hi, I couldn't help but read your post to another member about your scale not moving! I too am having trouble with the same issues...have you come up with any additional weight loss since your post and if so what did you do?... Im also extremely hungry when I smell food or I will try n eat somthn like mashed potatoes...I am 3wks out and have lost some weight but I have stalled..idk I will just follow what ive been doin and hopefully I will see better results..

Hello - I've been wondering about you. Bummer on the dairy allergy. I've been living on calci plus milk and protein powder. I'm just starting to introduce some puréed food now - mashed banana and yoghurt, puréed apple and peach. I'm 12 days out so I am not supposed to start for another two days but I am so over fluids. I also have hunger - it's not extreme but it's there. I've lost about 10 kgs since my preop diet. So I am very happy with it.

What does your daily food intake look like?

Hi Alc, sorry for the delay in responding to you, I've been home from hospital for a week now with no real problems apart from developing a dairy allergy which is a bit of a problem with the protein shakes given that they are dairy based!! Still, the result is that I've lost a noticeable amount of weight and have already started to rummage in the back of my closet for clothes I haven't worn for some time - now they fit but they look old fashioned!! Happily, I'm not hungry at all and the surgeon doesn't totally agree with the nutritionist in the volume of liquid I need to take in daily so I eat sometimes and drink occasionally! Other than that, all good although there was a time in the first 24 hours after surgery that I wondered if I had actually lost my mind to have volunteered for the agony. . . . And then I was introduced to pain meds!! How about you, all good?

Hi, how are you going? I've just got home from hospital and still feeling sore and tender although all the gas pains seem to have gone. I've been told to aim for about two litres of total fluid per day but there is no way I've managed that today, lucky if it was 1 litre. How are you managing the fluid intake?

Congratulations! I hope surgery went smoothly and that you're resting well!

Hope your feeling okay at day 1 of your journey, I'm day minus 1 - surgery in the morning!!! Keep in touch, I'm interested to talk to people who are at the same stage as I am.

Hello - my pre-op diet is manageable. I do two shakes a day and one meal of 3oz of lean protein and low carb veggies. i am also allowed unlimited berries - strawberries, blackberries, blue berries, raspberries. i blend with the shakes and they taste good. i have also been playing around with post diet protein shakes. i am using all Optifast for my pre diet so will continue with that after the surgery as well.

How's your pre-op diet going? Today was the first day of ALL liquids (the first seven days I was able to have 4 oz. of lean turkey or chicken), and I think I have made peace with it. One week to go and counting...