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Thank you

  For the past year or so I have been really good not to eat because of my emotions until this week. For some reason I feel like a bottom less pit, I am always eating. 
Is this grazing? Ex. this morning I hit the gym for 1 hr like normal, got home and had my vitamins and breakfast cookies. Then an hour later I was in the fridge again, just a slice of bologna, an hour after that I had another cookie. about an hour and half later I had lunch 2 slices of turkey and some olives, then an hour later a protein bar, its been about 2 hours since then and I just grab a hand full of crackers.
Could it be I am not getting enough protein in my meals? I need to find a different protein. I am sick of the taste of the vanilla. 
Ideas or help?

Hi Nicolle,

Thank you for writing. I have actually been in the program for a year and a half. I started the program in June of 2010. I had all my paperwork done and submitted by August of that year except for my psychiatric evaluation. I had to have another one done just recently because the first one wasn't good enough. It has been a long and slow journey for me. I completed all the requirements except for the 10 pound weight loss. It has taken me up to this past March to lose the required weight. So I went to the classes for almost all that time. Then within a few weeks they scheduled me for the appointment with the nutritionist, the nurse Sheri,  and then Dr. Gould. That was the end of April. After that it was about 1 1/2 weeks before they called me with my surgery date.

So if you submit your paperwork and complete all the requirements, including your weight loss, they will schedule you for the appointments. They usually schedule you for surgery about 4-5 weeks after you see Dr. Gould. He seems like a nice doctor and well educated with bariatrics. So I am comfortable with him doing the surgery.

How long have you been in the program? Right now I am doing the 2 week Stage II diet and boy is it tough! Not to scare you at all but it sure takes a lot of willpower to stick with it. Something I don't have much of. But I have six days to go and I know I'll make it through the rest of this week.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to write me. Look forward to hearing from you.

Kathy

Thank you Janet,
  It was a crazy weekend, but I did enjoy some sunshine.  Keep up the good work,  just sip sip sip and walk walk walk.  It takes time but you will see the difference soon.  hugs.

 Hi.  I'm in the process right now and I also have Dr Gould.  I would love to follow you and your journey.  I'm hoping to have my surgery in June or July.  Can you tell me how long from when you submitted your paperwor****il your surgery was set?  

From what I've seen so far, I would say Dr Gould is very good and you will be good hands.
Good luck,

Nicolle

I am being told and seeing online that in NH , I am allowed to do my own will , power of attorney, etc.
Online forms from Legal Zoom I was thinking of using.

Does anyone in Nh know if this is true , that we do not need an attorney to draw up a will.

I have zero to leave, clothes can go to Goodwill, all other possesions belong to man I live with.
But I want medical power of attorney especially to make my wishes if I become incapicated, and I want a will to say how I want my funeral arrangements.

Anyone know if this or true.
Thank,
JEN

 If you wait a week or so I can let you know.  I am going in for a Lower Body Lift post Gastic Bypass (4+ years out) on this coming Tuesday with Dr. Gray from Atlantic Plastic Surgery in Portsmouth, NH.  My initial visit went very well.  I'll update you with the recovery process after the fact.  So far communication has been very good with the office and they are very clear on all questions I had.  

--umber.

 I had Dr. Gens to my Gastic Bypass on 3/25/08.  So it's been over four years.  I just saw Dr. Gens for my annual check up this past March.  He ordered the normal nutrition profiles that people like us should have but had.  And everything came back just great.  

Having plastics on Tuesday.  The surgeon requires seeing your last (and it has to be recent) bloodwork before they will consider you for surgery, as well as a letter from either your regular doctor OR Dr. Gens in order to give the okay.  I had no problems with that.  

He's a great doctor, he did a great job.  I wish I'd done it sooner.  The whole practice is your sucess with this, use all those tools Jeff gave your and you'll suceed.  If you're struggling at any point (and at some point you will have struggles, it's part of every journey) - go to support group, talk to Jeff, use your tools, hub-and-spoke your problems. 

Best of luck!
-umber.

OK this is what was going through my head at 4 am while washing my hair, weird I know.  Just throwing it out there to see what anyone thinks.

Saggy, baggy wiggly skin
I can now see a dimple in my chin.

I have bat wings, but I can not fly
Wait is that a sparkle in my eye.

The stretch marks are showing,
 but my face is glowing

size 24 was what I wore
size 10 is now in my drawers.

People would look around or through me,
Today they all want to be me.

I love my saggy baggy skin,
It is a triumph of where I have been.

Chin up, smile out, This is me happy no doubt!

Thanks for letting a woman with out coffee ramble.  :-)

Saturday my daughter, Amanda and my friend Kristen took part in the Chief Maloney Memorial Run/Walk.  It was a 5.6 mile run.  I had never run that long before in my life!!!!!  What an amazing experience.  My daugther, Amanda and I are in the first picture, and my friend joins us in the third picture.  It was a windy day, but I managed to run more than 4.5 miles of the race.  The best part was when my grandson came out yelling "I love you Bamma" and ran with me.  I finishing running with a time of 1 hour 28 minutes 27 seconds!  I was 1450 out of more than 2200 participants.  My friend Kristen and her co-worker (woman in the white hat) finished in 1 hour 3 minutes and my daughter finished in 1 hour 11 minutes. 

This weekend I am running the Barrington Peeper 5k race, and next weekend the Bobcat Bolt 5k in Durham!  These should be a piece of cake!!!