maddenam

Thanks so much for the info. Great help.

Sleeved on 12/24/13. Other than working the gas out of my system, surgery and hospital stay was uneventful. 2 week check up on 1/6/14. Looking forward to being cleared for soft foods. Knock on wood....things have been going great.

This year my Christmas present to myself was sleeve surgery. Yes, Christmas Eve I had my surgery. Spent Christmas Day in the hospital. I love my family for adapting and not even blinking an eye as this Christmas was all about me and my health. Thank you to Dr. Fariba Dayhim at Easterm Maine Medical Center in Bangor Maine. She is great if any of you out there are wondering.

My question.....I am about to progress to soft foods next Monday. Anybody out there found any products in the stores one wouldn't normally think of for this phase? Any advice?

Hello. Newbie here. My first surgeon consult is the Thurs. Wondering if there is anyone on board who has used Dr. Fariba Dayhim in Bangor Maine?

I'm going to get it bound sometime next week and will update with pictures! I'm including enough logs for 6 months, until these food choices are just 2nd nature to me.

I have it set up for 7 days of food logs (including exercise and Fluid intake), then a weekly summary page with reflections, patterns, emotional aspects, scale movement, revelations, and goals for the following week. Then, at the end of the month, there is a Monthly Measurement page to review inches lost over the month, as well as weight loss, and BMI. That sequence goes on for 6 months. In the front of the book are some helpful guidelines... A "cheat sheet" per say, of the guidelines given by my doctor and NUT. I also have a few helpful food portion charts, hunger scale, my depressing before pictures, and some inspirational quotes/pictures, etc.

If anyone is interested after you see the final product, I don't mind uploading the PDF document so you can make your own. No sense in recreating the wheel, right?

I would love to see a pdf of your tracker. I , too, am old school I still prefer something I can hold in my hand.