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Yayyy....I had my follow up on Thursday and Dr..said I am down 33Pds..start wt245..now212. He said i am doing really well... and that was with little too no working out... I was a size 18 now a size 14-16 shirts was 1x.now large..bra size was 44Double D.now 40 D....Food-- Protein, Gatorade, mash potato, Soups, healthy pepperoni wrap, tuna, chicken,turkey. Meatballs (only could eat one)..only problem i had so far was Protein Shake my son made for and he forgot i only can drink almond. Milk and he used whole milk... (he is only 16)I was throwing up everywhere. .

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wow...you are doing great!!! you can eat ALOT of stuff they told me NOT to eat. meatballs? Soup? ? pepperoni?? is any of that food not sitting right with you? i'm tired of eating this pureed crap and have been advancing little by little. i even had a piece of a turkey sub yesterday that was like 1 inch big and that was it and i did fine...felt fine. i think my doctor's office is being really way too over protective. i am dying for some good soup to eat. nutritionist said not to eat soup because the liquid will wash the food away. did they say anything about that to you?

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The only think my dietician told me in the liquid phase that Soups had to be free of chunks. I cant understand why I can take all my morning pills about 7 would be ok but cream soups with little chunks of chicken or mushroom would not be ok. Any take on this?

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My dr has a very strict three week liquid diet. I couldn't handle it. It was so depressing so on the third week I added cottage cheese, refried Beans and a good cheddar cheese. I chewed chewed chewed until they were liquid in my mouth and then swallowed. I did fine. Didn't delay my weight loss either.

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right??? you can take 10 giant pills...but don't eat any tiny piece of meat. the only Soup that is hard is clam chowder because you really can't chew the clams into pieces. i am going to try little bites of steak today with mashed potatoes.

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My dr has a very strict three week liquid diet. I couldn't handle it. It was so depressing so on the third week I added cottage cheese, refried Beans and a good cheddar cheese. I chewed chewed chewed until they were liquid in my mouth and then swallowed. I did fine. Didn't delay my weight loss either.

My Dr has a very strict diet plan too. 2 weeks Protein Shakes pre-op, 4 weeks liquid diet, 4 weeks pureed and 4 weeks mechanical soft. I wont be able to eat normal food until like February 3, 2015. that seems like an eternity.

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@Limb06 I am doing fine no vomiting except for that shake... but other then that im great...i take a Multivitamin with Iron, calcium and my indigestion pills...thats all ... i also eat hummus, refried Beans, and cheese.. every Dr.. is different. Follow your Dr..

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