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I wish I had a binder I feel like I have to walk around holding my insides in lol

If you have any kind of medical in home type place (usually in or near a hospital) you could probably buy one. Though, I did order a couple shape wear tank tops to see how I like them.

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9 days out I was sleeved on 2/18 and I feel so much better. I lost 14 lbs so far from surgery date and I'm eating better. February has been good to me !! Can't wait to be a month out so I can really see the difference.

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I'm down 26 pounds since I started the liquid diet on the 5th!! 10 of those pounds have come off me since monday. I can't believe it! All the pain and inconvenience of this surgery has been 10000% worth it! It's only going to get better from here on out.

We're all gonna be some hot beotches this summer! :)

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I called my dr's office cuz I was having the same problem. They told me to add benefiber to my liquids and take a Dulcolax. I did and it worked for me.

Hey glitter are you taking benefiber and dulcolax daily ?? I just really wanna make sure I can get regular! Today was so painful I don't want to do that again lol

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I'm down 26 pounds since I started the liquid diet on the 5th!! 10 of those pounds have come off me since monday. I can't believe it! All the pain and inconvenience of this surgery has been 10000% worth it! It's only going to get better from here on out. We're all gonna be some hot beotches this summer! :)

Yes we are!! When I left the hospital my fav nurse said to make sure I send her bikini pics this summer and I was like I will send pics but no bikini No way haha

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Hey glitter are you taking benefiber and dulcolax daily ?? I just really wanna make sure I can get regular! Today was so painful I don't want to do that again lol

I took only one Dulcolax so far. I only went that one day too. I've been doing Benefiber daily. So maybe I need to do another Dulcolax.

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I had a hard time going to the bathroom . It was so bad my mother (nurse), gloves, and Vaseline was the only way I could finish with my mother. Anyway, is anyone on soft foods? I have been on soft foods for two days and it's horrible. I have so much pain eating. All I can do is yell.... 16 pounds since feb. 18 surgery.

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Remember that it's normal to have a bit of a stall around the 3 week mark. The dreaded stall for your body to play catch-up. So put the scales away if it starts getting to ya.

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I just went and bought benefiber and colace for a stool softner. I just don't know if I should take one daily or not

My doc told me to take the Fiber daily until I add veggies back into my diet if that helps.

I am on much different diet than everyone else. I started purées on post op day 3. I start soft Proteins next Monday. It makes me feel like this isn't going to work. Like I love my dr and trust him, but I've literally cried over it to my husband that I'm already like eating food and a lot of people on here are still on liquids. I've been swallowing pain meds since my last day in the hospital. I'm just feeling like this isn't going to work.

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My doc told me to take the fiber daily until I add veggies back into my diet if that helps. I am on much different diet than everyone else. I started purées on post op day 3. I start soft Proteins next Monday. It makes me feel like this isn't going to work. Like I love my dr and trust him, but I've literally cried over it to my husband that I'm already like eating food and a lot of people on here are still on liquids. I've been swallowing pain meds since my last day in the hospital. I'm just feeling like this isn't going to work.

It WILL work, so get that thought out of your head right now. There are lots and lots of people on this site whose doc has advanced their diets as fast as yours and they do just as well as anyone else. Kick those negative thoughts out of your head.

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Hi All- Day 17 and I overdid it. Granted its Mardi Gras and I live in New Orleans. Spent two nights out with kids and friends at parades. Then lunches with girlfriends in day ( where I have like 4 bites of Soup and watch everybody eat). Anyhoo, kind of quit paying attention as much to Water intake and mac Protein intake; feeling really ragged out and sore. Refocusing on myself today

and keeping good track. When things get hectic it's easy to focus on everything else except yourself. Hope everyone's ok today.

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Hi All- Day 17 and I overdid it. Granted its Mardi Gras and I live in New Orleans. Spent two nights out with kids and friends at parades. Then lunches with girlfriends in day ( where I have like 4 bites of Soup and watch everybody eat). Anyhoo, kind of quit paying attention as much to Water intake and mac Protein intake; feeling really ragged out and sore. Refocusing on myself today and keeping good track. When things get hectic it's easy to focus on everything else except yourself. Hope everyone's ok today.

Amen to that. I'm only 10 days out and am in the process of moving. It's way too easy to put everything before your own health when you're not vigilant. Today is definitely going to be a "focus on me" day.

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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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      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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