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Hi everyone sorry i have not been on in a while. Well it has been about 10 months since surger and only down 95 lbs. I have slacked off the past couple of months with the holidays but now it is time to get back into the swing. I am deteremined to lose another 70 lbs this year, I just started drinking a protien shake for breakfast and will begin exercising again. I hope everyone else is doing well. I feel great and glad I made the choice to have the surgery. THere is a support group meeting on Tuesday 19th of Feb.

You are not alone in the forum. Did you go to the support group meeting last week. Next month they will be doing a clothing swap so you can recycle your larger clothes for someone who may need them so they do not have to go shopping. I am going to resign up for the gym at the hospital that should help me kick start my weight loss. I have not been as diligent as I should be.

I started walking about a week after surgery. I did it gradually walking up and down the street. Then I walked around the block then worked up to 3 miles a couple of times but now I try and do 2 miles every other day depending on how busy i am at work. I was going to the gym after 6 weeks, I really liked that but it has been busy lately and may switch to the conway gym it is only 35 bucks a month cheaper than the hospital at 60 a month. I need to exercise more I have slowed down losing weight i need to kick it back into gear.

Hey guys, you will go through stalls it happens. The thing is not to give up this is a marathon not a sprint. I am 3 months post op and I am down 80lbs. Stick to the diet the best you can and exercise. I have slacked off exercising the past 2 weeks and I am not losing as fast as I was when I did exercise. Hopefully things at work and around the house will slow down so I can get back in the swing.

Every doctor is different how much have you lost. My doctor did not set a specific goal for me just to lose as much as I can. I only lost 20 lbs. I was on a liquid only diet. He wanted my liver to be as small as possible so he had more room to work.

I drank powerade zero and protien drinks to get my fluids, just keep sipping all day long do your best. Dont make your self sick but make sure you do not get dehydrated. my doctor told me that if you cant get your fluids up I could go in and get an IV to help. I never had to do that. Dont let your pee get to dark the clearer the better.

Meredith, I am 3 months out of surgery and I can eat anything that I would like. I still drink a protien shake for breakfast but now I put in a banana and some frozen strawberries for extra flavor and vitamins. Lunch I stick to protiens maybe left overs or a half a can of tuna or chicken. I make hard boiled eggs sometimes and eat either just the egg or make egg salad. For dinner I make a hamburger, girlled chicken, fish, chili, shrimp, stuffed peppers, anything actually. I stay away from carbs and sweets. If I do have one I eat very little of them. Once you are ready start walking it will help that fat melt away and firm up your muscles. You dont want to lose your muscles during your recouporation. (sp). So keep drinking your water so you do not get dehydrated.

Good luck Sparky you will do well. I will wave as I go to the support group meeting tonight at the hospital. If you are local maybe I will see you next month.

you will start losing. Remember to get up and move around the house. Do you still have your drain in or did he take it out yet. Dont look when they pull it out. That will aleviate some of the pain. Take your pain med at night if you need it to help you sleep. Remember to sip sip sip all day.

I am not sure how many of your are local to the conway/myrtle beach area, but there is a support group meeting at 6:30 at the hospital. Hope to see you there. Mimi I hope you are doing well.

Fantastic, Mimismom today you just have to wait for the leak test, keep walking around get that body moving, hopefully they will bring you some water to drink to get your mouth wet. The dry mouth was the worst part for me. When you get home set yourself up with some type of protien drink and some gatorade or powerade and sip sip sip all day long. You can have and 1 ounce every 15 minutes. So slow and steady wins the race. I had two rocks glasses filled with my cytomax (40 grams of protien) and the other filled with powerade and dipped little plastic jello shot cups in them and sipped all day long. I had a little nausea but the prescription pill handled that mainly at night. One of the pills kinda knocked me out and I would take that one at bed time the other one was a 4 hour pill and I took that one during the day. Get some rest but dont forget to walk around every 2 hours get that blood moving. YOu will do great.

I will give you a wave as I go to Dr. Washingtons office today at noon. I have to pick up a form for my bloodwork. You will do great.

GOOD LUCK MIMISMOM YOU ARE GOING TO DO GREAT.

Good luck Sparky you are going to do great, stick to that liquid diet get some powerade or gatorade for after the surgery. If you can start exercising now that will help in the recovery. If you are local myrlte beach area, dr washington's office has a support group meeting once a month. We are a very supportive group. At the last meeting we toured the wellness facility (work out facility run by the hospital). They gave us all a one month free membership with a one hour personell trainer. I have gone a few times each week. Once the nurses give you the ok to walk I would recommend it if you are able. It helps you from getting blood clots in your legs. the worst part initially is getting comfortable in bed and not being able to drink until they do your leak test. Otherwise it was a piece of cake. I had my surgery on April 18th. I had to do a 3 week liquid diet. I started at 361 pre liquid lost 20lbs on that and now I am down to 285 for a total of 75lbs so far. At least 85 more lbs to go for my goal of 200.

www.vitaminshoppe.com is the website the store is the Vitamin Shoppe it is at Coastal Grand Mall. Not the vitamin store at Tanger outlet their prices are higher.