Frustr8

In my own case - Is that all THERE is? Feel like I'm getting nowhere, if I fall off the edge of the world? I won't even make the Evening News and this has been a SLOW NEWS DAY! Welcome to my Pity Party, may not have jackets but I do have Lovely Placemats in place.

A lot easier to correct a minor fluctuation than a Major" WTF did I Just Do? "15- 20 pound Weight Gain , isn't it?

Smoother, BETTER and more profitable, gosh w"ve hung out so long on here I'm finishing your sentences. If it wasn't so Laughable it might be SAD?

Exercising your pectoral muscle might help a little but Ain't Nuthin' Gonna Re- perkie-fy Us Again! Would have loved watching you stuff the wrapper behind the cushion, Now That's Something I would do myself! Went from a DD to a scanty B, think I need a Seat Belt Retractor to roll them up and stuff in the cups. ??, Got to Laugh, because crying only makes my eyes Red and Sore.???

Wish we lived closer than we do, I'd trade you Even Up, love the Orange and Pineapple more Myself. But IMHO I still love the s.f. natural Orange bestest of All?

Like the Old Song went Slow Down, you move too fast Got to make the Morning Last. So skip down the cobblestones and feel rightously GROOVY, my friend!?

You Know??back in the "Bad Old Days" I laughed at anyone who quoted such a Small Amount but truly THAT IS ENOUGH!

And May Everything Go Absolutely COOL!???

Ooh another quick but healthy thing to try out! Another reason I like staying " Active" on Bariatric Pal, you learn so much here!

A Wise Thought for you both now and in the Future THE PAIN OF THE PROCESS IS ONLY TEMPORARY; THE FEELING OF ACHIEVEMENT WILL LAST FOREVER Love ❤and Prayers ?and Hugs to you both from 10 and half months out ?Frustr8 & it's STILL getting better as days go by??

And that's a perk I hadn't tried, Thanx Sandra for the idea!

And Stella S, if you came to my city Mount Vernon and my County Knox County Ohio you would see more Obese people than you could shake a stick at, and I see them starting in Toddler- hood, I see so many 80 and 100 pound ones. Makes me wish I had a pulpit to preach the Joys of Bariatrics and what it has done in My Life! Would I have accepted the advice? No and 8 fear they would not either, I thought I was doomed, without hope,no place to turn, the world either ignored or hated my Obese Self, and I was disappointed and hated myself more. It took a lot more gumption , bravery and chutzpah than most people contain to search out WLS at nearly 70, truly the fact I probably would die soon. had a Big Motivation, I decided it wouldn't hurt to try since I was destined for death, even if I died on an Operating Table, I would have at least tried, nobody thought I could succeed at anything anyway. There was just enough Red- headed spunk, enough " Don't Tred on Me" that I inherited from the strong New England side of the Family that I was going to Do This or Bust! And it took over 3 years, 1 month and a week to finally achieve it but Achieve It I DId and I am a smaller healthier glob of SUCCESS no one gave me credit for. I may be scarred, slightly bloodiedbut I STAND TALL AND BROKEN-DOWN BY LIFE NO MORE! Frustr8 is getting fine, better and better each day I live, and I am a Force to Contend with!

Hey @ Briswife15, my RNY sister, I have Good News for You! Ensure Max also comes in Mixed Berry, of course I know this because I live only 50 miles from Abbott Labs , the concocter of All Things Ensure, but I get mine at WalMart, so probably Sam's Club, their Big Brother and Wal-Mart.com would also stock,it. Got some sitting on my counter awaiting its chance to get refrigerated and then drank. Happy Flavor Addition to You!

And another thought, tomato soup and Campbell's is the worst, notoriously HIGH in carbs, I would soon run out of fingers if i counted all the people who had their first " dumping episode" from exactly That!

Shopping more towards the front of the Store where pretty colors, sweeter styles and smaller sizes,no longer having to ask where the larger sizes are or asking a clerk " Just How Large do your clothes go?, not shopping in the Plus sizes which are invariably next to the Rest Rooms, wonder if they don't care if you sneak in there and change into something new and steal it? More Obesity Contempt. I also like well made beds and clean smooth sheets. A compliment, at least I'm going think it's that way, Met up with an old Friend yeah EVERYBODY MY AGE ARE OLD but not to digress, I recognized her right away. She said " Until You Spoke, I wasn't sure it WAS YOU! You're the size you were when we were in High School!" Yeah, I probably am but I Don't Look the Same as I did then. No longer" Show Room Fresh" but. then each blotch and scar means I met the challenge and still survived what the World threw MY Way! So they and a few wrinkles, negible in the Grand Scheme of Things . Don't you think if you roll with the punches you can still bounce to Your Feet Once Again?

So it's Height- Challenged and NOT your weight? To channel Jim Carrey " Oh-kay-bee"!!!

And at the other sad end of the spectrum, 10.5 Months since Surgery---Precious Pouch still says" No Thank You" to meats, very occasionally I can fool her by puree- ing the Snarf out of them and trying to pass them into my soups, but she is smarter than an egg- shaped piece of Gastric Flesh ought to be, she is only a semi- benevolent dictator. So what protein stays down I have had to get creative about, started shopping over on the Vegan side of the Store, oh yes in my ❤of❤I might still be carnivorous but in practice not so much. And maybe a coincidence, but no Migraines since her Reign of Terror started, mayhaps I am more healthy and less sickened physiologically? Who would have thunk? Accept it for what it is worth, that is the Frustr8 Motto of The Day now.

And I'm 10 in some, 11 in others, Just my Size or Hanes for me, Fruit of the Loom in a pinch. I have so many pantyhose that are getting marginally big , bought a Size 10/ ×Large,honest that's how that company billed theirs, Got a little stretcher fanric, wear it,over the skooch bigger pantyhose like a mini- girdle and it keeps the hose from creeping down my legs. Kind of like you would look as a toddler with a Full Diaper/nappy! Hey,nobody knows what sins,my clothes cover and let's keep it THAT WAY!

And a lot of people aren't into fluffy omlets, those egg blobs look. mighty fine to me and YES they DO LOOK PERKY!

And I am inching closer to submitting a photo of me- because as a Fairly New Inhabitant of Onederland, I too am becoming proud of the WOMAN I am BECOMING, don't laugh but in real Day to Day LIFE I Am Shy still. This is the first social network I have appeared Brave on- but Guess What! I am fulfilling my Destiny after All!

And some of the higher priced scales at Wally World are pretty accurate , battery or not, my particular one weighs up to 420 although I NEVER WILL BE THAT BIG AGAIN, less than 1/2 that and still letting the weight descend, I will be trying for my desired 175, only 20 pounds to go, if I slow down to a pound a week, that's okay. Found a lot of more mini- health conditions as time goes on, putting a positive spin there, my medical people and I are finding them in much earlier stages where they can either be repaired or less drastic measures be employed to handle them. And I pray GOD any pre- cancerous things can be obliterated before They Progress and I'll never be a Stage 4 of anything when it's found! Very Few make it back from That Point!

Well, Sandra at 9 months I was much thinner, wearing much smaller clothes, the Bad Parts- I thought I had poor skin color, looked like Road Kill and wondered if people were lying or making fun of me for my surgery appearance when they said " GOSH YOU LOOK GOOD" because. I thought I looked pretty okay back when I was obese too. But Happy to say, it's 10,5 Months now, I have c9me to terms with the fact I may never LOOK quite the SAME as I used to, but the NEW ME is still quite cool. Although I am quite fair, a curse of Celtic heritage, I have developed a little light freckling and tan, don't go out walking in the high sunlight between 10 AM and 2-4 PM, but if Shirley Mc Claim and the Late Doris Day could rock it, why not ME? My hair , the other Celtic gift, since it is Strawberry Blonde and naturally thin, as long as I use warm water, no mousses, gels or hair spray to mat it down, looks passable fair. And it went into a pixie style when I first saw hair on my comb or in the shower. Praise God I didn't go completely bald, but if it had gotten worse I might have shaved it bald like the guys do, 3/4 of my ex- friends thought I was really losing weight and hair due to chemo and wasn't being HONEST with them. They just couldn't accept someone over 70,could actually seek and be successful with Bariatric Weight Loss. Their error, you are NEVER ARE TOO OLD to make positive changes in your LIFE, and if I had been on Chemo, hey I do respect those people too, but it wasn't any of " their beeswax" as my youthful peers used to say. And those downers , if they can't accept truth, they are NOT what I want in my life in the first place. So this month, I put a Big Smile on my face, rock my new colorful size. 18 clothes, for the first time in my adult life I'm wearing leggings, capris, maybe a pair of shorts or 2 before summer is over, spent TOO TOO MANY YEARS wearing gray, black, Brown or navy to be in the background where I thought I belonged, now if it fits I'm going to wear it, my skin looks a lot less MUDDy in flattering shades. And if I can accept the changes, exude confidence, then I will be a pleasant person the RIGHT PEOPLE will be drawn to, if not, plenty other fish in this Big Blue Sea, aren't there??Frustr8, the former Shrinker Back into the Woodwork person who finally herself, and likes Herself more for IT!

Yes I did, it regave me GERD- like symptoms, the main reason I had an RNY , even the Decaf Versions. If you are in USA though, another option would be Glucerna' s Butter Pecan shake instead of Caramel, Vanilla or Even Chocolate Premier Protein to make it a Mocha taste. A And I remember one Bari- PAL saying coffee tastes like someone stirred dirt into her water, always wanted to know LOL if she ate dirt as a child, but wasn't brave enough!

One of our former bari- pals used to stir her crushed/ op3med up capsules into a spoonful of sugar free Cool Whip, might be worth a Try!

Can you have sugar free jello, some accept it on liquid because it mel5s down in your tummy, some don't. 8f it's okay trying making it with added protein powder stirred in at the begining. Also some doctors allow protein- enriched sugar free pudding as l9ng as it isn't a clear l8quid diet. And I loved sugar free popsicles to help with fluid intake.