Thaks guys, I'm doing MUCH beeter, now that I've had a refresher course on what I'm supposed to be eating.
I suppose most of you have follow up appointments or support groups you go to, or nutritionists attached to your weight loss clinics, that remind you frequently of the rules to eating post op.
I lost all that so i only had what i could remember... until I went on line and found every one and several forums.
Thank goodness for the internet!
My stall has stopped and I'm still able to eat whatever I want, but I'm doing it protein first and I've lost 3 pounds in the past 4 days. So my total loss so far (since 2/25) is 24 lbs in a month and a half.
However, just to clear things up, i was able to eat solids 10 days after surgery with no problems. I did chew carefully and eat slowly, but there was no food not allowed by my surgeon. I've heard some of the surgeons in Australia and New Zealand also allow for solids at a week post op, so perhaps it's just a different post-op philosophy. Can't say I'm sorry I didn't have to do liquids and mushies for 4 weeks pre-op and then 4 weeks post-op. Although I bet people who do lose a lot more weight (I didn't have to lose any pre-op for the European surgeon, but the U.S. surgeon that I ended up not using did have me lose 5% of my body weight before he would even meet with me.)
Anyway, thanks for the help getting back on track (even though some of you have quite a judgemental tone... seriously! Lighten up a bit!) I do appreciate the time it takes to type all that out and remind me of the lessons I learned during the last year pre-op.
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