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Don't go to long without a BM. Impacted is the worse, ends you back in the hospital. Gentle stool softener or a glycerin suppository will help.

Please tell me you've called your doctor already!

Ok Dawn. Time to put you it check. During tax season I realized how much food I could eat, how bad I could be with slider foods, and how much I hated getting up at 5:30 to go work out. I knew each month that I had a dr appointment and each month I came close to not going. Each time I went I knew I had gained weight. I decided that gain or lose I was not going to do like I did with the failed attempts at ww or other diets so I forced myself to go. It wasn't easy. Here's the point, we are EXPERT DIETERS! We know everything about how to eat, when to eat, blah blah blah BUT. We are unsuccessful. So I guess we are NOT EXPERTS. To be successful on this journey you (me too) have to not keep doing business as usual. You have to not skip appointments, you have to go to the dr whether you like it or not. You have to get out of your own way and let the process work...how do I know this is true? Because you have gained a few back by standing in your own way. I did not change my slippery ways in April and May. In May, I lost 1 lb according to my doctor's scale. Not possible. Anyway, off I went and still didn't work out, still wasn't eating right, fluctuated in weight. Then I became regular on here again, started tracking and started exercising ( not perfect and not all month, maybe like the 5-6 days before my next appt) June comes around aka last Monday and I lost 2.2 lbs. that's fine but I was averaging 10 a month. This fill feels different. It's like you said about it, making sure I eat very little. I want to be able to go out with friends but I don't want them to notice I can't eat. I want to live my life but I want to lose too. I want to feel a little tighter in the morning etc etc. I didn't feel any of that before Mondays fill. I feel like the ONLY THING that kept me from just sliding all the way back to my the old me was keeping my dr appointments. By the way each fill costs me $425 until I meet my annual deductible of $6000... Wtf my boss changed our insurance this year...blah!! I venture to say that I was spending close to that a month on lunches and Hi cal drinks and Snacks along with reg groceries.

Good news is I've dropped another lb. bad news is I am exhausted! I'm home for the rest of the day. Just couldn't stay at my desk. I haven't been sleeping that much. Cant sleep at night then get up early for whatever reason. The rest of this day will be spent on chillax!

Oh good at least you can be miserable at home. Good news is that it lasts for only 7 days. Oh and if you have the mind set That it is a medical necessity for you to be a liquid diet it'll make it go by quicker. It's not just a diet it's the difference between having Laparoscopic or open surgery.

Not gonna lie, first three days are pretty bad as far as physical hunger goes but no sugar drops occurred. Can you start on the weekend instead? If you work it may be hard.i would rather do a few extra days of all liquid and start on the weekend than have to do it at work. But that's just me. The work can also be a distraction. You are about to be amazed at how little food your body really needs to survive.

Seems to be soothing again here. Funny how I'm so dense that I didn't even really notice it until now. So you all, it's nation run day. Did any one run today...other than your mouths that is?? Well don't feel bad because I didn't either. I ran in place in 30 sec intervals in my TRX class today. If any of you are curious to what I do in my TRX class's here is the link. https://vimeo.com/album/2407694

Flap your arms like a chicken while walking around. Dang that hurts!

Connie, I will just say this...nah I'm gonna say a lot but hope you read it all...heehee 1) congratulations on standing up for your health at 29 and not at 43 like I did. I admire your sense of self. 2) we may have some cultural differences in this thread so don't sweat it too much. 3) everyone's journey is different. Ask questions, take advice but hold your own counsel and make your own decisions. ( it seems like that is what you are doing) We have your back GF!

The hot tea afternoon break calms the afternoon hunger devil for me. I have a chai tea bag with a dash of nf steamed milk and sf hazelnut syrup. I buy a red tea chai since it is decaf. But I think the question about you needing a fill is more spot on.

They do that to me too but only sometimes. Shrimp on the other hand is a No GO ! Weird huh?

I think that more obese people are malnourished than wls patients. I don't think that is why we experience hair loss. I You have every right to be nervous. It is not to be taken lightly. Just do your research and make the decision in what is best for you. You will be fine either way. Welcome btw!

I target 850-950 but I think 1200 is more acceptable.

Him, I think someone just called mom old! Twin, what r we gonna do bout THAT?

Dee, you look fab!

Anything else! I drank hot tea with sweetener. It helped a lot!

Thank you for not dropping me like a hot potato. Janet, I saw your ticker and realized omg you've lost 92lbs! Woohoo.. You are amazing!

Follow your dr ordered pre-op diet. Everyone has a different diet. Could you bring something from home that follows your specific diet? The biggest part of success is being prepared. As soon as you are not ahead of the game you will be faced with food choices that will not be the best for success. This is true during preop as much as it is through the whole journey.

Follow your dr ordered pre-op diet. Everyone has a different diet. Could you bring something from home that follows your specific diet? The biggest part of success is being prepared. As soon as you are not ahead of the game you will be faced with food choices that will not be the best for success. This is true during preop as much as it is through the whole journey.