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No problems sleeping here, even though I've always had issues prior to surgery. I take a 5mg melatonin pill and it knocks me out way better than it used to.

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Opposite, I sleep like a baby now and have plenty of energy next day. Before surgery I would be bobbing my head on the way to work and literally take a 20 minute power nap around 2. No problems now going all day without getting the least bit sleepy. My wife says I hardly snore now.

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Still struggling with food and Protein especially cuz i cannot tolerate Protein Powder shakes...im drinking fairlife milk...2 classes a day...

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@@rolosmom7 this week was my first week of calories 900s. I eat every 2h and it's a true challenge. But I needed to increase in order to work out because I was negative. I'm hoping to see the scale to start moving now that my calories are up.

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Hey guys...me again...i have a question to my September sleevers....have any of you had trouble sleeping since surgery??? Since i got home from the hospital, i havent been able to fall asleep before 4am EDT....

While I was out of work healing I could never get to bed before 3am. No matter what I did. I've been back to work for about a week. And not It's tough getting enough rest when my day starts at 7am.

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I'm struggling with Protein as well. On a good day I get 50 grams in. I'm trying to work on it more. It's so much more comfortable to eat Soup than chew food till it's mush.

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I use to drink the protein powder mixes with no problem and after i had surgery i couldnt stomach them as i had to drink slow. Try Premier Protein they have a chocolate thats pretty good. 4g carbs and 30g protein in an 11oz drink. Muscle milk also has a strawberry that is just like strawberry milk but its only 20g protein so getting enough of those daily can get pricey.

But i def suggest the premier protein to anyone, its premixed by the way

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My surgery was 9/1. I am also having trouble with getting more than 500 calories as well. I am getting my Protein and fluids in. I have lost 31.6 pounds, which includes 7 pounds from my 2 week preop (which I had to start on my 40th birthday.) I have been pretty tired so I have not started working out yet. I am cleared to eat all foods but can't eat much before I am full. So I am not getting many calories from food. I worry that my weight loss will stop with such a low calorie intake.

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@@mkrumph do your research and find foods high in calories but healthy. Eat every 2hrs it's hard, start alarms to remember. This past week I've been able to consume 1000 cal I'm amazed myself. I'm going to start back working out now that I know it can be done. Prior My weight stalled and I think it was due to only 400cal a day. I'm hoping this increase in cal jump start my loss.

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I was sleeved 9/19, getting in my 100 grams of Protein and 64+ounces of Water, about 800-1000 calories daily. I'm really working to up my activity and have hit 10,000 steps 4x this week, hope to squeeze in one more day of heavy walking.

I feel great. sleeping is improving very much from beforehand; less snoring, no waking, etc. But I'm not getting any energy surge I have heard about.

Down about 2 pants sizes and one top size, from what I can tell. I have many more clothes in smaller sizes, so I'm excited to purge the bigger stuff and work down from there.

I'm nervous I'm not losing as much as some others seem to do. I think I'm still eating too fast -- haven't slimed or puked or foamed, but a couple times I got too hungry between meals and ate fast/too much? Had that painful feeling in my chest, and once I had to lay down with the sweats.

Just worried this won't work. Probably irrational, but I just kind of almost can't believe it. I'm happy with my loss, but I still have so far to go.

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