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She actually started hot tea yesterday and she's doing pretty well so I'm happy about that.

I have finally finished the program for gastric bypass. I started the multi disciplinary program on Jan 22 and finished on June 1st. I would have finished sooner if I didn’t test positive for H pylori in April. I was told I’ll get a call this week with a date (if everything goes well and they don’t need anything else for me) Anyone want to share how long it took to get a surgery date after completion of their program? And how far out the surgery was/is? My surgeon is Dr Hess at Boston Medical Center.

Yes ma'am!!! Later you'll smile at the process......

My cousin had wls and lost her butt, I have been terrified of losing mine. And I mean this in these most respectful way, but you still have yours, and that gives me hope. You look amazing. I'm 5'2 and my heaviest was 230. I'm 2 months out and I'm a little around or before 198 (haven't weighed at my surgeon in a few weeks) Sent from my Z983 using BariatricPal mobile app

Had the sleeve 5/2 and like many others I had a stall around week 3-4 where I would fluctuate each day up or down less than a half of a pound. Finally started losing again and am down 18.8 lbs. in 5 weeks and 5 days. Added to the 15 I lost on the preop that is a total of 38.8 in 7 weeks and 5 days. I am not losing as fast as many but I am 60 years old!!! I am so happy with the process, enjoying my daily exercise and looking forward to starting solids on Wednesday. The one thing that has helped me is to increase my water intake to about 80 oz per day in addition to crystal light, SF popsicles and coffee. I am done with the popsicles after the current box is gone since the 8-12 carbs per day are not needed.

That's perfectly fine to drink the shake in 30 minutes. The swelling in your stomach has gone down and allows the liquid to pass right through. However, you now have absolutely no excuse not to get your water in every day! You won't really start feeling restriction until you start eating soft foods That's also when you start being able to feel "full". One tip for the hunger: Sugar-free jello, DON'T CHEW IT WELL! It will be slippery enough to get into your stomach all right, but it will take your stomach a while to break it down, so you feel full for a while. The little ready-to-eat cup is the perfect size! Good luck! p.s. In my area, bariatric support meetings are open to everyone, even if you didn't have surgery at their facility. Maybe you can find one near you?

You look fabulous! (Guess what? When models sit down, they have rolls, too. Theirs are just really petite.)

@CaribeRidge That's an interesting concept, I always leaned more toward the depression being caused by a major change that once you kick off, you don't really have any control over. That and all the addictions we have with food, even if it's not a major one, the whole "head hunger" factor, and the fact that you cannot eat everything you want the way you did before were the major causes for post op depression. Personally, I'm glad to see that fat, nasty, heavy breathing, lazy, unhappy behemoth no longer return to any mirror anywhere ever.

Congratulations! You look good!

I get the molded cups from cacique, they are the only thing that seems to work for me. Only down side is they are $50 a pop.