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I have also developed a cold of some kind. Feels like a chest cold so I took DayQuil and it seems to have helped a little.

Agree, take it slow. I got overexcited about some ham soup the other day and it wasn't pretty.

Okay, how do I add my December buddies as friends?! I tried to add a few and get a error that I don't have permission? Does everyone block that function? Just curious.

Honeymoons Over! Got my first piece of food stuck... Agh, a Rite of Passage I fear. I believe I experienced the "PB" and bubbles, foam, suds whathaveyou etc. I feel I should be seasoned enough to know now to SLOW DOWN!!! I knew it was risky, I felt that driving, panicky, hunger feeling that has plagued me... I even ignored the warning bells- the hiccups, and thought to myself alright this isn't going to work right now. But, did I refrain from eating the delicious bean and ham soup I've been cooking for 24 hours to perfection? NO!!! Regrets? Yes, I have a few. Feeling better now sipping water and relaxing. Learning as I go... ALWAYS the hard way.

A little help? I'm using myfitnesspal user name Scarlet Ginger (friends welcome as it is very encouraging) but I'm having trouble tracking protein it doesn't seem to do that well in this app. Any suggestions??

That is an interesting article! I will try using this to get my water in. I'm trying to wrap my head around all that is required intake wise. Getting the vitamins in twice daily, calcium, B12, water and protein, just have to get a flow going I guess. Ugh!

Me too, I had surgery 12/30/13 and have been fortunate. I can eat small amounts of fish, tuna, even some very soft slow cooked pork yesterday. But I am being careful so I get the most out of this tool.

I am!!! I just realized that I could very well be a good cook. I've never had to patience to try wholeheartedly before. I was just too distracted by the food and completing the task. It's so much easier to cook for quality not quantity. Amazing.

Surgery date 12/30/13 and feeling pretty good today. I'm able to eat and drink fairly normally, a little nervous with how smoothly food and Water goes down before I get "tight". I have to be careful I sense. The surgery is interesting, to be much more aware of myself, it's like a foreign concept really. I used to just shovel it in, eating my meals in under five minutes on average. I barely tasted anything after the first bite. I consumed every meal as if I served time in prison or the military. I dare say friends, I might be learning to enjoy tasting my food?!?! It's a beautiful thing.

Well Erwin, You're not alone as this is a burden much like all of ours and here you can find the support that may help you through. I gained weight up to my surgery date as well. I think it was part anxiety, part usual stress coping. Think of this as a lifestyle and each day as new beginning. You won't be perfect, so don't expect that of yourself. However, no excuses. If you log your food, you take ownership of your actions. You are responsible for what goes in the machine. Some days it will be healthy choices and some not so much. One interesting thing as you progress, as least for me, is cross-referencing my moods, energy level, weight loss, etcetera with my diet logs. Sure does make a difference. Take time for you, be good to yourself, spoil yourself with things other than food as practice. Get a massage, or something that is just for you. I think we are all so hard on ourselves, so critical with all these expectations of perfection. You are worth all of what you're doing for yourself right now. You will have more energy and you'll be inspired. You're already making healthy choices, this will work.

I'm at the 1 1/2 week mark post op. Today it's sugar free Swiss miss with unjury powder blended fine with ice and almond milk. Very good! I've been surviving on Sugar free puddings, jellos, broths, laughing cow cheese triangles, sf Popsicles that sort of thing. I made the family spaghetti and garlic bread tonight. It smelled fantastic but I had a tablespoon of sauce and was satisfied. It was the strangest thing!! I didn't feel cheated because it's my choice, I can sure as hell keep pushing it until I can eat near what I did or not. So it's my decision not to and that makes it easier for me.

Hi JoJo, You said you're on the path to getting the bypass? So, I think it will get easier to stop thinking about food as the cure to boredom when your post surgical. I say this as I'm on my second week post op RNY and a boredom/stress eater. Keeping busy in whatever interests you and planning your day helps for me. I just think if I wasn't so preoccupied with food and obsessing about it what would I be doing? What kinds if things could I be working on? I got back into my family tree building on Ancestry.com and that's been fun. I started writing lists of all the things I wanted to have completed by end of 2014 and taped it on my door. I check off as I go, makes me feel good. I have at least three totes of " projects" that I've started in the basement I'm gonna dig those up! My advice is I guess, explore your passions. What do you love to do and set yourself up to do it. Art? Crafts? Cooking? Pinterest is a cool site with Loads of ideas for whatever you like to do. Note: I came home and my teenaged boy was " taking care of me" while daddy was away. He decided to bake Cookies for me because I was sick, and other boy and hubby came home with fried chicken. It freaked me out a little and I panicked. But it's because I anticipated being tortured by the smells and thought I'd feel punished . I wasn't. Later, I sat and closed my eyes recalled exactly what that food tasted like, and how I usually felt after eating it ( often too much) and it truly didn't bother me. I know you'll do great! Best to you!

That list sounds similar to mine. I'm on week 2 post op RNY on Dec 30. I've considered puréeing everything in our house, but have only actually puréed Mac n Cheese with tuna ( wasn't bad tasted like cheese wiz) eating mashed and gravy, applesauce unsweetened, loads of Fage Greek yogurt with Splenda , broths, Powerade Zero, a Laughing cow cheese triangle per day, and I think I have issues with some sugar substitutes. It seems like I can drink normally, no huge issues there. Weird stuff: Crystal Light was way too sweet after surgery, couldn't stand the smells from the cleaning persons products in hospital.

I am a pooping machine... Ugh.! Trying to figure out this last week which med, food, what exactly is making me shoot out whatever I put in. Because frankly, it's starting to make me feel not so nice.;( I think it may be sugar alcohols in the Popsicles but not sure yet. That'd be great to be sensitive to sugar substitutes wouldn't it?! Grr. I'm done b*#%^ in, down ten pounds so that's a good thing but I sure don't want to cramp/poop out the other 70 for cripes sake. hanging in there. How's everybody?

I think if I didn't have the hiatal hernia to repair pain would be much better to handle. I have noticed I feel better eating protein, energy higher and the food seems to " stick" better if that makes sense. I still woke up at 2 am for pain pill due to sternum cramping last night. It will pass for us.

I begin the real part of my journey on Monday December 30, 2013 with my Roux-N-Y. I started looking into the surgical answer to my struggles with weight maintenance a year ago. At 5' 1.5 I weighed 120 in my teens, one year at 140 after dieting, and never close again. As with us all, I have tried every diet that has been suggested, advertised, and failed at keeping the weight off. In the last six years the weight has been slowly creeping up. Since then, I've developed PCOS, degeneration of joints in knees, back and neck. I've had a hysterectomy, and I think it's been worse since then three years ago. I am exhausted... So incredibly tired of the disappointment of not being able to lose it or keep it off it's like climbing up a steep icy hill and sliding back down continually... I need a little assist I think. The straw that broke the camels back was being diagnosed with Barrett's Esophagus this month. Being further restricted from coffee, hot food, spicy, fried, chocolate, alcohol etc. I just could not imagine holding up. I've done my research and continue to do so, but still am anxious about altering my digestive system and the repercussions of that. I'm trying to think logically that I am having issues now that in time will do damage more intense than what the changes I make to my stomach will do. It's hard to be at complete peace with the idea I guess. So that my Barifriends, is my story...

Update: first night at home Thirsty and drinking Water but wanting G2's or Powerade zeros. I'm gonna try a zero but worried the tiny amount of sugar will affect me negatively. In my hospital stay of five days they gave me among other Step I items -liquid Tylenol lots of sugar, real jellos, a pain med that tasted awful like super sugared whiskey and regular pudding. I guess that first week the plan for sugar is to get your bowels moving. I had diarrhea all week. Still too loose for cool. Surgeon said he repaired a large hiatal hernia so I'll have a bit of additional tightness and pain. I believe I caught a bug as well as I spiked a 102 temp one day and had to stay an extra day. At home... Ahhhhhh....Eating Chobani plain yogurt for Protein waiting for my Syntrax unflavored shipment to arrive. I'm not hungry but feel the need to get that 64/64 in ya know? How's everybody else? I'm wondering what to eat Step 2 is boring and I'm nervous to experiment.

Well Bari's, it wasn't as bad as I made it out to be. First day did a lot of sleeping. I tolerated the sf jello, juices , crystal light ( was too darn sweet) and am now finding this creamy Chunk-free mushroom soup on Step II to be a culinary masterpiece. I'm sipping water, walked six times yesterday, and continuing to walk today. Feeling okay.

Surgery went really well yesterday. Dr. found a hiatal hernia which he repaired. Chest is a little tight. I was able to sit up in a chair late last evening for 45 minutes. Step one diet today and walking, walking, walking.

In hospital waiting to go... Nervous!!!!

Thank you for the kind words. No, no more risk. The Barrett's esophagus is actually an added reason to have the RNY as it decreases the acid reflux, which in time resolves the Barrett's in most cases.

Approved today!!! I should be happy I've been approved by my insurance company but family is starting to discourage me. I had a sleeve to bypass last minute change due to Barrett's which caused me enough anxiety. I have researched the new procedure but am not as comfortable as I was originally...I don't need to hear this continual s#*+ about reduction of life expectancy and all the statistical negatives a few days before surgery!!!! Depression creeping in..... ;(

Approved today!!! I should be happy I've been approved by my insurance company but family is starting to discourage me. I had a sleeve to bypass last minute change due to Barrett's which caused me enough anxiety. I have researched the new procedure but am not as comfortable as I was originally...I don't need to hear this continual s#*+ about reduction of life expectancy and all the statistical negatives a few days before surgery!!!! Depression creeping in..... ;(