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Nicey2u    228

Nicey2u
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I am a week and 4 days out PO and I will be going back after three weeks!! I know I am gonna have a hard time getting the Water in! I am hoping I can drink more than I can by then at a time. I have a desk job mainly. But we'll see! I will have to take a big water bottle in and make sure I drink it when I can! I don't think it will be too bad if I come up short a little bit. I didn't drink 64oz pre op ever! Haha

Omg i didnt get 64oz dwn either before surgery and now that I have had surgery It takes a long time to drink a 16 oz Water bottle and when Im finally finish drinking it im super full and If I try to drink it fast my chest hurt!!

Yeap same here so I do what I can. I manages to get two 16.9 bottles of water in and 16 oz or two cups of caffeine fee herbal tea so that was good enough for me! I deal great so it can't be that bad right?? Haha

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Erin414    34

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Hi everyone well I am 15 days post op on stage 3 diet pureed foods which my nut has me eating ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, chobani plain yogurt and isopure... I am down exactly 30 lbs today I started at 269 I'm at 239 today but I am really discouraged I miss eating dinners with my family and not feeling like I need to avoid things. I have absolutely no hunger at all but I'm pushing myself to get 70 Protein I'm lucky if I get 50 now. I'm 24 and I just want to cry because I knew this was hard but I never expected it to be this emotionally difficult. I feel like I spent my life eating when I wasn't hungry which is why I had to have this surgery but now I'm not hungry and don't want food and I have to push this food down. I never really ate dairy because it made me sick now everything is dairy and I'm struggling.

Please help I don't know what to do..

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DaddyMarie    291

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Hi everyone well I am 15 days post op on stage 3 diet pureed foods which my nut has me eating ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, chobani plain yogurt and isopure... I am down exactly 30 lbs today I started at 269 I'm at 239 today but I am really discouraged I miss eating dinners with my family and not feeling like I need to avoid things. I have absolutely no hunger at all but I'm pushing myself to get 70 Protein I'm lucky if I get 50 now. I'm 24 and I just want to cry because I knew this was hard but I never expected it to be this emotionally difficult. I feel like I spent my life eating when I wasn't hungry which is why I had to have this surgery but now I'm not hungry and don't want food and I have to push this food down. I never really ate dairy because it made me sick now everything is dairy and I'm struggling. <br> Please help I don't know what to do..

Erin this is what you wanted and needed to get healthy. Food was an addiction and a comfort that was harming you and your health. Don't think of this as a loss cause from here in out the only thing you are loosing is pounds and pounds of body fat! You will be able to eat food again! You will! It will just take time.. The sad part is is that for many of us food had defined who we are. We aren't fun and happy unless we are eating and sharing food with others. But what's fun and happy about a tired fat girl who is tired and sore and on meds?

Keep on keepin on Erin! Your doing something WONDERFUL!!!!!

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rosa1106    6

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Erin, hang on in there, things will get better I don't eat dairy products and I nearly went mad for the first 4 weeks on a liquid diet. Now I am on soft food things are getting better all the time. We all have to re-educate ourselves to eat small and very slowly, but in the end we will be in control instead of food controlling us. :)

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KeeWee    470

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You guys are all doing great! I'm 2 weeks out as of today, 22lbs down and I feel great!

Looking forward to my first post op appt today to remove my drain so I can really maximize my workouts...I only walk right now.

Good luck all..

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
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