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I agree with you all but I'm tired of my immediate family treat like I'm stranger because of how I look. I'm tired of ppl asking how many months are you. I'm tired my husband telling me to loose in order to have a baby. I'm going for it because it's time to give myself a chance to enjoy life and gain self confidence

I am a big fan of physical labor. To me routine exercise at a gym is valuable time wasted. This is especially true because the nearest gym is an hour and a half drive roundtrip. Exercise includes physical labor. If there is no physical labor available, I generally do hill walking. My driveway is very steep and all I need to do is walk out my door. One of the tasks I worked on during my second and third year post op was building an underground shelter. Tornados struck about 7 years ago, just after I retired. The tornados did a lot of destruction to my property but spared my house. My house is a one story without a basement and there is really no place to take shelter in the event of another tornado. So I decided to build an underground shelter from an intermodal-shipping container into the side of my hill. Of course, if I build a storm shelter, it should also be a root cellar. And if I go to the effort of building a storm shelter/root cellar then why not go through a little extra effort and build it for Come-What-May, including asteroid impacts, nuclear war and nearby supernovas, etc. So during each of those years I moved 100,000 pounds of gravel by hand along with around 60,000 pounds of concrete blocks. This year my wife wanted me to build a playhouse for the grandkids. I decided to build a log playhouse and also get some of the grandkids involved in the effort. It uses 160 landscaping timbers. With the loft, it extends around 16 feet off the ground. I had RNY gastric bypass surgery over 4 years ago. Without the surgery, I could never perform these tasks, especially since I am approaching 70.

I'm a month out now, and my daily routine is typically this: - Protein shake in morning (30g protein) - 32 oz. water between 8-11am - Cheese stick & protein shake for lunch (37g protein); sometimes 8-10 almonds if I want to chew on something - 32 oz. water between 12-4pm - Small "meal" for dinner, usually 2 to 4 oz. meat or eggs - 16-20oz. water or Crystal Light in the evening, sometimes some sugar-free Jello or pudding too I aim to total out around 80g protein and 500-600 calories.

About 26 lbs. ---------------------------- HW- 273 Pre-op Wt- 230 SW- 226 CW- 180 GW- 130 Ht- 5'2.5" DOS- April 26th, 2017 "Only those who try will become." ~FFX

Any suggestions? I am struggling to make gym going a habit. I enjoy it when I go but struggle to keep going. Also have any suggestions as to what works best while There? I feel lost there too lol. HW: 285 SW: 255 CW:

I see it. Curves are shaping up![emoji16] Sent from my SM-G935V using BariatricPal mobile app

I have hard time to eat everything and get fuller after my surgery not FUN! But i love fast foods but my baratric doctor say not too much fast food need slow and eat at home all the times..

Totally see it! Good job keep it up! [emoji4] Quick question how is your eating? I'm thinking of starting an exercise regimen at home but sometimes my eating is not so good. Any tips? I'm also 3 months post op.

If you do it for purely what you will look like it is not really a surgery you should have. For me I am getting it because I want to make sure I am healthy for a long time. Looking better is just a plus side but not solely the reason why I'm doing it.

I was 17 lbs at 2 weeks, but then nothing for 5 days. I know in my heart, eating like this and exercising, the weight will eventually come off. Hang in there and follow your plan!