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Congratulations [emoji3]!

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!

My surgeon said 15 lbs for 1st 6 weeks

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.

I am never allowed to chew gum again:-(. During the liquid phase I chewed sugar free popsicles. It was somewhat satisfying. Weird as it may sound I got all chewable vitamins and savored the ones that tasted good. Like I was chewing on candy. Lol. Now that I can chew and swallow tablets I've given up my hankering for chewable vitamins.

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