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Hello! I was sleeved 11/4.... everything is going rather smooth except sometimes when I eat soft foods, which I just started I get back pain? Does anybody else experience this? Normally I just stop eating or drinking but is it normal? Also, I went back to work after 2 weeks... I work about 11hr days and I feel like the right side of my stomach is hurting more than usual. Its not a sharp pain but more of like a tightness. Did I over-do it? Before I could sleep on my side and now it hurts more .....theories? Thanks! L

Im stuck and it starts today!! My surgeon wouldnt change his mind so I start my 3 week liquid diet today!! Here's hoping August 30th arrives quickly!! And that I dont hurt my hubs or the children in the next 2 weeks.

jumped on the scale this morning and last weeks loss is this weeks gain! Please don't let this be failure looming??

dont worry, Im in my 37th week and some ppl dont nitice yet though my baby is normal size!

I got pregnant around 228 lbs (I'm just under 6 feet), so I still had about 45 lbs to lose. I'm in my 23rd (I think) week and my stomach sticks out farther, but doesn't look pregnant. It just looks like I'm getting fatter, which may well be the case. Who knows. I'm always naked around hubby and he says I'm showing, and this weekend my parents commented I had a "bump" (I was wearing a dress that normally hangs straight down, and now it catches on my pokey out upper stomach). During my first trimester I lost a size and I can still wear that size, no maternity clothes yet, but I don't think I'm too far from needing them. Now my stomach makes that ugly "under clothing bump" that happens when fat girls wear too tight pants, and get sausage belly. It's weird. Like the growing uterus has shifted my fat up or something. I also got an unfill and am eating noticeably more. My only food craving is fresh fruit, but I seem to have developed a very unwanted quantity craving. I constantly think about eating, even when I'm not hungry my mouth just wants to chew something. So far it's happy with broccoli & carrots, we'll hope that holds out. So back to my point, I'm not sure how much of what I've gained is baby vs. eating more, and how much of my "bump" is baby vs. more fat. I felt fetal movement for the first time this weekend, so I suspect that the growing will really commence any day now.

There is a person on here who had one 3 months out if I'm remembering right. Keep walking!

So I'm on Lovenox for blood clot for 14 days so when will a person be out the woods for having a blood clot. I do 3 15 minutes walks on the treadmill a day. Surgery was 2/15/17

So, I keep hearing how when we are not losing wt, we are losing inches...I dont understand how we lose inches, when we are not losing weight??....I also dont understand how we dont lose weight when we are not eating calories, it seems to defy everything I know about losing weight...calories in and calories out...Know I hear sugar alchohols can stall weight loss?? How, if we are only eating 800 calories a day...I dont get it....Can someone please clarify this for me if you understand it...thanks so much...

How we lose inches when we are not losing weight - muscle vs. fat. Rapid weight loss is the result of your body metabolizing fat - body measurements are shrinking. High Protein diet promotes the addition of lean muscle - one pound of muscle is considerably smaller (less volume) than one pound of fat. So you can reach a point where the "weight" of the fat being metabolized by the body is equal to the "weight" of the muscle being added by the body = no weight loss. But one pound of muscle has less "volume" than one pound of fat = inches are being lost even though weight is stable. Sugar alcohol - I know that stalls are sometimes attributed to consumption of sugar alcohol. There are some that believe a more likely cause is the higher amount of carbohydrates commonly found in foods that contain sugar alcohol. Here is a link to one of the better articles that I've read on sugar alcohol. It does a good job of explaining what sugar alcohols are and their pros and cons. http://www.ynhh.org/about-us/sugar_alcohol.aspx I'm off to jury duty. You guys have a great day!

Just had my sleeve 4 days ago. I feel terrible, having trouble getting water and protein down. I'm averaging 45 ounces of water and maybe 10 grams of protein per day. Im probably just being a baby but I almost wish I hadn't had it. It's hard doing this by yourself. I know it will be better in a few weeks, I'm just having difficulty adjusting. And sleeping.

I added a snack to my day when I hit a little stall, and it worked for me too! I'm happy I took that suggestion.

Is it normal to be so sleepy and tried?

I'm 7 weeks out and I'm wanting a salad badly. Has anyone eaten one yet and what was your result?

I was able to eat salad at 8 weeks post op.

i'm actually cleared for roughage at 7 weeks, which will be the last thing i'm cleared for. but i would still check with your NUT first!

I have friends who have been eating salad since 6 weeks. I am at 7 now and haven't tried it yet but I am venturing out this week to try some. I miss veggies.

Hi Zhanna - Up at the top of the screen there is a blue button next to "home" that says "search" - if you click on that, a screen comes up. You can search by "keyword" (minimum 3 letters), or by poster screen name. Hope that helps!

Well, I have always been a strong "contender" in that area - you know, like big burly truck driver as my husband compares it. But this burping thing is way new. I guess gas is gas and if yours has increased one way, mine could increase another. I am just surprised it took 3 years and a too-tight fill. It is like something got rattled, LOL.

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I ten weeks 700/900 calories a day Focused on 60 protien and lower carbs

I went back at 2 weeks, that was Friday! I feel good but tired and tired of liquids! LOL Let yourself heal!!! Good luck!

Ugh and belive me I cant wait. Need to have something other than liquids already. I mean dont get me wrong weight loss is going great, I had to have a sneak peek of my weight and I feel like im doing good. But I miss the different textures. Also my hubby had to stay home from work 2day, because Ive been feeling a bit dizzy and weak. And having an 8 and 4 yr old. Yea theres not very much rest. And to top it off the incisions are itching like crazy. Well thank you for letting me vent a little...

Anybody ever been told to ease up on Protein? My aftercare says I need 60-90 grams, and I tend to get closer to 120 using Isopure shakes even just 1 week after surgery. I take in close to 100oz of fluids a day... Any thoughts?

All these emotions you're feeling are completely normal. We have a relationship with food, whether good or bad, and bandng really turns that upside down. Adding the physical device to your stomach doesn't instantly change how you feel in your head about food. That mental adjustment needs to come from you, and you'll find your attitude about food, and your attachment to it, will change over time. Hang tough - it does get easier. (And when you come to the realization that it was your relationship with food that made you obese to begin with, it'll be easier to make the mental adjustment about how to relate to food post-banding.) In the three weeks I stayed home from work after my surgery I was on a liquid-only diet, healing not only from banding, but also from a hiatal hernia and ventral hernia repair they did during the band surgery. I was a mess. I laid in bed sipping nasty Protein shakes and Water, and watched cooking shows on TV, imagining how it would be to be stuffing myself with all that greasy, excessive mountains of food Guy What'shisname eats everywhere on Diners DriveIns and Dives. At first I was jealous that he could eat those things and I couldn't. As the weeks went on I found myself not wanting those things so much. And now I see them and think how interesting it is to see how the foods are prepared, but I'm astounded that people can eat that volume of food in one sitting. I'd like a taste of them, but I have no desire to eat the whole thing, whatever it is. I'm four months postop, and I'm well on my way to my goal. I'm very happy wth my results so far. But I am by no means a slave to my band. I eat "real" food, and I eat in restaurants frequently. I'm not much of a cook, so I rely on others to do the cooking. It's very manageable with a band, if you keep your wits about you. Example: I went to Olive Garden the other night with friends. I ordered their "Steak Toscano" entree, with steamed vegetables instead of potatoes. It's a 12 ounce steak, prepared wonderfully, and it came with a bunch of steamed broccoli. I ate about a third of the steak at the restaurant, and I had the other two-thirds over two more meals. I was able to socialize with my friends, had a nice restaurant experience, and I enjoyed my meal - three times. Give yourself a chance to heal up, and once you're starting back on solid foods you'll see how your relationship to food changes. I even discovered my taste buds had to be retrained. Things taste differently now that I'm not packing it in. I actually have time to enjoy the flavors of what I'm eating, instead of mindlessly devouring my way through a mountain of food on my plate, thinking the whole time about what to have for dessert. Good luck! Dave

All docs have different regimens, check with yours at your post op. My doc cleared me for cardio, and I took that as going hard on my 9 day post op visit. I didn't actually start til 2 weeks post op. He told me to wait I think 2-3 more weeks to start lifting. I started a little earlier than he said since, I had to for work, I had to get a critical about 50 lb dog to the back quickly for treatment. But oh well. After that I started back on the weight machines at the gym, with no problems. I understand the cabin fever, I took a week off work post op, and I was feeling pretty good by day 4 and I was getting so bored at home. Especially since I live alone with my dogs, so no real human interaction...LOL. I even dug my car out of a foot of snow to go back to work that monday, because I was so bored. (probably should not have done that and I never told my doc I did, but 10 months post op, no damage done.)