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I am 3 months out and can eat anything I want that works for my stomach. It all depends on your surgeon and NUT! B: 2 slices of ham and 1 slice of cheese, few bites of banana L: 4 oz turkey chili with cheese D: 3 oz tilapia and a few bites of potato probably S: almonds Water: 20 oz Protein shake, 16 oz tea, and need to work on rest Vit: yep Exercise: 2 mile Walk off the Lbs with Leslie Sansone Have a great evening! Melissa

I am 36 and was 36 when I got the VSG in October! I wish I would of found this 15 yrs ago. Melissa

Congrats!!! That is so exciting!! Keep up the great work!!!!

I so understand what you are going through. I will be 8 wks postop tomorrow, Wednesday. I have only lost 32 lbs. I lost 16 lbs in the first 2 weeks and then 16 lbs in the last 6 wks. It is very frustrating. I follow my menu to the "t". The NUT even says I do very well with eating but why cannot I lose more! I go to the doctor on Thursday so I will ask what he thinks but I know what he will say, "you are doing great". Best of luck to you! I wish I had a suggestion but I don't know what to do either! Melissa

Hi October Sleevers! I haven't seen updates from October sleevers so I would love to see how all is doing. I have lost 21 lbs since surgery! My 4 wk mark will be this Wednesday! I have hit the 3 wk stall and am fighting constipation! I even gained 1.5 lbs which was very depressing. However, today I weighed and am back down to where I was before I hit stall and gained. I am a bad person when it comes to the scale! Must weigh everyday! I hope all is going well with everyone! Melissa

Kerri I so understand! Everyone how do u et all that fluid in? I cant either and I have been stalled for 2 wks!

Kerri, I am so with you! My surgery was on the 13th of October and since wk 3 I have stalled! I even gained weight! I will also be 5 wks on Wednesday! I am so frustrated and have been in tears quite a bit about this. Then I start thinking that I will never get over this hump and be fat all my life. Why did I do the surgery if it won't work and I am doing everything I am supposed to do! I know that I have lost inches but why will the scale not move! I right down everything I eat but have not put it into something that tells me calories. I hardly eat any carbs and get between 70 and 90 gms of Protein each day which is what the NUT wants. I don't get 64 oz of Water but try really hard! If I can be of any support feel free to message me. Melissa

Congratulations Dennis on your weightloss! That is awesome! Best of luck to you on your upcoming surgery!

Awesome job! Keep up the good work! Glad you are feeling better! Melissa

Well tomorrow will be 2 wks out! I have lost 15 lbs plus the 28 lbs before surgery! This morning instead of exited I was disappointed because I was just down 1 lb. Then I thought get real Melissa! I am so fortunate to have lost that much! I am the kind of person who wants it to happen overnight. I still have some soreness which is normal. My surgeon called me yesterday to check on me. I was shocked as I have had surgery before and never have I had the surgeon contact me. Amazing!!! I have some minor hunger issues going on within the last few days. I just think that it is probably time to move onto the next step in my eating phases which would be puree but will hang onto then. I cannot wait until I can have some turkey, fish, chicken etc even if it is pureed! I think that the extra added Protein will help with the minor hunger! I can't seem to get all my protein in however, it is hard when you can't get real protein in. I am having problems with milk products so they believe I am probably lactose intolerant now. So have to do protein shakes that are not milk based. Otherwise I am getting stronger everyday! I am praying for those who are having surgery and for those who are recovering. Best of luck to all! Look forward to updates from all!

Wow Kerri, you are doing alot better than I to be able to go back to work. Don't rush it if you can help it. Take care of yourself. To those who are getting ready for surgery, my prayers are with you for a quick recovery. For me it has been a little rougher than I thought. I have lost 10 lbs. Woohoo!!! I am finally getting more liquids and Proteins in. It has been tough. sugar free popsicles are my best friend. Since surgery they believe I have become lactose intolerant so therefore, milk based Protein shakes are not very good for me. Right now I am fighting a fever but they do not seem to worried about it. The nurse and surgeon feels that I am probably not getting the rest I need. Still have tenderness but that obviously should be expected. Its only been 8 days since surgery. I have had some depressive days however, the next day seems a little better. Its hard feeding your family and then setting in the living room while they have all the wonderful food that I used to eat. It is all a head game that we all have to work through. ---@

Thanks for all your prayers. Got home a few days ago. I am tired and very sore! I was shocked on how hard it was going to be. The day of surgery I was so out of it that I couldn't keep my eyes open. Slept alot with lots of pain meds but was up walking a couple of times. The next day the nausea was pretty bad so it was nausea meds alot. I came home on Friday. I have tried hard to get liquids in and that is hard. Just got to keep at it. Today seems to be a bit better with liquids. Eating is no big deal. Can or don't have too. I am not getting enough protein in but working on it. Hope all is going well for everyone right now.

My surgery is Wednesday and is fastly approaching! I am terrified and excited all at the same time! I have had several surgeries in the past but I am terrified of this one. I keep thinking something bad is going to happen. I know it probably won't but I am just exhausting myself emotionally for this surgery. The only reasoning I can come up with for this is that I have children now and it is optional surgery! And on top of all of that I woke up with a cold this morning! I am praying that I get better soon! I also have not lost that much weight on my preop diet which really stinks! I was hoping for 20 lbs to add to the 20lbs that I had already lost but I guess that isn't happening! Yes I did cheat a couple of times but not badly! However, still I wanted a good jump start! Thanks everyone for listening!!!

Well my surgery is the 13th which is tomorrow! I am excited and praying that all goes well! I have to go to the grocery store this morning early and then have a bowel prep for surgery! Clear liquids for me today!! I started with a cold yesterday so praying that all will go well! Hope all is going well for everyone!!!

MsSparkle - Glad everything went well! Get healed soon!! Keep us updated!

I am on Day 2 of preop diet! Today was alot harder even though I get to eat food at dinner. The hunger between lunch and dinner is overwhelming but today I shampooed my carpets and furniture. I can't move now since I can't take my medicine for fibromyalgia anymore so tomorrow ought to be pretty interesting getting out of bed. I lost 4 lbs overnight. That keeps me going. So 23lbs down since the end of July! Woohoo!!!

My preop diet starts officially on Wednesday but I am starting it one day early. Wish me luck!!! Melissa Weight-loss-center.net - Your best free resource for weight loss

I just completed all my pre surgery tests ie., upper GI, 8 blood viles, CXR, and appointment with Internal Medicine doctor. :lol0: I have a 3 hour class on Wednesday then have one week and start my preop diet! Woohoo! I am getting closer. I was really bad this weekend. :w00t: We went out to eat 3 times and I was sicker than a dog. Back to my high Protein, low carb diet. I am not even weighing myself today because I don't want to know how much I gained of the 20 lbs that I have lost! Hope everyone is having a great start of the week! Melissa

I just got a date today for October 13th! I am so excited yet scared at the same time! I have already lost 19 lbs on my own however, I know that it won't stay off! I am having the surgery done in Indiana! Melissa *********************** HW: 302 CW: 284 GW: 150?