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Thank you so much for sharing. I am glad you are feeling better today and you look fabulous already at 11 days. I will be praying for a speedy recovery.

Awesome work Mrfeelgood. Keep up the good work and don't mind the haters. Everyone's journey is different but the end justifies the means. I am happy for everyone who is losing and maintaining it's hard work whether you have lost only 1 or 100 lbs. let's encourage each other plz.

Awesome. Keep up the good work

Thank you so much for sharing. You look fabulous. How are you doing?

Thanks so so so much Nursejenny for taking the time to share this post with so many of us. I am not at goal yet but you pretty much covered so many of the questions we have about plastics after weight loss. You look very beautiful and i am so glad you are recovering well. I hope your move goes smoothly. I will continue to check in to see how you are doing. Remain blessed.

Girl you look good. Awesome job. I know from being 5 months out how hard you have worked. Congratulations!!!

Alex that was me in February. I am exactly 5 months out and can drink as much as I want. It will get better. Everything gets better with time with this surgery. And yes the hunger will come back too, enjoy this period!!!

Ok this post is hilarious...now that I think about it none of my friends or husband wears a fitbit and they are all healthy weight and do work-out daily. Oh my....about to dump mine.....lollll. Thanks for the post gave me a good laugh this morning.

Awesome. You look fabulous!!

Same thing happened to me I thought I was dying, I couldn't drink anything for the first week. Thank God my my obsessive stalking on BP before surgery and all the files I kept on the vets suggestions, I remembered I had read somewhere about another person w/the same issue....my problem was the cold drinks. I found out that I could take sips of very hot liquids with no issues. Popsicles, jello n cold water were a no and still are for me today. It will get better. I still don't know how I made it past 2 weeks post surgery.....take it easy you are still healing.

Sooo true Alex. I have a digital scale at home and I measure all my food. That way it's easy for me to have a pretty much good estimate of how much I should be eating when I am not making my own food or weighing at home. For me though I figured out I have to be very careful with the food choices I make and I choose wisely and carefully before I eat now. I wasn't really tracking earlier cos I thot it was unnecessary and honestly I can remember every single thing I have eaten in the last week. But after reading a tread here I followed [mention=255228]outsidematchinside[/mention] suggestion to log using LoseIt, I purchased the premium and pretty much track everything I put in my mouth. I stay within my calorie budget because I pretty much eat the same things everyday. I had a bit of a stall for two weeks, stayed at 216 and almost went crazy. But thank god for keeping track of everything I was eating or we could have missed the pattern. My doctor figured out my muscle milk that I had just started was the culprit. I couldn't understand why with it being only 160 calories but well I stopped it, my stall broke and I lost 3lbs in two days and back on track again. I hope to see more progress when I start exercising regularly. I am working on that so far I am putting in about 2 days a week. I hope to up it to at least 5 days a week soon.

Awesome job.

I am cracking up here!!!

Thank you so much[mention=255228]@outsidematchinside[/mention] you are always a voice of reason. I have been worried too. Had my surgery on 2/1/17. I won't focus so much on the pounds dropped, just continue to follow my program and the weight will drop. It's hard getting Protein and fluids in but my doctor said 40-60 i am averaging about 45 a day and just doing the best I can.

I like that....slap cookies out of her hand. I would recommend she get WLS and a good psychologist. She has a lot of food issues lolllll. Had my surgery on 2/1 and I know this is going to be a "one day at a time" journey. Good luck everyone. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Oh my. Had my surgery on 2/1 and I still feel pain...well I have a very low pain threshold. The first 5 days I was so sick. Couldn't get anything down at all. I threw up pretty much every time something got into my mouth. I am not hungry at all and really struggling to get my fluids and Proteins in, it's so hard. My sleeve only likes very hot fluids so trying to work with it. All in all it's day 10 and I think I am starting to feel better but my doctor has all his patients on 4 weeks liquid I don't know how I can't chew something in 4 weeks...smmmhhh. Then it's another 4 weeks of puréed no solids.....lawd!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

@@high functioning. No he does 3 a day, he can probably do more but he does other surgeries other than BS and he was one of the first doctors in the US to start doing the sleeve. Alot of surgeons do a leak test before the sew you up, you don't need an additional leak test post op, now if a surgeon does do one there is no harm in that either. With that being said, nothing in life is guaranteed, you can have all those leaks done and still get a leak. We all pray to have a safe and successful surgery. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What store did y'all get your sugar free popsicles? Thx Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Beautiful post. I am saving it for the future. Thank you!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My surgeon has done over 6000 surgeries, does not do leak tests and has never had a leak. I know they do check for leaks before the stitch you back up and some doctors do the oral leak test thingy b4 discharge. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Quick note...it is milk based so if you are lactose intolerant this won't work. Found that out today at costco while Protein Drink shopping. I opted for the muscle milk which is whey based, but less Protein than premier. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

So you were able to eat puréed food the day after surgery? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Such a beautiful and honest post. And all the replies are just as beautiful. Thank you all for sharing. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Obesity Control Center, TJ Mexico Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yayyyyy. I have been praying for you. I got my approval today too. Thank God no drama cos I was ready for them. But it's all good. I have to decide on a date. I am thinking 01/30/17 or 02/13/17. Not sure yet. Too many loose ends to tie up.... Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App