First off....HAPPPPPY NEW YEARRRR to all!

As of today I am down 30lbs at 5 weeks out.

Right now I am getting in all of my Fluid and hitting my 60-80g of Protein no problem... Recovery has been seemingly uneventful.

Not once since surgery have I been physically hungry and the constant head hunger seems to be a thing of the past.. I know it may creep back in the future but for now I am amazed at how the constant nagging of "eat eat eat" is goneeee.(WoooHOOO)

I am working on having more solid foods and can definitely feel the restriction more then I could on mushies. ITS WONDERFUL! haha

Before surgery I though "There is no way I am going to be (mentally) satisfied with a 1/4-1/2 cup of food" but I have been completely physically and mentally satisfied with the small amount of food I am having...

I am still measuring everything so I haven't gotten to an uncomfortably full point yet, however I can see how it could very easily happen with one or two more bites. The great part is...I dont even want those one or two bites more!!

Pre-op I still had the fear of "What if I am the only one this doesn't work for...?!" but now I can not believe how great it feels to know that I CAN do this.

This year is going to be a year of change in sooo many ways and to be able to start it off in the 200's feels better then I can put in words.

Thank you all for Unknowingly helping my through this process and I look forward to seeing all of your successes this year as well.

Congrats on doing so well. It is always inspirational to those of us waiting for surgery to read about results. I know it is for me anyway. Keep up the good work.