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Give up sodas & empty carbohydrate calories, cut down on coffee and other caffeine drinks until they are gone. More vegetables, especially green and yellow ones. Lower red meats, go to fish and lean fowl. Add beans, good fiber there and there are many varieties of them. Exercise more, even if you start with walks around the house, then around the block and neighborhood, work yourself up to the gym, if you go there now, you might get discouraged looking around at everybody else looking fit and trim. They may have once have been in your shoes and worked themselves up to there[emoji14] Most important believe in yourself, you are good, worthwhile, this is a project you will gain so much from , a longer healthier fitter life, less shortness of breath, more able to fit into the good things in life. Go for it, it is within your grasp if you really try! And you have a built in cheering squad in all of your Bariatric Pals![emoji14][emoji626][emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Must have his reasons, sounds strict but I'm sure he knows what worked best in his practice and it may be in your best interest, after all. You will certainly be well'--healed for each stage.[emoji106][emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Michelekarch if you are still lurking around and I hope you are, I didn't have my surgery at Mount Carmel with Marcus Miller. Amber, his Bariatric Facilitator is wonderful, I loved her and I guess I always will, but Dr Miller & I parted company in February. His idea-- not mine. Don't want to bad-mouth him, he may still be perfect for you. Now planning for surgery at OSU, maybe May? I will still receive my RnY, maybe the delay will strengthen me but I thought I was strong enough already. At any rate sunshine for today and the future![emoji304] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Thanks Starfish23, don't know about the other 22 but you're the #1 Starfish in my ocean![emoji13] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Don't know yet, I've had a bumpy road(long story) but I'm thinking May? Should know more the end of April.[emoji7] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And here's to you becoming DnewU, keep on walking, sipping and healing. Many good things are ahead for YOU[emoji13] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Keep up the good work, you have made an amazing change![emoji106] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Haven't been sleeved(sorry) but I do have GERD from Hades and a hiatal hernia. Looking forward to my RnY, have gone from the minor league to the Cadillac, Dexilant, so far it is keeping my gastritis tamed and Hector, my little baby ulcer asleep. Missed my dose one morning and HELLO. My gastric region woke up and I didn't have a fun day. Join me in bypass-ville and things will only get better![emoji13] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

On April Fools Day many people play tricks on each other. I am happy life didn't play you for a fool and gave you each other! Enjoy your special day, being with each other and Life in General![emoji14][emoji127] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And let the monkeys watch you, it will give you both a good laugh![emoji85][emoji86][emoji87] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And you do have something to celebrate-YOU! You've been High, now you're working towards Low. 1st time in your life when being low down is a benefit. Bet you feel life is a little more worth living, never forget the past for without it you would not made the commitment to move into the future. And when you sat there,hugging your dogs and gentle-ly crying, didn't you still feel a little wonderment that this struggle you committed to does pay benefits?. Good for you and have a beautiful sunny day for the sunshine is within YOU.[emoji14][emoji304][emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Happy Spring, Happy Easter, This year commit to weight Loss and don't be a Feast-er![emoji14][emoji106] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Commit yourself to work for achievements. Instant coffee, instant potatoes and instant answers are seldom satisfying. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Please take your Vitamins, there are many companies,many formulations, but you are risking your present and future health if you don't. If you can't decide on your own , ask your nutritionist, ask your bariatric practice, ask your PCP if all else fails ask on Bariatric Pal, but *you* matter!. We all want *you* with us for a very long time[emoji14][emoji14][emoji14]!!! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Thank you- Sunnyday25 -I'm sure there are people out there today who need this information.[emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Maybe instead of being larks and other songbirds, we are owls? We all have to fly with the feathers we are given.[emoji211] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

You look fit,fine and ready for whatever today brings your way![emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And as another poster stated, it could be acid releasing instead of true hunger pangs. Keep your water and other fluids coming in, dilute that sucker down![emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And those who haven't walked the walk***** Have no real rights to talk the talk***** Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Would it be cheaper to go across the river to Arkansas or down to Mississippi?[emoji27] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Relative of mine feeds them saltine crackers, is he leading them into squirrel hypertension?[emoji10] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

My guess: 12-15 mm but only your surgeon knows what has worked best in the past for him/her. I'm hoping for a turkey or duck-egg size pouch instead of a pullet chicken but as long as I'm turned into a kangaroo( a pouch, okay?) I'll take what I receive.[emoji38]PS sorry to hear of that serious serious surgery, now you get healthy again, you hear? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And you live in Ohio's largest county where there are still many covered bridges, the Bridges of Madison County Iowa have nothing on you. Pymantuning Lake is shared between you and NW Pennsylvania, and you have Lake Erie to love just like Sandusky [emoji569]but it's deeper at your end. You may have kinfolk across the state line into the Keystone State but you're still Buckeyes down deep. Have I got it pretty straight Ms Connie?[emoji106] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And good luck and good healing for you. You already know April 2nd to be your Phoenix Day, when you rise from the ashes of the past and commit to,a new brighter future. Use your new tool, use it well and may your days be long upon this earth! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I look at it as: it took a while to add this weight, it will take a while to subtract it. Short of having someone slice it off of me like fat off a pork chop, there could and would be a lot of work involved. Knew that when I started but I am taking every chance to learn as much as I can on this journey. And as I learn and the calories burn I'm making deposits into my Healthy Account, and it will serve me well in my future days. It will mean more to me for the work and time I have put into it than if I had been hit by a lightening bolt or did it over the weekend. And I can live strong and vibrant until death, that will be when it comes but there is no longer any hurry to get there.[emoji304] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app