DaleAnn

Good to know others are going as slowly as I am. I have added an hour of walking. Exhausted after but it feels good to be outside. I take a protein drink with me to help with the fatigue. They tell me my body is in starvation mode and that I need to eat more. Never thought I would hear myself sayc- yeah right. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

Be glad you burp. It helps the food move down your stomach. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

I had been trying solids, chewed to mush, but no go. Painful. Back to protein drinks, cottage cheese and yogurt. I know that even though it smells good, I will pay for it later. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

I was told that if you don't eat enough during the day you will be hungry at night thus making you vulnerable. So I made sure I started my protein early and every 3 hours. It worked. But that was only for a week. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

I had my surgery on December 19. Been kinda tough but am getting used to the program. Having to figure out how to eat been the biggest hurdle. Trying to make sure I get enough protein has been a priority.

I still have cravings and bread with butter is one of them. So yes, I have cheated on that but really it is thumb sized piece of bread and I do like the nutritionist said and really give myself the time to enjoy it. When I do that - all is well with the world. At this point, I couldn't eat more than thumb sized anyway. I also get hungry but nothing like before surgery - thank God. The cravings are head games that you have to win.

I had my surgery about a month ago. It has been difficult. I never had pain due to surgery but pain from eating. I don't seem to get a signal of when I am full. It doesn't take much and when I eat that next spoonful it goes over and then the pain begins. We are talking about 4 teaspoons. I make protein the priority - don't want to lose my hair. So I eat plain greek yogurt with no added sugars and protein drinks. I try soups and have had some apple sauce. It is very liquidy then it is sort of ok - though even then I can drink too much. Apple sauce (the kind without added sugar) tastes good but really I can only have 2 teaspoons before it will start to hurt. So I pretty much measure ahead of time based on the experience I have had so far, what I can eat before it hurts. I stop before then and wait. I wish I knew what feeling full felt like. The one thing I am happy about is that I don't get ravenous. I think I feel hungry but not that ravenous feeling I used to get when I would try to diet. I did have a few things that would be considered poor choices - grape juice, potato chip (yep just one) and a few others thing but I could only get so little. I panic and then focus on why I went through this in the first place and try to move on. This is very hard. Not so much eating healthy - just eating period. It takes just one bite to make the difference between being done and pain for the next couple of hours. I hope this doesn't last and I figure out when I am full without pain being associated. Yes, I have seen the Dr and they agree I need to measure ahead of time. Unfortunately, the measurement changes with the food type. I guess it is a brain thing that I will figure out. Oh and the exercise thing - way too tired. I did walk for about 2 hours last weekend. I took breaks in between. Still when I finished, I slept for 4 hours and was wasted for 2 days. Today, I walked about a mile - slept for 2 hours and am still exhausted. Hope this goes away soon too. How was it for everyone else 1 month out?

Thank you all for your replies - it actually helps to see others had similar issues. The first topic I goggled was "regret" because of the stomach pain. I don't want to feel like this all the time. I am afraid of eating. But I can see now that others have gone through this. I am still very concerned about calories. They sort of drill that into you before surgery. No carbs. Ok I get the basics - bread, pasta and starches but fruit is hard to absorb. I thought fruits were natural carbs and OK but guess not. Bananas and pineapple are my favorites and yet they are so high on the carb list that I have been told to only eat 1/2 a banana. For now that would be fine because I don't think I could finish 1/2 a banana in a whole day. Weight loss is coming more slowly which they tell me is normal because my body is in starvation mode and will hold onto whatever it can. They advise eating more but I am afraid of the pain - it really hurts that badly. At this point, my body can keep the weight - I am not going to try to eat more till I get the measurement thing about eating down. I like the 5 minute timer thing and will be trying that today. I am taking calcium, multivitamin and B12. They are chewable and for me count as a meal - more than that and I will pay for it.