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I had my surgery on January 29th. Since the preOp diet I'm down 37 lbs. I'm happy with the results but I have to say I miss food. I think it's because I'm not allowed to eat right now. Is anyone dealing with this right now? The shakes are making me gag lately because it's so repetitive. Other than that I'm so happy about the results. I can feel it. I notice the difference. I just really miss the "chew" maybe. HELP!!! Tell me I'm not alone

Matt

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What are you allowed to eat Matt? Everyone here is on different plans, seems no surgeon is the same. My husband and I were allowed 2 weeks liquids after the sleeve, and we did a lot of low sodium chicken Soup, bouillon, mushroom soup, and of course the shakes. We tried every kind of shake but prefer the Premier Protein chocolate you can buy at Sams/Costco, or online. You can get sugar free Torani syrups in the coffee section and add to the shakes, or Almond Milk if allowed. Also you can add Crystal Light powder to the vanilla shakes. I think SF popsicles saved our sanity. This phase will be done soon then you go to mushies, and can have things like refried Beans, puddings, tuna, and pureed food. What we learned from this 2 months ago when we had surgery was to keep busy. Next thing you know you will be 2 months post op and helping others!

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Thanks Linda. Yes. I'm on the same allowed diet except I can't move to purée for one month after the surgery.

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Hang in there. You will get lots of replies, and learn something new every day. This time has flown by. I was sleeved 11/18 and my husband 12/2, so we had no Thanksgiving dinner and a "light" Christmas dinner. We were so excited about the sleeve and that helped a little. You will find so many friends here and check our the forums section too, there are different groups and blogs. Good luck!

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Thanks Linda

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