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totally different... u look great!!

wow amazing transformation!! u look great!

wow you are doing great!!

you look great, keep it up!!

way to go!!! you look amazing!! and it may be time to change your name?

Travel to another country!!! This sounds horrific :/

i get this also, i try to sip slowly, i think its just a part of the healing process. i hope it gets better soon

you look amazing .... and so pretty!!!

ps. By day 4 I had detoxed from the carbs & it became easier - hang in there!

hi jenny, I did optifast for only 2 weeks prior to surgery & found it hard. I was allowed a small piece of lean meat & non starchy vegetables at night for dinner. I would suggest you follow your Doctors orders but in saying that all Doctors seem to have different ideas & diets. All I can say is it does get easier & I lost alot of weight very quickly on optifast & hope you have the same success.

I'd rate the pain about a 6 also. I found the gas pain to be worse than the incision pain. I just wanted to sleep the first day & night & have slowly felt a bit better each day. im one week post-op today . Best of luck with your surgery - you will do fine

Could someone please give me an idea of how much they ate (drank) at each meal post op on the liquid phase. I know what to have but not sure of the amounts. I dont realyy feel like I have any restriction but everything pretty much hurts going down. I have half a protein shake for breakfast which I add ice to and blend which fluffs up to 1 cup. I can get this down in about 10 minutes - is this too much too fast?

thanx OTR I will try that tomorrow

Popcorn is quite healthy!! Its the butter & salt that are the killers! Air-popped popcorn is great - yet tastes nowhere as good

I hear ya girl!! and Im only a few days out!! I want normal food!!

Yes I did!! I even started thinking to myself 'Im not thatttt big' . But I am :/ My Doctor even asked me just before they put me under the anaesthetic if I had changed my mind & I blurted out YES!!! He actually had to stop what he was doing and ask me a second time. I of course went through with it but I truly know how you feel. Its so scary but believe me you will be fine!! These Doctors know what they are doing & the pain isnt so bad. Before you know it you will be back at home complaining about the liquid post op diet lol (like I am right now). Plus you have all us here cheering you on. You can do this!! Keep thinking about how great it will feel throwing out you fat clothes!! Keep us updated Sending prayers your way xx

plus your boobs look amazing!!! it doesnt look like they hv sagged or anything. (im straight btw lol) but they look really good, thats one part of me I dont want to lose but seems to be the first part of my body that is getting smaller. I want my boobs to stay & my belly to go!

Im having trouble getting a large glass of water in each day ... although Im sucking on sugar free ice blocks , & I have half a protein shake at breakfast & half a cup of soup at lunch , maybe sugar free jelly for dinner .... does this sound ok???

I have this pain also, everything hurts going down no matter how slow I drink& feel pain in my back with it as well. i think its a normal part of the healing process... but very uncomfortable.

wow u look amazing!!!

U cant see it?? U must be blind girl!! U look amazing!!! Keep up the fantastic work!

Doritos!! yummm

[*]Lots of studies right now are pretty consistently linking Ghrelin to things like memory and cognitive function, is in - not enough Ghrelin, so in 50 years you may be skinny & have no idea why. [ hahaha funny this made me laugh... hmmm forget what else i was gunna say...