!!!!!! I'm incredibly sore. How long will the soreness last????[/quote']

Yaaaayyyyy!!!!!!! Well sleeve sista ;) everyone's different! I am just now not sore and I'm 8 days post op! But it's really true that each day gets better!!! But first couples days sucked but nothing that wasent manageable! Make sure to take your meds when your supposed to! Helps with the swelling!!! Yaaaayyyyy!!!!

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I obviously can't count cause in two posts I did the wrong post op days!!! I'm 9 days post op!!

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Yaaaayyyyy!!!!!!! Well sleeve sista <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> everyone's different! I am just now not sore and I'm 8 days post op! But it's really true that each day gets better!!! But first couples days sucked but nothing that wasent manageable! Make sure to take your meds when your supposed to! Helps with the swelling!!! Yaaaayyyyy!!!!

I've never been so nauseous as I was yesterday. I felt so so bad. Today is a complete 380! I am feeling great but so so so sore! Lol. So happy to be sleeve sisters!

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Tina glad to see your doing well. I also am on pureed foods. anything with a little mashed potatoes with a little gravey is good. This morning I had 2 slices of turkey chewed really well. Went down fine. Not sure if that's really pureed or not . I also took the no sugar cranberry and cut it with Water. down almost 9 pds :) What about you tina?

I'm doing well. My surgery is Wed. enjoying food until then. Keep in touch! Glad to hear you are well

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    • Alisa_S

      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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      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.

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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