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30 min walk -  First 30 min consecutive walk yesterday. Drained and exhausted me for whole day. And only lost a pound. Would I have lost any if I didn't do that? Is it worth the walk for Only a ...

Bowels .... Warning TMI -  So have had pretty consistent diarrhea for days. At times ... Uncontrollable. Today has been non stop. I notice the more water I drink the worst it is. At 48oz so far tOday of wa...

100% Liquid Vitamins 100% of the time - I am so happy that we have the money to be able to afford all liquid vitamins. I have everything in great tasting liquid format I can mix in with my Vega Protein Shakes. No wonder ...

YAY Restriction is back!!! - Okay, so last night I stopped at Convenience store for a Muscle Milk. Just too tired to make my own. But it has 25g protein ande only 5g of carbs so it's all good. Was drinking nor...

Misconceptions that need to be resolved -  I'm just going to go through these one by one as I remember them. I've seen a lot of assumptions made not only about what I'm doing post-op, but also about me as a person. Because...

Update to last nights post -   I just want to clarify as I was having a panic attack yesterday about whether the surgery was working and was not clear in my post.  1) the 2 cups of food I had was soup and c...

Is there such a thing as too much soup? -  Was really bummed out yesterday because I had accidentally had 2 cups of soup and crackers.  Made the mistake of posting on the RNY board and got lynched and still have no real a...

1 week post op and can eat and drink everything -  As of day 6 I have been able to drink as much fluids at one time without sipping. I have also unfortunately discovered that I can eat what I want. With no restriction to how much...

Back to basics -  Walking 15 mins up to four times per day to flush me out. Protein shakes, vitamins, TONS of water!!! Had 1 scrambled egg with string mozzarella  Will boil eggs today to e...

Sushi. Not too smart. -  Ok. So maybe sushi wasn't the smartest idea

All done! :) - Well! Surgery is over and new life has begun. I feel better after this surgery than any other.  Still working on getting my protein, vitamins, and water but i think i'm doing gr...

Day 1 Stop Smoking - T-14 Days to RNY -  Last cig was last night at 11pm at restaurant with DH. Woke up this morning and medicated with food instead of cig. Once I see NUT and get pre-op diet I won't be able to do that, ...

Any Post - RNY know if Electronic Cigarettes are o -  Are electronic cigarettes ok? It's just nicotine and water vapor.

Vitamin Order going in tomorrow. . . . Need advice -  I don't see my NUT until Wednesday and I've got to get my vitamin order (via internet) in tomorrow to ease my anxiety over not being prepared so close to surgery date. From wha...

Surgery Moved up to Feb 28th . . . Getting Nervous -  Trying to breath calm. NUT appt on Wednesday. Psych eval over with. REALLY trying to calm myself. I feel almost shamed by what I'm doing. I don't understand it though. I didn't fe...

Surgery Date March 6th -  Okay, so my backstory is this . . .  Was always like 140-160 in my 20's but got sick with an autoimmune illness in 2000 - Sarcoidosis. When my mother died 8 months later, it mu...

February 12 2012 - A NEW YEAR!!!! - Ok, so a lot has happened since I last posted, but the important thing is I got the band removed because of horrible GERD! I also had my gallbladder removed at same time because I ...