delta_girl

We have close to the exact same everything, except I don't have kids. I'm 9 weeks out and feel fantastic. I started feeling better within just a few days of surgery. My energy level bounced back, my joints stopped hurting, I started sleeping better within a few weeks. I can't offer any input about caring for kids, though.

I'm 9 weeks and no way could I eat a whole banana. Go carefully with your new stomach.

The breath thing is ketosis. You can do a search in these forums and find a lot of info.

I had forgotten all about my grandmother telling me the same thing until now. She would say how pretty I would be if I lost weight. Ironically she was quite overweight herself. And I can still remember a boy I had a crush on in 6th grade telling me he would like me if I lost weight.

I've heard the "pretty face" thing many times, always from men (never women). That is exactly how I hear it. Your face is pretty but the rest of you isn't.

Do you wear an underwire bra?

The first few weeks for me were not easy. I had moments of depression, loss, fear. It was a very emotional time and some days it was physically difficult. Thank goodness that stage passes quickly. Hang in there.

Opurity is the most horrible, worst tasting, foul, gross, putrid, funky tasting chewable that I have had the extreme displeasure of putting in my mouth. I choked down a few and then gave the rest of the container away to a pre-op.

I've had seconds and thirds and fourths, just not much at any meal. Pie and coffee too! I've also walked my hiney off!

Now that you know what you are doing to cause the pain, you can do something about it.

This was my first Thanksgiving post surgery and it was just fine. I had a little bit of everything I wanted. I even had a taste of dessert with coffee mid-afternoon. Then I had the same the day after for lunch. The one thing that was not enjoyable is the very delicious chocolate Cheesecake Factory dessert that I attempted to eat 1/4th of a piece of did not agree with me after the second little bite. I was not sorry at all to throw it away.

Do you have to watch the temperature? Some protein powders are no longer any good above a specific temperature.

That is the first thing that I noticed, too ...at around -25 lbs. Even though my chest size didn't change, the gut that was holding the "girls" up sure did.

8 weeks for some of us.

Saw some at Pier I

I think I did eat a bit too much for supper (was actually surprised at how much I ate). I did eat extremely slowly, though. Later in the evening I put 1/4th of a piece of chocolate cheesecake on my plate and took some tiny bites. It was so rich and so incredibly good. Since I went so slow with super tiny bits, I started to notice that it was not a good idea to continue to taste, even though it was so wonderful. I think if I had eaten any more I would have been in the same boat. The last time I had dumping syndrome it was when I ate something very sweet and rich.

LovingmeForever just posted photos in a thread about being at 5.5 months. I think she lost around 70 lbs in that time. I'm only 2 months out so can't give a personal comparison, but 10-12 lbs a month is pretty darn awesome. 8-10 lbs a month is impressive, too. Shoot....any loss at any time is good.

A lot of perceived hunger that people often complain of is actually acid in the stomach which is why so many doctors tell their sleeve patients to take them.

Before I ate I walked a really fast 30 minutes at the fitness trail. I had about 1/2 oz turkey, 1 teaspoon of green bean casserole, 1 grape, 1 cherry, 1 tablespoon of sweet potato casserole with 2 mini marshmallows on top, a teaspoon of cranberry sauce and probably around 2 tablespoons of dressing. I did drink tea with my meal, too. About 2 hours later I had some coffee and around 2oz of cheesecake. I feel not an iota of guilt or remorse.

I never drank with straws before, unless I was at a restaurant. Now I use them all of the time. It makes drinking a lot much easier for me. I don't seem to have any trouble with extra air.

I had surgery on a Wednesday and was back at work on Monday.

I got a b12 shot the week before my surgery. I also started taking a multi Vitamin with Iron at the same time.

Breakfast - 1 shake mixed with Water lunch - 90-100 calorie low fat or fat free yogurt Snack (around 4pm) - popsicle or cottage cheese or beef jerkey Supper - pureed or soft veggie, Soup, maybe a tiny bit of chicken Snack - diet hot chocolate or fat free pudding or sugar free Jello That's my standard. I can eat whatever now, but I don't really want to. I eat a few bites here and there of something or maybe 2 tortillia chips if I have black bean soup. I did have half of a stuffed bell pepper for supper 2x this week. It was made with turkey meat, rice and not very many spices, so super low fat and healthy. As far as how often...my schedule is crazy so I just pace around what is going on.