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Emotionally no I am struggling but I am having to reduce my anti depressants and start new ones so that Isn't helping me! Also I started on my 2nd phase and 2 days ago I cud eat 8 teaspoons of mince and today i can't even eat 2! I don't understand why it wud b like that

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Im getting depressed because what I want to eat I can't and then I get sick from what I am eating. ...I have hit a stall in my weight loss and I'm scared.

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Im getting depressed because what I want to eat I can't and then I get sick from what I am eating. ...I have hit a stall in my weight loss and I'm scared.

I have the exact same problem so I totally understand what Ur going through! I am 15 days post op

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@@Hertsukfem31 @@luvbnme - So is it a mental thing? Are the foods you want to eat good for you? How open are you to exploring new foods?

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The stuff I am craving is not healthy stuff, so I can't have it

You should try making low calories alternatives so you get the flavor without all the calories. View it as a challenge.

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@@Hertsukfem31 - Make oven "fried" chicken breast. (Use almond meal instead of flour and you get a bit of Protein.

I have a recipe for pizza using finely chopped up cauliflower for the crust.

Not sure about the sandwiches, but I guess you could make lettuce wraps.

If you don't think about what you can have instead of what you can't, you'll drive yourself nuts. Part of what this surgery does is limit what we can eat while we relearn how to eat healthier. You have to start working on those replacements or you run the risk of being one of those who loses and then regains because they slip back into old ways.

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@@Hertsukfem31 - Make oven "fried" chicken breast. (Use almond meal instead of flour and you get a bit of Protein.

I have a recipe for pizza using finely chopped up cauliflower for the crust.

Not sure about the sandwiches, but I guess you could make lettuce wraps.

If you don't think about what you can have instead of what you can't, you'll drive yourself nuts. Part of what this surgery does is limit what we can eat while we relearn how to eat healthier. You have to start working on those replacements or you run the risk of being one of those who loses and then regains because they slip back into old ways.

I just want to gulp a cold drink down but I can't it's sips! Other stuff I'm not bothered about

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"Whether you think YOU CAN or you think YOU CAN'T... you're RIGHT!"

So choose: YOU CAN!!!

Positive attitude with get you far on this amazing adventure. . .

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"Whether you think YOU CAN or you think YOU CAN'T... you're RIGHT!"

So choose: YOU CAN!!!

Positive attitude with get you far on this amazing adventure. . .

I try daily with a positive attitude but my depression is not under control due to not being able to take my medication properly so having to start a new one but I am trying to be positive!

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"Whether you think YOU CAN or you think YOU CAN'T... you're RIGHT!"

So choose: YOU CAN!!!

Positive attitude with get you far on this amazing adventure. . .

I try daily with a positive attitude but my depression is not under control due to not being able to take my medication properly so having to start a new one but I am trying to be positive!

I totally understand how tough it can be when we have a depression diagnosis--I have suffered with major depression for years. I know (for me anyhow) sometimes I get so wrapped up in "trying" so hard (to be positive, to eat right, to control cravings, etc etc etc) but like the Nike commercial--sometimes the more I "just do it" the more freeing it feels.

One foot in front of the other, one day at a time. Be good to yourself. . .

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I totally understand how tough it can be when we have a depression diagnosis--I have suffered with major depression for years. I know (for me anyhow) sometimes I get so wrapped up in "trying" so hard (to be positive, to eat right, to control cravings, etc etc etc) but like the Nike commercial--sometimes the more I "just do it" the more freeing it feels.

One foot in front of the other, one day at a time. Be good to yourself. . .

I feel so down most of the time and I always believed it's cause of my size but I am thinking now it mayb just one small part of one bigger issue!

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