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Just now, Jenwill630 said:

I ate 1/4 cup. That is the size my team has me starting with. It satisfied me.

Same here...1/4 cup is where I am to start.

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1 minute ago, trasib said:

That’s all I want to do. :). Hoping tomorrow it’s better outside and safer to travel.

I am really looking forward to going.....I've missed it the past few weeks.

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On 03/03/2019 at 15:23, Mdnytangel said:



My date was January 21/2019...just joined though! 👋


Same day as mine! Welcome aboard! 👋🏻

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Just popping on to say hi and see how all us January post-ops are doing?

I have been back to work since 2 weeks after and last week was the first time in ages I worked out 5 days.
I had tried a couple of times to go to the gym more than 2 days a week, but OMG by the end of the day, I was entirely too tired to go to the gym and wound up in bed by 8. LOL I am still pretty beat at the end of the day, but I am pushing through it. Honestly, Saturday at the gym with my son was probably the best workout I had in months. I had energy and felt really good. It made me wish my gym was closer to my house. I belong to a planet fitness that is on my way home from work. I should just suck it up and go anyway even if it is out of the way on the weekends.

So my eating is going OK, but I have discovered "the foamies" a few times which was NOT fun. At my appointment last week, my Dr. told me to stay eating soft right now and each week try a new food a little tougher. Well last night I decided on steak and I realized it is NOT worth it to have to chew so much for that. I will skip on steak until further down the road. There are plenty of other foods I can enjoy.

I am hoping to loose at least 11 more pounds before the 23rd. That would give me 40 pounds down since surgery.....and I haven't seen my daughter since the day before surgery and would love for her to come home on spring break and just be in shock!

The hubby is being super supportive still which is great. When he is off the road and cooking, he is constantly asking if I can eat what he has in mind for dinner. It makes it nice.



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Just now, Jenwill630 said:

Just popping on to say hi and see how all us January post-ops are doing?

I have been back to work since 2 weeks after and last week was the first time in ages I worked out 5 days.
I had tried a couple of times to go to the gym more than 2 days a week, but OMG by the end of the day, I was entirely too tired to go to the gym and wound up in bed by 8. LOL I am still pretty beat at the end of the day, but I am pushing through it. Honestly, Saturday at the gym with my son was probably the best workout I had in months. I had energy and felt really good. It made me wish my gym was closer to my house. I belong to a planet fitness that is on my way home from work. I should just suck it up and go anyway even if it is out of the way on the weekends.

So my eating is going OK, but I have discovered "the foamies" a few times which was NOT fun. At my appointment last week, my Dr. told me to stay eating soft right now and each week try a new food a little tougher. Well last night I decided on steak and I realized it is NOT worth it to have to chew so much for that. I will skip on steak until further down the road. There are plenty of other foods I can enjoy.

I am hoping to loose at least 11 more pounds before the 23rd. That would give me 40 pounds down since surgery.....and I haven't seen my daughter since the day before surgery and would love for her to come home on spring break and just be in shock!

The hubby is being super supportive still which is great. When he is off the road and cooking, he is constantly asking if I can eat what he has in mind for dinner. It makes it nice.


Hi there! Glad to hear an update from you. I too have had some incidents w/ the foamies- ugh- mostly because I try something I am not ready for yet and cant digest it or I eat too fast or don't chew enough. I did have a sliver of steak and chewed it 1000 times and that went okay. But it was the smallest taste.....

Last week I noticed I was eating too much Avocado mash and cheese and my fats were too high and then I saw my carbs creeping up too high and now I am at a stand still with losses. So back to basics- Protein and maybe veggies if i can manage it. But around 2 ounces of any protein and I am full, which is frustrating but i guess normal. I had to add back in a shake/protein Water too which sort of stinks.

How are you handling eggs- I hate them. Every single time I eat egg I am completely nauseous. It doesn't matter if it's egg white or whole eggs and what consistency the egg is in. I will try them again in a month or so. So yeah, I think I am losing slowly...too slow but I am tweaking a few things and we will see how it goes.

You are doing great with the gym also! for now I am just doing videos at home but I am doing it consistently and then in two months or so my husband and I are going to join a gym. We are both busy right now running our kids around so I will just use the convenience of videos until I have free time.

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1 hour ago, CurvyMom said:

Hi there! Glad to hear an update from you. I too have had some incidents w/ the foamies- ugh- mostly because I try something I am not ready for yet and cant digest it or I eat too fast or don't chew enough. I did have a sliver of steak and chewed it 1000 times and that went okay. But it was the smallest taste.....

Last week I noticed I was eating too much Avocado mash and cheese and my fats were too high and then I saw my carbs creeping up too high and now I am at a stand still with losses. So back to basics- Protein and maybe veggies if i can manage it. But around 2 ounces of any Protein and I am full, which is frustrating but i guess normal. I had to add back in a shake/protein Water too which sort of stinks.

How are you handling eggs- I hate them. Every single time I eat egg I am completely nauseous. It doesn't matter if it's egg white or whole eggs and what consistency the egg is in. I will try them again in a month or so. So yeah, I think I am losing slowly...too slow but I am tweaking a few things and we will see how it goes.

You are doing great with the gym also! for now I am just doing videos at home but I am doing it consistently and then in two months or so my husband and I are going to join a gym. We are both busy right now running our kids around so I will just use the convenience of videos until I have free time.

The foamies are just horrid. And I also have discovered that i can't eat spaghetti sauce right now. So that is just thrilling. UGH

Eggs....it's funny that you say this. I used to LOVE hardboiled eggs. Now, it just seems too dry for me and I hate them. I can do scrambled eggs though. Especially if I put cheese in them.

I can't wait to eat veggies. I am trying to add a little bit of them in with my meat though. I can only eat 1/4 cup at a time and even sometimes I can't eat all of that!

I used to love a couple of the beachbody workouts. Piyo and Country Heat are faves of mine!!!!
I am really hoping I can just get into the habit of the gym over the next few weeks. My son's baseball season starts in a couple of weeks and before it really gets into hecticness with HS and Legion, I want to start going to the gym in the morning before work and get that habit going.

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Just now, Jenwill630 said:

The foamies are just horrid. And I also have discovered that i can't eat spaghetti sauce right now. So that is just thrilling. UGH

Eggs....it's funny that you say this. I used to LOVE hardboiled eggs. Now, it just seems too dry for me and I hate them. I can do scrambled eggs though. Especially if I put cheese in them.

I can't wait to eat veggies. I am trying to add a little bit of them in with my meat though. I can only eat 1/4 cup at a time and even sometimes I can't eat all of that!

I used to love a couple of the beachbody workouts. Piyo and Country Heat are faves of mine!!!!
I am really hoping I can just get into the habit of the gym over the next few weeks. My son's baseball season starts in a couple of weeks and before it really gets into hecticness with HS and Legion, I want to start going to the gym in the morning before work and get that habit going.

You could try a low sugar spaghetti sauce- Rao's is so good but expensive. But you won't use much so maybe that would work for you. I cannot touch scrambled eggs....I mean i can eat them and then i feel like there is a rock in my gut for hours and I just feel gross. I tried hard boiled in my tuna and that was just as bad....so for now I'm done with eggs. I try veggies once or twice a week and it's usually about 2-3 bites. I don't have the patience to try new stuff every single day or even cook dinner for myself every night. So some nights I eat cottage cheese. I try to cook 5 nights a week in some combination of days plus I pack lunch every day for work.

I went to my first restaurant this weekend- panera- and had broccoli cheese Soup. OMG it was so good....ate about 1/2 of a cup. Tore up the bread to make myself feel like I was going to eat it when I knew there was 0 chance I was putting any of that in my mouth but it was still satisfying :)

Good luck w/ the gym!

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20 minutes ago, CurvyMom said:

You could try a low sugar spaghetti sauce- Rao's is so good but expensive. But you won't use much so maybe that would work for you. I cannot touch scrambled eggs....I mean i can eat them and then i feel like there is a rock in my gut for hours and I just feel gross. I tried hard boiled in my tuna and that was just as bad....so for now I'm done with eggs. I try veggies once or twice a week and it's usually about 2-3 bites. I don't have the patience to try new stuff every single day or even cook dinner for myself every night. So some nights I eat cottage cheese. I try to cook 5 nights a week in some combination of days plus I pack lunch every day for work.

I went to my first restaurant this weekend- panera- and had broccoli cheese Soup. OMG it was so good....ate about 1/2 of a cup. Tore up the bread to make myself feel like I was going to eat it when I knew there was 0 chance I was putting any of that in my mouth but it was still satisfying :)

Good luck w/ the gym!

I started going out to eat 2 weeks ago. My rule of thumb is that I do NOT cook on Friday's. LOL
My entire adult life, Friday night was dinner out or take out.
So the first Friday I did that, I had crab stuffed flounder that was baked. It was so so tastewise, but my pouch loved it.

Then last Friday, we ordered out for lunch. There is a place near here called "Zoup"...soups and sandwiches. I had Lobster Bisque. OMG it was the best thing I have eaten since my surgery.
And then for dinner I had chicken pot pie. I really didn't like it very much, but my dog sure did when I brought him home the leftovers. LMAO

Broccoli cheese Soup has been a LIFESAVER to me. For whatever reason, the creamy Soups have been the best texture wise and warmth for my pouch.
For Panera, their vegetarian black bean soup is my fave!



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Just now, Jenwill630 said:

I started going out to eat 2 weeks ago. My rule of thumb is that I do NOT cook on Friday's. LOL
My entire adult life, Friday night was dinner out or take out.
So the first Friday I did that, I had crab stuffed flounder that was baked. It was so so tastewise, but my pouch loved it.

Then last Friday, we ordered out for lunch. There is a place near here called "Zoup"...soups and sandwiches. I had Lobster Bisque. OMG it was the best thing I have eaten since my surgery.
And then for dinner I had chicken pot pie. I really didn't like it very much, but my dog sure did when I brought him home the leftovers. LMAO

Broccoli cheese Soup has been a LIFESAVER to me. For whatever reason, the creamy Soups have been the best texture wise and warmth for my pouch.
For Panera, their vegetarian black bean Soup is my fave!


I dont cook on Fridays either ! My family got pizza two Fridays ago and I almost killed them all a slow and painful death though.

I am going out for a friends bday this week also. Just the two of us,....I told her to feel free and get a drink if she wants, it won't phase me. I thought I would miss drinking (wine enthusiast here) but I have zero desire right now, which is great. and Zoups is good!

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I hope I can join your group. I had my RNY gastric bypass surgery on 1/29/19. I've had trouble eating. It feels like I just prefer drinking Water. I feel so dehydrates and weak. I've lost 48lbs since surgery, but feel and look like the walking dead. I'm starting regular food and hope that will help me since I dislike Soup and mushy foods. Does anyone have these problems of feeling dehydrated and weak?

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Have you tried the Protein waters, does give you a difference of taste. I keep feeling I look like Road Kill myself, but I just have a good drop in weight so maybe it will take a while to look better, I am starting to resemble dead relatives, never saw to resemblance before, but my son says I am still beautiful to him, and tells me frequently how proud he is of me, and even my PCP told me the same thing so maybe the Work In Progress that I am will turn out fine!👈👸👉

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5 hours ago, Lamermaid said:

I hope I can join your group. I had my RNY gastric bypass surgery on 1/29/19. I've had trouble eating. It feels like I just prefer drinking Water. I feel so dehydrates and weak. I've lost 48lbs since surgery, but feel and look like the walking dead. I'm starting regular food and hope that will help me since I dislike Soup and mushy foods. Does anyone have these problems of feeling dehydrated and weak?

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Hi there, welcome to the group!!!! It gets better. I had RNY 1/25/19. I felt the same way for the good part of my recovery. I healed a little slower than average as well. It does get better. I worked on my fluids, Protein and eating a little more. I was not consuming nearly enough. Once I made those adjustments my body kicked it together. I began to feel better around three wks ago. I’m now down 50 lbs. Stay encouraged it does get better. I also upped my B12. As it helps with energy. Good luck on your journey. I had trouble eating and still do, at these times I don’t even want to eat. But I stick with it an sometimes even end up replacing my meal with a yogurt. Whatever healthy you can get in there.

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On 03/16/2019 at 17:20, Lamermaid said:

I hope I can join your group. I had my RNY gastric bypass surgery on 1/29/19. I've had trouble eating. It feels like I just prefer drinking Water. I feel so dehydrates and weak. I've lost 48lbs since surgery, but feel and look like the walking dead. I'm starting regular food and hope that will help me since I dislike Soup and mushy foods. Does anyone have these problems of feeling dehydrated and weak?

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Of course you’re welcome! Hi and nice to meet you 👋🏻. I had the sleeve but my DIL has RNY. I do think her recovery time was a lot longer than mine as far as energy. I started getting mine back 3-4 weeks , hers was longer. My surgeon has me taking B12 sublingual every day as well. Hang in there, it will get better and congratulations on almost 50 lbs!! That is amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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