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I am at soft food stage and gained 4 lbs this week. man that sucks. I can only eat about 1/2 cup at a time. I havent been to the gym yet. I am trying to not freak out. but I am going to the gym tonight.

I keep meaning to go work out....but I have too many excuses not to go. I am tired. I need to eat, it is too cold, the gym is too full, man I have a ton of them What I need to do is just go.

Great ideas everyone. For me I am looking at about 20 range. so the vacation is a bit out of my price range. But I love these ideas. You guys are awsome!

OOOH I love the trainer idea That is great. I am single and no kids so I dont have issues about being alone for the day. but it is good for someone else.:clap2:

I have something else to add. Resturants really seem a waste to me now. I used to eat out almost every meal. Now I ate out this weekend 2 times. and it was a total waste. I orderd the smallest thing that seemed tasty about 15 dollars too. and I didnt even eat 1/4 of it. man what a waste. It didnt even heat up well. *sigh* then a bunch of friends went to outback and I had the french onion soup my favorite. I couldnt even finish it. and I had 5 shrimp off of my pasta thing I got. geesh. I took the pasta home and split it between 2 other meals. lol it cracks me up to eat this little. but a waste of money to eat out. I am saving money.

I have to agree with George. You have some bad information. I didnt get this thing to be anorexic. I love food. I want to be able to eat and enjoy it not feel bad about it. Like I do when I diet. I am watching how much I am eatting but not really worrying about the calories right now just the quality of food. I can even have nuts this week. I just have to chew them. Basicaly I can have almost all food with the exception of bread, and hard meats. I can have toast and crackers...havent tried them yet but I can have them. I had chili yesterday and am having tuna caseroll today...about a half cup but that is all it takes for me to be full. Which I LOVE!

Lil Miss, I think positive thinking worked for me. I just really did not believe I was going to be in a lot of pain...and I wasnt. I do have a fairly high tolerance for pain. But I thought for sure surgery wouldnt be this easy. But it was. Think positive and if you have anxiety as it gets closer have your doctor give you something.

I drink my protein in the morning. Then I eat my soft foods. If I cant eat much thru the day I will have a shake before bed too. that way I know I have 28 grams in the morning (over a 3 hour period) and 28 grams at night. I drink mine at work and it takes me a while to drink it.

What about life insurance?

LilMiss- I am feeling great. I was lucky not to have any gas pains and almost no other pain. The eatting is weird for me. I forgot I was not suposed to eat solids in the grocery store, I grabbed a slice of apple they were handing out and just poped it in my mouth and didnt think about it till I swallowed half of it. I freaked out and called my dr. he laughed at me and told me that I have to think now before putting things in my mouth. lol. We are going to do an x-ray when I see him for my follow up. he didnt seem too concerned but he did tell me not to do it again. at least till I can have that type of food.

What I am planning is to tell my friends (the encouraging ones) to find some gifts like this and give them the gift cards I got from christmas to go buy them and wrap them up. So I dont know what I am unwrapping. I am just looking for good ideas. I do like the slippers idea. I dont have anyone arround me that I am close with to do this with.

I try to get 60 to 90 a day. I keep track at fitday.com it helps me keep track of what I am really injesting.

lol well it is good to know your not stopped up. lol we all get a tad personal here.

These are great ideas.

Yeah! I am so happy for you. Just dont go crazy before thinking your never going to be able to eat something. You can. Just not for a little while. And not as much! Congrats!!!!

Thanks guys Those are great ideas! I just have a hard time comming up with rewards that are NOT food. I love the beauty school thing.

So how are you feeling today?

My dr said he has his patients sit up while he does the fill. I think he said you drink water slowly while he does the fill so you can guage when it is tight, or too tight. He said he is pretty agressive with his fills so his patients get to the sweet spot quicker. He also said sitting up is a more natural way because fluids flow better when your sitting up and you can get a better reaction. I dont know that is what he said . I cant wait till I get one.

My dr said to not pay attention to the gains and losses yet. make sure you are getting enough protein to heal your body. When you get your fills then you should be concerend about losing.

You can try it. It is just eggs and cheese right? no meat? no potatoes? I am in the soft food stage already. Well tomorrow. I am going for chili. ummmm I have been waiting for chili. a little nervious about the chunks. but I am just going to take it slow.

I had the whole worried about dying in surgery too. I was getting panic attacks. My GP gave me Xanex. Let me tel you if you tell your dr they may be able to give you something to releive the panic. but the stress of it you just have to work thru. it is natural. This is a big thing. This was my first surgery too so I didnt know what to expect. but for me it was a brease I dont even have gas pains. Meditation works too.

Welcome to the group! Personaly I am not ready to post any pictures.Give me a few months. I want to be able to tell the difference. I will get depressed if I have pictures and cant see any difference.

OK now I am a little nervious. I also have the 10 and I sure hope my dr is agressive about fills. I dont want to gain again. I am going to the gym tonight. Hopping that will help me with the cravings.

If you need the acountability why dont you try Weight watchers or something like that? Or make a friend weigh you once a month.