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I'm not sure if you are supposed to but I drank iced coffee lol. I used decaffe coffee and a little skim milk. Then i added a splash of torani sugar free vanilla syrup

Oh I love doing that! Gets rid of those pesky commercials! And get to the good stuff faster

Oh man do I hear that! I did the same thing and had a serious nervous breakdown. I cried like twice the first week and a half. haha but I told myself exactly what you are! Eating what you aren't supposed to is NOT worth all the trouble we had to go through. I mean surgery, hello! lol You just have to stay strong, maybe change the channel when they come on, or even read a book blah blah. You can do it though, but it's so hard at first

If you are talking about a pre op diet, then I soo did. I think mine was more that I felt like since I was "dieting" my mind faught me and told me I was more hungry. It was so annoying!

Oh man I loveee crab legs! Do you dip them in anything now? I mean I used to use unsalted butter, so I was wondering if theres something else to try?

It is so weird being reintroduced to food! I would never even look at oatmeal let alone put it in my mouth pre sleeve! Now I'm just like yessss sweet mapley goodness! haha Curious to see what else turns out like that!

Oh I totally understand what you mean! I'm a little over 3 weeks out, and I was wondering if I had that problem. I had a really thick soup and oh man I felt the restriction! But not only that I felt satisfied! It was such a good feeling. I think you will be just fine

That is just awesome! I can't wait til it's me walking the dog and not the other way around! lol

Well you let those meds work and rest up! You're gonna need all the energy you have! Can't wait to see your progress girl! Congrats!

For whatever reason, I was told not to go off of birth control for surgery. The nurse said it was imperative to not get pregnant, so I needed to continue taking them.

So I was actually on my TOM during my surgery! And lemme tell you I had the sameee problem. My mom said she thought it could have been from all the blood thinners, but I really don't know. It was so annoying though!

I'll be the first person to admit I have a food addiction, but that doesn't mean you will fail! It just means we have to work reallyyy hard! I miss those foods so badly, I had a nervouse break down like a week ago because of it. As each day goes on though I feel better and better. We just have to tell ourselves that we literally have to stick to the diet, and yeah that is gonna be harder for us than some people. I just don't think they are coming from a place of judgement, just worried that if people stick to their old diet it won't work. Which is ultimately true, but we can do it! That's the thing, we just have to be strong

Aww hun, there's no need to be so defensive. I don't think anyone is trying to judge you, and no one on here as any right to. We all have struggles, and I'm 20 and definitely have a food addiction. It has been hard, but obviously so worth it. I mean we are losing this weight, and it's gonna be hard. We've got this though, we have more control over it than you would even imagine

I almost feel like she's being sarcastic? lol but I could be wrong, either way that's awesome girl! I hate getting on an airplane and tugging that seatbelt as tight as it'll go! haha

haha! I feel you, I just get so frustrated with that boy! haha and I'm getting better day by day. Had a nervous breakdown the other day cause I was so annoyed that I couldn't eat what I like, but that passed, and I'm handling it well

I haven't noticed this to be a problem, but just to keep everything fresh down there I use summers even deodorant spray "down there" just to keep it all in check haha. I reccomend fragrences like baby powder. It's so non-discreet. And like they were saying we notice those kinds of smells sooo much more than anyone else would.

I have the pb2 with chocolate flavor in it and it is wonderful especially to give a chocolate protein shake a little bit of penut butter taste! Reminds me of a reese cup!

I'm just about 3 weeks out from surgery and I've lost 16 pounds post op, and 8 pounds preop, so a total of 24. Hoping to lose a couple more before my first month is over

Don't let them frustrate you girl! Hospitals are notorious for that. I'm glad you mostly got it worked out, good luck!

Good luck prisytomboy! You will do great keep us updated!!!

I had this problem also! Then in a few days it started coming down again I was so relieved lol!

I figured I'm thinner now than I was when he met me haha So it can only get better. I always tease him though that he'll have to step up his game now that I'm about to be a hot commodity