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Has anyone ever had this pain? - Hey All, I am 18 months out of surgery and down 130lbs. Just a quick question. In the past few days I have had a pain in my right side...mid belly. If I move the right way I feel ...

Struggle Bus - I read posts each day, but seldom post, but here I am finding myself on the struggle bus. Bad. I am just over a year out, I have lost 130lbs and am FOUR pounds away from onederland...

Struggling - I haven't been here for a while. I had my surgery on June 26, 2013. I have lost 120 pounds since then, which I am pumped about. This past fall I fell into a deep depression and cou...

Left out to dry... - That is what I feel like. I had my surgery almost 4 months ago, and do not regret it whatsoever. I did this to be healthier and happier. I have lost 90 lbs, so on my way to heal...

Can this happen? - So I have never had heartburn before in my life. I have it now. I am 3 months post surgery and have just developed heartburn within the last few days. Interestingly enough, I ha...

Its been a while... - and im struggling. I am just shy of 3 months out and I am craving carbs, badly. I know I need to up my protein...like in a bad way as well as my water intake. Teaching is a hard...

Weird Pain - I am 8 weeks out, crazy to think. However last night under my rib cage on both sides, mostly my right, up under my right breast and around to my back has had this weird dull ach...

Hungry Hungry Hippo - Hello! So I am 8 weeks out on Wednesday and last week was my TOM and I craved carbs like there was no tomorrow. I didnt do anything crazy, but would have an eggo waffle with pea...

Stomach ache after I eat...always - So the subject line says it all. I eat very slowly, takes me about 45 minutes to eat my protein which is all I ever have but yet still cant get my 60-80g in (thats another subje...

Putting it out there... - Hi Everyone,  I am just going to put this out there because I need to know if this is a normal part of the recovery process or if I should make a doctors appointment. So...

Scale - I havent stepped on my scale in close to a week. I will weigh in tomorrow, but I am scared the scale wont budge. I was being a serial scale-r and weighing myself 4 to 5 times a ...

Carbs - Hi everyone! I have quite an extensive weight loss binder from my program but I cannot find anywhere where it tell me how many grams of carbs I should be having daily. In the st...

I feel guilty... - So yesterday my friend and I went out for dinner to our favorite Italian restaurant. They have delicious garlic knots which I used to be able to put away 4 maybe even 5 with oil...

Good in theory...Bad in reality! - Sooooo...I finally got back to the gym today and I restarted my Couch to 5k program starting over on day 1, week 1. 31 mins later, I was finished! Yahoo! I went on to do some le...

Not getting enough protein - Hello! So I am not getting enough protein...no where even close the the 60-80. I gag when I try protein shakes/drinks and puke them back up. TMI. I am the mushy phase of my ...

Feeling discouraged - I am not really sure what my jam is but today I am feeling very discouraged. I have only lost like 3lbs this past week and I am bummed. I started pureed/mushy foods last Wednesd...

Negativity - I am a teacher and I did tell my whole staff at the end of the school year that I was having surgery to avoid any people talking about me behind my back or wondering why I was l...

First time in social setting... - So yesterday and today was the first time I have been with a group of friends since surgery 17 days ago. Even though they all were extremely supportive in saying we can make what y...

Not concerned but is this typical? - Hi All! I had my surgery 15 days ago and over the past 4-5 days I havent lost any weight. Is it normal to drop a good amount (18 in my case) then stop for a little while? I know...

Joint Pain - Hi All! I am 2 weeks post op today and am feeling decent. I have been walking all throughout this process but today I was on my feet in Ikea (ha!) for 4 hours and my hips and an...

Nervous to Eat -   Hi all!   I start my pureed stage Tuesday and I have been researching different food ideas that I will be able to have. I, however, am scared as hell to ea...

Losing Motivation with Protein... - I am only 8 days post-op and I am having the most difficult time getting my protein. I cannot find any drinks, other than Isopure (only one flavor) that I can tolerate/stomach. ...

Drinking too much too soon? - Tomorrow I will be a week out and just today I have been able to drink about 4oz within 7-10 minutes. Is this too much too fast? I am drinking either water or Isopure, nothing t...

Morning Sluggishness?? - I am 6 days post op and generally feeling pretty good, except for when I wake up in the morning. I feel feverish and just overall sluggish. Does this happen to anyone else? Are ...

FAVORITE PUREED FOODS?? - Hey! I am looking for and would love any suggestions as to what everyone's favorite pureed foods are? Any input would be so awesome!! -Nikki