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I got my insurance approval today!! I will attending the pre op surgery class on Monday!

I don’t either but it happens.

Agreed that small changes are key to continued success with habits surrounding food. But I would suggest starting with the vitamins first THEN the tracking. Since ensuring you are getting all the vitamins you need is more important than tracking calorie counts right now.

If it does feel too heavy at first, you can water it down some. That's what I did for the first few days.

I'm 9 days out and I hear you about the water. I barely drank water for the first week, it hurt going down. Powerade Zero is my new favorite beverage. I got tired of super-sweet crystal light. I don't really feel that hungry so much as I miss eating I think. I do find myself watching lots of cooking videos and looking at restaurant yelp pictures. I have a feeling you're experience the same "head hunger" type thing.

Hang in there. Keep sipping, try sf popsicles, bone broth, tea. It is most important to be hydrated rather than meet entire protein goals right now. Rest, walk, and heal. It progresses faster after the 1st month.

Sort of like It Only Hurts For A Little While?

I also think it falls into our genetic make up. I was losing significant hair up until I started my biotin regimen, it came from a combination of my thyroids and uterine fibroids then add the wrong nutrition value and you're a recipe for disaster.

True. I saw the same trend, too. I found it ironic.....go into the hospital for weight loss surgery....come home the next day heavier than before I went in. I had a post-op appointment with my surgeon six days after surgery. The weight "gained" in the hospital had gone by then and I was two pounds lighter than the day of surgery. My surgeon dismissed the rise and fall with a wave of the hand and said he wasn't even concerned with scale readings the first couple weeks. Danmitman !!!! I coulda used this little decree from him prior to this encounter. Inflammation is heavy stuff !!!!!

That’s not true for everyone. I didn’t have diarrhea during my liquid diet.