Will be here tomorrow after 11:30am

Wow! When did you have surgery? I can't imagine seeing 25 patients soon after surgery. I'm planning to take 4 weeks off from work.

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Feb. 11, I was off through the 19th, worked 1/2 days the 20, 21, and 22, then was back full time in the 25th. The first couple were a strain. I'm making it through the day okay now but by the end of the day I am whooped! It's only been 3 weeks, must remind myself it's only been 3 weeks :$

Feb. 11' date=' I was off through the 19th, worked 1/2 days the 20, 21, and 22, then was back full time in the 25th. The first couple were a strain. I'm making it through the day okay now but by the end of the day I am whooped! It's only been 3 weeks, must remind myself it's only been 3 weeks :[/quote']

How do you get your Water & Protein in with that schedule?

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Went in on 2/26 and d/c on 3/2. At moms and either tired or in pain or both.... Can't stomach Protein shakes but can stomach Peanut Butter and some easy baby food..... WEIRD..... Looking forward to being home, but the quiet is ok too

Hw 245; Pre-Op(RNY) 225.6; Surg Date 2/26; GW 145

Taste?

K so I'm so tired of the same puréed/ soft foods I figured I should try stove top it's soft and I really need the calories only getting mayb 500 or less a day:( stove top is not sitting very well n only had abt 1 1/2 tbs:. Wil not b doin that again!

Have u tried cream of wheat & stevia with added Protein powder if needed?

Hw 245; Pre-Op(RNY) 225.6; Surg Date 2/26; GW 145

Good Monday evening' date=' all! We're digging out of a snowstorm here in Minnesota (well, not me, my kids are -- hooray for slave labor! JK )

To bring you all up to date, I lost a remarkable 15 pounds in my first week postop, then stalled for a whole week. It is very frustrating at this stage of the game to not see the scales move. But then, hurrah! I've been losing about a pound a day since. I've decided not to weigh myself daily, but to wait until Fridays, that way if there is some fluctuation due to Water retention or whatever, I don't get discouraged.

I'm noticing changes already. The skin on my upper arms (soon to be known as "batwings") is drooping more, and my belly is noticeably smaller (well, to me anyway). My skin is unbelievably dry (I moisturize daily and have cut back on showering to twice a week, washing my hair in the sink as needed), and I am beginning to see bone structure on my face and neck. It's exciting, and a little scary. I know it's just a matter of a month or so until I start seeing hair in the bathroom drain.

How are the rest of you doing? Are people beginning to notice? What changes have *you* noticed?[/quote']

Don't forget doing arm/tricep dips, wall push ups and other arm exercises to head off arm drooping..... Tighten and tones multiple times a week with ur own body weight or free weights!! :-)

Hw 245; Pre-Op(RNY) 225.6; Surg Date 2/26; GW 145

How do you get your Water & Protein in with that schedule?

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Very carefully!!! I'm supposed to drink 16 oz of diluted fruit juice a day. Before I leave for work I mix 12 oz of apple juice with 12 oz of water and a fuzzy navel Syntrax nectar. That's 24 oz of fluids and 23 or 24 grams of protein, I fill it with ice and sip on it throughout the day, I estimate by the 3 or 4 times I refill with ice that I'm getting 30 ounces of Fluid from that plus I sip on a 16 ounce water bottler during the day....trying to work up to 2 bottles but haven't made it so far!! I have a set Breakfast, lunch, dinner time (give or take 30 minutes or so) and usually do a snack late morning (almost always a cheese stick cuz I can nibble and walk away). The rest of the fluid I do in the evening. If I'm short on protein I add either 1/2 or a whole syntrax double stuffed cookie made with 1% milk (I've only had to do that 2 or 3 times). I am a single mom with a deceased ex and a full time job. I have to do what I have to do and while I understand there are certain lifestyle changes I have to make for this surgery to work, it also has to work with my life....the one thing I have not gotten a handle on yet is adding the exercise. I can do it on weekends but honestly after standing and walking all day I am barely making it home and getting dinner made at night I am so tired. I was actually feeling not totally worms out when I got home tonight and thought we would go for awake only to discover once I got here that a portion of our privacy fence had blown down today and our rotten puppies could escape. I had to do an emergency fence repair and goodness by the time I got it back up and screwed on I was worn out.... So no walk today! I'm not stressing the exercise too much yet since I'm only 3 weeks post- and extremely active all day long....I'm hoping a I heal I'll be able to start handling it....

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 234.8

Very carefully!!! I'm supposed to drink 16 oz of diluted fruit juice a day. Before I leave for work I mix 12 oz of apple juice with 12 oz of Water and a fuzzy navel Syntrax nectar. That's 24 oz of fluids and 23 or 24 grams of protein' date=' I fill it with ice and sip on it throughout the day, I estimate by the 3 or 4 times I refill with ice that I'm getting 30 ounces of Fluid from that plus I sip on a 16 ounce water bottler during the day....trying to work up to 2 bottles but haven't made it so far!! I have a set breakfast, lunch, dinner time (give or take 30 minutes or so) and usually do a snack late morning (almost always a cheese stick cuz I can nibble and walk away). The rest of the fluid I do in the evening. If I'm short on Protein I add either 1/2 or a whole syntrax double stuffed cookie made with 1% milk (I've only had to do that 2 or 3 times). I am a single mom with a deceased ex and a full time job. I have to do what I have to do and while I understand there are certain lifestyle changes I have to make for this surgery to work, it also has to work with my life....the one thing I have not gotten a handle on yet is adding the exercise. I can do it on weekends but honestly after standing and walking all day I am barely making it home and getting dinner made at night I am so tired. I was actually feeling not totally worms out when I got home tonight and thought we would go for awake only to discover once I got here that a portion of our privacy fence had blown down today and our rotten puppies could escape. I had to do an emergency fence repair and goodness by the time I got it back up and screwed on I was worn out.... So no walk today! I'm not stressing the exercise too much yet since I'm only 3 weeks post- and extremely active all day long....I'm hoping a I heal I'll be able to start handling it....

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 234.8[/quote']

Whew girl. Your LIFE IS exercise. I wouldn't stress it.

Has anyone found any good websites for puree recipes?!

Whew girl. Your LIFE IS exercise. I wouldn't stress it.

That's kinda my thought at this point!!!!

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 234.8

Ok this stomach acid issue is annoying!

So man drama in my life....I've just discovered that when upset I have no desire to eat and find the thought repulsive....huge swing from my usual stress eating!

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 233.4

Ok this stomach acid issue is annoying!

R u on Prilosec or protonix?

HW 250/1st Lapband 198/2nd Lapband 232/Pre conversion 2/6/13 to bypass 232. Currently,206.6, Bariatric GW 134, Realistic GW 150

So man drama in my life....I've just discovered that when upset I have no desire to eat and find the thought repulsive....huge swing from my usual stress eating!

I read "man drama" and wondered what's up with your love life, LOL! ...since my love life is nonexistent!

Ugh, long story. I have this 'friend' we've had an interesting 6 months. He does everything possible for me, took my son for the weekend when I was first post-op (did his laundry while he was there!!!), fixed my car when it had issues a couple months ago, spent last weekend while we were camping making my hot tea for me so I wouldn't freeze to death. Worries about me like my mother does. It's crazy sweet. We've been having our own grown up slumber parties for about 5 months when we can both get rid of our sons for a night....it's been a lot of fun and it's been very sweet, and he makes me feel safe, and cared for, and loved. However he is very scarred from a very bad marriage and won't let down that wall around his heart. It is very very sad to see such an amazing man limit himself because of one damn woman. So long story short, I want more, I want a real relationship, he doesn't, I'm heartbroken and had a rough couple days. The really crummy part is that he's like my best friend now. If I'm upset he's the one I turn to, except I can't. Just sad, I'll survive. And frustrated he won't let down his guard at least enough to give us a chance. There's my man drama!