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Grilled Salmon at Longhorn Steakhouse and WOW it was great!!!!

Congrats! You are doing great! I will definitely be there at Feb Support Group meeting! Unless of course some freak storm hits us and it is illegal to drive. I mean that would never happen right??? Lol. Can it be considered a stall if it is only a few days?

My Wiff knows and NO ONE else. I have being telling people I am seeing a Nutritionist (which I am) and I am on strict diet that only allows food with low fat and low sugar with drinking only Water (which I am). Also said I am eating a lot smaller portions (which I am). So I am not lying to them, I am just not mentioning the surgery because it is none of their bees whack!!!! Some tell everyone and some tell only one. There isn't a right or wrong in this. I believe a poet once said, "It's my Prerogative!"

I had Garlic Butter Grilled Chicken at Bob Evans while on Daddy Daughter date with my twin ladies. It was a little dry so I had hard time getting it down but it has 31g of PROTEIN, so I got that going for me.

Sorry to hear about the dumping. Do you think it was the rice??

Update Week 3 Day 5: DECISION INCISIONS Today I would like to talk about the holes, AKA Incisions, in our abdomen area. I had Steri-strips put on my incisions and they must have used super duper glue on the suckers because my last two just fell off TODAY. And yes I have been showering! I was real concerned about how to handle the incisions and the Steri-strips on them. My concern was I would pull them off too soon and my scar would be bigger or worse yet I would open some of the incision back open. I did not rush them coming off at all even though I thought they looked gross just hanging on as long as they did. Usually after shower is when they would loosen up and if they fell off enough that I could see the incision I would pull off. I am glad I waited because a few of them are hard to see already and none are raised and they look good. The measurements of my 6 incisions are: 2 are 1/4" - 2 are 1/2" - 2 are 3/4". I have seen so many options on how to take care of them to prevent the scars from being seen. One of my daughters had a fight with a marble shelf with her face and the marble shelf won!! We put Mederma on her cut on her face and it worked really good so I am using that couple times a day. Can I see the incisions still? YUP. Are they going away slowly? YUP!!

Binaca?! I haven't heard anyone talk about that in 15 years! LOL. That stuff is addictive! With the Dragon breath issue, my daughter said something about my breath and I just laughed. So I guess I need to do more than brush. Listerine strips? BRILLIANT! Thank you.

Surgery Weight: 287 Current Weight: 259 4 more down

Wow. Thank you very much! I don't know what to say coming from a man (you) who I have been following who I feel is the real superstar!!!

I likey Unjury Chicken soup!! Yummy to my Tummy.

Update Week 2 Day 3: Constipation Emancipation I ran into the wonderful world of constipation again. I took MOM at night and didn't move much so last night took it again and PADOW! I am concerned though because I don't want to keep playing catch up on the bowel movements (BM). I sent my NUT an email and she said constipation is biggest problem with WLS. She suggested use Colace or MiraLAX daily in the morning. She also said that the transitions from one food Stage to the next Food Stage are when it seems to be the worst. So I bought the 50 pound bottle of MiraLAX yesterday and I will be taking it daily. I did try it this morning and it is amazing how much it doesn't have any taste in water! I am not sure how long I will need to take it but I will do anything to avoid the constipation nation. BTW I am now going into the Food Stage 3 - SOFT FOODS. I will update the first day of new stage tomorrow.

That's very interesting! What temperature and how long?

Great resource of information. Thank you!

You are so right about WLS being a TOOL. I could see my future and it wasn't going to be a lot of years. I did everything I could to keep weight off. If people think it is cheating then what do they think of artificial hearts or transplants? I feel this is as life changing of a tool as those. I am only 2 weeks Post-Op but I can already see changes in my health. I wouldn't be surprised that in the next decade the medical world doesn't make WLS a requirement to cure Diabetes. Thanks for the rant and congrats on keeping it up!!!

Here was my list: Loose Fitting Clothes (wore them there and then home) Slippers Cell Phone & Charger Ear plugs (Didn't use because I had private room O YEAH!!!) Heating Pad (MUST HAVE FOR GAS RELIEF) Toothbrush / Paste Chapstick (Used ALOT) Deodorant I did have my Wiff bring a pillow to use in car on the way home to put under my seatbelt.

I have been using a Camelbak bottle to drink. I call it my adult sippy cup! It works great on limiting your amount of water you take in. I was a gulper before surgery and I am only 2 weeks out so I am still using it for training purposes. Good Luck!!!

Thanks for the links!!! So helpful. You are so awesome!!!!

THAT'S AMAZING!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

Update Post-Op Week 2: So two weeks down and Life to Go! What an experience! I decided I will weigh myself "Officially" on Fridays. I do sneak on scale every once in awhile lol. Today is Friday so my "Official Weigh-In is: 263 ---> Down 24!!!! Also that puts my BMI below 40 (39.98) for first time in LONG time!! I have been using MFP everyday for every meal and liquid. Wanted to bring another tool I use daily and it is a food SCALE. I can't believe how inaccurate I am with measurements. I am one who is good with numbers and approximations but food is so deceiving! I am positive that if I didn't use my $20 Weight Watchers food scale I would be eating too much of everything! I have not eating too much yet and I attribute that directly to the food scale. That is my two cents for the day. Have a GREAT LIFE FINALLY LIVING!

Are you using heating pad? It works wonders on gas pains and when I was home I used the Gas-X Strips too. Also CONGRATS on Loser's Bench!!!!

Surgery Weight: 287 Current Weight: 263 Under 40 BMI for first time in long time!!!!!!

Look at that.... 3 patients of Dr. White (including myself)! No input on subject, just wanted to point out that we have same Dr.

What brand of unflavored protein are you using?

Update Post-Op Day 11: YES scrambled eggs are the BOMB!!!! Add some FF cheddar cheese on top and POW! I cried yesterday as I ate it. Have to say something about My Fitness Pal (MFP) app. IT IS A MUST FOR ME!!!!!! I can't say enough about how easy it is to use and how it keeps me on track for Water too. I use it every meal and it helps me decide if I need anymore Protein which isn't always easy to track. I also will put in a meal and then save it as one of my meals and then I can easily add all the items at once instead of individually adding each item. Using the UPC scanner to add food is awesome. I just hit the UPC button and let it scan my yogurt and BAM information is added! If you don't use it give it a try and you will be glad.