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I LOVE seeing before and after pictures...they're very inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing!

My PrescriptFit Protein powder (that's what my surgeon's office sells and the stuff I had to be on pre-op) has 10 g of carb per scoop. One scoop is 14 g of protein and I mix it with 6 oz of Water. The other Protein Powder I use is Muscle Milk Light banana creme and 1 serving is 2 scoops mixed with 10 oz of water and it has 11g of carbs and 25 g of protein. I think I need to find protein powders with less carbs. I did order some cans of Extreme smoothie chocolate dream which are very low carb and taste pretty decently. They haven't come in yet. I have a couple of bottles of OhYEAH! RTD which only have 7 g of carbs per 14 oz bottle and 32 g of protein...but it has whey protein concentrate and my nut said that wasn't the best source of protein. SIGH! lol

dang..sorry I missed you in chat! Good luck again and can't wait to hear about your experience,

That is so awesome!! Thanks for sharing! :lol4:

If you go to her profile and search all her threads, she started a thread saying she had begun her VLOG. That's how I found it.

You lost 17 lbs the first week. I lost 8.

I haven't had any problem at all swallowing pills since the day I came home from the hospital. The two prescriptions they sent me home with were pills....the acid reducer and the Symax. I've also resumed taking my vitamin D capsule too. My multi vitamin and iron supplement are chewables..got them from my surgeon's office. They are Bariatric Advantage. And I take a weekly sublingual B 12

wow bjean...that's incredible! We were sleeved on the same day and I can't have crap! I can't have cottage cheese until 4 weeks out. They don't want me to have mashed potatoes at all. I can have well cooked veggies at 5 weeks. I can't have eggs until six weeks out...I can't have tuna or fish or chicken or turkey until 8 weeks out and I can't have any beef or pork for six months. Big DRAMATIC sigh! lol

Congrats on finding a surgeon and welcome! Those post-op parameters sure are different! 100g of carbs?? wow. My nut says 50 per day but I'm going to try to stay more like around 30. We'll see!

ouro..one tip they gave me was to get Mylicon (symethicone) drops and put a few in the smoothie after you mix it....should help with that foam or air that gets mixed in when you shake it up. I'm so jealous of you all you guys who can have all these good things like egg, and bananas. I can't even mix my shakes with milk yet!

Hi everybody....April 28th here. I haven't really had any problems either and I'm getting in plenty of fluids and lots of proteins from the protein shakes. I haven't started on anything else yet although I can now how thin creamed soups, sf pudding, and yogurt. Can't figure out how any of those things is going to help me nutritionally....so I'm just kinda confused in general. Oh well...I'll figure it out eventually! Good luck to all of you...and I'm so thankful for these boards and all of you..it's so nice to have other people going through the same hurdles to talk to!

Wow...that is AMAZING! I sure hope I'll be posting something similar when I'm 5 months out! It totally seems unfathomable!

Oh no..that sounds horrible! I'm so sorry to hear you are going through this. Please follow your gut instinct though and if you start feeling really weak or dehydrated...go to the ER...let them give you some fluids to hydrate you.

Hey Jack! So glad you're home now and doing better. And holy crap..you can have all that stuff already?

I make a conscious decision to not get on my scale everyday because I don't want to be disappointed or get discouraged. I had my surgery on the 28th and when I went for my post op on the 4th..I had lost 8 lbs. I thought it was OK especially since I came home from the hospital weighing 13 lbs more than I did when I went in. But then 2 local girls I had met who had surgery right around me lost a lot more than me.. I absolutely refuse to let that get me down. Neither of them had pre-op diets....whereas I had pretty much been dieting for like 5 weeks before my surgery and had lost 24 lbs.

17 lbs in three weeks?? You damned sure are losing! Girl! That's fabulous!

The PA told me to stop taking mine when I went for my post op because I told her I was feeling fine. I didn't take it the next day but took it yesterday. Didn't take it today...and am kind of playing it by ear. If I start feeling like I need it...I will definitely start taking it again. I have noticed I have felt a bit more bloated I guess today..not sure if it's related at all...but I haven't had any burning or anything. I don't have any experience with acid reflux so not sure what all the symptoms are.

no..but a few of us are in chat...you should come join us! lol

I think it being that low grade you're probably ok. Hey a few of us are in chat if you'd like to join us!

I'm 10 days out and I still have very dry mouth and yuck breath. LOL I find the protein shakes really dry my mouth too...so I sip on my water while drinking them

I just wanted to offer everybody a hug! ***hugs***

I had excruciating pain in my calves starting the day I came home from the hospital and it lasted 3-4 days...it hurt to stand up and to walk. BAD. At first I was scared it might be a blood clot..I did call my doctor and talk to him about it. then it just went away...

I don't know if you are ruining it but I don't think those are the right things to eat during soft foods phase. Course I'm not there yet...but the vets I'm sure will be along with some excellent advice.

Hang in there my friend....it will get better and you'll be amazed at how quickly it gets better. Keep walking..and definitely do the breathing exercises.