Looking for people in the Albany,NY area. I will be sleeved October 9th, by Doctor Singh at Albany Medical Center.

Jules~

Albany Med you say? Well that's my Hospital :-) lol. They do have a day time support group but I don't go to it because I hate to say it but I just don't care for the crowd there :/ the support group I go to is on Thursdays from 530-730pm, and some ppl leave early, come late. Maybe if you happen to get a Thursday off you can come, or down the road you can play hooky lol. I had a Greek Salad tonight and OMG yum! Lol I love my salad and truthfully that was what I wanted for my one food after my post op diet! Egg salad...ummm can you say yummy! Lol. Trust me when I went to soft, egg salad was my lover lol. I just had to mix it extra extra well to make it smooth. My taste buds have changed since surgery, let me know if you happen to have that change at all, I'd be interested in knowing. It's actually benifited me, because the foods I no longer care for were the bad bad ones lol. Congrats on starting the new job! What is it exactly that your doing if you don't mind me asking?

Really? Where are the group meetings during the day? God I wish I could have any salad right now lol. And I have actually never made egg salad before. I usually buy it from Albany med but I'm going to do my own for low fat sakes! Do you do anything special for yours? I was thinking about doing a deviled egg type thing. My taste buds have changed somewhat but my food options are still limited. For some reason before surgery for the lap band I had plain decaf coffee with equal and I'm a coffee freak! But I usually do cream and equal. Without the cream it made me sick. After surgery I couldn't do coffee for maybe 6 months after. This surgery I bought those Isopure drinks and tried getting used to them before surgery. After surgery the thought of them made me so sick I couldn't drink them! I'm still trying to get some of them down and I want to gag. I haven't really experimented with much yet tho. I'll keep you updated on that lol.

I worked at Albany med previously. I was on a 3 week hiatus because of surgery. I went back tonight and I really wish I hadn't. It was a lot for me and my belly really hurts from standing and leaning so much I really think I should have taken this week also. But I do vascular ultrasound. And today was not a good day to go back

Rensterness, I am just getting back to "real" foods, or Stage 4. I still experiment. For instance, I can eat deli turkey but not deli ham. My dietician said to steer clear of high fiber foods (corn, broccoli, etc.) for the next few months. I don't eat breads, rice, or pasta. No carbonation. No steak... Meatballs seem to be fine with sauce. Greek yogurt is my go-to food. I love it. Eggs are great, too. I am sticking with cleaner, healthy foods... except when I make a microwave meal and just eat the protein.

Here is a picture I took today, compared with a shot from the breast cancer walk I did in October...

Support groups during the day are at 25 Hackett Blvd, it's in the same building as the bariatric center for Albany medical center. The groups are on the first floor in the conf room. Day ones are a lot smaller, a lot, and it's not the same crowd you would get in the evening. I guess I've just gotten so used to the people in the evening group that it is like 'my thing' to go to that one lol

BrickHouse

Ummmm holy crap that is an amazing transformation! You look great! Keep up the great work!!!!!

Brick house you look awesome. Keep up the great work!!!

Thanks, guys. I have a long way to go, but I'm off to a great start! Feeling good.

Kick A$$ start!!!!!!!! :-)

Where'd everyone go???

<p>Where'd everyone go???</p>

I'm always around BrickHouse, always :-) I never see anyone posting anymore bit I check several times a day :-) How are you feeling? How's everything going!?!

Pic update :-)

Also, no longer have sleep apnea :-)

Wow, Rensterness, look at YOU! You look great! And that's a great Taylor Swift "SURPRISE!!" look, too! LOL!

Doing pretty well over here. I got some good cardio in, going to the Y and using the Arc Trainer. Love that thing.

I just joined Vent Fitness in Lathem, figured 9.99 a month, worse case scenerio I just don't use it like I should lol. The Y, even being on disability I found to be a bit high, although I LOVE the whole pool factor about the Y. Thanks for the compliments :-)

You can get help at the Y if you are on disability. They're all about helping people get in if they want to get in. Especially if you need help. Worth checking into. I found Gold's (Vent), Best Fitness, and some others to be full of muscle heads and bimbos. I suppose it depends on what time you go. The pool at the Y is awesome.

My pic update... Seven weeks out.