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I drop the kids at school and am in the gym at 8:00a. Home for breakfast by 9:30 or 10:00.

Typically I try to get my running out of the way first. I don't feel as wiped out by the time I hit the weights. If I do, then I just back off a bit. The carido is a bigger deal for me.

I was sleeved on a Tuesday and was back in the gym on the treadmill the following Monday. I just kept doing what I could manage without it being too painful. Hit 2 months out yesterday, and I do my full workout and cardio 5 days a week now.

Looks like you've done a great job. I wouldn't worry about losing too much weight. There are things that you can do once you hit your goals that will help you maintain.

At your phase, a 1/4 cup seems about right. Stalls will happen, you have to watch the carb intake vs. protein and water. So maybe back off the cocktail sauce and the curry chicken as used less carby alternatives for a bit. I put chipolte Tabasco on just about everything Your body is going through a lot of changes, and wants to hang on to as much fat as possible. The best way to get it to shake it lose is starve it by restricting the processed sugar, carb intake. Try tracking your eats in MyFitnessPal or something like that, you might be surprised. Also it helps to increase the cardio part of your exercise plan, get plenty of water and take those vitamins.

kflan, we all feel that way one time or another. Keep in mind that the surgery is just to reduce the size of your stomach. It isn't going to help that much with the head side of obesity. That's where the hard part starts. As you heal you will get more restricted, and you will see weight go down, but you still will have to work at it. I've been on every diet you could think of, and this is just as hard as any one of them. It will take work, but you can do it, just know that it won't happen overnight. I'm a very slow loser and I really sometimes have to fight being discouraged as I am celebrating my 2nd month (today) and I've lost 30 lbs. I would love for it to be 50 or 60, but I know that it will come. My fat ratio is way down, I can easily hit the gym and do things that I haven't done in a while. I am reducing the amount of medicine that I am taking. So the amount of pounds going away is really secondary. I am still "obese" on the BMI charts, but I know that I am healthier and I am making strides. Hang in there! You'll see it!

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Here's an excellent blog that should help you out. I'm very jealous, would love to go to D world. http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2010/02/04/eating-healthy-in-walt-disney-world/

1 year for me. I am sticking to it. There's nothing that I can drink or put in my mouth that means more to me that hitting my goal and being healthy.

my nut has me at 1/4 cup at almost 8 weeks. I'm following the plan!

My diet was 2 weeks liquid, 2 weeks purees 2 weeks soft foods. I am now at almost 8 weeks and still am not allowed white sugar, most carbs, no oatmeal, grits, rice, potatoes etc. no fruits and hard or fibrous vegetables. I'm at 80-100 grms protein, 40 grms carbs 70 oz water. I still chop a lot of what I eat into small bites. (I use a chopper). I only eat 1/4 cup per meal and eat 5-6 times a day. My nut is pretty strict, but in a good way. I am fully on board and am losing weight at a decent rate.

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Don't give up dude, There are ways to get this done. Peer to peer, letter writing, even OOC (more affordable). Just keep at it, it will happen!

Becky the surgery is just the beginning. The hard part starts once you are healed and are facing everything that you faced before surgery. Unfortunately the surgery doesn't do anything for what is going on in our heads. The cravings, the bad habits, the bad decisions that we all have made with regards to food, aren't going to magically go away. I know that I am probably not telling you anything that you don't already know. I wish that it was easier. I am sure we all do, but we have to play the hand that was dealt. I was so glad that I have had this surgery and to be frank, the I wish I was at goal weight today, but I know that if I seize the opportunity that I was given, I will do this. You have to reign in those bad habits, you have to stay active. Journal everything you eat, drink, do and think about. Go to your surgical support groups. If you went OOC, then enlist your PCP to help you with support. Make sure you are following the life plan your nutritionist gave you. It isn't a "maybe" kind of thing. I've dieted for 35 years, and there's not one diet that I haven't tried. This is just as hard as any other of those diets, there is no magic coming out of your surgeon's knife that is going to make this easy. Know it and accept it and put a plan together to build an whole new you. It won't be tomorrow, but it will happen. You just have to work the plan and plan the work. Take care!

Without knowing exactly what you've been eating it would be hard to determine what your weight loss would be. Everyone loses at a different rate. One thing that should be noted is that your body can shut down an go into starvation mode pretty quickly if it isn't being fed properly. The body tries to wring as much energy as possible from the stored fat. Doing so, it holds on to that fat and doesn't let go. Things that you can do, and things that you want to do post op, are to make sure you are getting in your prescribed amount of proteins, the right amount of water and vitamins. Exercise will also help as it gets the metabolism to work harder to burn fat. Eating (or drinking) small meals several times a day will also hold off the starvation shut down.

If you are having that much pain after a month, I might think about the hospital or urgent care and have it looked at, or go see your PCP. Severe pain for a month, regardless of the circumstances is not normal. Everyone is different, and it may be just the muscle as your surgeon suggests, but if it is making you uncomfortable, you should have it looked at. There are liquid pain killers that can be prescribed that does not affect your stomach. I did have some pain around where my drain was, but it was very manageable and got better daily. It was the last of my incisions that stopped hurting, but I expected that. Take care of it and get your self better okay?

You may want to be really really careful. At two weeks out, your stomach is still healing. You won't notice a lot of restriction until you are healed. Typically after two weeks, most folks are getting their nutrition through purees so that the stomach doesn't get stretched and pressure put on the incision. Tread softly so that you will be okay in the long run

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Stalls are going to happen. Everyone and everyone's body is different and react differently to a significant change in diet. I had a pretty long stall myself but seem to be coming out of it now. Focus on the long term, not the short. Stay in the game, it will turn around. Make sure you are doing every last thing by the book. There's are reason for all those rules that they give you. Your body is fighting like crazy to hold on to all the fat that it can. It sucks but that's how we are wired up. Yes you do have a long way to go, but each day it gets a bit shorter, and a bit easier. Make sure you are tracking exactly and honestly what you are eating. Make sure you are eating 5-6 small meal a day, get your water in, stay on the proteins. There is no magic bullet here, just a lot of hard work. It didn't all go on you in a day and it isn't going to come off in a day either. Stay strong and it will happen.

Great Job! I am so back into running again. Not great, but getting there. Hopefully will be competition ready by fall. I love running with the kids now,

Just curious, of those of you that are having the gurgles, how many are taking some sort of PPI? Sort of doing my own survey....

Greek yogurt has more proteins than other yogurts, but it doesn't have to be plain I wouldn't think. I wasn't a big fan of it either, but got used to it, now I don't mind it. Yoplait makes some non fruit flavors like honey vanilla and key lime in their greek yogurts that are pretty good. They might be a bit more palatable. I also recommend thePremier shakes that are already mixed. You can get them from Sams or Costco. I really am not a fan of shakes and powders in general, but the Premiers are not super sweet and go down really nice. You just have to keep experimenting.

High five Cheri....I almost just dropped VST all together because of some of these posts. I want to be supportive, but geeze. If you haven't done your homework, and you haven't had real conversations with your Dr. before you climb up on that table and let the cut you open, then I don't know how much you can get here. If you don't understand that this surgery doesn't solve much other than restricts what you eat and that you have to work very hard to make it work, I'm not sure there's a lot of help here. There are a lot of good questions that get asked here, and those I really enjoy answering, but most make you want to bang your head.....

A small gain a month out isn't unusual. You body is adjusting to the decrease in food (nutrients) and is holding on to all the fat that it can. Try tracking what you eat (myfitnesspal or something like it). Make sure you are getting your water and your vitamins. As far as workouts go, you should be getting at least 30 minutes of cardio, that will raise your heart rate to a level that will burn fat. There are websites that can help you determine what level that is. You might want to get a pedometer and track your steps. Shoot for 10,000 steps a day but 5,000 to 7,000 is a decent start. Keep the protein coming and the carbs down low. Just because you have been cleared for all foods, doesn't mean that you should eat them. Even though you are restricted in the amount of food you can eat, you can still overdo on the carbs and sugars. I'm finding that my post-op diet is way more different than any other diet that I've been on, and is certainly different than it was before I was sleeved. I was a very slow loser pre-sleeve and nothing has changed about that post sleeve. Keep working at it, you'll see results

Pretty darn good list. Very close to what my nut and surgeon have me doing. Good to follow if you don't have nut or surgeon close by.