becomingmandikaye

Definitely not weird at all!

How are you doing?

@finding_onederland - I am! But I haven't seen Beyond yet. It's on my list though. I'm trying to decide if I should watch DS9 or Enterprise next.

That's fantastic!

Battlestar Galactica. It ended sad, and I prefer happy endings.

Congratulations!

Very nice!

Just volume. It was a pretty miserable half hour or so until it all managed to go down! I will say that I haven't had any issues with spicy food (yet). Which is good, because I do like some spice (but nothing too crazy).

Yay! Congratulations!

My body is accustomed to processed foods, so substitutes and additives don't generally bother me at all. It's just very strange. I have always had an iron stomach, and I've retched more in the last month than I have in the last decade! Thank goodness it never became actual vomiting though.

High5!

Good luck to you!

I am definitely a red meat kind of girl. I can't have steak until September, and that just makes me sad! I hate seafood, but I'm adding a lot of it to my diet - I'm trying to get as much protein as possible from my food instead of having to do powder, shakes, or other protein drinks. I haven't yet had a day where all of my protein came from my food - but I'll get there!

It can be both. A lot of folks drink coffee for breakfast, so they add protein to it to make sure they hit their macros for the day. Some people mix a vanilla premier protein shake with a large black coffee, for example.

@WLSResources/ClothingExch - fair point.

I feel your pain. But keep on doing what you're doing, and it'll break.

It was so lovely. I fell asleep for awhile on a float! I was a bit concerned about my incisions because not all of the scabs have fallen off, but the doc said 3 weeks and it's been almost 4. Incisions are fine. I'm not quite at home in the water as it sounds like you are, but I certainly don't mind spending afternoons floating around, listening to music, and reading a good book!

Well, I haven't complained about my stall yet.

I <3 you @Valentina ! You're my favorite person on this forum - thanks for being so encouraging!

My doctor's directions specifically told me to find a multi-vitamin that had certain levels of folic acid, iron, and zinc in it. And that I couldn't take iron and calcium together.

I'll have to disagree on your last point. Flintstones has more iron and zinc than any of the bariatric specific vitamins I found, and was specifically recommended by my surgeon. It's right there on par with any of the other vitamins.

My doc wants us to take the chewables for 2-3 months, and it's only been 3 weeks for me.

Thanks! I hope so too. I'm itching to get below 218 because that's the lowest number I've seen in YEARS! It'll come - I just have to be patient. I hope you get your surgery date soon!

Congratulations!!

Oh I'm not complaining. I also set up a payment plan to pay the remainder. Talk about adulting!