Hello everyone, this is my first time on here and I was just looking for some imput from people who understand my situation. I had my gastric bypass surgery on September 7th 2016, so I am 5 weeks post op. I am so thirsty can't seem to get enough to drink I just want to chug water even though I can't. I drink about 3 16 Oz bottles of water a day and still thirsty. Does anyone else have this problem? Also, as I said I'm 5 weeks out and have only lost 35LBS, I feel I should be losing more and even last week I gained half a pound. I eat about 300 calories a day. what am I doing wrong...

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Weight loss so far average 7 lbs a week since this is your 5th week... this is not an overnight process.... also down the road the weight loss will slow down to a trickle... and at times you will experience stalls...but this tool is the best gift I have given myself... I'm 5 mos post op, I loss about and average 1-2 lbs a week... 52 lb loss so far... good luck with your journey...

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35lbs at 5wks out is an amazing result. I didn't lose nearly that much in the beginning. You have to be patient and just follow your program and your body will do the rest. It takes awhile. You didn't gain it overnight and you can't lose it overnight. As far as feeling thirsty, just keep on sip, sip, sipping. Your body needs the water to flush out the waste from the melting fat. The more you can get in, the more you will lose. If water alone isn't cutting it, work in sugar free Popsicles or sugar free jello or broth to help get the liquids numbers up.

Hello everyone, this is my first time on here and I was just looking for some imput from people who understand my situation. I had my gastric bypass surgery on September 7th 2016, so I am 5 weeks post op. I am so thirsty can't seem to get enough to drink I just want to chug Water even though I can't. I drink about 3 16 Oz bottles of water a day and still thirsty. Does anyone else have this problem? Also, as I said I'm 5 weeks out and have only lost 35LBS, I feel I should be losing more and even last week I gained half a pound. I eat about 300 calories a day. what am I doing wrong...

hello linda...i just joined but our stories are very similar...like alot similar lol i dont know how to be friends on here but would like to follow your progress as our surgeries were same day. p.s. hope im not freaking you out

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Drink more. Do whatever you have to but get more fluids in.

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I don't know how to be friends either but thank you for your interest and reply...how have you been feeling I have good days and bad days today for lunch I ate a few bites of chicken and a few Beans and still at 815pm I feel like it's sitting in my stomach I have felt sick all day and couldn't even eat supper every time I take a drink of Water my stomach hurts even though I'm so thirsty

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Hello everyone, this is my first time on here and I was just looking for some imput from people who understand my situation. I had my gastric bypass surgery on September 7th 2016, so I am 5 weeks post op. I am so thirsty can't seem to get enough to drink I just want to chug Water even though I can't. I drink about 3 16 Oz bottles of water a day and still thirsty. Does anyone else have this problem? Also, as I said I'm 5 weeks out and have only lost 35LBS, I feel I should be losing more and even last week I gained half a pound. I eat about 300 calories a day. what am I doing wrong...

hello linda...i just joined but our stories are very similar...like alot similar lol i dont know how to be friends on here but would like to follow your progress as our surgeries were same day. p.s. hope im not freaking you out

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I don't know how to be friends either but thank you for your interest and reply...how have you been feeling I have good days and bad days today for lunch I ate a few bites of chicken and a few Beans and still at 815pm I feel like it's sitting in my stomach I have felt sick all day and couldn't even eat supper every time I take a drink of water my stomach hurts even though I'm so thirsty

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Its the same with me. I chew ice chips a lot. I freeze protien Water too but hate the flaver. I'm able to eat the gerber #3 babyfood, very slowly. I season it a little bit. I can drink my protien shakes just fine but cannot keep water down...I don't know why. I was a big drinker of cold water before surgery. My nutr. Said to drink other things but water is all I want when I'm thirsty so idk. Soups and babyfood are all I can stomach at this point. Anything else I feel overly full for a long time after.

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Its the same with me. I chew ice chips a lot. I freeze protien Water too but hate the flaver. I'm able to eat the gerber #3 babyfood, very slowly. I season it a little bit. I can drink my protien shakes just fine but cannot keep water down...I don't know why. I was a big drinker of cold water before surgery. My nutr. Said to drink other things but water is all I want when I'm thirsty so idk. Soups and babyfood are all I can stomach at this point. Anything else I feel overly full for a long time after.

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Same here I get about 200 to 400 cal a day warm things seem easier for me I drink a lot of warm broth I can seem to gulp that with no pain but cold water hurts I think it's the coldness but who wants to drink warm water I freeze water with the sugar free crystal lite I like the lemonade flavor it's good... if you don't mind me asking how has your weight loss progressing up to this point

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I am 36 pounds down

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I am 36 pounds down

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Me too I lost 20 in my pre op and another 16 since surgery do you feel like you are not losing as fast as you thought you would I tell myself 36 in this amount of time is alot but on the other hand I feel like I should be losing faster

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I feel like I'm doing pretty good. I don't count what I lost pre op. I'm 36 down post op. I feel good about it. My body hurts a lot less and I'm more mobile for sure. I think everyone probably loses at different rates. Be proud your at a lesser weight than before

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I feel like I'm doing pretty good. I don't count what I lost pre op. I'm 36 down post op. I feel good about it. My body hurts a lot less and I'm more mobile for sure. I think everyone probably loses at different rates. Be proud your at a lesser weight than before

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Yeah I am my body feels better too

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I think it sounds like you are doing fine. At four weeks I had lost 22 pounds. At 13 weeks I am down 65 pounds. It has slowed down quite a bit the last couple of weeks. My doctor is very happy with my results. He had predicted I would be down 50 pounds at 12 weeks. Don't forget to walk and exercise. I spend 30 minutes on the treadmill and next day my scales are down 2 pounds.

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