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I take the bariatric advantage chewable multivitamin with iron and their calcium citrate chews both twice a day and use cocoa butter and collagen peptides daily to help minimize excess skin.

Awesome. Keep it up!!

Congratulations. You look fantastic. Out of curiosity when did the hunger hormones return and what is it like post surgery?

Congrats 🍾

Congrats to all of the may surgery dates.

Congrats to everyone on their surgery dates.

I am seven weeks out and those doubts and fears still creep in that I will be one of the non success stories (I’ll lose it but gain it back). I am thinking about seeing a bariatric therapist to help with this and issues with eating when board. A lot of people seem to really get a lot out of having a bariatric therapist.

Amazing. Congrats!!

Amazing. Congrats 🍾

Congratulations. That’s awesome.

You look amazing. Congrats.

Good luck 🍀

I used premier protein as well. It was in the list of recommended shakes. I would agree with others that you ask the dr directly if it really matters. If money isn’t an issue and you will drink them eventually I would just let it go (but that’s me and I am a “rule follower” to a certain extent as well).

I started questioning it. But I knew in my heart that I had done well on diets before....until I didn’t (and then I gained it all back).

To further what greentealeal suggested, try NetFlix for a while. No commercials so no food temptations.

I replied to this as if it was kalassi saying it. Sorry for the confusion. I was just typing on a roll and thought it was same person. 😂

Awesome. I added cream cheese to my list for tomorrow so I can try those ASAP.

Maybe. I think that the job of a good psychiatrist is to get it out of us though so they can do what your dr is doing to better prepare us to be successful. I have thought of asking for the list again and seeing someone else off the list on my own to try and work on the eating while board and I guess now the hiding it sometimes.

I think that will be very helpful. I wish I could get to the root of why I eat so much whr I am board. Idk if that is considered disordered eating or not but I also have that. I felt like the psychiatrist I seen just gave a rubber stamp and really didn’t do me any favors to set me up for success. To be honest you may have to do a bit more work up front but it sounds like they are better preparing you for what is to come. Like right now I am 6 weeks out and I do not have actual hunger but I am home and I have thought about eating several times outside of eating time and it’s just boredom. I am able to control it without the hunger hormones on top of it but once they come back it would be helpful to know how to control the head hunger.

I also have bipolar disorder which they didn’t care about because it’s being treated and my psychologist signed off. But When you mention hiding food from others I guess if that constitutes an eating disorder then I have one too. I have a history of occasionally eating poorly while I’m alone and then eating again so that My husband wouldn’t know I ate something bad for me (because I’m embarrassed and don’t want him to be disappointed that I couldn’t stick to my diet) but that didn’t come up at my psyc evaluation.

Did you try it with low fat or regular cream cheese?

Good to know. I knew their had to be a reason. Thanks.

I agree 100%. I had very little pain and no struggles so far. I almost feel guilty it has been so easy when I hear of others struggles.

Tim, why do you do the two different types of protein powders??

You may want a pair of pajama pants to wear under gown as you walk the halls since it splits in the back.