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i have cravings also. It is hard but i make sure i have healthy foods to snack on to keep my mind off my cravings. That and i chew sugar free gum to help me stop snacking

i go to the gym 4 days a week. I do 3 miles on random hills on the stationary bike then i do 30 mins random hills on the treadmill. I also use the machines or the kettle bells to get in weight training. I found a bunch of good simple exercises online and use these to get my areas of problem in order. No trainer since i too cannot afford one.

i do everything in a romaine lettuce leaf, tuna salad, chicken salad, seafood salad, blt's. I do sliced meat wrapped around a slice of cheese or a sliver of dill pickle. Also string cheese. sometime i will freeze a greek yogurt and let it thaw half way to have a frozen yogurt snack in the afternoon or when i am PMSing

i burp all the time when i eat and if i drink to much to fast i burp. I say nowadays i could win a burping contest i'm so good at it. I just smile and place that in my list of post-op life changes. Sometime it is worse than others. No biggy.

It's ok to feel regret so long as you realize it is just a phase you need to go thru. You chose to do something life changing. I had no regrets right off. Now at 2 months there are things i want to eat that i can't tolerate and i ask myself why i did this. then i look at the weight I've lost and how good i feel and i realize that i did this to feel better and I do. the choice we made was for the right reasons and it is a matter of getting over our minds to enjoy what we have done. food is a large part of all of our lives especially those that are overweight. It is hard to combat these mental feelings and that where the regret comes from. hang in there. It gets better as you are able o eat more foods and feel more normal .

i do a keto diet. I have some problem with red meats but other than that everything has been OK. i do lettuce burgers, blts, eggs with bacon or sausage, tuna with avocado. cottage cheese. Most of my pre-op keto recipes i eat just fine

i weight myself Monday AM . only time i may step on scale in between is if i have a DR. appt in the week

i get a knot if i eat to fast or don't chew it enough. As for Water it makes me nauseated and gives me heartburn. I have found alternatives to water. I add some crystal light or some of the Protein juice nectar's with water right now im into tea. Its all about getting the liquid down. I too learned that i fill up with a WAY smaller portion than i originally thought possible.

Is your liquid intake a lot of broth/bullion? these have a LOT of salt in them which will also make Water weight stay put. Make sure you are getting non-salty fluids in and are walking to help more the fluids out of your cells. This is a post-op phase and you will begin to loose soon.

I had my sleeve done on 11/10 and i just had a feeling of needing to burp. Once i got up and walking it went away.I had NO arm chest pain really. I also never really burped gas like others i ended up passing my gas.

im on my liquid diet also as if yesterday. I make sure i got stock that has more Protein than the rest and do my Protein shakes for Breakfast and dinner. I am allowed fruit smoothies with no seeds. and can have 3oz of plain chicken at dinner if needed to make it thru. So far as long as i drink enough i am ok but if i don;t keep my tummy full of liquids then i get hungry. Good luck you can do it.

I was instructed after surgery to do a multivitamin and sub lingual B-12

i too don't like going to the gm but i go. It does feel like gyms are for skinny people who dont need to loose weight and work out. But hey I need to do this so screw them and i put in my headphones and away i go. Sometimes i even will close my eyes and just push thru. Its hard but you gotta just know that this is the best for you. Good luck and keep going.

i'm having sleeve in november and i have a 4 year old. My mother is taking the week off after surgery so i can re-coup and help with my monsters energetic self. That with hubby helping should be good. It's the lifting that will get me as she loves to be carried to bed and when she gets upset.

What brand of shakes are people using that taste decent for their pre-op? I am using premier protein since it has 30gm of protein and is low in calories and sugar. Looking to see if there are better options out there. I get sleeved in November and start my liquid pre-op diet for 10 days on 10/31

I have been doing low carb/high healthy fat diet for 4 weeks now and have lost 22 pounds. I have not had cravings for carbs. Even on those days when my family has higher carb Snacks i can avoid them and still have no problems. My PCP is following my pre and post op care since i am having sleeve in Mexico and this is the diet she requested I be on.