Actually an IV for dehydration will probably help you to feel a bit better. This does sound like a stricture, so the endoscopy will tell. The surgeon can open up the stricture, if these is one, when he does the endo.

I use mine all the time. I find that, when I use it, I lose. Otherwise, my eyes are bigger than my stomach,

I use it regularly. In Europe, recipes and nutrition labels use weight rather than volume, so a scale is essential.

I think of food as falling into one of three categories:

Ingredients that I am extremely unlikely to overeat. I only track these foods to make sure I'm getting enough nutrients and variety. I rarely weigh these. Most of these are low calorie anyway, so an estimate is good enough. There are a few higher-calorie items in this category, like flaxseed, but I'm not tempted to overindulge, so again an estimate is good enough.

Ingredients I am likely to overeat (e.g. nuts). I weigh these almost every time.

Ingredients that may cause pain if I overeat. This includes some low calorie foods like raw carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli. I weigh these every time, even on days that I take a holiday from food tracking.

The food scale is an important tool. Would you drive a car with no speedometer and guess your speed. Do everything you can to lose and maintain. The weight loss from surgery is only for two years

After that your body needs a lot less calories. If you don't track and weigh you will regain.

Yes I had one and I never used it .

I?m fine with just eating what I crave .... I nibble ( and taste when I?m cooking) a little here and there but it?s never really affected my weight I don?t think .
I?ve often sat down with the family and said I got full from tasting ... what my Grandmother used to say . But true .

Then again I don?t think I?ve ever eaten a whole pizza pie either ( or even half of one ) so ... if portion control or even total fat amount ingested is an issue.... maybe I would try to scale .

in the beginning post op I loved to eat at all you can eat buffets... now it's totally throwing munny out the window lol .

I wouldn't worry... you're still in the two year happy losing stage .... and afterwards... things get even better.

Watch your fat intake is my advice... nothing gets you back to original weight faster than cheese ... butter ... ice cream ... fast food ... hamburgers.

And for Gods sakes move if you can .... it'll make you lose much more and make you want to eat a lot less .