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I think most of us have transfered over to the facebook page. add me as a friend (I will PM you) and I shouild be able to add you to the group

my poop is pale and irridescent - like shiny.....

Hey Crystal, Just added you as a friend if you can add me to the group too! thanks and fab idea

I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but adding calories really helps. it kicks your body out of starvation mode where your body is desperately holding on to every calorie and gram of fat. more shakes worked for me cos I can fit more in. my surgeon told me yesterday that I'm half way there with the weightloss... which kinda freaks me out. Halfway there ALREADY??? does this mean it will go at a snail pace for the next 2 years?

Me too!!!! Bruising!!! I woke up with bruises on my boobs and was like "huh, I haven't done anything that would bruise there" cos... ya know... sometimes you do things that can bruise there . but I havent since surgery so I was confused. Makes sense though, lack of padding

Lol nope. I was freaking out about hair loss too, so I got half my hair bleached then had a rainbow of colour put through. Cos I thought if I'm gonna lose hair it might as well come out in a rainbow...

my surgery was 30 November. I've started trying to "master" salad veges. tomatoes are going down well, lettuce is a bit weird to chew. Onions seem to be doing ok, and cucumbers without the skins. I have been naughty and have been having blueberries too - its summer here so all the summer fruits are available and delicious - such a temptation I am working on getting protein, but its becoming boring, no matter what I do to it. chew chew chew. I seem to be able to eat most things, but did stall for a couple of days over new years cos I was drinking low calorie (but still containing sugar) juice as my new years treat. lost 18 kgs post op (39 pounds I think)

I have issues getting my fluids. I just want to skull them back, because it's been damn hot here, but I can't. Instead i go jump in the local pool. Doesn't help with the wrinkles, but cools me down and treading Water is doing wonders for my calves. At least my fingers are a good reminder to go sip on something. I'm also making snow from crystal lite ice cubes shoved in the blender. It's like a sorbet.

Weird weird weirdness My fingertips now go wrinkly if I'm not hydrated enough. Handy meter to keep an eye on it, but so weird. Anyone else getting wrinkly fingers?

Has anyone else noticed that their body odour has changed? Not just sweat related smells but... other emissions? Sometimes I go a bit cross eyed at the stink coming out of me...

Hey Ladies. I have no idea if I'm getting enough protein.... I should probably be measuring. I started my multivitamins and that was reallly aweful. I was well nauseated by them, even though they were chewable - what was worse was I was on a bus into town when the nausea hit. worst. feeling. ever. My pouch is not a morning pouch. My morning pills seem to drop in and hit the bottom of it with a thud. It also hates cold drinks, which sucks since I prepared a whole bunch of crystal lite ice cubes before surgery. A friend brought me some crystal lite back from the states (I live in New Zealand), and I was hoping since its summer here to have blended Ice for liquids (and to blend my fibre into lol). Sadly its room temperature "flavoured" water for me... I also Dumped for the first time last week because I was very very weak... I thought that if I mushed up a chip at the pub quiz I was at, that would be ok.... really really wasnt. Anyone else dumped yet?

I totally understand the testing. My surgery was 30 November, and I did my first dump last week. yep less than 2 weeks out I pushed to far. Before that I was losing 1kg (~2 pounds) a day. then I slowed to a couple hundred grams a day.... depressing. I had also started having juice with "reduced" sugar - watered down too - but I think that tiny bit of sugar really stalled me. Back on track now with disgusting fake flavoured juice and zero sugar. It might also be a bowel thing if you aren't moving that. My sister said the human body can hold between 7 and 10 kgs of poop in the intestines at any time - thats 14 - 20 pounds. so if you aren't "moving" properly you might want to try some alpine tea to help move things along.

Thanks all. I had a terrified moment this evening when I ate 2 bites of banana. Baby tummy was not impressed, it spiked pain. I don't think it was dumping, but it knocked me down.