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Not exercising yet. Waiting until I can get about 500 calories in. My body doesn't like to lose if I'm working out and too low calorie. So now that I'm eating puree food (actually more like soft food because I'm out of town and puree is near impossible. I'm starting to have food dreams. Lol. Anyone else?

17 pounds in 3 weeks is fast. If you are really active it might be slower. And I think people that were on liquids diets lost more at the beginning. Plus if you are already out of 20s you don't have as much to lose as someone 300+ pounds. Lots of factors go into it. But if you hit 20 this month and 15 next month you are likely right on track! M The I'm enjoying food again! After 20 days of liquids I've enjoyed some baked potato, sweet potato and chili. I was a mad woman cleaning house yesterday, got a good sweat but not too much. I'm down to 238 today. That's 30lbs since my preop started a month ago. I hope it keeps moving. I'm 50 lbs from my first goal, hope to reach that by labor day! :-)

For those of you exercising a lot, be sure to get at least 600 calories in. I look forward to exercising but I can barely get 400 calories in so fast so I'm going to wait. Wish I had been able to have surgery 4 months ago. I'm heading off on a trade show trip. I'm probably the same size as I was last year (I had gained after the summer). So even though I've lost 30lbs I will look no different to anyone. Blah. I'm excited next year I have a big possibility of being very small. But this year still sucks. Oh well. I expect to do more pictures tomorrow. My weight is right at 240 and I'm trying to remember to take pics every 10lbs. 10 more photo sessions and I'll be at goal! Up in 4 hours to catch a flight. Should be interesting doing restaurants! Oh boy

Photograph people, places and animals all over the world.

I don't want a lap band. I didn't want to worry about maintenance and another surgery on the future. Half the people in the hospital when I was being sleeved were there for a lap band removal and sleeve revision. That certainly told me I chose the right one. I'm so over worrying about diets and didn't want a future surgery.

I got my Tom a week early after surgery. It wasn't longer but god was it so much more painful! I felt like my insides were getting torn out for two days. Fat stores excess hormones so it comes out and we get more /worse periods. Blah

Do you find your thin skin getting tougher with dry brushing? I can feel my skin and the thin stuff I'd the parts in sure will sag. I'd love for the skin to toughen, I feel like that's the only way to help. Anyone seen any before and afters with dry brushing?

If he can drink, let him drink. Is only important he doesn't drink 30min before and after eating.

Avocado was my daughters first food. It's a perfect food. Low fat isn't required unless you're calories are out of whack.

Extremely normal. Most stall at 3 weeks.

Habsi its week 4 for the group. I'm on the 30th but I still weigh on Mondays. In a month or so a few days difference from surgery won't matter :-) I'll check out those Vitamins. I got gummies but for now I want to stay super low sugar to try to keep losing and stay in ketosis.

Week 4 thread started!

I have an almost 7 year old and really worry about her too. She has my problem with just not eating if she doesn't feel like it. There are times I send her to school with lunch and it basically comes back full. She loves salad and eats less than her thin class mates by she has serious thighs and butt (like her mom). She loves meat and will eat Protein and fruit must of the time (she just has 3 links turkey sausage for Breakfast most mornings). I just hate hate the genetics factor. I'll work hard as she gets older to hopefully get her to work out as she won't ever be super thin but she can be "normal" and strong. I know I'll have to help her fight to not be fat.

The opening of a tight sleeve is much smaller than the esophagus, so pieces too big may not get through

I'll post a new thread tonight for week 4 and put up our total losses so far! If you didn't weigh yesterday do it today so we can tally!

I have the small Ninja, that has 3 containers, and the nutribullet - which was great for the liquid stage but doesn't do ice well. Ninja

Well I plan to get some chili and yams- I really need some potassium, my cakes are tempting a bad Charlie horse!! Had a new shake tonight. Matrix mint cookie. Yumm! Still only getting about 500 calories, but it's the best I can do. I'm doing 2% milk to help with that.

So glad I went to Mexico. I don't want to jump through hoops when I knew I was ready!

I'm glad someone revived this thread!! Hey veterans. If you are getting updates let us know how is gone!! I'm am probably most worried about future sagging skin - I plan to me half my surgery weight size some day. I know I'll do plastics, but I don't want to wait years. I'm only 18 days out, and probably won't date until I'm about 40 more pounds down, I know my self confidence will go up then. Single mom, so dating is hard enough to begin with. Anyone ever get bitter at first that men didn't want you bigger? I'm finally for the first time, not worried of I find someone smaller what will happen when I gain the weight back, that is so freeing knowing I can keep it off this time!! Come on singles. This is an older thread but let's find the new singles and vets who want to chime in their experiences!

Yes recipes please! I start puree Wednesday.

I gotta get on mfp. Since I have yet to eat anything I haven't bothered. Lol

Well the scale didn't move today but is week 3 so I expected a few day stall. Sw 260 Cw 243

Oh my I can't imagine 800 calories yet. It takes at least an hour for a Protein shake that is less than 200calories and I can't get 2 of those in a day. If I had to see a nutritionist they wouldn't be happy with me. LOL But I got LOTS to burn so for awhile I'll just let that do most of the work!

How is everyone doing?? I just sent a cup of broccoli cheese soup through the nutrabullet for dinner. Just 2 more nights of liquids and I can have some puree... I see Beans, chili and sweet potatoes . I hear egg salad is actually quite good purreed. And I have some canned chicken so I might try some chicken salad too. I have to do puree while in Vegas, will be a challenge. Whats everyone eating? I didn't update weights and names because everyone was weighing all over the place. LOL If we can do day of surgery weight update from weigh in MONDAY that would be great, it will be easier to see where everyone is. AND I want to tally how many pounds we lost as a group!! How long until you think it will take us to reach 1000?? I bet we are already over 200! So when you get up tomorrow morning, go to the bathroom then weigh! Hopefully we can get a good tally

Did you ask with leaks get multiple leak tests? My doc did the usual or during surgery, the next day a barium swallow and the day after that a blue dye test.