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Boob surgeries...like a lift...Doesn't hurt. Implants are a little painful. But if you are just getting a lift...You could go to work the next day. I had a breast reduction in 1999. It was like I didn't even have surgery. I felt no pain whatsoever.

Just because you are 20 pounds away from your "Goal" doesn't mean you will stop there. My surgeon's goal was 180. I am 161.

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I am not partial to can soup. I got viloently ill in 2003 from canned soup, and I will never eat it again. I buy the soups that are in the deli section of the grocery store. They are more expensive, but the shelf life is shorter. I would wait until they were buy one get one. Then I just throw it in a blender and voila...soup puree. I blended it really well. I would heat it up first. I basically did that to all the soups I liked. Then when the time came I finally started eating the soup regularly, but that was 5 to 6 weeks out. Then maybe at month 3 is when I tried tuna. But it didn't sit well with me so I stuck with soups...as you can see I love soup! I still love soup!

You can get particles of food in the incision. So you are not supposed to be eating anything with little pieces of anything that could get stuck. That is what I was told. I would eat ice pops so once you are cleared from drinking clear fluids I imagine you could have froyo. But...ice cream in any form is a trap. Give yourself some limits...Like I promise not to drink Alcohol until month six. I promise not to eat chips or fries until 1 year. Whatever is appropriate for you. Making sure you are in control of the driver's seat is important. The first year you won't have much control, but after a year or two you could easily lose focus since are natural instinct is to over eat.

I started using a straw a few months ago...I love a straw. I don't think it is doing anything. I still sip. I tend to drink more gulps when I don't use a straw.

This is NOT encouraging LMAO! I can eat all of that now LOL...

BTW some people eat regular food after this surgery and some people are on a staged diet of liquids, purees and then soft foods. I could not imagine eating real food right after this surgery. I couldn't eat my first egg until week six and then I didn't eat one again until 4 or 5 months out because soup was just better. I would say try another week on liquids/protien drinks.

I lived off pureed Soups because it was the only thing that tasted good. Chilli was great! The first time I ate an egg I threw it up and waited a week. I pretty much consumed soup for the first six months. I ate soup, protien drinks (fruity ones), but chocolate protien with some milk and ice is quite good. I can't drink the whole thing because it starts to taste yucky, but I can tolerate some of it. I ate Jello and frozen pops. I really at soup. That is it. I would buy the fresh soups from the grocery store that were not in a can. chicken Chilli, Bean Chilli...Chicken noodle was ok too. Chicken and rice ok.

I always get now...Tell Susan I said hi...whenever I got to a trade show. I know them, but they don't know me. It is a little weird. I am the same person. All they probably saw was a fat person before. But whatever.

I didn't eat food for 5 weeks. Purees is not eggs. It is maybe a chilli and then you puree it in a blender. I wouldn't even say oatmeal is a puree. It still has to be liquid, just a little thicker. Mashed potatoes is too thick. So if you take some Soup and puree it you still should strain it to get any little chunks out.

I did however try to get as much protein as I could.

I probably lost so much because I wasn't working out...I have lost all my muscle. It is gone. I am a weakling now. That is why I caution everyone to start working out prior to the surgery. I didn't track anything or work out either and I never stalled. I just stopped eating when I was full and didn't eat again until I was hungry. I am going to the gym next week to see if there is anything I can do to repair the muscle loss. I am only 12 pounds heavier than my best friend and I am an inch taller than her...however she is 18% body fat and I am probably 40 still. So she looks crazy skinny...I am skinny, but not super model skinny.

I am 17 months out. The difference between 13 months and 17 months is pretty significant for me in terms of how much I can eat. Of course in the AM I can only eat like a little bird, but at night I feel like I could eat two microwave meals! I still can only get through a little less than one lean cuisine, but two hours later I am hungry again. I do try to drink which helps, but then once everything is cleared out...I wanna eat something! I just go for lunch meat wrapped in a piece of cheese. That seems to be working...HOWEVER...all of that eating adds up! The scale was only .5 pounds which could be anything. Maybe this is my forever weight

I am 5'11" ...you can see my stats in my signature. I was sooooo scared of losing too much, but I hardly have restriction now so I am soooooo scared of gaining. Well, anyhoo I started at 191 and weigh 161 now. If I had skin removal surgery I would weigh 150 I am anywhere from a 6 to a 10 in size...which means I have to try on everything because no two designers are alike, but I start with an 8 and either go up or down or an 8 is just right. I would like to get down even further, but that would require some serious working out since I can't cut my calories anymore. My hair still hasn't grown back at all. It looks like there are some little hairs sprouting up, but those could be broken hairs so I really don't know. Everyone says I look skinny skinny, but I don't feel that skinny I need some plastics, but the fear of another surgery or losing anymore hair isn't worth it at this time. I really wanted to wear a bathing suit and I still won't. My inner thighs are horrible and my butt is saggy. I still don't cry about it like I did about being overweight so I must be ok.

I feel like there is some merit to this. Maybe more stomach acids? I though about taking a PPI for a few days just to see what happens. I stopped taking them long ago. If you stop the acid the food might take longer to digest? I will test that starting tomorrow. I am 17 months out, and I can eat ALOT more! I find that it can go through me much faster. I still eat and then get full, but the time in which I am hungry again is much shorter than before.

I am really scared. I can eat WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more. My hair hasn't grown back so a part of me wants to gain a little to maybe see if this will help my hair. I didn't weigh myself this Monday because I was so scared to see the scale. I am going to do it now. I probably get 1600 calories now. Sometimes more. That is alot. I am tall, but I seriously do not want to gain. I am going to get the resting metabolism test done. I just don't know what to do. I eat some tuna and then 2 hours later I am actually hungry. It seems to be getting worse. Nights are the worst!

I believe that this board is the best support group ever and I owe a lot of my success to this board!

And don't buy hair clips from the people in the mall!!! Go on ebay they are way cheaper!

And I never said you have only six months. It is possible that you could have only six months...but yes you could lose weight for up to 2 years...but...a lot of people do not make it to goal. In my support group there were only two of us that made it. I am just saying that use the first six months to get down with the get down ok. That is all.

Um the first six months to a year is not a diet. It is a self inflicted form of starvation no matter how you look at it. It is a crash diet...however you can never eat normal again so once the crash is over you can't eat a large pizza to celebrate...you can however find ways to gain through grazing and eating every single time you are hungry. Have you even had the surgery yet?

And I always come back to my posts! And I don't care what you think about me. Maybe someone who is struggling will choose to go a different route. Maybe what I am saying doesn't work. All I know is I was fortunate that I kept losing because I am hungry all the time now. I was on cruise control...yay those days are over. I am driving this car now.

Now that I have stopped losing I am losing my hair normal now. I am hoping now maybe it will start growing back and I am wondering if hair regrowth is a sign that your body is going into it's maintenance phase. I would love to actually get out their and start doing research to come up with some consistent strategies to avoid stalls, look at hair re-growth. I mean since this surgery is still new I feel like our doctors should have us also be sort of like lab rats and have a monthly questionnaire. There is nothing.