KristinaRnY

This has worked wonders for me. I have bad insomnia and it also saved my life trying to fall asleep with that stupid Cpap machine!

Oh boy, I started my journey December 24, 2012!!! My insurance required a year supervised, weight management classes, and a once a month weigh in! Also the normal dietician and social worker appointments and group sessions. I finally got approved in January and now my meeting with my surgeon is on February 24th, I'll get my surgery date at that meeting. By the time I have surgery it will be 15-16 months since I started the process til my surgery and at first I was frustrated with the lengthy process but now I am so thankful for it. I have learned so much attending the classes and they really prepare us on how to use our new tools. I am starting to get very emotional and stressing about everything now that I know it's getting closer. I'm losing my patients again and just want it to be over with so I can stop worrying about it and live! It may not seem like it now but it will be here before we know it! And I look at it like hey, it gives me that much more time to lose weight before surgery and that's like money in the bank! goodluck and keep on keepin on it will be here before you know it.

Wait so everyone's not crazy until they poop out their staples?

I cut 7 inches off my hair and dyed it... I'm pre op but it was the beginning of a new chapter and new lifestyle for me. It helped me see the new person in the mirror that I was becoming on the inside. I had already created a new lifestyle and was mindful of my eating and began exercising every day three months prior, so changing my look even in the slightest just helped me evolve that much more into who I want to become.

You know I heard the same thing about poopable staples.

I'm sure this will sound very bad to some people (oh well lol) but I did the night I got home from the hospital so 2 days after the surgery. It helped a lot with pains, gas and nausea. I only took maybe 2 hits at a time tho and small ones so I wouldn't cough. Im only 8 weeks out but i healed great and have lost 62 lbs so it didn't do me any bad. What a fantastic weight loss!!! Congratulations, and thank you for your honesty and openness :-P I'll be careful not to cough!

Idk if I can drink them according to the directions

I have to try these

Personally the band was never an option for me. I've seen so many people personally who have had complications with it. Come to find out my insurance provider will not even cover the band due to the amount of problems people experience. I was undecided between the sleeve and rny but eventually decided to go with the rny. Goodluck with whatever you decide! Whichever you choose will work if you work it!

Regarding the topic that this thread was for before all the other nonsense lol I have been smoking for years and marijuana actually helps me a lot after surgery for nausea and very surprisingly I do not get the munchies at all! I was scared it would give me the munchies and I would pig out but that hasn't been the case at all. I definitely consider myself lucky it doesn't! How long did you wait after surgery to partake?

Do you eat on a somewhat set schedule or just listen to your body?

See I like lasagna made with cottage cheese instead of ricotta due to the texture, lol I wonder if I could change this into a cottage cheese bake

Thank you so much, omgosh I am so grateful for this. Thank you.

I have no idea but I would have called human resources before I would have quit. Did you request the time off before hand?

I ended up taking a veggie burger and crumbled it to look like ground beef and cooked it with salsa and jalapeños and topped it with a little cheese. 20g of protein

Now that I'm remembering, ok so he lost 120 pounds by keeping his body in ketosis and he did have bad breath and was using muscle milk!! I mean whey is derived from milk... Which causes bad breath and ketosis is also known for causing bad breath. I googled and found this http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/anabolic-steroids/my-skin-smells-weird-any-idea-cause-874263-2.html You should read through this forum

I was using the premier protein shakes and didn't notice or have any complaints about odor. The only thing I noticed was sometimes if I didn't drink water after I would have bad breath but nothing a good brush and mouthwash couldn't take care of. I also tried the hemp protein and the after taste was bad but went away quickly and didn't give me bad breath. I haven't tried muscle milk... my fiancé used to drink it I'll ask him when he gets home.

I chose rny because I wanted the restriction an malabsorption - gold standard for weight loss. Also I've had 5 successful family members who had rny and one who had the band then the sleeve then rny! I'm almost thinking that she just wasn't as dedicated. But I've first hand seen long term results with rny as my aunt has been maintaining her goal weight for nearly 13 years. Also for the amount of weight I needed to lose which is 150lbs my doctor recommended rny for me.

What protein shakes are you drinking?

Wish I would have seen this before! I made deviled eggs this last weekend. I always have hummus on hand. Maybe I'll make these for the game this weekend

I'm curious because I like the flavor of ricotta but I cannot do the grainy gritty texture of it.. My question for those of you who have tried this recipe, does the consistency change becAuse it's baked with egg and Parmesan or is it still that gritty texture?

I have no idea what to cook tonight since for the first time in forever it's just me! Maybe I'll just eat some yogurt and watch movies :-P

Also I have an addiction to the scale partially because I'm more of a numbers freak than a weight loss fanatic... I had my fiancé put my scale in the trunk of his car and he only let's me weigh on Fridays now. Lol silly but it works for me. For instance I know that typically at night I can be up to three pounds heavier every day due to water and food that hasn't been digested. I also know that in the morning that 3 lbs will be gone as it is every day. But I STILL obsessed over it. I would weigh twice a day, that's outrageous and I have a much better piece of mind not obsessively weighing and I don't get discouraged because very rarely if I weigh once a week am I disappointed with the results.

I'm not in anyway defending or excusing what she said to you. However my program suggests that specifically gastric bypass patients can expect to lose 50% of their excess weight. We see so often people exceeding that but that is how they educate us. She may be speaking along those lines and already considers you a success because you have lost about 50% of your excess weight. They told me after that point the rest is really up to me. I most definitely think the way she said it was unprofessional, who is she to say you won't lose anymore weight? What she said may not be what she meant (and I hope not, or she should rethink another career). Keep your head held high because we know you can and will do it goodluck

I live in Texas and mj is still ilegal here, I am against using it recreational but for using medically if needed. I respect that, I actually do like to hear others point of views as long as they aren't attacking someone else's way of life. Like my personal opinion is I'm against the consumption of alcohol period. Even though it is legal I'm against it. Marijuana is legal here for medicinal purposes (soon to be recreational) and it has improved my quality of life drastically.