Hi everyone who is having surgery in October 2014. We can start a new topic for those of us who have had surgery already.

This is the spot were we will all end up, were we'll share our stories and recovery. It will be a new dawn for so many of us. Let's stay close as united we will conquer anything that comes our way!

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They'll at least notice something different about you.

Just wait until you're closer to your weight goal and your co-workers take you aside and ask if you have CANCER, because EVERYONE knows only cancer patients lose that much weight!!!

That's happened to me SEVERAL times. Oh well . . .

Regardless what they notice or think, the main thing is you, and your health, right?

Exactly. Thank you!

So I can't believe tomorrow is 6 weeks post-op. On Wednesday I go back to work. I am afraid everybody will be expecting this transformation and I keep thinking... What if I look exactly the same!?!? I am down 22 pounds since surgery, 40 since I started process. But I am down, I am exercising everyday, I have this wonderful opportunity to change my life and for this I am thankful.

I'm sure they'll notice something!! I hope you have a great first day back!!

Can you tell me in general what you're eating daily at this point? Do you have any issues eating?

Hey Honeys!! I am home! My son is acting distant, it was a very long time. After all my complications, today I can say I feel great. I tried on some jeans that haven't fit me since before I gained all the weight after the baby and they were sagging and falling off. I went food shopping and it went pretty good, I also walked 3 miles not including my 2 hours walking in the store. I missed my freedom. I am going to have extra doctors visits weekly but I am so glad to be home, I get to sleep with my baby and nomore annoying roommates lol. I am also getting 16oz of water down in less than an hour without pain. I figured if I keep stopping myself I will never get my water in. I drink until I feel slightly full and my nut said its okay and won't stretch my pouch because its going through me. So I drink like 5oz every 15-20 mins and 4 to 5 bottles of liquid a day so 64 to 80oz. I am also having 2oz of tuna, chicken, beef, or pork 14G and then I use genepro with this juice (healthy balance made with splenda or diet oceanspray) water mixure for an additional 60G of protein, I drink that one slower so that it can absorb. I'm sorry I wrote so much I am just happy to be home and to be pain free and alive. Since getting my protein and water plus vitamin in I barely feel weak, I am going to be cleared for solids in 2 weeks and exercise. I had to wait longer because of the complications. I still feel some regrets, but hopefully it fades completely. Okay ladies and gents, I hope everyone is great I love you all.

I'm sure they'll notice something!! I hope you have a great first day back!!

Can you tell me in general what you're eating daily at this point? Do you have any issues eating?

Thanks amylynns. I am on soft foods. I eat a lot of cottage cheese, tilapia. I did get this chicken which is weight watchers brand.. 31 grams of protein. I cannot eat all in one sitting, but very good. I ate some steamed broccoli today. I eat eggs. I can eat pasta, but try not to eat too much. I love soups and chili. I found these frozen Greek yogurt bars. The chocolate is so yummy. 7 grams of protein. String cheese. Lunch meets with cheese. Cooked carrots. Ground hamburger or turkey. The chicken bothered me a little. Not sure if I ate it slow enough. Veggie burgers settle well. I have been eating veggie burger with cottage cheese for lunch. I have been craving chocolate milk but have not had it due to the sugar. I had a Special K bar the other day for a treat, It settled very well. I have only had water, no other drinks. I like red potatoes to.

Anyone foaming?

I've had three cases of "foamies" after eating chicken or turkey. Sometimes it's okay, sometimes it goes terribly wrong. Most recently tonight. It's a weird sensation where my mouth is filling with saliva and my stomachs feels something stuck uncomfortably. Then it starts this whole burping swallowing burping cycle until I either vomit or get through it. I feel like a cat with a hairball!

Hey Honeys!! I am home! My son is acting distant, it was a very long time. After all my complications, today I can say I feel great. I tried on some jeans that haven't fit me since before I gained all the weight after the baby and they were sagging and falling off. I went food shopping and it went pretty good, I also walked 3 miles not including my 2 hours walking in the store. I missed my freedom. I am going to have extra doctors visits weekly but I am so glad to be home, I get to sleep with my baby and nomore annoying roommates lol. I am also getting 16oz of water down in less than an hour without pain. I figured if I keep stopping myself I will never get my water in. I drink until I feel slightly full and my nut said its okay and won't stretch my pouch because its going through me. So I drink like 5oz every 15-20 mins and 4 to 5 bottles of liquid a day so 64 to 80oz. I am also having 2oz of tuna, chicken, beef, or pork 14G and then I use genepro with this juice (healthy balance made with splenda or diet oceanspray) water mixure for an additional 60G of protein, I drink that one slower so that it can absorb. I'm sorry I wrote so much I am just happy to be home and to be pain free and alive. Since getting my protein and water plus vitamin in I barely feel weak, I am going to be cleared for solids in 2 weeks and exercise. I had to wait longer because of the complications. I still feel some regrets, but hopefully it fades completely. Okay ladies and gents, I hope everyone is great I love you all.

Glad to hear you are home and doing better! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Today sucked in terms of eating. Nothing went down very well. Liquids were fine. I just tried this blue agave syrup in my herbal tea today. It tasted just like regular sugar and it is low on the glycemic index.

Up early !

I am starting to get really annoyed... It has been 3 weeks and my incisions are itching like hell

and they are red...

also, since 5 october I have only lost 3 kgs... which is the normal weight loss amount for anyone

but so soon after surgery shouldn't be more???? or am i paranoid? I am afraid that I am doing something wrong...

Hey Honeys!! I am home! My son is acting distant, it was a very long time. After all my complications, today I can say I feel great. I tried on some jeans that haven't fit me since before I gained all the weight after the baby and they were sagging and falling off. I went food shopping and it went pretty good, I also walked 3 miles not including my 2 hours walking in the store. I missed my freedom. I am going to have extra doctors visits weekly but I am so glad to be home, I get to sleep with my baby and nomore annoying roommates lol. I am also getting 16oz of Water down in less than an hour without pain. I figured if I keep stopping myself I will never get my water in. I drink until I feel slightly full and my nut said its okay and won't stretch my pouch because its going through me. So I drink like 5oz every 15-20 mins and 4 to 5 bottles of liquid a day so 64 to 80oz. I am also having 2oz of tuna, chicken, beef, or pork 14G and then I use GENEPRO with this juice (healthy balance made with splenda or diet oceanspray) water mixure for an additional 60G of Protein, I drink that one slower so that it can absorb. I'm sorry I wrote so much I am just happy to be home and to be pain free and alive. Since getting my protein and water plus Vitamin in I barely feel weak, I am going to be cleared for solids in 2 weeks and exercise. I had to wait longer because of the complications. I still feel some regrets, but hopefully it fades completely. Okay ladies and gents, I hope everyone is great I love you all.

@@Bronxmerci Congrats so glad your Home & doing well! All the best take it a step at a time and you & family will be great!

@@walkin'onsunshine

I have lost 29 lbs since I started this process and not a person has mentioned a thing about my weight. Only my 13 year old son said my face looks longer. I guess, I have been invisible for so long it takes a bit to reappear. LOL.

Hope your first day back at work goes well. If your co-workers know about your surgery they may pay more attention and say something. In my case nobody knows so people don't focus. Besides because I keep seeing my friends the change is so gradual they can't see the difference. It was my choice to do this alone.

@@DoraP

I too have been on a stall for 9 days now. I go up and down .01 or .02 everyday. Kind of skipping stones on a lake surface. I find it amazing that I have not lost any weight since day 13 after surgery. I went down one day halfway through the stall but it came right back up the next day. I hardly eat anything and I am following my dietary plan exactly. It's very disappointing.

@@Beni I know the feeling... I wrote an email to my NUT about this I hope she will

find the time to respond because if this keeps up I will go insane....

@@DoraP

Me too. I feel like I am going to be on the books for the only person who doesn't lose weight after surgery. It is so distracting I can hardly focus on anything else. Having gone through all that we went through and now this. Everyone says , oh weight stalls are normal, this will pass. But hello this is a long stall and so early. I have not heard of anyone with a stall on week 2. It's devastating.