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I mixed up some canned chicken with some seasoned collard greens and a sprinkle of cheese. Yum!

Made a delicious chocolate peanut butter protein shake for lunch! Mmmm!

I'm 3 weeks and 2 days as well... If I eat 2 TBS than I'm lucky. I have to supplement with protein shakes because I definitely can't get nutrition through food yet. If I even take a bite over 2 Tbs then I'm in PAIN.

I'm 3 weeks and 2 days as well... If I eat 2 TBS than I'm lucky. I have to supplement with protein shakes because I definitely can't get nutrition through food yet. If I even take a bite over 2 Tbs then I'm in PAIN.

I'm making ranch chicken burgers and some baked potato wedges. Yum!

Thank you! Thankfully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I got a promotion so I will not be working with these ladies in 2 weeks. I told my fiancé that even if my new coworkers start to suspect, they're not getting any info about my surgery. Haha I don't care.

Congratulations! You look wonderful!

I had a particularly rough day... I have 3 coworkers who all had RNY (years ago). They're all baffled that my surgeon put me on soft foods after my 2nd week. It's like they think I'm resorting back to my old habits. One of them actually said to me today (while she was piling down a brownie) that I need to STOP eating and go back on liquids for a few weeks. I was like "what?? Why??" Her answer was because I will get sick and her surgeon had her on liquids for a month. #1. It has been almost a month and not one thing has made me sick (I'm very careful with food and chew well). #2. I'm following MY surgeons orders-- NOT hers!! Gahhhh!!! Why do people feel like they NEED to give you their opinion. I'm so over it! My other coworker(that INSISTS she lost 70lbs her first month--- so not true!) has been telling people she doesn't understand why I'm not losing that fast! I've lost 30 pounds in THREE weeks! That's a lot of weight!

I made a "Reuben roll up"-- basically I piled a slice of turkey lunch meat with a sprinkle of cheese, a tiny bit of sauerkraut, and some thousand island dressing. I rolled it up and sautéed it on each side to melt the cheese. Delicious! I'm just a bit nervous because I'm not sure if I'm allowed sauerkraut or not. Went down just fine. Lol I couldn't find any info at all in my stuff regarding it, so I just went for it. Haha

I'm very discouraged right now because I'm at the 3 week stall. I work with 2 girls who also had the surgery. One INSISTS she lost almost 20 lbs a week for her first 2 months ( which we all know isn't true), but my other coworkers believe her so they think I'm already doing something wrong and I'm not! Ugh...

I ended up buying sugar free Hershey's mini bars with caramel filling. SO DELICIOUS! I are one and put the bag away (knowing they could give me the runs was a great way of forcing myself to only have one! Haha).

Me either!! Nothing better than warm, garden fresh cucumbers and tomatoes!!

I'm trying so hard, but I'm barely getting enough of anything in. Everything I eat sits very well, but I can only handle about a TBS at a time or I feel disgustingly full. I need to get myself on a better eating/shake routine or all my hair is going to fall out.

First.. Happy birthday! Second... How do you feel?? My birthday is July 8th and I would love to just even have a bite of something naughty. I'm scared though because I am only 3 weeks out and I don't want to encourage bad habits.

Some ground beef with a sprinkle of cheese, greek yogurt, and taco sauce. I can't seem to figure out how much makes my pouch happy. If I eat more than a tablespoon at a time, I feel so stuffed forever. Surely this isn't all I should be able to eat.

I had/have the same thing in my right side. It got so bad that I ended up in the ER... Turns out, I have gigantic bruises all over my abdominal muscles inside. Hurts sooooo badly!

I had mine June 5th and have hit a stall as well. From what I have been reading, week 3 is about the time most hit their first plateau so today I upped my exercise and Protein to *hopefully* get the scale needle moving again...

Is this supposed to be Pgh pa? If so, I'm from the area as well. North hills to be exact. I am 25 and live with my fiancé. As amazing support system he has been, he hasn't experienced this and I would love to have someone who has shared this experience to chat with (I talk the poor mans eat off and God love him, he ALWAYS listens patiently). Lol

Oh no!!! I hope you're ok! That really stinks!

I had Dr. Courcoulas at Magee Hospital. Absolutely love her.

Today I had a massive pancake craving so I did some research and found an awesome recipe! Protein pancakes 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese 4 egg whites 1/2 cup oats 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 1 packet sweetnlow Blend everything up till smooth and measure 1/4 cup scoops in to hot skillet. Flip when bubbly and top with sugar free syrup, Peanut Butter, or fruit. Stats: Makes 6 pancakes. Calories: 49 Fat: 0.5 g Carbs: 5.7g Sugar: 0.2g Protein: 5 g Sooooooo good!

I'm having a bit of a meltdown. I didn't realize how hard it would be not to eat for a few weeks. I could cry for even a bite of food. I'm sick of sipping fluids. I feel like I'm floating! I still have weeks until I can have any food and it seems like a million years away. all I want is a bite of anything!

Good luck to all of the surgeries this week!