kawzican

I think I must swallow a lot of air as well. I've always guzzled water, and though I'm getting better at not doing that, even slow drinking, there must be a lot of air getting in the mix. I burp a ton. Oddly enough, though I was told this surgery can make one more flatulant, I have found that I am less farty. My boyfriend is quite pleased with this unexpected development. 😛

If your doc said you don't have to be on the liquid diet yet, I'd say why subject yourself to it prematurely? It's hard enough after the surgery when your tummy is calling all the shots, but the mental game of doing it before surgery sounds like torture. My preop diet was way less brutal and allowed for actual food until the night before surgery.

Was already dealing with arthritis in both of my feet and my left knee. Then, developed achilles tendonitis in my right foot, and that was the last straw.

Tastes like salty tears... HA! That really made me laugh for some reason. The amount of thought, timing and effort that goes into feeling just half way normal makes everything taste like salty tears.

Blend that black bean burger up with some sort of condiment to make it runnier. I bet it would taste good. It's hard getting past the concept of blended foods though. I second the suggestion about blended cottage cheese. I liked to add feta cheese or cucumber to mine.

I'm going to be honest; I had several last hoorahs. I'm a bad influence and always have been. Don't listen to me; or do. This is a change for the rest of your life and a last hoorah is not going to sabotage the entire outcome of the surgery. Hopefully I don't get scolded for giving bad advice. 🙂

Thank you! Not sure why that was so hard to figure out. You would think when you go in to edit your profile, you'd be able to link to everything through there.

I still have to have a protein shake every day to make sure I get mine. I do it in the morning because my tummy really doesn't care for solid food in the morning. Keep sliced turkey or chicken in the fridge at all times. Loaded with protein and goes down pretty well. Cottage cheese is also a good high protein quick thing to grab.

I'm right there with ya. Nearly all of the weight I've lost in the six weeks since my surgery, was in the first two weeks. I've have incremental loss, but I've also had gains. I've been stalled for 10 days now, and I, like you, feel like it's too early in the process to not have this weight just falling off considering how little I'm eating. However, forums like this one and a few conversations with my dietician keep me from being totally distraught. We know it's going to come off, but if you're like me, you'd like to get the first 30-40 off quickly to start feeling better. What I've lost so far isn't enough to make me feel substantially better. Speaking of which, I can't seem to figure out how to edit my profile to track my weight. Is that like a paid feature or am I just missing something? There's no edit button for those stats. This is a great forum though, so I'm really glad I found it.

I make little snack baggies of walnuts and dried cranberries or some other dried fruit that doesn't have added sugar. I do 1 ounce walnuts to .5 ounce dried fruit. I have to have a little carbs in my day, hence the dried fruit. The cheese sticks are great with an ounce of turkey wrapped around it and they fit nicely in the little snack baggies as well.

I'm six weeks post op and I'm still feeling some regret. For one, I miss my boyfriend and I being able to spontaneously go grab a few beers and some dinner. I suppose I will never be able to go have a few beers before dinner again, though I'm hoping to eventually be able to do both separated by an hour or so. HAHA! On a serious note, the last few weeks I've been hyperaware of every little thing that my stomach is feeling. I'm confused about whether I'm hungry, anxious, have heartburn, am I full or just bloated. I can "feel" every drink of fluid or bite of food go down and my stomach immediately feels like it does this bubble thing and I need to burp. Maybe some of this is mental, but there just doesn't seem like I have many moments where I'm not somehow "aware" of my stomach, even if it doesn't feel particularly bad, I am just aware that it's there. It's annoying and I'm really hoping that someone can come along and tell me that this too shall pass. And someone said something about being able to guzzle water again eventually. I really miss being able to guzzle water. I'd really like to be able to drink water more rapidly as well. HA! Also, at 6 weeks post-op, am I able to eat about as much as I'm going to be able to eat? I'd take less weight loss, if it meant being able to eat more than 1/4 cup of food at a time. 🙂 And to add insult to injury, I've only lost 20 pounds in 6 weeks, so I must be one of those super slow losers because I'm following the rules... for the most part. Thanks in advance for your input and encouragement.