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Hi Junies! I'm doing ridiculously well' date=' in fact maybe too well...been falling into some bad food habits. Some things like crackers and even candy go down soooo easily. I'm clearly not a 'dumper', so I have to watch the sugar!

I'm vegetarian -pescatarian really, shellfish only- and for Protein I do yogurt, Beans, and nuts mostly, plus one 30 gram Protein Shake in the morning. In restaurants I do well with shrimp, scallops, and mussels. I'm loving eating salad again too, kind of crave it.

Having trouble with getting many veggies in, but once again I think it's bad habits as opposed to them disagreeing with me.

Soooo...gotta work on the food it never ends! Down 68 lbs though![/quote']

I've been getting into bad habits too. Missing lunch, snacking on SunChips, and probably too many nuts. We've gotta watch that!

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I've been getting into bad habits too. Missing lunch' date=' snacking on SunChips, and probably too many nuts. We've gotta watch that![/quote']

Me too. Every night for a week or so I've been having three spoon fulls of breyers carb smart ice cream. It only has four grams of sugar in a half a cup and I have no where near that but still. It makes me think I can have all ice cream. Need to break that habit and only have it every once in a while.

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How many mg of sodium are you all taking in a day?

I average around 800/900 a day and I am retaining some Fluid but that doesn't seem like to much.

???

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How many mg of sodium are you all taking in a day?

I average around 800/900 a day and I am retaining some Fluid but that doesn't seem like to much.

???

How much potassium do you get? Up your potassium rich foods and the sodium won't stick

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signing up for my first 5k! who'd have thought?

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signing up for my first 5k! who'd have thought?

That's awesome! Wow suddenly I feel so far behind the game.

Preop weight 389 current weight 312...that's 77 lbs lost since RNY 6/11/13

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How much potassium do you get? Up your potassium rich foods and the sodium won't stick

I consumed 5517mg of potassium in a week.

Not sure how much I should have what's the guideline? Any food suggestions?

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How many if you have had lab work done? My surgeon doesn't do it until sometime after 6 months. Don't recall when, but thinking it might be a year. Seems too long to wait. Want to make sure my Vitamin levels are good. My GP denied my request for labs.

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How many if you have had lab work done? My surgeon doesn't do it until sometime after 6 months. Don't recall when' date=' but thinking it might be a year. Seems too long to wait. Want to make sure my Vitamin levels are good. My GP denied my request for labs.[/quote']

I'm going in at 3 months to get all my levels checked. Standard procedure at my practice. Maybe your Bari doc will approve the labs?

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How many if you have had lab work done? My surgeon doesn't do it until sometime after 6 months. Don't recall when' date=' but thinking it might be a year. Seems too long to wait. Want to make sure my Vitamin levels are good. My GP denied my request for labs.[/quote']

Hummm. I go for my blood work on monday so i have it for my 3 month appt with my Surgeon on Friday. 6 months does seem long. is that coming from the Surgeon or one of the staff?

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How many if you have had lab work done? My surgeon doesn't do it until sometime after 6 months. Don't recall when' date=' but thinking it might be a year. Seems too long to wait. Want to make sure my Vitamin levels are good. My GP denied my request for labs.[/quote']

My surgeon does labs at 6 months post op. My general doctor did them in August. (2 months post op) but she always does the labs every three moths because of the diabetes

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I won't have my labs done until 6 months either. Per my surgeon.

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So I had an afternoon movie date today. The guy text me all day about how he was looking forward to seeing me. I got to the theater and he never showed up. I called and text and waited 20 mins before I left. As i sat in front of the theater I couldn't help but to feel like the same fat girl who didn't have a prom date. I have to wonder' date='.will I ever stop feeling like the rejected fatty? Even 100 lbs from now will I still have these same evil thoughts?

Preop weight 389 current weight 327 that's 62 lbs lost since RNY 6/11/13[/quote']

That is really shitty...of him! He obviously wasnt worth your time! It has not reflection at all on you; it is totally his problem, and his loss! Keep your head up as there are much more deserving men out there! ♥♥

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I won't have my labs done until 6 months either. Per my surgeon.

Me either. Comes next month and im really excited to see where I am and how ive done!

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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