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Hey All,

I am four weeks post op. The program I am doing has me on a strict diet. As of right now I can have soft Protein, fish and soft cooked veggies. I'm sick of cheese, cottage cheese, tuna, Beans, I hate fish, and I have had so much strained Soup broth soft cooked veggies make me gag. Also I can't tolerate the Protein drinks. I have tried everything under the sun and a few sips in and I'm hovering over the toilet. Please help me with ideas for food, words of encouragement anything. I'm feeling very alone and down right now. Thank You!

Surgery date 6/26/13

HW 283

Current WT 228

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My doc said in soft food stage I can have thin sliced deli meats. Can you have those? Or chicken salad? I'm making pizza tonight and the crust is made out of cheese.< /p>

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Cooked quinoa Cereal with berries...recipe in recipe thread. It has Protein and is a much healthier grain

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You're feeling "very alone and down right now"?? You've lost 55 pounds. In four weeks. An average of almost 14 pounds a week. Two pounds a day. Wow. You're practically the poster Mom for the success of gastric bypass surgery!

You've likely endured years of obesity, declining health, who knows how many "diet and exercise" attempts which all ended in failure, seemingly endless pre-op testing, major surgery, a strict post-op protocol which you clearly have been following and you've had results which many, many would kill for! And you're "very alone and down right now" over cheese, cottage cheese, tuna, Beans, Soup and veggies??

It is absolutely not my intent to be unkind. But it is my intent to suggest that you might benefit from taking a closer look at your perspective. Celebrate your unqualified success! What you have achieved is monumental. And it just keeps getting better. And better. And better still. A year from now when you've lost 125 pounds (or more), when you're enjoying a new life with your children, when every store is an ocean of fabulous clothes - in your size, when you can't stop looking in the mirror because you look so amazing, when you are truly healthy for the first time in a very long time, when 99% of the "pills" you are taking are not Rx but plain old Vitamins - it is my absolute promise to you that "cheese, cottage cheese, tuna, Beans, soup and veggies" will seem like a very small price indeed.

Change your thoughts and you'll change your world. You're gonna love the new you!!

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