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You don't look old as nd you do look great - fantastic in fact. How inspiring.

Hello Anemal, don't panic. It takes a while for your body to adjust from Fluid to pureed food, maybe chicken salad was just a little heavy going for you. I personally have a bit of a problem with mayo, it gives me indigestion. Maybe this is what's happened to you. My very first day on puree I got really cocky and thought I could tolerate homemade potato Soup with cream in. I could NOT. Dumping occurred very soon after. I am 6 weeks out and bms are still only very occasional. You will settle into a new routine, but this is still so new for your system. I think maybe just still have blandish pureed food to start and get your new tummy used to it. Hope all goes well with your NUT and all the best in your new life.

Can't wait to look as good as you!

Hi everyone. Got some very random replies when I posted this last time. Just wondered how everyone is doing over here in Blighty. Any new people joined, if so hope you are all doing really well.

Hello Lblondon. Hope all is good with you. Yes it was a biggish pot of yogurt, but when I thought about it I had actually that had it over the course of a day. It was divine. Anywho I do seem to be able to eat more of some things than others. Yogurt, cottage cheese, sugar free jelly etc slip down very easily. I do worry sometimes that I'm having too much, but trying to keep around 800 cals a day. I am quite stressed tonight due to my husband's ill health problems, I have to look after him 24/7. Normally I would be cheating like mad, but not today - so something is working. I have no regrets about this surgery, just hope I don't screw it up.

Sorry Lblondon predictive text keeps catching me out.

Hi IN London funny you should ask about food tonight............... I have just eaten an entire pot of Rachel's gooseberry yogurt. I feel like I am going to explore. First time I have cheated but it was so lovely. Anywho I am doing OK about 27lbs down from mid May. I have no doubt that this is the right thing for me. I just want to be slimmer all at once!!!!! The post opening thing definitely seems much more laid back over here. I was just sent home with a diet sheet and a 6 weeks appt. The USA people seem to be having appointments all the time. How has your post op experience been? Sounds like you are doing really well. It's good to talk to someone close to home.

I don't know if this applies to the person who emailed you - at the numerous slimming clubs that I have been to there was always one type of person. This person always said I can't loose weight no matter what I do, it's my metabolism, it's God's fault etc etc. When they stuck to the diet for the first week and lost several pounds it was a miracle. The second week they lost more pounds and suddenly their husband liked them fat and didn't want them to come anymore. What I'm getting at is some people simply won't make the commitment because they haven't got it in them. I don't know but maybe this person isn't sticking to the rules. Please don't let them distract from having a new and fantastic life.

Just a quick note to see how the UK sleepovers contingent are. Hope you are all OK and enjoying your new lives.

That should say sleevers contingent. Damn predictive text!

Thank you everyone, that is reassuring to know you are out there with a full compliment of locks. My weight loss is super slow so fingers crossed.

Hello. I'm just wondering if there is anyone who has not lost any hair at all. It seems from reading posts that most people do. Just intrigued to who if anyone has escaped. I have this joy to come in a few weeks I suppose. Thank you.

Thank you Truck8595 that does give me some hope. Perhaps I should follow your lead and go for a short haircut anyway. Thank you.

Hello all. Just wondered if anyone else was feeling really tired. I was sleeved 29th May, and just feel exhausted all time. I don't feel unwell and have got my head around the fact that my weight loss is going to be super slow (around a lb a week for the last 2 weeks) despite being on fluids and now puree. The tiredness is weird. Don't get me wrong I don't regret this, not for one second. Just wondered if anyone has any tips. Thank you and good luck to all in your new lives.

Thank you BGP, I appreciate the help. I am a little impatient and I want everything to happen at once. Huge well done on your weight loss. Can't wait to be where you are (there I go again)!

Hello Gammy10. I must say I have never heard of anyone having this surgery as an outpatient. You will definitely need really loose pants and tops to be able to sit comfortably. Also I would take a receptacle in case you feel queezy, you may not but just in case. Plenty of fresh water to sip at, and maybe a water spray and some wipes to freshen yourself. I would take some prescribed meds for pain before you set off so they are working as you go. Rectal analgesia works really well and lasts for a good 4 hours. Take something to amuse yourself, but I would make it light, not War and Peace! Are you traveling by car, if so I would just stop and have a little stretch from time to time. Good luck with your surgery and have a wonderful new life.

Don't forget you've just had major surgery. It will take some time to settle, but promise it will. Take your pain meds, stick to fluids only, I was allowed milky drinks here in the UK. If things don't ease up in the next few days just check in with your doctor. It does get better and it is so worth it. Good luck with your new life.

Thank you all for you replies. As a woman of a certain age my Tom is very erratic and I discovered last night that it was here again. It fits as I was craving sweet things yesterday. I think you have all got the right answers. I am new to this and can't read my body signals yet. Also I still get head hunger as my domestic situation is difficult. I do take lanzoprazole. Also I think I need to eat more regularly. Our eating pattern is very irregular and my husband eats very little, so I was in the habbit of bingeing and grazing or going hours between meals. I really need to discipline myself. Thank you all for your help, and good luck to you all with your continued weight loss.

Hi all, don't worry this is not going to be a whinge this time........... Just would appreciate some advice. Just started on puree stage. Think I may have had too much today because I felt hungry. Still well within 1000 calories but it's worried me slightly that I felt hungry. Is this normal at a couple of weeks post op. Not starving but definitely peckish. Has anyone else felt this. Thank you.

Thank you for your replies everyone. I have got up this morning and recognised my dangerous mood. Normally I would get over this feeling by eating. So now I can't do that - thank goodness. So I have decided that it doesn't matter what the number is, as long as it gets smaller that's all that matters. Onwards and downwards!

I don't know which to do. I know I shouldn't get weighed. However I had ordered some new scales and wanted to set a baseline for weighing once a week. The new scales are mechanical and meant to be super accurate. The old ones are digital and vary by a pound or two if you get on and off them, plus I always thought they were a little heavy. Anywho - I now weigh a stone heavier than I do on the old scales. That now means that in the last 4 weeks of pre op diet and fluids only I have lost about 5 lbs and not the 17 I've lost on my old scales. I feel utterly disheartened. Ironically I can't even have something nice to cheer me up! Has anyone else found this. I really thought that the sleeve would be the answer, but apparently not for me. I can't face the thought of 300 to 500 calories a day for the rest of my life, just to loose a pound a week. Sorry for whining, I can't tell anyone how bad I am feeling. Thank you for listening.

Thank you so much, it's really good to take l k to those in the know.

Thank you Olarance75 and Betterthancake, I'm so frustrated but can't say much at home because they can't understand how I feel. I just can't see a light at the end of the tunnel today. I felt OK until the stupid scales got here!

Thank you both for your replies. I will stop getting weighed every day. It is hard though because the more I weigh, and the slower the weight seems to move the more I want to get weighed. I know it's silly, but I never really thought about it before. I'll get weighed next week and fingers crossed for good news. In the mean time Thesuse2000 good luck with your up and coming surgery. Also Teachamy CONGRATS on your post op weight loss it really gives me hope.

Just tried to post this, not sure what happened. Any who, long story short - I am still on fluids and not loosing weight. Frankly I am despondent today as I don't know what to do. Any ideas. Thank you.