djgirl19

Eat really slow. Measure your food. If you think you’re full, you probably are. I just started soft food this week and it is like a full time job eating all day and waiting to drink and drinking enough and taking pills at the right time. Pack things that are quick and easy. I eat a lot of string cheese right now, yogurt, cottage cheese. I have been eating the crockpot shredded chicken I made earlier this week for several days. Boring maybe but so much better than all liquids I don’t really mind at all🤣

It was probably between my 1 and 2 week mark but mine wasn’t so severe.

@Caltania and Batty2000, I am glad I’m not the only one. I am starting to feel a little mental like what did this surgery do for me? And I’m reading about all the people who have gained weight back and thinking what if that’s so common because this really doesn’t help nearly as much as I expected. I feel like the “not cheating and eating only healthy things that I was told to eat” is all me and has nothing to do with my stomach or surgery so I’m just feeling scared that if I am not having problems eating now, will this really help when I make a poor decision here and there? I have pushed ahead a little too because we go right from liquid to soft food. We’re supposed to wait to add soft veggies until we hit our Protein but I’ve hit it every day since I went into foods. I also haven’t had a Protein Shake since. That’s probably my motivation LMAO!!!Today I cheated and ate a couple tiny bites of kale. Like smaller than a dime and chewed the crap out of them, but no issue. I have a gut of steel, I guess.

I’m staring to get paranoid because everyone else is throwing up and can’t eat and I’m plugging along and while I am eating very little for me personally, I still feel like it’s more than I should be compared to the rest of you all. Last night I had almost a half cup of shredded chicken and green beans for dinner no issues🤷🏼‍♀️ did they actually sleeve me or just fix my hernia? I’m starting to wonder😆 but I feel super full like up to my throat from 3 ounces of chicken so I guess so...lol

Well I would have been there a loooooong time. 8 days. No I’m not kidding and I didn’t take anything and I wasn’t eating much so no discomfort. Everything is normal now.

Drink what you can. Some people have issues drinking. I had no pain immediately after surgery. I was also very well medicated so that might be why. I couldn’t stand the protein shakes. The first couple were good just because I was so hungry but a week in I was going nuts and when I finally got to soft food I’m drinking as few as possible because I can’t stand them either. Think of it as “taking your medicine”. Lol. I agree on the clear. They’re much less thick and sickening. Water down and put on ice👍🏼

Oh congrats!!!

Lol!! No judgement from me😆 We are not making a change for a day or a week, but forever. And there will be weak moments. It’s making sure they don’t derail us that matters, IMHO.

Has anyone else had this experience? I’m two weeks post op and have noticed what I guess is my own smell of ketosis which is really icky but omg. I was in the grocery today and passed a guy in the produce department and nearly threw up. He reeked of something so offensive I thought I would gag. Then a woman with perfume on. Then today, my son breathed on me after he had spaghetti and I almost threw up. That’s the smell that nearly made me crazy in the store. It was garlic. But it was beyond gross. Like the strongest most rancid smell I’ve ever smelled. And the other day my MIL smelled like rancid onion. After several incidents, i don’t think it’s these people as much as it is me. Did anyone else develop the smell of a bloodhound? This is worse than when I was pregnant🤢🤮

🌽 now that is a new one😂I’m not even sure I would know what corn smelled like unless you mean like a corn chip, Frito-ish kind of smell😆

My rings are spinning around my fingers and they would hardly come off before surgery. And last night I wrapped a towel around me and was well and fully covered so I know inches are dropping fast😆👍🏼

I recommend an extra long phone cord. I bought one the day before and was glad I did. Made me more mobile in bed. I was allowed to shower so I also used my toiletries, brush, lotion, lip balm, a hair clip, AirPods and a cardigan. And really comfy clothes that double as pjs so I looked decent and felt good. The rest of the time I was sleeping or talking with med team.

You should have some fear of course. It’s normal. Im 2 weeks post op, and even when the pain was the worst I don’t regret this. That doesn’t mean it’s been mentally easy even these first few weeks but I am so excited to “start over” my relationship with food and teach myself to eat only what is good for me, nutritious and in the best interest of my health. I already feel better and have more energy so I can’t imagine how I will feel in 3 months or 6 or 12. I would do it again in a minute. And I wish I had done it sooner.

Ok so I thought I had a strong sniffer but this is on a whole new level. Like burying my face in an armpit strong. 🤢🤮😆Sorry for being so graphic but just being honest. I’ve never been so offended by smells in my life.

Ha! Me too!! Same. I told mine he stunk like meat and cheese the other day😆

Oh I’m so glad I’m not crazy. The garlic is literally putrid. I don’t know how long I am going to be like this or if it gets better but I .will be sad if I can’t ever eat or be around garlic again! Lol

@JanJan19 Lmao I read your cottage cheese post and decided not to ask if advancing a day or two early would kill me. I didn’t want to get scolded either. I mean if we were all great dieters most of us wouldn’t be here in the first place. JS. I made it to foods today without cheating except I added a little shredded cheese to my grits the last couple days, but yea, I hear you. And at some point those cream Soups and yogurt and shakes just make you want to hurl. I crushed my Protein goal today bc I added a Protein Shake snack. Do you know the next step? If you do you could cautiously try it or call your doc and let them know you feel you need to bc you’re so weak. It’s not a hard requirement for all vsgs to go so long on liquid but they may have their reasons.I would never have survived liquids without yogurt. I was eating 3 a day to avoid extra shakes. I can do a shake a day. Any more than that is too much thick sweet drink. 

Congratulations! Such a great moment...July 22 will be here in one hot second 👍🏼

It will be time soon. But yes there is a lot of joy in chewing again❤️ Even if I am chewing more than I ever have in my life.

I’m enjoying my first egg 🍳 right now. The most amazing scrambled egg I have ever tasted and I think I can probably only eat half. I’m one happy girl tho.

Ha

Girl, let me tell you what is about to feel even more surreal for everyone who’s got a date coming soon. I just ate the tiniest cup of tomato soup, like literally maybe 1/3 cup, and I am stuffed. 🤣

Mrs. Shel, me too👍🏼 OH!

V-8 and I rimmed the glass with celery salt. It was heavenly. 🤣 Chicken and beef broth, tomato soup, strained French onion from the can. I also did creamy tomato which is a little higher cal but I was much fuller from it sooner so ate very little. 

Just back from my follow up appointment. Everything’s good. Staples out finally!🙌🏼 I start soft food Monday. 🙂Excited but a little nervous. They said a lot of people don’t get nauseous until this stage😖lol Oh and down 17 pounds from surgery day!!!! Woohooooooo