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How much is too much?
I had surgery on December 29th and am 2 lbs away from goal. Nutritionist and dr have "reprimanded" me for doing too much. Evidently, I have traded food for exercise. I know it's been fast, but I don't see what everyone else sees. My husband has told me I'm skin and bones and my teenage kids have made a comment or two. I…
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Coffee and junk food
Today was a rough day. I did a moms to moms sale and have been on my feet since 5:30 am after only 3 hours of sleep. The last week I have been working a lot and started drinking coffee on a regular basis again. I put liquid creamer in which has sugar. I've noticed my stomach is bloated and I haven't been getting in my…
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First burger
So had a meeting at Buffalo Wild Wings last night. I had the blue and black burger. I only ate the meat with the blue cheese. I'm not sure if I ate too fast or if it was the food itself, but I got sick within 10 minutes of finishing. That was a first for me at 8 weeks post op. Still feeling nauseous this morning.
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Down to 180!
For the first time in about 16 years, I am at 180. At almost 9 weeks post op, I couldn't be more pleased. Went to buy new jeans and the size I thought I needed was too big! So exciting! My husband, who is naturally fit, says I have inspired him to get more exercise and eat healthy. I am working so hard at this and learning…
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Stomach bug
I'm 7 woks post op and have diahreah. Last night I took pepto without thinking. Today I still have symptoms but remembered I'm not suposed to take that med. what can I do or take to alleviate my symptoms? Did I do any harm taking pepto one time?
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Newbie
Had surgery on 12/29/14. How fast should the weight be coming off? I've lost 28 lbs so far but it seems so little for what I'm doing.
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What do you say?
I have people noticing the weight loss and they always ask me how I'm losing. What do you say. I feel like some judge the surgery as an EASY way out. I know it's not, it's a lot of hard work and exercise.
