LittleBill

Thank you, and the same to you!

Same here. The only thing I can think of negative about it is that the powder is so light and fluffy, it sticks to the sides of my container and my immersion blender. So I have to scrape it off a little. But if I lick the spoon, it is like a chocolate covered espresso bean!

Today we decorated the house for Christmas. By "we", I mean Mrs. LittleBill decorated, while I hid out up in my shop. We are minimalists for this event. It has a very deep meaning for us, but we choose to avoid the popular culture when it comes to observation. Our tree is a small plastic tabletop version, complete with lights. There are a few decorations on it. One important one is a Santa given to me for my first Christmas back in 1958 by my grandparents. But anyway... We had a sort of interesting event during today's decorating. I was happily working away in the shop. It is a wood shop. It is stuffed with wood of all sizes, from 4' x 8' sheets of plywood, to boards of every sort, scraps, and of course, piles of sawdust. All of a sudden, the door burst open, and Mrs. LittleBill appeared, clutching a wooden, painted Father Christmas. "Can you find a small piece of wood to glue to the bottom of this? It is missing a part and it won't stand up on the mantel the way it is." As soon as I saw it, things clicked. About six or eight months ago, I was cleaning out the bed of my truck, and I came across a small block of wood stained with a red stain. It had the notation "From Mom and Dad, Xmas 1988". I could not toss it out, although I had no idea what it belonged to. It sat in the shop for months. Apparently it had broken off when a plastic tote in the truck overturned, spilling its contents. That happened because I put the stuff in there to move to our barn, and then forgot about it. I took one look at the figure and realized the block it needed had been up here the whole time. I walked over, picked it up, and sure 'nuff, it matched. All it took was a few quick air nails, and it was fixed. It should last until one of our descendants inherits it now.

I must be a big sissy pants. I usually sleep on my side, but I stayed on my back for two solid weeks so I would not disturb anything.

I hope it all goes well for you. Tall women have a special beauty all their own. I will look forward to seeing how you make out.

Heal over or heal completely? Mine were healed over on the surface at about 2-3 weeks. The big one took the longest, as one might expect. As for healing completely, that takes longer, which is why the doc told me to take it easy with weight. I do a lot of heavy lifting for my work, so I waited for two months before I started ramping up the weights I was lifting.

The chances of it changing are small, but you never know.

@ I agree. If you are willing to do so, please keep me abreast of any new developments.

I thought this was going to be something along the lines of Lady Chatterly's Lover when I saw the title. As has been mentioned, go back to lean Protein for a while. Also, you mentioned you were "getting your liquids". Just because you get to the goal set for you doesn't mean you have to stop, or even that it is enough. So a little more drinking might help you some - Water and other non alcoholic things of course!

The pre-op diet was the hardest thing of all for me. I told Mrs LittleBill to just plan on my being grumpy the whole time. She said it wasn't so bad, but then she puts up with a lot. If you can tough out the pre-op diet, you should do fine post-op. It won't always be easy, but getting through it makes what will come a little easier.

We've had an outdoor furnace for 12 years now that burns either wood or coal. We are using our oil burner this year. I did not have time to chop wood before surgery (had other projects to finish) and we weren't sure how long I would have issues lifiting after surgery. Oil is nice for being lazy, but nothing beats the nice even heat of wood. We can't quite cozy up to it like you can, but if we want that, we just repair to our squirrel free outbuilding.

Wow, that's some serious trouble. We are on a country road that sees a decent amount of traffic from time to time. We have "other methods" for discouraging thieves and looters in the event of societal breakdown, but low profile has been a major component. Having seen what flooding can do to people, including some family, we purposely looked for a house on a hill. This place hasn't flooded since Noah was a ship captain. I am glad you were able to make it through.

I'm glad to sat that my man boobs are deflating. My ass cheeks are going too. I have no interest in a boobies job though!I seem to be developing the dreaded "plumbers crack". I have never had that problem before in my life. Is this a complication due to surgery? I do not have any man boobage problems to report yet.

omg I laughed so hard at ur post that my husband asked what I was laughing at so I read it to him and he laughed. It takes a lot to make him laugh. Lol. And ur lucky we loose electric a lot and already for over two weeks. We have our generator wired into our home to run our entire house at the flip of a switch. We did this after going over two weeks without electric one winter. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Our setup is similar. I have to manually start the generator (yank the cord), and then throw one switch to switch over the circuits we dedicated to keeping on. That's the heat, the fridge, and the freezer. We have bunches of candles and oil lamps for lights, and the aforementioned 19th century amenities for long term low energy consumption. With my new arrangement, I can leave it in the tool shed. That saves me time and work to roll it into place, and keeps it secure from generator thieves. The old arrangement had it next to the house, which is right up by the road. Nothing says "here I am!" Like a running generator in a power outage. When our girls were still here at home, they would complain about the outhouse. I told them they were welcome to use the inside toilet, but I was not hauling buckets of Water up two flights of stairs so they could pee in luxury. That was their job.

This brought back a memory. My doc came in to speak with me just before he operated. I said to him, "Doc, we have a saying in my profession which I would like to pass on to you." "What's that?" "Measure twice, cut once!" He laughed pretty hard, and said that the chief surgeon had that on the wall of his office.

So, it's an international problem, eh?

@@jdk524 I worried a little bit about it, but once you are being prepped, you just lie back and let people take care of you. That's what I did.

I was really fat. I am down to just mostly fat now, but I was similar to you. My BP was normal, as in 120/75 or so. Cholesterol was 142, triglycerides at 90, so on and so forth. I had no sleep apnea. Just a couple of months before deciding to do this, I hit the lowest number I could have to be diabetic. So except for being fat, I was pretty healthy. I was also very active for a fat guy, working a job where I was on my feet most of the day. This surgery is not a magic bullet, but it is a tremendous tool for helping to get rid of the excess weight, and give you a chance to reset your life. You are the one to make the decision, and I will not tell you what I think you should do. I can only tell you what I did and why. I am glad I had it. I would do it again if I had to make the decision again. Good luck with your own decision.

@@Raymia Many years ago, I got into an online argument with a very good friend of mine in real life about art. It was on a woodworking forum where we were both professionals. He was emphatic about all art needing to be appreciated, while I countered that just because it was art didn't make it good art. I wrote, "If I put on a pink tutu and danced across the stage, it would be art, but it would NOT be good art!" Well, a whole bunch of mutual friends and acquaintances started egging me on. They wanted to see me in the tutu. So one night, when I had too much to drink and not enough to do, I went looking for a tutu picture. I corralled Mrs. LittleBill into helping me (against her will) and we photoshopped my head onto the body of some poor little girl in an online catalog for ballet supplies. It created quite a stir on our forum, and earned me a reputation for doing outrageous things. This picture is close to 15 years old.

Lmbo @@LittleBill it will still be cold in here we don't warm up until May. Maybe I can get sweater dresses and tights. And if by any chance you decide to put on a little Black dress please tag me in the pic I can always use a good laugh. ☺ Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G928A using the BariatricPal App I need to go find an old picture. And as you might suspect, it has a story. It ain't a little black dress, but it will be along the same lines. @@Raymia Oh yeah, I'm in eastern PA, so I know how March can be.

To be able to scratch my... never mind.

I use a scale all the time, but I combine it with a measuring cup. Volume and weight don't always match up. I was gettting hungry early for a while, and discovered that a 1/2 cup of the food I was eating came out as 6-7 oz on the scale.

I will be two months out in two days, and I am down 44 lbs from my weight on B-Day. I thought I had enough in the way of old clothes to get me through the winter, but I have gone down four sizes around my waist since I started in June. I don't look so good in a dress either. But if you are talking two months, you'll be into March, right? It should be a little warmer in Joisey by then.

I could transfer a big hairy patch to someone's head.

@@Treadmillwalker we're in the country too, but a main trunk goes right in front of our house. We've never been out more than 48 hours, and that was in Hurricane Isabel back in '03. We have a 19th century approach to this stuff. For short stints, the generator will keep the house warm and the food cold. We have an outhouse, a hand pumped well, and an outbuilding (now squirrel free) where we could live for an extended period of time without electricity. A whole house generator would cost us 10 times what we spent for our current setup, and all those lights on would only draw the neighbors.