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If you are a foodie, like you actually have good taste in food not just eating lots of crap, you are going to LOVE foodie life post op. Most of the time for myself I have the same simple things all the time. So when I go out, it is a real treat, especially since it is fairly rare I go to a real restaurant now, compared to the past ( I used to eat out a lot, now just a couple times a week maybe). After going through the food stages and adjusting your relationship with food. You learn to love food as fuel. Then when you do eat delicious things out, you can totally be satisfied with a taste. Food to me tastes far better now than it ever did before because since I know I can only have a "little" (and that isn't really true anymore, depending on what it is, I can have a almost normal portions of things that are not dense protein), and what I have has to be good. I won't waste room or calories on bad food. I went somewhere last week, had half a bite of food, decided it was rubbish and walked out (I had already paid my tab before the food came). At least that is my experience. I can have a little bit of everything and just enjoy the taste and the flavors and not try to eat to be full. So all the fancy restaurants that I used to feel starved after I ate there, are completely satisfying now. It is really hard to explain to someone that hasn't experienced it but some of the other vets that used to post here have expressed the same kinds of feelings. I went from first visit to surgery in 8 weeks. No time to get cold feet, plus my BFF bought a plane ticket to be with me and spent her own money so I couldn't back it. I purposely did it all very fast so I wouldn't have the option of talking myself out of it. No regrets about surgery not one second.

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It is part of the process. You are making better choices and it is difficult. Not eating those food from Md's is a milestone.It will bet better. The pre op will be tough but it will be worth it!

At 3 months post-op, I was taking in about 1000 calories per day. (For reference, though, I am a 41 year old man, 6"0" and around 250 at that time). I have followed a low carb/highish protein/high healthy fat way of eating all along (pre-op diet program, through the food stages, and now). So, I eat around 100-120 grams of protein per day, less than 20 carbs per day, and probably around 100 grams of fat per day. At nearly 6 months post-op, I eat between 1100-1200 calories per day. I weigh 215 now, so that number is still working for me. I don't imagine it will get much higher during my weight loss phase. I have about 35 pounds until goal.

Just wanted to say Hello and introduce myself. I have surgery scheduled for March 30th. So ready and excited to do this!

I'm scheduled for my sleep study in April (first available appointment) and they are doing a split study where once they get enough data they wake me up and try the machine study part. So hopefully I get it all knocked out in one night.

Hello. I would ask your surgeon what meds over the counter you should and sure not take because certain meds after gastric bypass should not be taken. To be safe I would ask.

As of today my BMI is in the 'Overweight' category instead of 'Obese', at 29.9. Woohoo!

I am encouraged! My 2 wk post-op is tomorrow I am down 18lbs so far since surgery on Feb 21st. Thanks for posting photos