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hello e eryone. Just wanted to wish you all a happy Easter. I am looking forward to dark turkey meat. Haha. I have been traveling a lot this last two weeks for work. Love my tool. Before surgery when I traveled I ate crap continuously. Now, I bring my

at my 6 week follow up. In total from start I am down 45. From opti 38. From surgery 23. I am disappointed in 23 pounds since surgery but I am doing all the right things so hanging I. I do wish it was faster though.

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I have a very entailed job working often up to 60 - 70 hours a week, after hours, etc ... before surgery when I had deadlines to meet (which I have right now) and pressure (which I always have) - I would load up on caffeine,

I feel like a kid in battle with myself. I don't want to eat today and I don't want to drink. I have pouch pain when I eat today. We go to my in laws for a big family dinner every Sunday. This week she asked what I could eat. I said chicken, fish, turk

Hello everyone:

I am one month post op. I am following the "bariatric cooking" cookbook recipes for soft food stage. On another forum, a lady at the same stage as me is eating significantly less. Here is what I ate yesterday:

I posted this on another forum so sorry for the double post if you read more than one forum:

I have made the ricotta bake twice. The first time was l

well - I am confused - I have made the ricotta bake twice. The first time was last week and I was able to eat it with no problem. I made it this week - I ate it for lunch and dinner no problem on Sunday; I had it for dinne

i thought I already posted this but cannot find it. I am new to soft food stage. How much of the ricotta. Ale should I be acting at one sitting. I started out with a quarter cup. Thanks

Woo hoo. Scale said 199.2 this morning. It has been years since there was a "1" in front of my weight. So happy I had to share.

Today was my first full day back at work in the office. I am 3 weeks out. So, between calls and coworkers and emails I did not drink my water and missed my snacks. Then I get home and my older son has 4 friends over. I start making nachos and tacos for

hello everyone

i got a great text from Mandy just after 4pm. She is out of surgery. A little pain and groggy but the surgeon said it went well. I know we will have her recovery in mind. Hooray. One more down!!!!

I have a bit of a problem this week. Two times this week, I will be out of town during meal and snack times. I can bring cold stuff - greek yogurt, apple sauce, but I wondered, could I order soup from Swiss Chalet (broth t

the health tracker is not updating / saving my new weight? anyone else having that trouble?

Hello everyone:

1. I have ankles!!!! woo hoo - I have had so much inflammation swelling and bloating for years that I had "cankles" ... I looked dow

i have not lost anything since I started full fluids. I am going to stop weighing myself. So early out though I thought I would be melting more. On the bright side, down 28 pounds since opti so that is one month today but just 13 since surgery and that

tomorrow will be two weeks since the surgery. No complications so far. The head games have started. The morbid obsession with food. I am not hungry thank goodness and I am not at risk to eat off of my plan but wow do I ever stare at my families food.

i annoy find sugar free pop cycles in the grocery store but they have the laughing cow no sugar added fudge pops. Anyone have these on full fluids? They are not on the list from the clinic.

keeping it real. I have such a busy life that I dreamt of the day I could just lay at home alone and watch movies. Now that I can while I am recovery I realize that dream involved being surrounded with my comfort junk food. I am doing well but I can sa

i made the oatmeal but it is super thick today and I have to "chew" it. Doesn't seem to "full fluid" to me. Anyone else in this stage and how are you making your oatmeal

my surgery was one week ago today. Still can't believe it. Tomorrow I get full fluids and I have never looked forward to strained cream of mushroom soup more than I do right now. Haha. By yesterday the broth got pretty old. 

i am 5 days post op. We have a very close traditional farm family. My mother in law makes dinner every Sunday and there is anywhere from 12 - 24 of us depending on what nieces and nephews are home from school. So, on my way with my one cup of soup brot

hello everyone. I woke up from a nap and my shirt was wet by my belly button I have an incision there. Half the tape was off. My dr used resolvable stitches. Well I pulled the rest of the tape off and there are slow drops of watery red liquid. I put so