HOLY MOLY!!! You look great!

It doesn't sound like too much to me.  I had my surgery on Nov. 5.  I usually eat 5 or 6 times a day, no more than 4 oz at a time.  The last couple of weeks my weight loss has slowed down to a 1b or 2 per week.  Of course, I haven't been exercising either... Shame on me!!!

I'm not sure what to tell you about the hunger.  I get head hunger, but not really REAL hunger that often.  Are you REALLY getting hungry, or just wanting to eat?  Sometimes I just want to eat, I'm not REALLY hungry.  It's a PITA!

Oh wow, you will know when it happens.  I had my 1st experience last night.  I was MISERABLE for about an hour.  It felt like gravel tumbling around in my chest and esophagus.  I was hanging over the toilet spitting out thick mucus, praying to throw up, and I hate to throw up.  My poor little pouchy is sore this morning.  NO MORE CHICKEN FOR ME!!!

Mine stayed on for a good 2 weeks even though I scrubbed the fire out of them when I showered, hoping they would roll off.  I finally peeled them off one day after a warm shower.  They got all nasty looking, and frayed on the edges.  I got the leftover sticky off of my belly with alcohol pads.

I'm a nurse (LPN) in a nursing home, and am still in school for RN.

I've been working ALOT lately and haven't been on here in a while.

So, I bought a pack of soy nuts.... Their pretty good, but I'm not sure what to do with them other than eat them plain.  What is your fav way to eat soy nuts?

I'm 3 weeks and 3 days post-op, and am still pretty tired.  It gets a little better every day.  I can definately tell a difference when I don't get my fluids and protein in.  I agree with the previous post... focus on your protein and fluids, the tiredness will eventually go away.  Also, take your pain meds for the soreness.  I was on pain meds for 9 days post op.  I stopped them the day after my drainage tube was taken out. 

What am I doing today?  Cleaning house... hate cleaning, but I feel so much better having lost what little I have.

Definitely a tentative eating plan today... I usually change my mind a million times about what I want to eat...

B- scrambled egg, liver mush
S- Orange crystal light, Unjury strawberry sorbet
L- lowfat string cheese and turkey lunchmeat
S- Orange crystal light, Unjury strawberry sorbet
D- Edamame, mushrooms, zucchini stirfry
S- Greek yogurt with a little SF cheesecake pudding mix and SF raspberry syrup

Chest pains of any sort are by no means anything to play around with.  Call your Dr. ASAP.  It could be anything, could be nothing.  I would rather be safe than sorry.

I hate the taste and smell of certain proteins.  I have found that Unjury has the least smell/taste than some of the others, in my opinion.  My favorite is Unjury Strawberry Sorbet powder mixed with Orange crystal light.  It is the bomb diggity!  I drink it all the time.

I know what you mean about sharing the RNY thing.  I talk about it on here, with my family, and the people that I work with know.  I live in a VERY small town.  You can't fart without everyone knowing about it around here.  I just don't want to be known as "the girl that got so fat that she had to have surgery to lose weight."  People can be so cruel.  It's not that I'm ashamed of having the surgery either... I just don't want it on the 6 o'clock news.

Mmmm..Mmmm!!!  Sounds so yummy!  I need to make a veggie trip to the grocery store!

I hear you sista!!!   I could melt paint off the walls!

I'm a nurse, I suggest that you take your pain meds as prescribed, they won't control your pain as well if you only take them when you need them.  Keep your pain under control, you will heal much faster.  Nip it in the bud before it starts.  Did they prescribe Zofran or Promethazine, or Phenergan for nausea?  If they did, take it when you feel nauseated, it really helps.  If they didn't call them and tell them you need it.  It may make you a little groggy, but groggy is better than nauseated at this point.