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A month tomorrow, it's been an interesting month. Definitely harder than I anticipated and have really started to appreciate just how much my social life revolves around food. Struggling to get down anymore than 2-3 bites of basically anything at this stage before feeling really full, so trying to stick more to fluids (protein shakes and Soups etc) have definitely had quite a few moments of regret, but trying to get my head around the fact that they are mostly related to the things I know I now won't be able to do, which are mostly things I shouldn't do anyway (like sitting down to a huge burger, fries and coke) Happy with the weight loss progress, I have lost a total of 16kg (35 pounds) since surgery and a total of 32.6 (71.8 pounds) since I started my weight loss journey back in January this year.

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May 25th, 1 week out, full liquid diet.

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I had my post op visit on May 31st and I have lost 22 lbs. since my pre op visit on May 8th. TWENTY-TWO pounds in THREE weeks! I was shook lol and to top it off I got the green light to move on to pureed foods. Applesauce and avocado are my faves at the moment. Still struggling to get in my Protein but I know it will get easier. My doctor wants me back in the office in 3 months and wants me to lose 15 lbs. or more. I feel like that is going to be a piece of cake! In case anyone is wondering I am 5'2 and now weigh 220 lbs.

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I am Day 5 post op. Just wondering when everyone started to get there energy back?

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I am about a week and a half post op and still have very little energy. But I have began to feel much better, so hopefully I will start feeling normal again soon!

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10 minutes ago, Meggs11 said:

I am Day 5 post op. Just wondering when everyone started to get there energy back?

I bounced back on the morning of my 6th day post op. I'm 4 weeks post op tomorrow and I feel really good, energy-wise! Just keep swimming, you'll pull through this :-)

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I’m 17 days post op today and I feel really good ..it doesn’t even feel like I had a surgery,the liquid diet it’s what reminds me that I had a surgery and that I can’t eat nothing ..I’m having a hard time drinking all that Water because it’s just sipping and i feel that I’m not getting enough water, and I’m very constipated to the point that i ended up in the ER and they had to drain me out to take all the hard rock stool that i had in there

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14 hours ago, ivastic said:

A month tomorrow, it's been an interesting month. Definitely harder than I anticipated and have really started to appreciate just how much my social life revolves around food. Struggling to get down anymore than 2-3 bites of basically anything at this stage before feeling really full, so trying to stick more to fluids (protein shakes and Soups etc) have definitely had quite a few moments of regret, but trying to get my head around the fact that they are mostly related to the things I know I now won't be able to do, which are mostly things I shouldn't do anyway (like sitting down to a huge burger, fries and coke) Happy with the weight loss progress, I have lost a total of 16kg (35 pounds) since surgery and a total of 32.6 (71.8 pounds) since I started my weight loss journey back in January this year.

Wow!!! That is AMAZING!! Can’t wait to hear more about your weight loss journey.

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3 hours ago, Meggs11 said:

I am Day 5 post op. Just wondering when everyone started to get there energy back?

Meggs11 I hear ya!! I am three weeks postop today and still take naps every day. I have super low Iron saturation so I tire easily as it is but only eating between 300 to 700 calories a day isn’t much fuel to run on. My best friend who had the sleeve surgery a year and a half ahead of me warned me that I would just be worn out. I’m glad I knew in advance so that I could be reassured that this is completely normal. My husband who had his sleeve surgery April 9, five weeks ahead of me, is doing amazing energy wise. We will get there girl.

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2 hours ago, Controvento said:

I’m 17 days post op today and I feel really good ..it doesn’t even feel like I had a surgery,the liquid diet it’s what reminds me that I had a surgery and that I can’t eat nothing ..I’m having a hard time drinking all that Water because it’s just sipping and i feel that I’m not getting enough Water, and I’m very constipated to the point that i ended up in the ER and they had to drain me out to take all the hard rock stool that i had in there

OUCH!!! I’m so sorry! I agree that it’s difficult to get in all of the required liquids in daily. What I’ve been doing is to set a timer on my phone for 30 minutes after I eat. When the timer goes off it’s time to drink. That way I won’t forget or lose track of time. I also had really painful Constipation and resorted to eating a couple of servings of baby food prunes. It worked. I’m reminded of Dory from Nemo “just keep sipping, just keep sipping...”. :)

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I am 2 weeks out tomorrow and I am experiencing the same. After a few activities such as a doctors appointment, I will nap for an hour or two. I go back to work next week.

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16 hours ago, Arwyn said:

Surgery was May 17th, at 2.5-3 weeks post-op I hit my first stall! Thank goodness I measured myself so I don't have to rely strictly on the scale (lost 5 1/2 inches). It's still frustrating though, but I am doing everything right so I just have to push through the stall. I also started taking a stool softener, hopefully it helps. My BM's have been infrequent and too big to pass easily when they do come. Anyone else hit a stall yet?

I had surgery May 18th and have stalled. I took measurements today as a second form of tracking.

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Ok so I got cocky because I’d been doing so well on Day 15. I figured rather that my egg beaters with a little bit of milk and cheese, I’d try an egg bite from Starbucks. I figured same relative ingredients, high protein/low carb and was soft. I ate it slowly and chewed a lot.

Stomach was quite no bueno for a bit. Almost puked at work 🙄. Lesson learned. Stick to only things I control the ingredients in making.

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On 6/7/2018 at 12:57 AM, Blondietex said:

Ok so I got cocky because I’d been doing so well on Day 15. I figured rather that my egg beaters with a little bit of milk and cheese, I’d try an egg bite from Starbucks. I figured same relative ingredients, high protein/low carb and was soft. I ate it slowly and chewed a lot.

Stomach was quite no bueno for a bit. Almost puked at work 🙄. Lesson learned. Stick to only things I control the ingredients in making.

doh, sorry it didn't agree with you. Regular scrambled egg at home didn't agree with me the first time, thankfully nothing so far has made me puke (touch wood), but they just didn't sit right and made me uncomfortable for a while. I waited a few weeks and they sit better now, but I still don't really enjoy them like I used to :(

I just got a few low carb / high Protein products delivered today, special blends to make high protein pancakes, seeded bread and a banana bread (generally <5g carbs per serving, and 15-20g protein) so I'll try some of those and if they also don't sit well, I will try again a few weeks later.

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How is everyone doing on Vitamins? I’m failing and my body is rejecting them. I’d love to try Patches but have gotten mixed reviews.

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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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