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no, it works quite the opposite actually. your body will hold on to Water like mad if it is not getting enough, but when you drink enough it lets it go. during preop and before you are likely getting a good amount of fluids from food sources, but after the surgery you simply eat very little food. give it a try, you might give your weight loss a boost!

@@Dub I think you should add " Cherish thy bum." to your signature line.

wow! 3 inches! that is impressive. I am not sure how I would handle that - I am already grouchy about the half inch.

I used to be 5'2" apparently I am only 5'1 1/2" now.

I use the non permanent hair color - the kind that washes out in 28 days or so? but I am just enhancing my natural color, not changing to a new color. I don't know if that would be something you are interested in, but I have not had any problems with it at all.

I use mapmywalk

MI, Michigan? you lucky duck! I am so very homesick. I think your future plans are spot on, and I appreciate you sharing with us, because it is so easy to think we are the "only ones" going through it. I have had 4 crazy weekends in a row. The week days are also crazy due to being short staffed and so I am wearing 3 hats right now. it will take them 3 months to get anyone hired for the (3 out of an 8 person team) vacancies. I have to plan the food/drinks on the weekend or it is very hard for me to stay on track. This weekend my plans are to stay home in a coma, and walk and recover. I hope you can do the same soon! and an early Happy Birthday too you! I think your 50's are going to be some of the best years of your life!

Hello .... yup, those feelings are perfectly normal!

oh thanks! so that is right about exactly where my scar already is, although it's not that long and doesn't go around all the way. but it still isn't like I'd really have a whole extra new scar afterwards. that is very helpful and you look GREAT!

I sure do feel for you! my daughter who graduated Monday has Asperger's Syndrome. She is delightful, but getting her to this point was quite a job! I am a stress cleaner, so my kitchen looks GREAT!. You have us now to help be a part of your support system. when you get off track, try to get back on as soon as you can and don't beat yourself up over the slips. try to not choose the worst thing when you get knocked off track. I think the meditation and walking are super choices. I spend part of my lunch break at work listening to quiet music with the lights off, 15-20 minutes and it really helps me let go of the morning yuk from work.

I have not been on a horse in a very long time. DECADES really. but this is certainly one of my post op goals. planning to take the girls this fall to a place where we can ride. looking forward to it. hopefully by then my weight will be low enough that the horse won't toss me off

this had been my only real struggle post op. I started with just a stool softener. then I added Milk of Magnesia pills a couple of times a week. then added them daily. then added benefiber daily and now everything is good. I had trouble even though I was not on any pain pills. I would start with the benefiber and stool softener and then add MOM as needed.

my date was in February, but I just wanted to say welcome to the club! I look forward to hearing about your journey.

I think you are doing very well for one week out! I was still walking pretty slowly at that time. at three months out I try to walk 3 miles a day - and a goal of 100 miles in a month. so far my miles per month have been closer to 90. no doubt walking and other exercise is very *very* helpful, but there are many bariatric patients who aren't even able to walk well - I think the hitting your liquid and Protein goals, and keeping your calories in the recommended amount is going to trump walking.

@@Dub I think it is going to be your job to remind us to be smart and avoid injuries now. I appreciate all the helpful advice you post to the board. You and some of the other guys have me seriously considering joining a gym.

I don't know what your beginning weight was but for me, my doctor said 8-10 pounds a month would be more normal at this point. so unless you are super heavy 5 pounds a week would be stretching it. other than that you've gotten good advice here - try to enjoy the ride!

well, only if it is a truly impressive BM! but I've struggled with constipation so I wanna know how big the baby is! but I don't *normally* do that.

@@JamieLogical I had a c section and then an open hysterectomy - is that the area where the TT scar is? just curious in case I get a wild hair down the road and decide to have a TT

right now I have two pair of shoes in rotation - my goal is to walk 100 miles a month - so after about 6 months I will need new ones. watching for a sale on good shoes now because I hope to have my replacements all lined up before I need them. Good shoes make all the difference!

right now I have two pair of shoes in rotation - my goal is to walk 100 miles a month - so after about 6 months I will need new ones. watching for a sale on good shoes now because I hope to have my replacements all lined up before I need them. Good shoes make all the difference!

whenever I get sick from a virus I make sure I am having my probiotic and she needs to be very focused on drinking even if it is sips all day long. play around with temperatures if she is nauseated due to sometimes warm feels better, sometimes cold. and this is probably an issue for a primary care doctor, so if you feel she is not staying hydrated she should go to her PCP or else a quick clinic to be seen for follow up care. I like the Vitamin Water zero as she would have some Vitamins too but poweraid zero would help with the potassium level.

the trainer is not going to be as much of an expert on bariatric patients. I would take the advice they give you and run it past your team to see what they think, and try to come up with a good plan for you. Also, I would weigh portions for a while and track your exercise. Ask your team what the aim for a calorie deficit should be. I hope you can loose the last 20 but wow! loosing 100? You're already a smashing success.

Hi, it's nice to meet you! I am 46 I have 7 kids. don't hate em, glad they don't all live at home anymore I have a dog and a cat I grow herbs and tomatoes on my deck I like to quilt, sew and crochet, smock and embroider I do not like centipedes. or any other creepy crawly I love cheese too! oh. don't get me started! looking forward to seeing your updates as you go through the process. edited because I had a birthday and forgot I am 47 now.

I got the letter from insurance before the clinic called me.

I have not personally - but I am still in early days. I don't really expect to, as many of my friends loved me when I was thin, loved and were concerned through the years of obesity and why would they not be friends now? We're all old now anyway and not trying to be anything we're not. I have made a bunch of new friends who I value very highly and hope to make even more!