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Yikes! I hope we are not the majority. It would definitely change the doctors' statistics or data. Thanks for letting me know I am not alone. I had to get rid of my scale because it would fluctuate up a half a pound or pound at times and really depressed me. So, like you, I am trying to stay focused on the positive even if it is only 1 pound a week.

Hi pretty much anything I would normally. I am a vegetarian though. Today I had my first raw carrots. I am 6 1/2 weeks out.

Nope. Everybody is different

The chicken soup or stock one was excellent! I tried the unflavored in some tomato soup and it was just wrong not to mention the dump Clumps!

Maybe doing too much? If still running high in am, i would def return.

I focus mentally on digesting it in my mouth or liquefying it before swallowing. I know one person who used to set a countdown timer on her phone and chew each bite for a predetermined number of seconds until she picked up the behavior. Good luck

I usually have a slice of avocado or more every day. I no longer consume butter which I used to do on a daily basis. I also have many bottles of EVOO which are flavored and they are fabulous. Great post!

Thanks for the encouragement. I've put away the scale, been tracking my intake, sharing my online journal w/the dietician, n finally worked out today!! I will just b patient n know the pounds will fall off. I'm also working on reducing stress. I skipped a few activities w/the kids this week for some ME-time.

I am currently six weeks post op, but only losing a pound a week. I had complications with my surgery resulting in a 10 day hospital stay. Once I came home and shed all of the extra IV fluids, I lost 20 some pounds. However, now it is a painfully slow 1 pound a week average loss. I spoke with my surgeon about my frustration, the obvious negative calorie balance resulting from a drastically reduced caloric intake, And he told me that some of his sleeve patients may be carb sensitive. Have any of you been told you were carb sensitive? I know some people talk about going through phases of not losing weight, but I am truly concerned. I am a band to sleeve conversion patient. The band really did not work for me, and now I'm really fearful that the sleeve will not work either. All I keep thinking is I know I did not have two WLS only to be virtually the same size. Of course, the question from the doctor, nurses, and dietitian is, "have you been working out? " As if that is the reason why my weight loss is so slow. Grrrrrrr....

Wow! Assume much? I work full-time teaching, have 4 kids which requires me to be at either the soccer fields or football fields 4 days/week usually chasing my 2yr-old, church 2/wk, finishing my Master's, cub scouts every wk, n I have my own business. i'm VERY active n assumed i would lose a bunch going from recovery to full-on life, but no. Plz remember EVERY body IS different. I'm looking for others in my situation who may be able to offer insight. Ur comment was simply judgemental.

I am 6 weeks post op. My weight loss has slowed to one pound per week for the last 4 weeks. My doctor suggested I may be carb sensitive. Has anyone else had this mentioned?

Glad u made it home!! What an ordeal....