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I had my sleeve done on 12/3. I'm a day behind from all the vomiting I did in the hospital, so Protein starts tomorrow. Meanwhile my tummy is very rumbley and I'm craving real food. I was hoping hunger would go away, I don't know how much of this hunger is mental and how much physical?

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I was sleeved on 12/3. I am gettin in Protein and Water, but it us a all day thing. I got protein that has 50 grams I mix with Almond milk.

What kind of protein??

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I was sleeved on 12/2 I have a lot of gurgling and gas like some of you but I have noticed my stomach acts up more with cold liquids. I am on a full liquid diet for two weeks. Then I get to advance to a soft diet. It's an all day struggle to get all my liquids in and I have yet to get any of my Proteins in. I just hope the stomach gurgles and gas are a short term thing?

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My belly is SO full and bloated. Every kind of Protein makes me gag. I, too am ready to graduate to soft foods. It can't come soon enough!

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I'm officially 1 week out from surgery and down 12 lbs.

Starting weight: 268

Weight before Pre-op diet: 255

Weight day of surgery: 249

1 week post op: 237

My large incision is still really painful, I feel like I pull my internal stitches every time I go to sit up or even walk. It's not red, hot, or swollen so I know it's not infected. I'm dreading going back to work tomorrow. Getting fluids in is still tough, Protein isn't a concern right now because dehydration is a bigger worry to me. Hopefully next week is better.

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I'm 4 weeks out from my sleeve surgery and feel like I am in a nightmare I can't wake up from. I'm always nauseous and can only get down about an ounce of food at any sitting which at best is 2 a day. Still struggling with Fluid intake and definitely can't get my protien in as I have grown an adversion to the shakes and am now lactose intolerant. Praying this will get better seems like everyone else that has had the surgery around the same time as me and even after are having an easier time than I am. 51 pounds down but feel like my quality of life is down as well starting to get depressed and that is so not me.

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I am 3 weeks out and now allowed to eat soft and puréed foods. So far I have not had one problem getting anything down. chicken was a breeze. In fact I always feel I can eat more but always limit food intake to 1 to 2 oz per meal. I am wondering if the surgery even happened ( did they just go in and take a look? Lol) Plus I am always hungry ( which sucks) and I haven't lost any cravings.

I take a pill every day to control acid, I eat slow, i take m&m size bits or sips of food, my Protein Shake is premiere (I think I tastes like desert). Is not having stomach issues normal or am I lucky?

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i feel so bad for so many of you. from the day i left the hospital on november 19, until last friday, i felt wonderful. i mean, it could not have been any better. i continued my liquid hydrocodone until it was gone, which was about a week or so. yes, i like it. it made me feel really good :):):):):) last friday and through the weekend, i felt like hell. i thought, i knew this was too good to be true. i learned from this site that i was dehydrated. i even had a little fever on sunday. i drank and drank and drank Water and felt great again monday. thank goodness!!!

my doctor is very conservative, which has been good for me. 2 weeks pre op, liquid diet... no Soup. 2 weeks post op, clear liquid diet. sucked. next two weeks, which is now, i can add yogart and homemade Soup that has been blended in a blender with no lumps. i can have sugar free pudding. i am supposed to have 60 g Protein and 64 oz Water daily. i am struggling to get all that in. sometimes i hate him. just kidding, i love him to death.

i am having issues with the powder Protein. actually, i am about to start a new topic about it. it grosses me out. it is lumpy. even in hot things. not to mention you have to add a gallon of it.... the scoop is so big. so i have learned to add 1/4 or 1/3 of a scoop at a time. i just barely get in my protein and i still am not getting 64 oz of water. maybe 40. i really need to work on that.

maybe some of you should try going more liquid. i could also have no sugar added juice and all the sugar free popsicles i wanted. dannon light greek yogart has 12 g protein which helps. Isopure has 40 g of protein, although i could not finish one in a day. maybe your system is not ready for what you are giving it.

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I am 3 weeks out and now allowed to eat soft and puréed foods. So far I have not had one problem getting anything down. chicken was a breeze. In fact I always feel I can eat more but always limit food intake to 1 to 2 oz per meal. I am wondering if the surgery even happened ( did they just go in and take a look? Lol) Plus I am always hungry ( which sucks) and I haven't lost any cravings.

I take a pill every day to control acid, I eat slow, i take m&m size bits or sips of food, my Protein shake is premiere (I think I tastes like desert). Is not having stomach issues normal or am I lucky?

I vote for lucky. I've had no problems either and felt great from the beginning. Keep restricting intake as long as you can. I regret not having stuck with fewer ounces of food when I found out I could eat more.

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@@rking Protein powder will not dissolve in anything over 140 degrees. The best thing I have found is to make a slurry of warm Water and Protein Powder then pour it into a liquid that is below 140.

Hope this helps.

Edited by Txbariatricguy

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@ are you serious????? i had no clue and would have never ever known!!! thank you so much! that makes my life so much better :) i really need the added Protein powder just to make even 60 g of Protein and lumpy is gross! makes me wonder how in the heck i am going to get to 100 g of protein in a few weeks. and Water too! i have had 22 oz of Water today and dont want any more. i am supposed to have 64 oz a day! doc said to take a sip every 15 min. i guess thats what i have to do to get it in. geez, all of this stuff is harder than i thought!!!!!

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Like most of you I'm struggling with getting in enough Water, I was sleeved on the 7th (2 days post op). However there's a Protein product called Pro-Stat, I ordered mine on Amazon. A 1 oz medicine cap gives you 15 grams of protein. It's disgusting, I've tried both the vanilla & cherry so far. The upside is taking 4 medicine cup fulls gets you to your 60 grams of protein a day. The bottles are about $30 a each but worth the investment if you can tolerate the syrupy medicinal taste.

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