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Wow reading these posts is super encouraging. I'm 6months out and i am finally able to eat most things which has me a little scared. I too still have the brain that made me fat in the first place . I have a Fitbit which keeps me in line but I do get a little worried about maintenance . I'm almost ready to throw away my big girl clothes. However this little voice keeps telling me to keep them. I think I'm afraid I'll go back like all the other times . After reading these posts, I'm encouraged that maintenance is possible

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I'm four months out and only recently started to feel better. I still eat slippery foods .

Hi there I too get inspired by before after pics. Here are mine . RNY 1/13/16 sw 280 cw214 gw 180 5'11"

I'm 11 days post op and didn't expect : To be discharged with a drain and for that to cause so much pain . Take the meds!! To feel so good once the drain was removed; To lose 20lbs in 10 days To have such loud noises coming from my stomach To have such tiny poops post op To not be hungry at all Hope that helps . Great post

Hi all . I'm 11 days post op and down 20lbs. All was going well until yesterday when I noticed that everything I ate/drank just started coming right through me. I was including miralax in my water just so I wouldn't get constipated but I stopped several days ago when I stopped the pain meds . I am still on liquids so my foods are protein shakes and soup. As soon as I eat, a few minutes later my stomach hurts and to the bathroom I go. Should I be worried or does this happen sometimes? Also is anyone else taking gallstone prevention medicine?

Yes!!! My stomach makes the weirdest noises

Hi there . I am 11 days post op . I'm on liquids as well but two days ago I forgot I had surgery and ate a handful of popcorn at the movies . I thought I would get sick or something would happen. It didn't . I felt fine. Yesterday I was curious so I had a Swedish fish. I thought I'd get dumping syndrome . I didn't. Here is what I've learned and decided. The liquid diet is partly for my physical healing and partly for my psychological transition back to food. Just because I can do it doesn't mean I should. People like us .. Who can eat most things , are going to have to fight harder to avoid old habits. I LOVE Swedish fish and it is dangerous for me to know i won't dump from eating them. But then again overeating on sweets is how I got to being obese in the first place soo I cannot allow myself any until I am at goal . Just simple as that . I've loss 13lbs in 11 days . I will be on liquids for 1 more week. Also I bought protein chicken soup and I add protein powder to everything . The protein is really key to weight loss, from what I've read. Finally I think the strict doctors diet is to help us lose as much weight as possible. So even though I can eat more things now, I won't . It would be a very slippery slope for me