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I was hoping to see if there are others who had surgery this day to see how everyone is doing and where we all are at in our healing process.

I had a great recovery while at the hospital, came home and had a rough few days being home. Now I am better than ever. I feel phenomenal.

I love that. My close family and best friends can already notice a difference. It helps me mentally to do go harder and longer the next day for my walks. Can't begin the gym till this Thursday.

Surgery day: 228 lbs

This Morning: 205 lbs

I'm so thankful for this journey.

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@@JasonB, how are you?? Where have you been. I hope your OK. Thinking of you.

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OMG! you lost 23lbs in less than 2 weeks! You are doing awesome! I hope I get those kind of results too...

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Lol, thank you! Everyone loses at their own rate. Some a good amount and some not so much... I am sure I will be nearing a stall soon as I have lost a decent amount... I am mentally preparing myself for it now. I am extremely active since the minute I could walk at home and was taking in enough Protein so I wouldn't pass out. Since day five I've been doing all my house cleaning again, cooking, laundry, groceries, walking twice a day for at least 30 minutes, taking my girls to the park every other day running after them, up and down my stairs inside and outside... I try to log at a minimum of 5-6,000 steps a day. My goal is to reach 10,000. I'm confident this has led me to achieve a higher loss in a relatively short amount of time.. I wish you luck. Keep me updated. When is your surgery.

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Lol, thank you! Everyone loses at their own rate. Some a good amount and some not so much... I am sure I will be nearing a stall soon as I have lost a decent amount... I am mentally preparing myself for it now. I am extremely active since the minute I could walk at home and was taking in enough Protein so I wouldn't pass out. Since day five I've been doing all my house cleaning again, cooking, laundry, groceries, walking twice a day for at least 30 minutes, taking my girls to the park every other day running after them, up and down my stairs inside and outside... I try to log at a minimum of 5-6,000 steps a day. My goal is to reach 10,000. I'm confident this has led me to achieve a higher loss in a relatively short amount of time.. I wish you luck. Keep me updated. When is your surgery.

It sounds like you're doing awesome! My surgery is May 18 and I can't wait! I've been doing a pre-op diet and as of today I've lost 17.8 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks! I took a picture of me each and my face has shown a huge difference. It's not as chubby anymore. I love that!

May 19, instead of the 18th. Sorry!

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Isn't it incredibly exciting. I wish I took a 'selfie' daily to see the progress... I have my day of surgery pic and then two weeks prior I will take one in two weeks, I think every month I will for the next year.

Congratulations on your surgery date. It's the best decision I've ever made.

That was 9 days post op.

Morning of surgery, left... 9 days po, right.

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@@rebecca920 Thank you so much! I'm feeling great. Even better tmrw when I get these darn staples out and can start jogging and lights weights. My mother's day gift, new exercise equipment!! Who knew last year that, that's what I would be so excited about this year lol.

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Beautiful! What a difference just a few weeks make.

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I had a mini bypass on 4/23, the first few days had gas pain and no energy. Went back to work Tuesday still no energy, 11 days post op ended up in the ER with severe dehydration, a UTI and pneumonia in both lungs :( Today though only two days later, I feel pretty good! Must be the difference being hydrated can make! I'm slowly slowly adding things to my diet, right now I have Protein shakes, yogurt, pudding, Jello, a few cream Soups and as of last night small amounts of cottage cheese. I weighted 185 the day of surgery, i was 173 this morning.

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Lol, thank you! Everyone loses at their own rate. Some a good amount and some not so much... I am sure I will be nearing a stall soon as I have lost a decent amount... I am mentally preparing myself for it now. I am extremely active since the minute I could walk at home and was taking in enough Protein so I wouldn't pass out. Since day five I've been doing all my house cleaning again, cooking, laundry, groceries, walking twice a day for at least 30 minutes, taking my girls to the park every other day running after them, up and down my stairs inside and outside... I try to log at a minimum of 5-6,000 steps a day. My goal is to reach 10,000. I'm confident this has led me to achieve a higher loss in a relatively short amount of time.. I wish you luck. Keep me updated. When is your surgery.

My surgery was on 4/27. Went for my 2 wk post op visit today and lost 14 lbs since surgery. But I am not able to get in the required daily amount of protein yet. I am doing well with liquids~70oz, walking ~5000 steps, but the protein is a problem. hopefully I will lose more once I start getting the required protein.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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