LillyRoad

You guys look great!

I had my RNY on 12-21... Down 97 lbs, CW is 157. I'm ready to be done but doc says I will probably lose a little more. I'm happy with my size, health, etc. don't want to lose much more and then have saggy skin etc. but I'm not complaining...health issues have resolved so I'm grateful.

Jealous! Hope you caught something good:)

I want to be able to eat normal, healthy foods and still have treats, etc in moderation. It's not about denying yourself all previously eaten foods. Went out tonight with my husband and friends for Japanese. I had a kids shrimp hibachi dinner, no rice or noodles, just shrimp and the veggies. I had a few bits of my hubby's salad with ginger dressing. It was delicious and I brought enough home for lunch tomorrow. I've lost almost 90 pounds in 6 months and less than 10 lbs from my goal. I'm very happy with my progress and proud that I can go out and find things that I can eat and still feel like a normal person. It's tough to not be able to go out with friends and family in there beginning. I do my research before I go out so I know that there are things available for me to eat and enjoy.

Mine stopped falling out after about 4-5 weeks. Mine is thick too and no one else even noticed. Keep in the Vitamins and Protein and it will be fine. You look great, congratulations on your success.

I have a lot of the same issues, stricture, nausea and vomiting, etc...My surgery was 12-21 and I just feel like I am eating semi normal. What does work well for me with good protein amounts is the Quest bars from GNC . I like the vanilla almond and the coconut...not to sweet and go down easily. I lived on smoothies for a long time that I made with Greek yogurt, diet cran grape, frozen strawberries and ice. Sometimes I added a bit of protein powder if I though my stomach could handle it. I buy the plain light Cabot Greek . 20 grams a cup. I make the smoothies at night and freeze them so I can ear them like a sorbet. They were my lifesaver for many months, You are not alone in your challenges, hang in there...it will get better

I feel you! I've been thrift shopping and today found a new store that had clothes all for $1... Found a Talbots shirt, a Lilly Pulitzer shirt, some shorts and a few other shirts all for $10!

My husband does. That's the recommended amount of vitamins from my doctor. The calcium is a wafer especially made for bariatric patients.

I do a centrum chewable and 4 calcium chewables daily. Also a b12 shot every 10-14 days

My surgery was 12-21-13. I lost a lot of hair last month but it seems to have stopped. No way I could eat the amount of protein I'm supposed to. I have to make a protein smoothie with Greek yogurt, fruit and protein powder, then still have to eat a protein bar daily. Most of the time I don't want to eat much at all. Drinking is ok, just have to remember to do it. I've lost around 85 lbs...about 10 more and I'll be in a normal weight range. It's been hard, no way around it. But the benefits are so good. My health problems have almost disappeared...I would do it all over again.

At my nieces wedding last week... Down 82 pounds since 12-21-13

That would scare me! I'd call the dr too, just to be on the safe side. I get nervous anytime I have a belly ache or pain. Does anyone else have just an uneasy kind of feeling in your stomach? I don't really know how to explain it just doesn't feel right and it's always there. Dr can't find anything wrong but it's like just a blah feeling, maybe that's why I have this aversion to eating food most of the time. I'm grateful for the weight loss but I'm ready to feel normal again.

Forgot a big part of my smoothie...duh..frozen strawberries...my nut ok'd the stevia...the lemon juice and stevia combined help give it a strawberry lemonade sort of taste. Sometimes I add a scoop of unflavored protein powder and the lemon juice masks most of that nasty taste...unflavored does not equal untasted! I use Cabot light plain greek yogurt and a cup has 20 grams of protein....adding protein powder gives another 10-20. I just experimented until I found what tasted good to me. I also make it with no ice and freeze it in containers to eat like sorbet. I take one to work in the mornings and eat it as it thaws.

It really does make you feel very isolated. My husband doesn't understand how I can eat something one day and the next day it makes me gag. Some days I eat fine and some days I eat nothing and have to force myself to drink. My staples are Quest bars and a smoothie I make with Greek yogurt, diet cran-grape juice, lemon juice, ice and stevia. It gives me 20 grams of protein plus lots of fluids since I tend to dehydrate easily. I wish I could get in a good pattern of eating regular food but it's just not happening for me yet.

I'm feeling really stupid right now. My husband and kids went out for Cinco de Mayo. I didn't go because I wasn't feeling up to eating Mexican. I went to the grocery store to get some stuff for my sons teacher for teacher appreciation day tomorrow. Had to pass by the bakery and couldn't, or didn't, pass on an apple turnover. Then...proceeded to eat half of it on the car...a big no-no. Came home just in time for it to make a return engagement. Why did I do this to myself? I knew I couldn't eat it? I knew what would happen. My asthma is in high gear and I have felt crappy for a few days. I'm having major aversions to food. Most days I just want to drink a protein smoothie, eat a protein bar, and be done with it all. I've lost 78 lbs since 12-20 so I know I'm doing something right. I just wish I could get back on track with eating regular food and liking it.