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Do your body a favor and take 2 weeks. I worked from bed on day 5,6 and after 2 meetings I was worn out. I had a simple recovery, no complications. The first week I felt great! By the second week, the fact that I had overdone it the first week, the low calories and the even lower carbs caught up to me and I had 3 days where I couldn't even hardly get out of bed. You have to understand, I think I am superwoman. I am full of energy most times, and I am a workaholic. For me to not go to work, something has to be seriously wrong. And for me to not have energy is bizarre. Well like I said, I paid for my over-working my body the first week. Today is 16 days later and I put in half a day but really my brain is at half-power. But if I had a day full of meetings, I could have pushed through it today. So take care of your bruised and traumatized body and take at least 2 weeks off if you can.

Omg I just made the best lobster "bisque". I made it up as I went, hence the note below. Half an onion sliced thin 3 cloves garlic smashed 1in ginger sliced thin and julienned 5 Campari tomatoes 1/2 head cauliflower 3 c chicken stock 2 tablespoons pesto 1 lb frozen langoustine or lobster (see note below) Salt Pepper Sauté onions, garlic and ginger until browned (I used ghee, you can use fat of choice or spray w Pam). Pour in chicken broth and dump everything except frozen langoustine. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until veggies are tender. Put in langoustines and cook over slow heat until cooked through. Purée soup until smooth and voila! Note: We took out two cups of soup and puréed 6 oz of langoustines. That gives us 3 oz each or 14 gms of protein! I'm saving the rest to purée with shrimp tomorrow. If I had a recipe, I might not have so much soup left over but it's very good. Rich, creamy, flavorful and maybe I won't have to do another protein shake tonight. I've had worse in pricey restaurants.

You look like a little firecracker! Amazing. Congrats.

Hey Suzy, was hoping to get some vets or others to suggest their on favorites. I know some people have posted some inspiring posts on this too, and I thought we could get a nice compendium together before we asked for it to be pinned.

To post a picture here from your computer, I think you have to load it up in your gallery first. Then you can go to My Media in the options when you reply to a post, and attach it that way. To post a pic here off your iphone/ipad, click on the Advanced options and it will give you a choice to attach a picture from your camera or camera roll.

Thank you! I have two more days I"ve posted. I might try to combine them here.

I massively modified this recipe from http://www.amazon.co...ian slow cooker. The original recipe calls for 2 lbs of spinach and makes so much a sleever would be eating it until they died. It's also waaaay too spicy in the original and hers is made in the crockpot. MUCH faster in pressure cooker. Ingredients 1 lb fresh baby spinach Peel where necessary and roughly chop: -1 large yellow onion -2 medium tomatoes -5 cloves of garlic -1 2 inch piece of ginger -1 serrano or jalapeno chili 2 tablespoons ground cumin (grind in coffee grinder yourself or buy amongst mexican spices) 1 tsp or less cayenne pepper. Put less, you can add more later 2 tsp garam masala (can buy in most stores) 2 tsp turmeric 2 tsp Salt 1 packet fried or fresh paneer (indian grocery store, frozen section). I will also post recipe for homemade since this is good source of vegetarian high protein. Directions Pressure Cooker: If making in pressure cooker, dump all ingredients except paneer together and set to high pressure for 4 mins. Crockpot: Cook on high for 3 hours. Push the spinach down once so all gets moist. When done, use as immersion blender and mush everything up into either a very smooth puree, or leave some bits unchopped, per your diet stage. Gently add paneer until mixed in. Serves 6 Calories: 139 Fat: 9 Carbs: 9 Protein:10

I've posted three soups in the recipe sharing section that are home-made, high Protein soups with some flavor that we've been enjoying. A creamy shrimp bisque, a lobster bisque made differently, and tonight I posted a chicken and mushroom soup. Without the soups, we would be so heartily sick of the protein shakes! We alternate between the shakes and soups all day. I have also done two easy bean soups. One was black bean soup from Panera, thinned and puréed. The other was red Beans (no rice) from Popeyes, thinned and puréed.

Made up this recipe tonight by simplifying a cookbook one. Very rich mushroom flavor. Enjoy! 1 onion sliced thin 3 gloves garlic crushed 4 c mixed fresh mushrooms 1 sweet potato peeled and diced 1lb boneless skinless chicken breast 3 c Chicken Stock Salt pepper Dried Oregano & thyme or Poultry Seasoning 2 c Water or broth for pureeing Simple Recipe: put all ingredients In a pot and boil until chicken is tender (medium low). Purée adding 2 additional c of broth or more. Slightly more fidgety recipe: Sauté onions and garlic until soft and lightly caramelized. Caramelize sweet potato at the edges. Add remaining ingredients. Pressure cook for 7 mins (high) or cook on stove until chicken is tender (low-medium heat). Purée adding stock to thin as necessary. This is how I made it to get the sweetness and a richer depth of flavor from the veg, but it will taste good either way. Makes 10 cups. Each c has 1.5 oz of chicken for 11 gms of Protein.

All right missy, your turn next

Whatchu talking about Willis? I think the progress alone would be pretty but so are you! Glad it worked.

OMG! SO not intuitive. Go to the top of your page where your name is. Click on My Patient Profile. Once you do that, you will see an option to add photos. seriously. Not intuitive

This is proving to be surprisingly elusive. I thought it would be easy! Let me poke around some more. I've only ever attached via iphone and ipad but I'm a geek and if I can't find it easily....

Are you trying to post them in your gallery on your profile? or attaching one in a post?

Sounds like thrush due to antibiotics. You might want to take a probiotic and ask for something eith which to treat it.

We have taken Vitafusion multi cites for years, available at costo and on amazon. I will have my first post-op blood test tomorrow, but historically they have worked and our vitamin levels have always been good. It helps that they are absolutely delicious

You might want to check out my blog here which details our first 8 days. It was 5 days before we were able to get enough protein and water. Just keep doing what you can, and each day, you will find you can do more. Water first, protein second right now. Stay hydrated. Dehydration is the primary reason why VSG's get re-admitted to the hospital.

Where are your carbs? Mine were too low lately and it's amazing how much a few additional grams a day have done for our energy levels. That's what will really get you tired, I think, is a lack of complex carbs.

Do you have a friend who can help you? My husband and I were sleeved together and we are the food police for each other. We set our clocks and eat at 7-11-3-7 pm whether we're hungry or not. Most often were not hungry and left to myself, if likely blow it off. But we keep each other on track. Wondering if you can buddy up with someone and ask for their help right now to get you on a schedule? From my last experience of starving myself, I suspect you will feel ill after eating more for a while, but after a few days, your body will start to demand fuel at those set times. For the first few days, you may have to adopt a "it's not food, it's medicine" mindset. I got sick last year and stopped eating and my husband YELLED at me and threatened to not eat if I didn't. I was so mad at him! I felt like he had NO idea what I was feeling. Food made me sick! But he likely saved my life. I feel maybe you need a friend who cares for you and will offer tough love