livanneluv

Thank you JenWith! I hate the idea of taking too much time off work, but of course want my body to heal properly.
Good luck with your continued weight loss!

@@livanneluv - from my surgery experience, which went A-OK, I felt like I was hit by a truck for a week. I think your timeline- you will be pushing it and regretting going to that conference. I was 2 days in the hospital plus I slept for 2 days once I got home. I didn't feel like myself again until a week to 10 days after surgery.

Thanks, everyone. I follow both of those blogs, now.
I have to say, I am struggling with a high Protein diet, and eating only three meals a day. I just feel stuck and am not sure how to prepare for this lfe long change. Surgery isn't until January, but I really want to establish the right habits now.
Thanks, again, for the responses!
Have a great day!
Liv

I also like www.bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com. And I've downloaded a couple recipe apps. Just search for Protein recipe. And I'm pretty sure there's dozens of bariatric food books on Amazon.< /p>

Awesome! Congratulations!

When you can look down and see your feet

When you lay on your side and you can feel your knee bones rub together for the first time and it feels weird so you put a pillow between your legs.

When your extended family keeps telling you how great you look....or when you are looking at a size Med dress and you know that it is going to fit you!!!!

When the wedding rings that used to fit so snugly that they left marks fall off your fingers and you have to hunt around in the laundry basket to find them (time to find a jeweler to size them)

When your sister in law that hasn't seen you in months (lives out of state) walks past and didn't reognize you.
Also, when you actually default to going into the "normal" stall in the public bathroom instead of the handicap stall.

When the size 8 jeans you took in the dressing room are TOO BIG! (happened yesterday!) OMG....I lived for the day when I could ask the sales woman to bring me a size 6. Which freaking fit and of course I bought!

When your old clothes fit you like MC Hammer's balloon paints.

You have the courage to sign up for a pilates class. I was always afraid of getting down on the floor and not being able to get back up

You spend and entire 2 1/2 mile run holding up one side of your pants or another, because by the time you realized hey were gonna shake right off your butt, it was too late to turn around and go back home.

Your old belt now goes 1 1/2 times around your waist.

Fun thread. You know you lost weight when
You have to get new shoes because they are to wide for the feet.

Your old boss walks right past you not realizing who you are. Happened to me last week.