vluciano93

I'm a month and 5 days post op. Before surgery I weighed 226.8 lbs and I'm currently stalled at 203.4. I know it's partly because I haven't been walking nearly as much as I should and I'm not getting in all the protein. I'm on the soft food diet .. Does anyone have any recommendations of what to eat? My nutritionist said I could start eating cheese and deli meats, but I got so excited that I've been eating mainly that! I need some more options and I need a way of staying motivated!!

Hi guys! I'm 15 days post op, started my purée diet. I'm in need of some recipes that you guys used during your purée stage!!

@@lexie I was told I shouldn't take tums!! I was so excited for eggs .. I had about 3 bites, chewed it up and now it feels like it's stuck in my throat

Today I am two weeks post op which means ... eggs AND MASHED POTATOES! I'm on the puréed stage and I'm so happy, mainly Bc all the liquids were drowning me! Does anyone have any suggestions of what they did on the puréed stage? Also, does anyone know where I can get chewable Calcium magnesium citrate? Right now I'm taking a liquid one and every time I take it, I feel like I need to throw up. Suggestions please!

@@RBS thank you for your input!! I appreciate it!!!

@@Rovobay thank you! I'm hoping my stomach loses the most weight so I want to make sure I don't have excess skin. I'm not so worried about my arms, but I'll def do some of the arm ones!! I was told I'll be losing 40lbs by the wedding

Does anyone know of some exercises to make sure I don't end up with excess skin? I think that's my worst fear!!! I'm getting married in 3 months! I'm 2 weeks post op and I'm down 19.8lbs, I'm just super worried about having excess skin!

@@aloudwhisper my fiancés mom gave it to me. You can buy it online from Amazon though!!

Hi guys!! I'm not sure if anyone is having as much trouble as I am getting all this protein down, but I found the cure to all my problems!!! Protein filled hot chocolate from "proti diet". ITS AMAZING!! Tastes just like hot coco and doesn't even feel like I'm drinking protein!! They also have a bunch of other protein filled items they make, but my fiancés aunt just showed me this today. I'll deff be trying them! Hope everyone is doing okay!!

Day 10 post op and I'm down 17lbs! Had my first post op visit yesterday and dr gave me the OK to go back to the gym, just no weight training! Even with my current stage of exhaustion, I'm gonna try it out today and see how it goes. The treadmill will be my best friend today! Let's see how this goes. Wish me luck!

Thanks everyone!! Hopefully by the time I go back I'll be a little less tired

Yes the gas is normal! They pump so much air into your belly during surgery to be able to see everything. The best thing to not make it so bad is to walk as much as possible!

9 days post op!! (9/15/14) I'm doing well, just extremely, extremely exhausted! I go back to work this coming Monday, standing on my feet for 8 hours a day (yay Panera!), I'm not sure how great it's going to go. A little nervous! I'm still trying to find that perfect protein drink so satisfy my tastebuds! I've been drinking Isopure, it's not horrible but it's not the best. I'm currently 16 pounds down first post op doctors visit today!!

Thank you! I've been drinking as much water as I can without over drinking! Thanks for the help everyone!

Thanks ladies! I appreciate it! I'm hoping I can get back to normal soon bc I go back to work on Monday .. Standing for 8 hours at a time. Probably not the best idea! Time will tell. Thanks again!