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Hello everyone.. I am new to the forum. This is my 4th week.. had my sleeve on 10/22/12..Have lost about 23lbs..but have not lost anything in the last week. I am feeling fine.. however, I am not able to eat very much..not because I can not tolerate the food but because I feel so full right away.. I try to drink my Water and try to get my Protein in, but I just can't. Is this normal? Did anyone go through this? Does it get better? Any suggestions?

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Hello everyone.. I am new to the forum. This is my 4th week.. had my sleeve on 10/22/12..Have lost about 23lbs..but have not lost anything in the last week. I am feeling fine.. however' date=' I am not able to eat very much..not because I can not tolerate the food but because I feel so full right away.. I try to drink my Water and try to get my Protein in, but I just can't. Is this normal? Did anyone go through this? Does it get better? Any suggestions?[/quote']

We were sleeved on the same day im only able to eat small amounts also so I'm only eating protein 4 times a day and trying to get my water in it gets better im down 39 lbs as of today

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The Protein Shakes go down easier. On my 4th week I was still on full liquids (protein shakes, yogurt, etc.) I still have a Protein Shake now an then. My favorite is Max Protein chocolate, with cold coffee and Sugar Free Chocolate Torani Syrup. Sometimes i shake in a quarter tsp. of sugar free chocolate pudding mix or cocoa powder. I do everything from blackberry to lemon cream to chocolate almond roca. You can make them taste incredible if you work at it a little.

Greek yogurt is high in protein and goes down easy. My favorite is Chobani,

I wasn't actually eating solids until week 7 and even then I was gradually introducing things.

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Yes, it does get better! I can't remember how much I could eat at 4 weeks, but it wasn't much. It took what seemed like forever, before I could hold the recommended Protein and liquid. The good thing about the Protein Shakes, is it counts for both protein/liquid. There are still days when I would rather drink my Breakfast and dinner than eat. .

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I just started my sixth week and the only way I can get all my Protein in is if I have Protein Shakes, because I can't eat enough to get it all in. I think this is pretty normal from what I've read on this website the last few months.

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