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I had my first follow up appointment today at my 10 day mark and lost 20 pounds since my surgery! I didn't really do much pre-op so I know its a lot of water weight, but seeing that number was awesome! So shocked. I was actually debating on wether or not to look at the scale for my weigh in but I am so glad I did.

Thank you so much! You're right. No one notices except me because my coily 'fro is still a bit thick. I couldn't help the tears though :-( I just have to keep telling myself, it will grow back.

That's fantastic! Good luck and congratulations. I'll admit I was a little disappointed though. I was expecting you to say this was a 30 second snippet podcast that you listened to and knew you chewed long enough when the episode ended.

Thanks for the feed back. I am actually doing the sleeve

So I am 3 days post op! I have come down to one problem that I haven't seen before. And it's dehydration. All I want to do is drink drink and drink more water. I feel so thirsty. But I can only drink so much and it's driving me insane. I can't even drink my protein because I fee that it makes me more thirsty.

My sleeve is hungry! I can't wait to get off these liquids. That's my only issue! This was the best decision I've made. I tell you You're sleeve will let you know when you drink to fast or had too much! *pain*

PEPCID AC chewables should work as a good substitute & are readily available over the counter email everywhere

Are you making your protein and fluid goals? It's really important to get in the prescribed amounts of both. Many people experience a stall at the 3 week mark or so. Your body is just trying to adjust to everything that's happened to it. Keep plugging away and I'm sure it will pick back up. After a loss, my body fluctuates up and down for a few days and then I lose another couple of pounds. I definitely never lose any weight the day after a good workout. I've learned to go with the flow!

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.

I'm 8 days post-op and always tired.... weak. I'm not feeling like I'm going to pass out or anything but just depleted ! After doing small things I feel drained ! My surgeon said it's normal but I'm so ready to have all the energy I hear about