well i got the band on 12/20 had my post op appt yesterday and i gained 4 lbs which i find totally wierd but ill try harder......i have no trouble keeping anything down so im probly over dosing my liquids lol oh well time to buckle down besides that im great no problems at all

Boy - do I ever know what you mean about feeling that you are in a race against the clock - I didn't lose last week and my mind is freaking out a bit. I even joined a calorie counting website - mostly to track protein but I also want to make sure that I am not inadvertently eating 6,000 calories. It is weird but I just don't trust anything, especially my judgment, after 25 years of dieting and still being morbidly obese. This feels like a total mind bender right now.

I am a week out tomorrow and am having soooo much trouble getting my water in. Thankfully I move to full liquids tomorrow which should make it somewhat easier (thats what I'm telling myself anyway lol). I am down 13 pounds right now (yippee!!) On to your questions 1) Whats going on this week - I am looking forward to more flavors of liquids lol 2) Thoughts, Fears, blessings - I am truly blessed to have come out of the surgery healthy with no complications. I have had a relatively easy recover (little pain but nothing extreme). I just keep reading to see whats coming next. 3) Hit a stall - too early for that yet 4) Cry Baby - immediately before the surgery YES ... so far after, not yet lol 5) Side Effects - hate the damn hiccup I get after I drink. Suggestions to keep the board alive ... GET PEOPLE TO REPLY!!

Thanks for the welcome, Gen! I hit my first stall about a week after surgery. It lasted about one week and now it's gone. Yippee!!! I love watching the scale move down. I don't know how I would've reacted if I had not found out about stalls and what they are from this website. It's a godsend. Hang in there! This too shall pass!

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