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I had surgery on the 16th of september. I currently get between 400-600 calories a day. I stick to 3 meals a day, and occasionally have a 'treat'-diet hot chocolate, or something like that.

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Hi, I had my surgery on September 18, still in pain cause I also had a hernia repair so my left side still hurts, but I'm not gonna let a lil pain slow me down.. Starting weight 311, day of surgery 287 and today 264.. I still have along ways to go.

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I had my surg sept 4th... I had a hernia repair as well. I'm doing well, just signed up for the gym last week... I can only last 30 mins there before I get pretty tired. I'm still having trouble with keeping all my meals down... Wondering if it's cuz I'm eating too fast? Or if these a real problem such as stenosis? My doctor wants to do an endoscopy in a couple weeks if I don't see improvement. I was vomiting every meal but now I'm down to just vomiting one meal... I'd say things are getting better with time.

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Had my surgery Sept 27. Down 45 lbs so far and 2 pants sizes. Feel great been back to work for 2 weeks. Already cleaned out half of my clothes because they are too big now. Loving my new life.

Sent from my Samsung Note 3 using RNYTalk Surgery 9/27/13 Lap Roux DOS 301 Current 256

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Had surgery on Sept. 11, down 17 lbs but have trouble with certain foods. Fish is a problem, unless it is tuna salad, eggs except hard boiled and those have to be mixed with low fat mayo, can eat chilli, can now keep deli meat down and string cheese, cottage cheese, sf canned fruit. Also noticed I can eat soda crackers, but Club crackers now have a strange taste, rather than the buttery taste they use to have. Got sick on refried Beans, so for now out of the picture. I went back to work two weeks after surgery, but actually could have gone back a week earlier. I am also loving the new me, but will say this is a lot different than when I had the band, didn't have any problem with food with it. Just hope I can eventually eat more solid foods but not to do that until the 8th week. As long as I drink Protein and fluids I really don't get hungry and so I force myself to eat.

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I had my surgery on September 25, and am doing pretty well. Dying to eat something crunchy, nuts sound good right now. I've done ok with everything except tuna, got pretty sick on that. Back to the gym after 2 weeks, surgeon said that if it didn't hurt, I could do it. Rough nite tonite, went out to a birthday dinner at a steakhouse for a really good friend. It was hard to watch them all eat appetizers and nice, juicy steaks while I slurped my bowl of Soup. I'm trying to train myself to just focus on the good company and consider the food an afterthought, not the main event. Actually had a nice time, and I'm going to continue working on being social without focusing on food. Sometimes it just amazes me when I think of what I would have eaten had it not been for this surgery. I'm so grateful!

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5-weeks post-op today. I feel the best I have felt so far. I went to an extravagant wild game dinner tonight that had soooo much food it was unreal. The tickets were $175/each and I didn't eat my monies worth :o) I was so proud of myself control and no desire for the Desserts that took up 4-huge rooms.

32-pounds down and it felt awesome to have actual "choices" when deciding what to wear to the event. Yippee!!!!

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5-weeks post-op today. I feel the best I have felt so far. I went to an extravagant wild game dinner tonight that had soooo much food it was unreal. The tickets were $175/each and I didn't eat my monies worth <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />) I was so proud of my self control and no desire for the Desserts that took up 4-huge rooms. 32-pounds down and it felt awesome to have actual "choices" when deciding what to wear to the event. Yippee!!!!

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Hello y'all, my surgery date was on 09/09/2013 and I am down 50 pounds and hate to exercise but I started two weeks ago on treadmill only. I tried Zumba but I couldn't keep up with them because of my left knee. Ugh, but oh well, I will keep on trying the treadmill at least 3x a week. So I still have problems throwing up and now I can't stomach tomatoes and spicy food. I used to love spicy food. Not no more!!! But I am still thankful to Our God for loosing fifty pounds.

Start weight: 282

Surgery weight: 272

Current: 222

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