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Several things here, 1) your weight can vary by a pound or 2 everyday... 2) What are you eating? 3) How much are you eating everyday? 4) Are you monitoring your protein and carb intake everyday? 5) How much exercise are you getting everyday and what type of exercise? Most importantly: How...

7 Days and a wake up... WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take a deep breath and relax.... You will do great. Keep up posted on how you're doing...

If your in pain, take your pain meds. Each person is different as to pain tolerance. My surgeon explained that people who have had previous belly surgery / surgeries will most likely experience more pain due to the pre-existing scarring and adhesions from previous surgeries that need to be...

Awesome job..... :) Enjoy the new body and all of the fun new clothes...

Go back and start as though you just came out of surgery.. Start with the 5 day pouch test and go from there. Sounds as though you may need to re-learn how to use the tool that WLS surgery provides. Stop emotionally eating and get back in touch with whats eating you.

This is about you and for you. They should be happy that you want to get healthy.. Ask them what their fears are. They need to understand as do you. This is all about you, not them.

Gold Standard Bariatric Surgeons / Dr.'s in the US will not do the BPD. My surgeon had a woman come to him to have this surgery reversed due to MAJOR complications caused by the severe mal absorptive issues caused as a direct result of this particular procedure. The person lost all of their...

Real cookie crumbles and delicious cream Protein Blend (Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate), Isomalto-Oligosaccharides* (Prebiotic Fiber), Water, Almonds, Cocoa Butter, Erythritol. Contains less than 2% of the following: Cocoa Powder, Natural Flavors, Coconut Oil, Sea Salt, Sunflower...

The carb content is higher than the protein... SOOOO what is the benefit? The carbs should be less than 5 grams of protein to 10 grams of protein OR the Protein content should be 75% more than the carbs.. This is NOT a great product for WLS folks. These stats are for one flavor only, each one...

You may be having feelings of hunger due to many issues such as belly irritation, the quality of liquid protein your using or it may be a matter of getting your head wrapped around the fact that your now limited and restricted in what you can and cannot eat. This is a big change in many ways...

Keep in mind any liquid protein will make you thirstier as well. Yes it is also normal to feel this thirsty less than 3 weeks post surgery. Keep in mind the surgeon and hospital loaded you up on IV liquids so you had a head start on getting your liquids in... If you are feeling thirsty... Try...

Surgery is a tool that helps you on so many levels to lose and maintain weight loss, a healthy lifestyle and a way to get ALL of the weight loss dynamics working together as a team.. I was put on "diet" pills as a young child. Thanks to the stimulant effect I was put on valium at night in order...

One of the points to eating a small meal every 2 hours is to help keep the stomach acids in check as well as keep your nutrition levels maintained so you are less likely to feel compelled to "binge" or "gorge". Personally I would check in with your surgeon especially now that you mentioned to...

I do not tolerate red meat, it causes major pouch irritation Anything sweet is way to sweet for me now. Anything bread or crackers really set me off with pouch irritation. I now prefer salty foods over anything. I have always had issues with solid foods due to my esophageal issues. I handle...

Have you spoke to your surgeon about this? You may be having stomach ulcers, irritation, gall bladder issues or intolerances to certain foods. In many cases stomach irritation can and will manifest through "hunger" pains or hunger signal. My ulcers have always shown the hunger related signals...

If your having your surgery in Central Florida at either Celebration or Orlando Regional both offer support groups. If your traveling out of area for surgery check out the Florida Hospital Celebration support group. You can always call and ask Celebration about their group...

I am with Ralph on talking to your surgeon about the lingering respiratory mess. Better to be safe than sorry..... Have you considered taking some homeopathic remedies such as Oscillococcinum: http://www.ritecare.com/homeopathic/guide_oscillococcinum.asp My husband brought home the lovely...

LOL How ironic... My whole family and I were just talking about this yesterday.. We will be visiting our local pumpkin patch, walking the corn maze with the wee ones, walking the trails and playing at the petting zoo.. Living in Florida with somewhat cooler temperatures slowly coming this way...

I would do it again in a heart beat... AND Had the procedure been done robotically 30 years ago, I would have had it done then..

My bariatric nurse recommended Swiss Kriss, after I did the fiber route with BeneFiber and others that did not help what so ever.. Swiss Kriss is all natural and has been wonderful to me.... I found Swiss Kriss at GNC.