Good morning!

I haven't been here in a while.  Not really able to get here from my new job as I'm currently sharing an office.

HW - 255
SW - 240
LW - 136
TW - 134.4

Reached my DREAM WEIGHT!!! I never thought this could be possible.  Love my RNY!

Good afternoon!

Finally getting around to visiting here for a few minutes.  Puttered around in the garden this morning and am on my way out for a visit with a friend and her kids, then to my son's soccer tonight.  Hoping to get around to painting my toenails tonight (which is SO easy now!); it's the only really "girlie" thing that I do.

B - small slice ww toast w/ pb, sm Liberte Greek yogurt
S - milky tea x 2
L - >3 oz roast beef (deli), 2 crackers, 1/2 oz LF cheddar... and I caved and had 2 Golden Oreo cookies (damn DH for bringing them home!)
S - protein shake, maybe a bit of fruit later on
D - ww pita pizza w/ lean ham, peppers, olives and LF mozzerella
S - popsicle

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day, everyone!

Hope you feel better soon, Simona.

Gardening, tidying the house a bit, hosting a playdate, and going to a local Victoria Day event (fireworks, yay!).

B - Blue Menu Italian sausage (18 g protein, 170 cal!), one egg
S - milky decaf tea X 2
L - leftover ravioli w/ meat sauce; or turkey, pickles, cheese and crackers
S - turkey pepperette
D - hamburger (no bun), spinach salad w/ light feta, berries, almonds
S - SF fudgsicle

Lots of extra water and G2.

Have a great day, everyone.

In my addiction recovery literature, one of the key concepts is "We only keep what we have by giving it away."  I believe that sharing our experience, strength and hope is crucial to maintaining our recovery, whether it is from substance abuse or dysfunctional eating. I'm so happy for you, that you were able to help your friend, Monica.  And in doing so, I believe you helped reinforce your own recovery.

actually, it stands for non-SCALE victory, to reflect all of the wonderful things that happen to us other than changes in the number on the scale.

Nice NSV!  Thanks for sharing it with us.  You've motivated me to plan to do my toenails this weekend.

Brenda, everyone is different as far as their pain level post-op. And there are factors that influence how people experience pain, things like childhood experiences of chronic pain/illness, trauma history, all kinds of stuff. 

You are less likely to develop a problem with the pain meds if you take them as prescribed rather than taking less.  If your pain is properly managed, you won't feel like taking more than necessary at times because you won't have extreme peaks and valleys with your pain.  If your script says "1 or 2 every 4-6 hours", start with 2 every 4 hours and cut it back to 1 every 6 hours, until you can switch to regular tylenol.

This is not a time to be "tough".  You don't heal as well or as quickly when you are in pain.  Let your body heal now.  There's plenty of time to get up and at it later!

Good morning!

I haven't been here since the weekend; adjusting to the new job and new schedule.  I'm off today (on a 4-day week for the first month or so) and have a great day planned.  Out for breakfast with one of my closest friends to celebrate his 50th bday, then running a few errands, then probably doing a bit of work in the garden and maybe even a bit of bicycling tonight.

13 months post-RNY

B - don't know yet, probably a couple of eggs and 1/2 slice ww toast
S - milky decaf tea; later, cheese string
L - 3 oz deli turkey, mustard, pickles, maybe a bit of spinach salad
S - Greek yogurt (small Liberte)
D - fish, salad
S - maybe 1/2 protein bar.

Have a great day, everyone!

I take Tylenol Arthritis.  When it gets bad, I take tramacet (tramadol with tylenol). It's the lowest level opiate on the market so is the least addictive of all drugs in this category, but if you have a history of addiction you need to be careful; regardless, it's good to take any pain meds as little as possible, only when needed.  If your GP won't prescribe it, speak with the nurse practitioner at your clinic.

I couldn't stomach the liquid iron.  Iron pills tend to be very small, so I switched to them with no problem around week 2.  Check with your clinic before you change anything.

At two weeks out, they shouldn't be rushing you at all!  But if you are hurrying to get out in the morning, you might try having your coffee at home and bring a protein shake with you.  Or bring Greek yogurt and eat it when you get the chance.

Great NSV, Megan. With your stall struggles, it must be extra rewarding to see a change in size.  Congratulations!

As far as quantitity goes, you should gradually work up to 1 - 1 1/2 cups of food.  At 2 weeks out, I was eating 1/4-1/2 cup at a time.  Measuring is your friend!

Pain is a sign of both leaks and ulcers.  I haven't had a leak, but I have had an ulcer; if you have one, you will know something is wrong.  If you have any inkling that things aren't right, call your clinic immediately.  If you have any severe abdominal pain or high fever, go straight to emerg and be sure to tell them that you've had WLS recently.  Better safe than sorry!