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Holy crap. That’s super strict! I was just at 200 lbs and a 33 BMI when I was sleeved. I had four days of liquid only prior to surgery and could introduce creamy foods after ten days post op! I am almost three years out and lost all my excess weight within a year (most by 7 months). I’m 25 BMI and holding now. It worked for me, but we always say you need to follow your surgeon’s rules.

Hello and welcome! I hope you find this journey life-changing. Sounds like you are doing the right thing. No matter what our age, there's always time to get healthier.

At your stage I ate a lot of soups with added protein powder. I add avocado to everything I can to incorporate healthy fat. I drizzle olive oil on anything I eat that it tastes good with. I love healthy fats and it's easy to get in calories with it. Fats are not evil if they are good fats. I add nuts to Greek yogurt and chia seeds to protein shakes and smoothies. It's easy to get to 1200 calories, even staying in plan with a restricted ability to eat. I make the calories healthy and count.

Yes, very typical. I lost 10 pounds in ten days and then stalled for a few days. I freaked out for nothing. The best way to save your metabolism is to eat! In your plan and healthfully. Starvation mode is what slows metabolism (read the stories about the Biggest Loser contestants). I got my calories up to 1200 a day as soon as I could. I still got to my fantasy goal (22 BMI) within seven months and have been maintaining since then for 10 months). Healthy calories and healthy exercise is what my plan is now.

@@lowbmi65 I have slightly loose skin on my belly so I'd never wear a bikini again, but at 54 I shouldn't anyways. In to my 30's always had a tight flat belly, so it's kind of disappointing, but I'll get over it. Everything else looks pretty good.

@@hats123 hang in there and don't doubt yourself. If you choose to defeat your tool, you can do it; so it's best to use these first six months to learn new habits. As you get further and further out you will be able to eat a lot more than you think. But if you train yourself, you won't want to. The hunger--for me--hasn't returned, but habits do. Don't graze. Eat structured small meals and snacks. At 15 months out, I occasionally indulge in treats and I allow myself to eat good carbs, because too much restriction backfires on me. I reached goal (22 BMI) around seven months out and have held steady. I eat like a "normal" thin person and no one questions how and what I eat (I've kept my WLS mostly private). Thin people eat carbs and occasionally share a dessert. I'm choosing to be thin. Good luck on your journey, and don't let your brain defeat your body.

@@hats123 Welcome! Anyone who finds support here is always welcome. Fluids can be difficult. I'm 14 months out and still have to remind myself to drink. Don't let anyone other than yourself pick your goal. I thought I'd be thrilled to get to 160, but with just sticking with the plan (mostly), I got down to my fantasy weight of 135. The last 2 pounds took months to come off. Now I'm happily in maintenance and if my body chooses to lose five more, I'd be ok with that too ( I'm 5'6", 54 years old, started at 200 pounds when sleeved in June 2015). Make your own goals and sleeve on!

It'll pass. I got it bad the first four months. Not at all after 6 months.

Easier than sleeve--which was really easy for me. I was back to desk work in four days.

I had it bad. Only thing that helped was magnesium! Now that I'm 14 months out, it's gone. I still take magnesium because it help me poop regularly. Magnesium and potassium need to be watched.

She's a sick person. She's getting off on the attention. Let's not give her any more. Bet she responds within 30 seconds, because that's the way she rolls.

Exactly. Your not looking for input, just attention. Shut up, stop whining and get over yourself. You'll be fat and happy again in no time. Just read all the other whining posts. Some of us accept responsibility for our decisions without acting like victims. If you were so well informed and did your research, how are you so clueless? You need help.

Oh dear! And I am the "negative attention seeker". *looking for the intelligent, informative input in this post.... nope, nevermind! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You're right. None of us know you. However, what you write makes you sound miserable, negative, uninformed and crying out for attention. Not generally what I read from devout Christian women. I pray one day you can read your own posts and cringe.

You're right, it's head hunger. Good for you to recognize it. Use this honeymoon phase to learn to deal with it. At a year out, when the honeymoon is over and the real work begins, it's a lot harder to silence head hunger.

At less than a week out, it might not be actually hunger, but may be what some folks call head hunger. Worth doing a search on this forum.

I had absolutely no problems, because I had realistic expectations about the actual surgery and I mentally and physically prepared myself. I "borrowed" this from another post. I think it says it all. "Some things that anyone having surgery needs to remember: 1. This is major surgery - its going to hurt, and you are going to feel like crap. It gets better. 2. No one gives awards for not taking your pain medications. There are no get out of jail free cards for people that "stand the pain stoically" If it hurts, take the meds. 3. Follow the guidelines for your diet recommendations. If you are supposed to have liquid for the first week, that doesn't mean pizza in a blender. 4. Put on your big girl/boy pants and drink the Protein drinks and Water. No amount of whining replaces the nutrition you need from protein and the hydration you need from water. A trip to the E.R is not a fun replacement. 5. Stay off the scales the first couple of weeks - your body has been through the blender, and no matter how much you think you should have lost, its going to take a while. 6. Don't compare your loss to the losses of others. You will lose at the rate that is right for you - all comparison shopping does is upset you. There's always going to be someone that claims they lost 25# a week -- maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Its like comparing salaries at work - you wont get a raise just because Jim makes more than you do - you'll just get po'd about it. 7. Once you get to the point you are feeling better - Exercise. You don't have to LIKE it - you just have to DO it. 8. Stick with your nutritional guidelines - yes I said that in #3 but it bears repeating. Just because you are bored with soft foods doesn't mean you go out and have chips and dip and burritos. 9. If it hurts, STOP eating. It doesn't matter if its a teaspoon or a cup - nothing good will come of going past your comfort level. 10. HANG IN THERE.... this works! Just give it time." Author Unknown

What was your goal? I start w/ a BMI of 35 & like author of this post I want to see the quick results. With a stall last week (and what seems to be this week also) Sometimes I think I'm trapped in this body. I know it's mind over matter, it's just tough when the scale seems broken lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App 136

@tantalken. That's a great approach. The surgery doesn't fix our heads, but it doesn't mean we can't. It's a slow process.

I was 33 BMI and reached goal in 7 months. Stay off the scale, follow your plan and let your body heal.

54 years old, 5'6" HW and SW 200 Sleeved 6/30/2015 13 months ago) Goal 135 Reached 140 at 7 months and hit 136 at 9 months. Never lost the final 1 pound, but who knows?

Perhaps the best thing is to get the gall bladder removed. Mine made me so sick and only after it was removed did I start to feel better. I have also had a hematoma behind my belly button. They sucked it out with a needle and I had instant relief. I'm so you're suffering, but soon all this will be behind you. Your health will be better then ever and you'll have no regrets! Hang in there, it'll pass.

@mmazzo. Good question! Where are all those folks who just days after surgery were partaking into some really scary habitual eating. Did they reach goal (within normal BMI range)? Have they maintained weight loss? Are they dead? Lots of slippery slope behavior documented here.

Don't confuse weight loss with maintenance! The weight loss phase is much different than living in maintenance. You have to be strict while losing, but that doesn't mean eating perfectly! Don't set yourself up for a higher goal just because you want to "eat" again. I've been in maintenance 4-5 months after choosing a low BMI goal (23). I eat whatever I want in small quantities and strategically. I also exercise regularly. I track everything on MFP and my daily calories rarely go over 1500. I'm really good at getting in 75 grams of protein a day minimum. The other macros just fall in and I don't obsess about carbs. We need carbs for energy and without occasionally having some indulgences, I'd go bat sh*t crazy. I've never said I'll "never" have somethings again. I'm choosing to eat like a skinny person and not like someone on a diet.