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Scale said 185! Same weight from high school. So many ups and downs. Someone asked what the hardest part was....I am 46, married 18 years (all very heavy) and did not hand the attention very well. (Even after people said your hormones will go crazy). I’m a guy. What hormones. Oh well. Glad to finally hit my goal. Feel stronger and healthier today than at any time during the last 25 years.

If you're breastfeeding, you'll want to make sure you get enough calories to feed the baby, too. This is something to talk about with your teams (bariatric and post-natal and maybe also a pediatric team). Balancing your nutrition and the baby's is going to be important. Even if you aren't breastfeeding, your body is healing, and it is probably holding on to some resources to make milk.

I feel you @MizzNewLife . My surgery was Aug 6 and I don't feel hungry at all either. I could get away with eating only 1 or 2 meals a day but really, what you're doing isn't healthy. There is no way you're getting your protein needs by limiting yourself to only 2 meals of 3 bites of food a day. You don't want your body to go into starvation mode and that will cause stalls. You're going to stall anyways at this phase because your body is still healing from surgery. The name of the game isn't "how little can I eat" - don't strive for that. The name of the game is "can I get 60g of protein and 60 oz of fluid in" - thats your goal. Its not a fun game, I just made a post about how I'd love a break from the game but I want to do this the healthy way, so I keep eating even when I don't want to.

Oh crap. Didn’t know that! Thanks. At least it was the first day.

Fruit punch is my least favorite. I mostly drink raspberry flavor and sometimes the orange-mango. It’s all what your body can tolerate. I drank the premier shakes for my pre-op diet but now they turn my stomach.

Crazy...I just started my 2 week liquid diet too. I really just want to eat chips. I almost convinced myself that it was ok to eat a left over baked potato and steak from last night because after all you shouldn’t throw away good food. What is wrong with me?!? Can you freeze potatoes? What time is your surgery and what are you having done?

General anesthesia does not numb your abdomen, it puts you to sleep so they can do the surgery. I had a catheter the first night after my surgery that was removed the following morning. If you do not, you will get up and use the bathroom. You may be moving slower, it may be a bit uncomfortable, but you will be able to move and walk about and will be encouraged to do so.

My Hemoglobin A1c a year ago was 8.3 with four diabetes medications maxed out. Three and a half-months post-surgery I am on the lowest dose of ONE diabetes medication and my A1c is 5.6! A year ago I was at 130/90 with three blood pressure medications; I am now on ZERO blood pressure medications and have a BP of 116/70. This is the best thing I have ever done for my health, and I am so glad I did

Wow, I had Cigna and had to do the 3 month diet. They were great though, they approved my VSG in less than 24 hours, even with a lower BMI and osteoarthritis as my comorbidity. Sent from my SM-G960U using BariatricPal mobile app

Start with things that are quite smooth, Greek yogurt, unsweetened applesauce, peaches canned in their own juice, etc. Gradually build up on the texture scale. You'll do great!