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Week 4 Post op- more like a rant than anything

I know that I skipped last week, but I had nothing new report. But this week I have a little rant... So I belong to several support groups on Facebook, and the majority of the posts that I see on there are people that are really excited about something that they eat or they found that they can handle, or even if it is just a question they will ask it. Now being in a support groups you tend to think that people will be supportive and answer the question with answers that will help you. But, the responses that these people are answering with are nothing like being supportive. For example, I found Fairlife Milk yesterday. I put on one of my support groups that I used that to mix my protein powder for a total of 44 grams of Protein. I don't drink this all at the same time, it takes me an hour or more to drink all of this. The comments that I received were: -You can't digest that much protein at one time- to -Your body will only consume 30 grams of protein at one time. There wer

Week 2 Post op

Week 2 has been so much better than week 1. My pants and shorts are loose! I can fit into shirts that I haven't been able to fit into (comfortably) in years! The energy I have is amazing!! Tomorrow I have my 2 week appointment. Hopefully the doctor will tell me I can go to soft foods!!! I'm tired of drinking my meals! The one thing I have noticed in my support group pages:  the ones that have had the surgery are wanting to know when they can go back to the way they were eating before they had surgery. Here's my two cents on that. I didn't comment on those pages because I would have gone off. They had the surgery to help them lose the weight that they were unable to lose by themselves. Sure, you can eat whatever you want to, but you need know that the portions are going to be significantly smaller. Like to the point that you are literally taking one or two bites of something and you will be done. If you go back to the way that you were eating before you had surgery,