Diva01

Thank you for the replies! This weekend when i grocery shopping, I will find some of these products and give them a try

I need suggestions on some good Protein shakes. My surgeon carries some protein shakes in his office that are good but expensive. I am open to some suggestions to Protein Shakes that are flavorful. Thanks

I was banded on June 30th and I had a fill last friday. Yesterday was my first day having a small salad with lemon pepper fish. In my salad I had lettuce, tomatoes, and carrots (I made sure to chew the carrots very well). I had no problems at all except my bowels were loose later on in the day. I'm assuming it was that way because it was my first time since my surgery having veggies again.

It will be a month since i had surgery and I have only lost 15 pounds. However, I have loss inches and so far dropped one pant and shirt size. I'm thrilled because prior to this surgery I would not have lost this much weight and clothing size like this. Keep up the great work!

I'm glad I'm not alone. I'm on mushies right now and I was gained 3 lbs I was really upset about this because I have been careful to stay in the calorie range set by my doctor. I'm hoping this gain is from coming off of liquids to mushies. I decided to only weigh myself once a week instead of every morning.

I felt completely better on day 10. It was kind of weird, the day before my right side was really sore and when I woke up the next morning, I didn't feel any soreness or tightness at all. You have made a good decision, it will it get better!

Good Luck on your Post-Op diet, Keep your eyes on the prize!

So far, I haven't experience what you are going through. But, I know when I return back to work from summer break, I know all eyes will be on the food I'm eating. As much as I would like to tell those individuals off, I plan on telling them I'm allowed to eat the same food as everyone else and I have a great medical team that suggest great food choices and all I need from my friends and family is to be a great support system but not monitors of what I eat. I'm not sure if that statement would work for you because I can be a very blunt person. But you overall want your family to know exactly how you feel when they make those statements when you eat and let them know how you want them to be supportive to you while you are on this weight loss journey.

I was banded the same day as you. When I came home I was given some meds for nausea. I'm not sure if you were given any, but I would take some. You have to remember our stomach is readjusting to have some actual food in our stomach after being on shakes and Soups. But if it continues, I would call the doctor's office just to make sure you can move on to the mushies. I had to move on to the mushies stage because I was getting hungry again and the Soup and shakes just wasn't hitting the spot. So far, I haven't felt the way you feel. Yesterday, I even had ground turkey and salmon yesterday and felt very full and satisfied.

I agree

You can do it! I was on a liquid diet the same amount of time as you. It was hard because it was straight shakes and soups. I did cheated the first two days by having two chicken nuggets but after that I drew up the will power once I thought thinking the money I would be out if my surgeon could not do the surgery because I cheated. I lucked out because everything turned out fine. I found never let yourself get too hungry! drink your shakes and whatever else you're allowed. Stay busy/

I am Post-op 9 days and I can have ground beef (they prefer ground turkey) at the mushy stage. So around three weeks after surgery.

I'm 7 days post-op and feeling much better than a week ago. On one side of my stomach, I'm guess where the port is, it kind of raised and when I move around it's sore. Is this normal? On the other side of my stomach I'm not experiencing this at all.