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No Trader Joes or Meijer, sucks! Thanks for the response though!

they are gross, taste super sweet but in the wrong way like a ton of sweet n low, i couldn't tolerate the taste i returned them.

Hey guys, Geeewhy I'm having the same issue I've been eating the same thing like everyday; meat with melted cheese on it, and Protein shakes, i want to mix it up bad lol I was just waiting for week five when I dont have soft restrictions anymore then i can try all the recipes i've been stock piling. Gonna try chili today tho sounds great compared to what i have, thanks Ter, I can't find pure protein anywhere but GNC, and they over charge. Sucks I loved getting 35 protein in even before the day has really begun! Other then the boring food im pretty good been having a little abdominal pain, but it's prob from puking or picking up my 18 month old, i've been nauseous a lot lately =/ I stick to 1/4 cup at meals and doc said everything was fine, and i was healing great.

Finally a Colorado group!

Hey just wondering if anyone knows of something that actually works to at least fade stretch marks, I've had a kid so tummy looks like a road map haha and have a couple on my upper arms. I've tried a couple things like cocoa butter and firming/fading creams. Ya nothing seems to work. So have you tried anything that worked?

Congratulations you look great!

Awesome job you look great!

Welcome Bobbiecz! Hope you get to the full liquids sooner then later, I know how much the clear stage sucks =( Week 3 finally I start my soft diet, yay i get to eat meat! and eggs and real food lol I'm so looking forward to my egg beaters for lunch, lol what a change from my old eating habits, I'm drooling over diet eggs haha. What stage is everyone else on? and how's it been? Haven't been as addicted to the boards lately, still go to the gym every mon-fri, lost 3.4 pounds last week, seems like a little compared to what other people lose in the first weeks but I'll take it over anything. That's solid weight loss gone forever! =D That's what keeps me going.

So sorry you puked, hope you feel better!

Congrats on your loss both of you!! I don't go to the doc until the 6th (2week post op appt) I get to start the soft food on tuesday can't wait for chocolate pudding well anything sounds better then soup! I' tired today fell like I've been running around everywhere...*dozes off*

Hmmm I came back to check this to see if anyone had anything bad to say about it, before I go shopping... I think I'm still going to get it since it's 50/50 now and any kind of Protein is better then none at the moment for me, I'll ask my Nut but still gonna try until I get a no go. edit: They didn't even have it in store oh well I found some other stuff Nut Approved.

Awesome!!! I'm going to pick some of this up tomorrow this just might be the answer to my problems! Thank you!

(TMI Warning) Ewww i just barfed. Had my Protein ice cream but tried it in strawberry instead of vanilla and i knew it was gonna be a problem from the first spoonful, I ate about 2 or three more and that was the end of that.... I still feel a little nauseous now I'm just going to skip my snack now and wait for dinner, Don't think i could keep it down anyways. Gonna try to drink some tea or something hot till then. bleh, need a new plan for protein again *sigh* Ter72, Glad your doing okay, Hope you do feel less hungry once you get to soft foods, i do them weeks 3&4 i'm looking forward to actually eating food again, Soup so does not seem like a meal anymore, I want some baked fish and veggies! I weigh weekly every tues, since surgery I've lost 9.2 it's my first ticker with the turtle. I was 298.0 surgery day and a week after i was 288.8. Have you/anyone else weighed in?

Yeah alot of walking was the trick for me for the hospital gas, but now regular gas the gasx works wonders for me.

Thank you, I'm so glad you feel better today! I haven't experienced the wall thing yet, don't wanna either lol Today was same ole same ole went to the gym did the 30 min it was much easier today no pain at all! Hope the night goes well! Ter72, hows it going?

Thanks for the replies, that really sucks. All this technology and we can't invent something that really helps stretch marks!

Glad everything is going okay! Ya i would stay away from those Protein shots I hear alot of bad things about them over the forums if you getting the runs, something must be up, I think once we get to mushies protein will not be a prob at all, I'm allowed baked fish so that's pretty much going to be a staple lol and I love it so I'm all for it! I went to the gym walked 30 min which was almost a mile and a quarter had a little cramping but it totally went away at home. Hope week 2 goes great for us both! You should come over to our posting in the September 2011 sleevers we have a thread for our date. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/forum/107-september-2011-sleevers/

Way to go!! You look great!!!

Indeed! I'm having a great day, hope you did too!! Decided to goto the gym and get my 30 min of walking in was great i had a little cramping during but was fine when I got home, and seems like my sleeve unswelled! I got down two cups of Water before lunch! thats been it... lol i took a nap so i missed my 2 cups before snacktime (which was the blended Protein shake got down 3/4cup! Thanks so much Ffr the reassurance was so worried about stretching!) Going to try to get another 16.9 once water bottle down before dinner, and then another after that would be awesome! 6 up from 2! wish me luck! On the how much per hour my doctor's notes said should take up to 1 hr to drink 8oz but that's for my week 1&2 notes could be different for us 3&4 and so on. Oh yeah and I now drink my water at room temperature sadly, it goes down better, I've been dying for some ice cold tho!

Thanks so much for all those replies everyone! Can't wait to not be thirsty!

ohhh I want this question answered too!! Sipping sucks so hot out! Will we be able to drink the ounce cup all at once, or half an ounce? Or even be able to drink more often?

Thanks for your support! I tried something totally off the wall today I blended up my protein powered with the cup of skim milk and got it all creamy then put it in the freezer and i actually got 1/4 cup down! It was like ice cream lol so three more servings and i got 61grams!! *crosses fingers* I hope i can get it down as easily again took my full alloted 20 min but not giving up! Do you know if that could stretch my sleeve? with ice cream being a slider food i'm guessing that's how i got more then usual down... Oh yah and no Meijer by me just kings and safeway is that one of them in a diff name?

Congrats!!!!! Way to go!!!

Hey just wondering how it is going? You're a week post-op yay!

Wow Ter72 i wish! My doc did say he made mine super tight cause of being young, and not having to take a lot of meds I dunno i wish i could just get enough water!