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If you eat dark, leafy greens and other vegetables you are getting valuable nutrition not empty calories. You are also eating Fiber which will help the digestive process when your digestion is ready and healed. Head lettuce is empty calories and just filler you need dark green, red and other vegetables for a healthy diet. Obviosly when you are early in this process you want to eat protein first and foremost and add those vegetables as you are able to tolerate per your MD instructions. But they are part of a long term healthy diet and we all benefit from the nutrition maybe not just early on.

I have to say that before RNY those nasty sugarfree ingrdients were killers in my gut--gas and diarhea but now just gas and pain. I find myself mostly constipated all the time. Have tried everything including varities of laxatives which work but you can't use them everyday, chop salads, apple slices, fiber supplements of every variety. Nothing works until I use laxative or enema. Anyone dealing with this?

I had surgery on a Tuesday was back to work the following Monday. I am a high school teacher and it was the last week of school so I got my big boys to do any lifting and I was tired but made it without complications. I think we are all so different but sometimes just deciding you can do it, if you are not in terrible pain will get you through. Pain is to me the best indicator of whether it's doable. I really had very little pain. I also went to the gym the Saturday after surgery. Did a very careful, light workout as I had been working out up to the day of surgery--do what you can don't beat yourself up for what you can't.

No problems with watermelon, but too much banana makes my stomach hurt. We are all so different!

Online there are some shots that are whey protein and have a multitude of flavors, come in a smaller liquid size, and aren't half bad if you mix with water and some flavors. I used them my first month after surgery when the other shots were so nasty. Look on Amazon and read labels to see what kind of protein --I can't remember the name but I think whey was in the name. They had a lemon lime flavor that mixed really well with other crystal light lemonade and helped me a lot in the beginning weeks to get enough protein. Look for a smaller size and whey as the protein and I think only online.

Atkins products (on line) has a baking, pancake mix that is designed for their low carb diet. It makes decent pancakes and you could use it tocoat fish and chicken, make baked items etc it's kind of pricey for the amount you get but if you are craving something baked???

I really don't worry about low fat except when I'm watching calories. Low carb is the direction I usually go but if Im wanting something to eat and pretty much have used my daily calories I will look for something low fat--maybe a small cheese stick etc. I'm about 8 weeks out.

I believe only half of our battle is weight loss, food portions and exercise the other half is in our heads. We have used food to celebrate, relax, comfort and love ourself. Most of this comes from lack and pain suffered in our lives and food filled the empty hole. You need to remind yourself everyday that you are worth more than cake, chips, pizza, candy etc. your health is worth fighting for and guilt, depression and self-loathing never has and never will solve this issue. Isn't this the cycle of the past that got you to the point of surgery? So it starts with little choices, today instead of feeling guilty over vacation eating when that old voice rises up to condemn say to that voice-- out loud if you need to I am going to fight for my health, I am starting over today. Then make a good choice for the food in front of you at that moment. If that oldvoice keeps rising up distract it. Turn on music, take a walk, read a book, visit a friend. Rejoice immediatly when you do well, don't anticipate failure by not planning ahead--plan your meals ahead and find something to do to not get bored. You've gotten 7 months into this and have undoubtedly been successful at losing!!! Rejoice over your success, maybe you have to regroup at this point thats not failure, it's just refining the process for success. You will succeed and we are here to support you with love! Thanks for being so honest with your feelings.

24 hour fitness in my area, Seattle, sells this brand in their gyms in their front desk stores. Right now they are 1/2 off. I'm not sure if they have unflavored, and I also believe you could just walk in and buy even if not a member.

Well biting and sucking reminds me of those days at 61 pregnancy is no longer a concern

It is like those tubes bikers use on backpacks with a lid that has a thick rubbery tube you bite and suck at the same time. It is hard when you are moving fast to tip a bottle up and pourinto your mouth this kind you just bite and suck in an upright position.

I use one of those camel back bottles. Not quite a straw but close. It has worked great since day 1 with no problems.

You are not alone. I have always had a difficult time finding bras even at 250 lbs that were a B cup. I don't know whats going to happen now that I am losing weight. I'm in some stretchy thing but not forever. Maybe I can go braless one of these days??