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I took three weeks off for me surgery. I found eating much easier than I was expecting. Granted, I have a one hour lunch, but since I don't snack much anymore, I don't use my 15s for eating. I go on walks instead. My lunch I eat as I normally would I guess, just a lot slower. I usually finish it in 30 minutes and then nap for the other 30 or go on another walk, depends on my energy levels that day (they're still low due to low calories). Water was a little bit harder. I find it easy to get distracted by projects and forget to drink, but I've gotten much better and I bring my water bottle literally everywhere I go at work so I can drink.

Whoop whoop!!!! Its so flipping awesome! Way to go

I feel good. I also feel grateful to have had this available to me. It's so hard to believe that in seven months I've lost 110 lbs. It's just fantastic.

Congratulations!!!

Was the 38.6 a snapshot in time? If you can find a higher recorded weight, you could argue that the 38.6 was when you were dieting and that you weren't able to maintain it on your own.

My insurance qualified me on my starting weight, not my weight on the date of surgery. My surgeon's office confirmed this with me on my first visit. I believe that is true for most if not all insurance companies, so double check with yours!

I like to throw veggies I have on hand - onions, mushrooms, peppers, zucchini into a pan and sauté with salt/pepper. Add in fresh garlic for 1 min. Add in ground beef or turkey. Then crushed tomato. It is hearty and healthy. And soft

Today is day 12 of my post-op full liquid diet. Not as bad as I thought it would be. Two more days before my puree stage. I thought it would be really really hard but it's not I have my son so I still have to cook dinner for him and it doesn't even bother me the food that is Sent from my SM-G935T using BariatricPal mobile app

Awesome! How goes weight loss? Sent from my moto g play (2021) using BariatricPal mobile app

if you want to go to Mexico, Dr Francisco Sauceda in Monterrey and Dr. Laura Carmina Cardenas in Tijuana are very well-known in bariatric circles. They've worked on A LOT of bariatric patients and specialize in massive weight loss patients. Dr. Joseph Capella in New Jersey has also operated on a lot of us (and specializes in massive weight loss patients, too), and his prices seem reasonable compared to a lot of other US surgeons (haven't seen anything recent on him, though) several people here have gone to Miami for plastic surgery because supposedly it's one of the cheapest areas in the country for that - I don't know any names, but a few people on here have gone there and can probably give you some recommendations. The prices they've gotten don't seem much more than the prices in Mexico oh - Dr. Joseph Michaels in Rockville, MD has also been used by a lot of bariatric patients I personally would look for someone who specializes in body contouring for massive weight loss patients or at least has done a BOATLOAD of them, because it supposedly is a complicated sub-specialty.