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Agree! All soups were good... Campbell's regular and chunky, I also did wonton one night! It was awesome!

Have had a really rough couple of days here with life, and have avoided stepping on the scale in over a week because I was stalling like 2weeks out. Today I stepped on the scale and I was only down.... 2 more lbs. I have only lost 12 lbs post op, 22 if you count my pre op. I am so disappointed that I've only lost 13 post sleeve lbs and I'm starting on my 4th week. I know I don't have a ton to lose, but I feel like any diet I've ever done has peeled the weight off faster than this. I know this is a whole new life but I'm still bummed. I just need to kow that there were other people like this and that I'm not going to be the one person this surgery doesn't work for.

Hey guys, thanks so much for the support! I have been trying to be more positive and drink even more water, and today I saw a three lb loss since last time! Keeping positive is the key!!

Hey all! I was sleeved 12/13, and am close to 4 weeks out! The hardest part so far is sticking to my post op guidelines! I am feeling AMAZING and because of that have progressed to full liquids and pureeds a bit faster than my facilitating company wants me to, but a bit slower than my surgeons guidelines so it's ok! The best part has been the 20 lbs that will be gone forever! I get disheartened sometimes because I feel like it should be more, but I just need to check myself and be proud! Like I said, recovery is amazing. No pain, no food I tolerances, no weakness, my scars Re so good too! Feeling awesome.

Haha I wish I got paid!

I waited a week! But you need to feel ready.

You should follow your surgeons diet, but yes, I progressed a bit earlier too. I did 6 days clears, a little more than a week full fluids, and now I'm on fulls/soft foods. I am starting my 4th week. My docs wanted me to wait for 2 weeks on clears (couldn't do it), 2 weeks fulls, 2 weeks pureeds, and 2 mushies.

Mmmm, was getting desperate for something besides tomato soup, so for New Years the hubby and I ordered Chinese. I threw the delux wonton in my magic bullet and it puréed so well! I recommend it for anyone looking to get some new flavours during their puréed stage!

I haven't had any issues, and my doc and her daughter are both still on it! Apparently its hard to regulate birth control tests in the US.

I am on the YAZ with only 4 days off - I love it! No mood swings, no weight gain, super light periods.

So glad to hear you're okay!

I'm so sorry this is happening to you! Get to the ER and have that looked at. If I were you, I would definitely be complaining to you surgeon about the fact that they Left your drainage tube in for you to take care of yourself! Get better soon!

I hit a 1.5 week stall, and am now not weighing myself for a couple weeks! I only had now week pre op, and lost 10 lbs, so that explains a lot. Thanks for posting!

I'm only 3.5weeks out, and have noticed no hair loss, but it does feel way drier than usual!

I have made that dip before- its the best! You should try the hungry girl squash potstickers... Mmmmm! Thanks for sharing

We had a talk at my support group yesterday about that "half their size" People mag. We talked about how weight is one of the last "acceptable" things to discriminate against people for. We are made to feel bad because we are fat, and the when we can't lose the weight we feel even worse, and now, we are made to feel bad because we opted to have surgery. Someone told me yesterday that the ways he looked at her sleeve was like a gall bladder gone bad. She truly felt something was wrong with her stomach; that she was Ron with a stomach that was either too big, or was disproportionate to her body and her grehlin levels. Because she saw it as a problem, she had to have it remove, much like someone would take are of a gall bladder that no longer worked, or a tooth that was hurting her. I think that's how we all need to look at her. We had a problem, and we opted to take care of it in a way that would work FOREVER. I am glad those people on People were able to lose the weight themselves, but we all know the stats on people who lose it and Are able to keep it off. I'm sure many of us here have lost lots of weight (almost 60 lbs on my own myself) but were we able to keep it off? And, would living such a restrictive lifestyle in order to keep it off work for me for the rest of my life? No way. The reason i chose to get the sleeve was for freedom from that way of life!

Oops autocorrect! I meant "mushies".

It's not related to WLS speciically, more weight loss specifically, but read Gary Taubes book "Good Calories, Bad Calries". It'll change your life in regards to carbs!

Hey guys! What does everyone count as a part of their daily water intake? Just straight up water or do you count you water based protein shakes, milk, milk based protein shakes and broths? I hit a stall 2 weeks out, so I am curious if I need to switch some stuff up!

Hey! We are sleeve sisters! I was sleeved on Dec 13th too! Ow are the Muslims going down for you? Did you figure out what to have? Dd your surgeon or nutritionist let you know?

Whoa! Hold up. Think of what your body has just went through! You had 85% of your stomach chopped out, 5 holes poked in you, our tummy pulled out through one of those holes, anesthesia and IVs! PLUS your body has also dropped 20 lbs! That is a lot for a body to go through! It needs it's swollen insides to heal, and catch up with all the trauma it's been through. 20 lbs is a lot! Think of how long that would have taken you on Weight Watchers or any other plan! I am in the same bot as you, my surgery was on the 13th and I am down 19, and haven moved on the scale for 6 days. It'll happen! Let your body adjust. You are taking in too little cals not to lose!

Oh Sleevedreamer, that sucks! Thinking about you and hoping you get better soon. I was sleeved Dec. 13th, and I too have hit a bit of a stall. I have lost 19 in total with my pre-op, and have been there for about 6 days or so. It seems weird to have hit a stall after 1 and a half weeks out, but when you think about it, 20 lbs is ALOT to lose in a matter of 3 weeks! Old me would have taken almost 2 months to do that. I am still going to weight myself every day, as I feel that knowing what is up with my body day to day is way less dissappointing than waiting a week and seeing nothing go down!

A quarter of a lb? That could be water, meds, time of the month, anything! don't be discouraged!

Thanks guys!

I had surgery on 12/13, an I would not consider eating at this point even afte chewing tons. My doc has me on 2 weeks clears, 2 week fulls, 2 weeks, pureeds, 2 weeks mushies, but I am going a tiny bit faster than that. Just be careful hun!