If you could give newbies just ONE piece of advice

It's hard to just pick one!! But mine is:

SHAKES!!! SHAKES!!! SHAKES!!!

What's yours?

EVERYONE stalls at some point.  You are NOT going to be the exception.  When it happens, take a deep breath, keep doing the right things, and don't panic.  Your DS is not broken. 

LOL. "I think I broke my DS." We hear that every day, huh? Good one.

 You will be full after 2 bites of anything.  Sometimes, just 1 bite.  If you pu**** your stomach will evict it rather unceremoniously.  

WORD on this advice!! 

Brain and stomach not talking since surgery...stomach pissed at brain for deciding she needed to be cut.  I wonder how long stomach can hold a grudge??

 

Don't compare your loss to everyone elses loss. Everyones body loses differently and a lot of things will determine how fast you lose like age, gender, amount of weight needed to lose, dieting history, length of time obese, hormones, underlying conditions etc. Don't freak out that you arent losing as fast as someone else. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.


ETA: Ask for an abdominal binder if they don't give you one and bring a pillow for your ride home from the hospital. You will feel every single bump in the road and they will hurt!

Or hang on tight for the ride.

Give up on all those fancy "specially formulated for bariatric patients" all-in-one vitamins. Follow Vitalady's plan and tweak up or down as you get your lab results back.

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That is the TRUTH!!!!! Those "fancy" vitamins my surgeon convinced me to buy were full of sugar alcohols!!! Evil!!!

Hide your scale!