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At what point should I increase my calories? - I am about 3 1/2 months out from surgery, down 77lbs this morning, and still eating 650 calories a day.  At what point did everyone, or should I say, should I increase my calori...

3 month pics... I LOVE my sleeve!!! - I cant express how much I love my sleeve.  It gets easier each day!  I'm a little over half way to my goal and can't wait to make goal!  

vacation! - So I've been looking forward to this for nearly a year now.  We are leaving for vacation tomorrow morning.  This will be the first I've been on a plane in years and thankfully I...

You look amazing, such a difference from start to now!

2 months out from surgery date!!! - Today is the 2 month mark since my surgery on 3/19.  I thought I would take a new photo today to compare to the photos I took less than a month before my surgery.  I am down 54....

Laundry - Gotta say it's quite nice not having to do laundry in 2 weeks.  All because I am able to pull smaller clothes out of my closet to wear!  Love this feeling, I've officially lost ...

You look absolutely fantastic! Keep up the great work!

5 weeks post op Fat intake question - Just curious what everyone else sets their fat intake to?  Right now mine is set at 22 as the max, is this high? low?  thoughts.  Just want to make sure I am where I should be

Feeling Defeated Today - Today I just feel defeated.  Some days I feel completely normal, other days I feel like just plain BLAH, like nothing sounds good, nothing tastes good, I could gag at the taste ...

Pain...only not at incision site - A few days ago I felt like one of my incisions was "stretching" it was painful, however it wasn't an incision it was a random spot near my belly button... a couple inches from a...

I had surgery on the 19th, I've only lost 6 lbs in the 2 weeks since. ...

Allergic Reaction after Surgery? - Today I am a week out and of course last night my belly started itching pretty bad... it had itched previous just more like a healing itch.  This is an on fire itch.  Well this ...

Has anyone had a vitamin deficiency?? - So today marks day 5 post op and I feel kind of off today.  First, I slept until 11:15 today, just not like me.  But as I've been sitting here my lips and face feel tingly my ar...

So far so good - I have to admit, waking up in recovery Tuesday was hard, harder than I expected.  For some reason when the lady asked my pain on a scale of 1-10 I said "oh a 5 or 6" this was th...

Is this okay? or did I just cheat on my full liqui - So for lunch today I took half a can of Progresso Light Santafe Shicken soup, threw it in a blender made it all of liquid consistency, heated and am now consuming.  Is this chea...

Who knew cottage cheese would taste so good?! - Today marks day 3 post op for me and along with my full liquids starting today I can also have cottage cheese.  Definitely was my breakfast and it was soooooooo amazing to consu...

sleeved less than 2 days ago and - I am a day and a half out, only got permission to drink liquids this morning after passing my barium test. I was so excited, but then trying to drink either hurts or makes me na...

Question for the Ladies - Did anyone or has anyone had issues with spotting during their pre-op or anytime in ketosis?  I'm 4 days into my liquid diet and tonight I've started cramping and spotting some,...

Pre-Op Liquids... not so bad! - I started my pre op diet on Monday, my stomach grumbled to me all day but really it wasn't that bad at all.  Tuesday seemed pretty good, felt a bit weak in the evening but got o...

I know how you feel. It will definately be a life changer, but I'm...