Hello Team,

I finished my first week!

I've had food challenges as moving to full liquids gave me the runs. Hopefully this will get better. The big incision isn't causing me near as much pain as it was a few days ago! My fevers have subsided. My sore throat finally cleared up yesterday. Each day shows more improvement.

I started back to work yesterday. I'm working from home for a week.

I carefully count my carbs and I haven't felt a moments hunger this week.

Best of all...... a loss of 7.4 pounds this week. How cool is that? I don't know what's "normal" because I don't think there's a normal because we're all so different, but for me this rocks. I'm a slow loser but this week I feel like a champ. I can't believe that I'm almost out of the 220's! YAY!

You are doing great Lee!

Thanks Mini! :confused1:

Lee, Great news! Keep on rockin' that sleeve!

Thanks Cajun! Are you getting closer to Onederland, or is that scale still messing with you? :confused1:

Kudo's Lee!!! Great job so far.

Awesome job!!:thumbup1:

Cheers Lee ! ! ! You're doing great. I took extra probiotics for the diarrhea, and it seemed to help.

Thanks Barbara and Dybarra!!

That's a great suggestion Tiffy. For today, my meals will be Fage yogurt to try to up my good bacteria. I'm sure that being on antibiotics pre-op didn't help keep good flora growing. I think I just need to wait it out but I've decided to eat the yogurt instead of going back to clear fluids again. I'm starting to get a little hungry today. I wonder if that's because I had 1/4 cup yogurt this morning.

Congratulations Lee!

woo hoo!!!

way to go Lee!!!

Thanks Deedee and Ishary! I love that we all share this journey together!

great job!!!

Thanks Trippsmommy! This is an incredible journey.

Thanks Cajun! Are you getting closer to Onederland, or is that scale still messing with you?

Still messing with me!!!

It was 200.0 again this morning so I waited until after I urinated and if it was following the laws of gravity, it would have gone down at least to 199.9. But it did not!!! I could not believe it.

Guess it is waiting for the poop to come down.

Thanks for asking!