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Same here. I will try the all liquid. How about you Maria? Sent from my SM-A136U using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi everyone! I came home from work yesterday and when my husband arrived, he asked me, "Have you been going to the gym?" To which I replied, no. He then asked, "Are you still losing weight?" I replied, yes. He said, you've lost enough. My goal is now 125lbs. I am currently 155 or 153, fluctuating right now. I haven't been that size since junior high. It's where I want to be before I go into maintenance of 125-130lbs. If it were him, that would be one thing, but the problem is that it's also my mother, and co-workers and my daughter. To tell you the truth, I still see myself as big, maybe not as big as I used to be, but still large. When I pull out a pair of pants, I think, they aren't going to fit, and then I find that they are sagging on me and I stand there in amazement, total disbelief. "How did I fit into those?!" Are these magic pants/jeans? When I pass a mirror or window, I wonder, who is that person. The face is sagging, tired, but familiar. Then my eyes wander below my belly button and I see my reflections of my former self and no it's not completely the same but, there are those of you who know exactly what I mean when we say, "I don't see myself thin." But back to the problem, or A problem. How do I handle the situation with my family regarding my intended additional 30 pound weight loss?

My doctor's assistant said keep doing what I'm doing! I'm way ahead of their predictions! My actual doctor said SLOW DOWN! I told him what his assistant said and he said that he would speak with him and when my doctor returned he stated that his assistant had misspoken. I saw the NUT who reaffirmed what I should be doing. Guess what? I've gained almost 7 lbs since then. I'm all over the map. It would seem that I've lost something. I am spiraling out of control again. I returned to the handouts that I was given to try to regain my focus. God has brought me too far for me to fail. I will lose this 35 pounds by September! I'm in this fight for the rest of my life! RALLY ON!!!!!!!

I would like to say thank you to each and every one of you who commented on this topic, but I haven't learned the ropes yet on these electronic things (over 50 LOL). Everyone had fantastic input and covered everything I needed to give them the response and provide me the support I needed to get to the finish line. I see my NUT and surgeon next Thursday and while it has been 4 months since I last saw them, I will be able to go in to this appointment a little more reassured that I am doing the right thing by continuing on my journey to the finish line. I'll keep you posted on the outcome. Rally on!

Hello everyone, I've been following for a while now, enjoying all the posts. FYI, I've gotten over the mourning the loss of food issue. I've got a new problem now. I've been losing great for 4 months and then lost only 5 pounds last month and so far I've waivered a 1lb gain/loss scenario. I asked my NUT what should I be eating and was given the usual reply : 60-80 grams of Protein, 64+ oz Water, exercise daily 30 minutes.....You know the drill. I am going to share with you, what I shared with my NUT on my daily eating/exercising practices: Up until about 5 days ago, my daily calories were 500-600. I upped my calories from that to 600 to 800 after reading posts about my body possibly being in starvation mode. Consider that 150 -300 of my calories were from Protein shakes. I proceeded to move from 2 shakes to 1 and increase my calories. I am struggling. I can't seem to get anymore in. I don't want anymore food. I'm not hungry. I get my water and take my meds daily without fail also. I walk 1 hour per day at work and just joined a gym to get my strength training, on 1/9 and will begin Zumba at home on the weekends. I don't even know how to eat 1000! It just seems unachievable and laughable at the same time when I think that eating way over 1000 calories per day is exactly how I got here! I don't know if I'm in a stall, the first one I've had. I don't know if I've fallen into the dreaded (dnt, dnt dnnnnn) 'Maintenance' phase and I still have 51lbs to lose. Or am I just stuck in starvation mode. What if I've tanked my metabolism? I may have to see the NUT. My old one move out of state. Gosh I miss her. This new one is working strictly from schoolbooks. I need real world experience. I don't need portion size info as I weigh everything. Help. Too determined to stop.

Is there anyone else out there mourning the loss of their favorite food items? As we come into months of heavy eating, November thru New Years Day, I have found that I still miss the foods that not actually brought me to my condition, but just the idea of eating them in small quantities. I had my surgery 8/16/16 and have lost over 45 pounds with 75 more to reach my goal. I don't want to 'cheat' but I don't feel that having a sliver of a whopper or big mac or pizza, or FF would set me back to the start of my journey and yet, I mourn the fact that I no longer have a craving for these items but feel the loss of their presence in my life. I don't eat sweets of any kind and don't mourn that loss. It's just emptiness in the place where the craving for sugar dwelled. I used to enjoy eating and wonder if I ever will again. The pouch is so small that it really is a matter of just filling the hole and moving on to something else in my life. This is both a good and bad thing and those of you have had the surgery understand this 'honeymoon period'. Even foods that I have adapted to my soft foods list do not excite me. I just wondered if there were others who are going through or have passed this point to the otherside and can share their experiences.

I took off 8/15 until 9/2. I am considering taking more time but will wait until my post op 9/1 to make my decision. I'm still in pain and tired but anxious to go back to work.

I signed on at this particular moment due to pain. I have a few pain pills left and I save them for bedtime. I had my surgery 8/16/16 and I have until 9/1 before I attempt to go back to work. My post op appt. is on 9/1. I truly understand what you are going through. I am writing this through bouts of crying. I am miserable. Warning...I'm about to start to complain. I am struggling to meet the 60 grams of Protein and 64 ounces of Water. I can't sit, can't stand comfortably due to the pain. The Tylenol isn't working. I can't sleep. Ok, I'm done. I've got a wonderfully supportive husband and family. I just want to get back to my life again. Work, I knew it was a big part of me. I never take vacations, seldom sick except for the strokes and PE's oh and SVT's, but always positive. Regrets, right now Heck yes! and no. Just tired of the pain, the round the clock liquids, Lovenox shots, meds and unable to leave my house. I know we are all experiencing this and I wish I could add something to help someone. I would like to say that perhaps I will invest in the melatonin and see what happens or sleeping pills. I will not give up, I will go on, I will get past this. We all will. It's the when that is the problem.

Sounds like you got it all together! Congratulations!

It's the beginning of a whole new you!

You made it happen! Congratulations DeeryLou!

It was kinda funny today. My psychologist said I was really upbeat about the next 13 days. I told her at 10 am I was already tired of liquids but, failure is not an option. We will do this! In a few days we will have made it to the next phase in our lives. I share your excitement! My surgery is 8/08 and I'm on my liquid diet for 1 week and 2 days now lol I'm praying for us as well. We can do this! Dawnie_doo

Hi everyone! I've had a long three year journey to get to this point but I have arrived! I have psych appointment tomorrow, pre-op, physical and anesthesia screening next week and the 8/16 bypass! Tomorrow I start my liquid diet and I am ready! My surgery is 5 days before my birthday and I consider this the best gift I could give myself. I have been reading all the posts and although I haven't replied to any, know this, I have cried, laughed and prayed with you and for you.