jamelyn1979

I pulled two out that I made (medium size), I would compare it to slightly larger golf ball. I broke it up a few times and just eat very, very small pieces. I think I measured it to be about 1 whole meatball that I ate.

I had 1 turkey meatball w/ home made tomato sauce. It was delicious

I have no idea, I tried a few places like CVS and Target and I was told by the pharmacist that it was recalled.

I had horrible chest pressure & pain when breathing in deep. It took about 12 days for the pain to go away. Best of luck

I had the same fears, I have a 3 yr old and I was very upset about leaving him for the surgery. However, it happened so quick and when I woke up I never thought twice about the fact that I just had surgery. Best of luck!

WOW, I'm really surprised by this poll. When I weighed in at my surgery I was 205.5. However, I am 4'9 and my BMI was 42, does that not qualify me for surgery? I disagree and so would my insurance company.

I used bariatric advantage protein shakes and honestly, they didn't keep well in the fridge. I did it 2 days in a row and the color changed in the shake and I was a little turned off by it.

Great job! Did you find that you did each week once, or did you feel like you had to go back and restart a week at all? I am doing my 3day of Week 1 tomorrow and I'm curious if I will be able to move on to Week 2

1). I am 16 days post op and started the "pureed" stage yesterday. I tried chicken, carrots and mashed potatoes, I gotta say, the chicken, I did not even touch, I couldn't do it. I did have a few spoons of mashed potatoes and also the carrots. I am not liking the pureed stage. I start soft foods on Tuesday and honestly, don't think I will be doing a lot of pureed foods this week. I am fine with Soups, my chobani yogurt, Protein shakes and etc. Did anyone else not do well with pureed foods? 2.) I dropped 18.5lbs since my pre-op diet and feel like the last week or so, my scale hasn't moved. I'm not sure why. I have been tracking my calories, and they are around 500-600 a day. I ran yesterday and burned about 280 calories, do you think I need to increase my calories at this point? 3). I do not feel any restriction.... Is that normal not to feel that way? I am really not that hungry, so when I eat, I'm ok after a few bites.... I wonder if it's more mental than anything else? I'm wondering if I will feel different after my 1st fill. It is scheduled for 8/3. Thanks for listening, I don't know why, but I feel like I'm missing something!

I never got paperwork indicating I could not take a bath or go swimming. Is this normal to have to wait?

WOO HOO! Congrats! I can't wait for my 1st fill, I'm scheduled for 9/3. Best of luck going forward with your journey!

I was required to go through 6 months insurance before having the surgery. My insurance company required that I get a PCP referral. Basically I meet with my PCP (I had only seen for about 5 months at this part) and discussed my history and was there for about an hour. After that, she felt comfortable writing my referral letter.

Ditti Spoiltmom - Most insurance companies will not look at the surgery until you're BMI is at least 35. I was at 41 BMI due to my height. I weighted at surgery 205.5 and I am 4'9.

For the last 2 nights that I've taking my multivitamin (Baratric Advantage) I have felt sick to my stomach, almost to the point of feeling like I was going to get sick. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I been taking these while I eat?

I am going to start weight watchers in 2 weeks when I am able to start eating "normal" foods again. I want to get this weight off and I am very anxious to get started as well. We can do a support group if you want to do WW as well and we can keep each other determined and encouraged!

WOW, congrats on the move to solid foods!! Very jealous :smile2: I'm still in my pureed stage until Tuesday when I can move onto mushy food. Thanks for the info regarding the chest pressure! That's a good tip to know. Did you get your 1st fill yet? If not, did you get your date scheduled for the fill?

I started yesterday, it was a good workout my thighs are killing me this morning! My next day is Thurs. morning. Good luck to everyone, let me know if we want to start a thread to discuss our runs.

Sorry, I'm confused. I start pureed foods in a few days and I want to go shopping for what I need this weekend. I'm super confused. Its seems that the lines are blurred for pureed and mushy foods. I am starting just the pureed stage. What do I age? Do make a regular dinner for my family and puree the food for myself? Sorry, I find that the foods that we can / can not eat seem to the be the most confusing thing.

I have 2 bariatric multi-vitamins a day and will start calcium chewables next week when I hit the mushy food stage.

My doctor told me he does 3cc's at 1st visit and then reevaluate when I go in monthly for the follow ups.

I was going to just say protein shakes are big for me right now. I'm drinking at least one a day, which has 35g of protein in a shake. I am also eating Chobani non-fat plain yogurt w/ splenda and that has 18g of protein in a 6oz container.

Wow, I'm not even in the pureed stage yet, I start the pureed tomorrow for 7 days, then move to mushys for 7 then regular foods. I made chicken breasts, mashed potatoes and cooked carrots for dinner tonight, I will puree them up tomorrow in my magic bullet for lunch.

Ok, so I'm 12 days post op and I'm finally starting to feeling "hungry". I had a shake for breakfast around 8:00 and then had lunch around 1:30 (soup) and then have had non-fat plain greek yogurt around 4:00, more soup again around 6:00 and am hungry again.. grrr... I hope I do not enter into bandster hell before my 1st fill on the 3rd!

I am able to move over to pureed foods on Tuesday :cursing: Hopefully that will help! Those smoothies sound good, I can't have fruit yet, but soon enough