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I ate it all! It wasn’t that much.... I’m almost 8 months out of surgery.

My breakfast panini this morning

Try drinking a gallon of liquids a day (throw in some cherry stem tea, too). If it's kidney related, it will help you pass whatever is blocking the ways in there.

I've got cold feet too. The explanation is simple: if you need three big logs in the fireplace to warm up a room nice and cozy, and you only put one log in the fire, you're gonna end up with cold corners in your room. Same with the body. At 250+ pounds, we need 2000-2500 calories a day just to maintain vital functions like breathing, thinking, and yeah, body temperature. When we eat 600-700 calories a day, there's just not enough fuel, and while the body reaches into the auxiliary heat fuel (stored fat), the process is slow. With limited resources, the body focuses on maintaining your core (stomach, liver, heart, lungs, etc) at optimum temperature, by sending more blood there, at the detriment of the extremities (hands, feet). My surgeon confirmed this theory.

After doing a bit of research, I decided to order this. It arrives on Friday! Can't wait to start exercising again, after a 20-something years break... ☺️ They say it works out 80% of your body muscles, and you can adjust the resistance how you like it. https://www.amazon.com/MaxKare-Rowing-Machine-Resistance-Monitor/dp/B07YKXPDMP

I plan on buying this soon, and maybe the band or watch as well. https://wyze.com/wyze-scale

I lost 20+ pounds on the pre-op liquid diet. As everyone above said, focus on protein (60-80 g every day) and zero/low-calorie natural liquids (water, tea, broth, strained soup, etc.). Use an app like Baritastic to log everything you ingest, and try to stay below 1,000 calories a day. Juicing is no good, as a cup of juice can have 100+ calories and 10-20 grams of sugar. Multiply that by the number of cups of juice you drink in a day, and voila! stubborn pounds...

My very typical breakfast. Protein varies slightly from time to time (ham, chicken, salmon).

Haven't puked once in six months since surgery. Your new stomach will tell you what it likes and what not with plenty of notice, if you pay attention to it.

Double your water/liquid intake. I had to go to 128-136 oz a day to cure my constipation. Also, any tea with senna leaf in it is good.

https://unjury.com/vitamins/opurity-bypass-sleeve-optimized-chewable-new-formulation/

I'm going in in 36 hours, May 20. 😬