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Destiny Vavrosky

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I had mine 1/12. Starting to add mushy. But my body doesn't want it yet.

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Oh, I know that feeling all too well. Up all night, while so many are constipated I'm the extreme opposite. Today I am on liquid, Protein shake (struggled to have), broth, coconut Water, chamomile tea. I don't even want to see food (cottage cheese, I tried 3 shrimp on Sunday, and some ground turkey mixed with guac yesterday. I know I need a lot of hydration today, and don't even want that. :blink:

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bookpusher    46

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I'm on day 5, and should be advancing to full liquids, but my sleeve's not having it. It will take the Protein shake, but no cottage cheese or yogurt. Unfortunately, Protein supplements are verboten with my docs. I feel guilty ignoring their advice to drink them, but am very worried about not getting enough calories, protein, and Vitamins. I'm barely breaking 400 calories today, and that's twice as much as yesterday. I've had maybe 700 calories total since Friday, and that's just not enough to heal or be alert. I am doing well with the Water, though.

Any ideas?

VSG 1/20/17 HW: 325 SW:294 CW: 293

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MoLiver4u    29

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@@bookpusher I would use supplementation but keep trying with the other options. Try pureeing even foods that already seem fairly loose (like cottage cheese). I've never heard of not supplementing for at least the beginning. My doctor wants me on stage 3 but I can't tolerate it so I eat something and see how it goes and sometimes I can keep it down. As soon as I hit something that makes me throw up again I dial back to stage 2 for at least a day and then continue. It's a journey.

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MoLiver4u    29

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How is everyone doing? There are a lot of people on this thread and January is over so we should all have had our surgery by now! I want to hear how you're all advancing - how much you've lost or not lost, what the hardest part has been for you so far, how the surgery went and any new learnings!

Let's hear it, Team January 2017!!!

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kar12345    74

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Hi! Sleeved 1/12/17. Finishing first week purée phase, 2 more to go. So far yogurt, made crockpot beef stew (just meat, onions and carrots), tried ricotta bake recipe, Protein pudding, and Panera turkey chili (a cup as take out, purée'd very nice - split into two meals). Not huge amounts, but tolerating well so far. Still 2 - 3 Protein Drinks. Struggle to get enough Water - it's a journey! [emoji2]

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Hi! Sleeved 1/12/17. Finishing first week purée phase, 2 more to go. So far yogurt, made crockpot beef stew (just meat, onions and carrots), tried ricotta bake recipe, Protein pudding, and Panera turkey chili (a cup as take out, purée'd very nice - split into two meals). Not huge amounts, but tolerating well so far. Still 2 - 3 Protein drinks. Struggle to get enough Water - it's a journey!

Sleeved 1/10/17 and like you struggled with Water, until Monday. Weird how quickly we go thru changes. Today I downed water with no problems, two days ago I was carrying on to a friend about how I could not drink. Yesterday managed to drink more, and today has been a "fairly" good day. I still can't do 64 oz like we are supposed to. It felt good to get food in the belly too. I think at some point our stomach really just wants food. :) Not like I can get more than 1 oz of meat or chicken at one sitting either.

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bookpusher    46

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I'm doing okay. Getting in all my liquids, though sometimes I'm drinking a mug of chicken broth for dinner. One of my incisions is still bleeding, 13 days out. But the doc's not worried about it. I don't really feel ready to go back to work on Monday, though!

VSG 1/20/17 HW: 325 SW:294 CW: 286

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kar12345    74

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Ginsin007 - so right about how quickly things change - I'm 3 weeks post op and I'm doing better with drinking water!! Not 64 oz, but getting there when counting other fluids. Every day is a new day !!!

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I was sleeved 1-18. Doing well. Down 30 lbs walking a lot.

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WOW!!! The difference between men and women. :o I was sleeved 1/10 and down 12 lbs

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I was sleeved 1-18. Doing well. Down 30 lbs walking a lot.

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WOW!!! The difference between men and women. :o I was sleeved 1/10 and down 12 lbs

ikr? I was like WOW! I lost 18lbs the first 4 weeks total and I was ready to be jealous until I realized he was a he;) My weight loss seems to crawl for a week or two and then 3 or 4 pounds drop off at once. It's frustrating in the short term but as long as it's consistent over time, I'll take it!

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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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        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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