Hi all , quick question ,,, I have a real ache I. My left shoulder with a sharp pain now and then ? It this gas ? And what do I eat ??? Not hungry but I know I need to keep my strength up , I have had a ww soup and a muller lite in 3 days ? Xxx

I strongly suspect that the weight that we lose immediately after surgery is phantom weight anyways. What I mean by that is that it is a result of our system being completely absent of any food but Water weight. When my hubby goes on the Atkins diet and then tries to tell me after 4 days that he has lost 10 lbs I just silently roll my eyes. Because I know, from experience, that it is nothing but water and as soon as he starts to eat again, the scale will be back up. So I don't really look at the 11 lbs i have supposedly lost since my surgery as anything but an illusion which will be gone as soon as I open my "pie hole". Strike that: "my Kale and other nutritionally acceptable food hole"

I really do agree that as much as we want and need to see the scale go down, this month is to ensure that the band has settled in and proper scar tissue has developed. It is only after that - that the real work starts. Easy to say....but so tough

I am now 6 days post surgery.

I eat a shake for Breakfast and then for lunch and dinner I eat a cup or so of the boxed tomato soup etc.. I water it down with chicken broth so that the calorie count is lower since the tomato soup is about 100 cal per cup and chicken broth is 10. I do take the isogenix shakes for the Protein. 2 scoops is 240 calories though and only 21 g of protein. Anybody know any other shakes that are less cal with more protein?

No doubt about it though - I want to eat more! Whether it is head hunger or stomach hunger - it feels almost overwhelming. I am afraid to go to the kitchen.

I had the isogenix around from one of my 500 prev failed diet attempts...

I used to do the Isagenix shakes, then I switched to powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury vanilla and chocolate, PLUS a canister of the unflavored Protein that I can add to a shake, OR I often add it to my tomato soups and cream of chicken soups. It's 90 calories and 21 grams of protein. You can even add it to coffee, but I don't drink coffee.