Calling All Type A Personalities!

Hi Everyone! For those of you who are realllyyyy into the details of what you are consuming and not consuming, I have found a great site to track your food and beverage intake. Fit Day offers a free service where you can add in your food items (the best part is it converts portions/nutrition facts for you so even if the listing is for a cup of something and you at a 1/4 cup -- it will calculate the difference). To use the service goto: http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/Index.html If you want to see an example of how someone uses it, I have made my food diary public and you can see it at: http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=pattercat You can also add in custom foods! I have added in my vitamins and such. For a free service, this one ROCKS! Lissa in Washington 386/363/150

Lissa, this looks like a great service! We had our surgeries on the same date and I am befuddled that you are on solid foods already! My surgeon must be incredibly conservative. Will see him tomorrow for clearance, hopefully! By the way, what is Optisource? Thanks! Maureen

Hi Maureen Optisource is a vitamin that my nutritionist recommends. Although some people don't like it because the calcium and iron are all in the same supplement. HOWEVER, I know that I hate taking pills and am more likely to take one pill - 4 times a day than many pills even once a day. Optisource was created for the post-bariatric surgery person and thus is designed to meet our nutritional needs. The cost is very reasonable, although you probably can only get it from Walgreen's online. I order mine from: http://www.walgreens.com/store/productlist.jhtml?navAction=pop&navCount=1&CATID=301120 One bottle is a full 30 day supply. I ordered 3 months worth before surgery and keep a 7-day pill case full of 4 pills for each day so I KNOW if I've taken it or not. They also have other protein supplements that I haven't tried. As far as eating solids, I've just started about 3 days ago. My surgeon's requirements were full liquids for 10-14 days and so on day 10 I ate some cheese...and from there I have been adding and seeing how I do. Its soooo much easier for me to get my proteins in!!! I'm chew chew chew though! Lissa

Hey Lissa, I've got almost a case of Optisource 1/2 Carmel and 1/2 Strawberry if you're interested. Can't stomach it since surgery. Happy thoughts, Va 20 Sunrises in NewPouch Offishal Paper Monkey and Secretary Extraordinaire My Angels ==> Whitney Lori My Angelettes ==> Whitney H & Lori A

I know several people who used Fitday and abandoned it for the same reason I won't use it: too much like 'work'! Before OH, I never logged on at home for months at a time. I have to use 'puters all day long at work. It was too much like having to work overtime or something. 'Puters are a necessary evil in my working world, but until OH, I no longer found enjoyment with 'em at home (and this from a 'reformed' CoSysOp from the days of 2400 BPS modems and private "bulletin boards" - yikes!). You guys really messed me up! But I've heard Fitday is a great way to go if you're "into" it. Have fun with it!! (BTW, I'm a textbook A-type at work. But at home, I'm a NOTHING!! ) Kimmer Queen of the Niners, Instigator to All Marchers, High Priestess of Giggles

ROFL Kimmer - I have computers all around me at work too, but I couldn't WAIT to get my own, and even purchased a stinking laptop so I could feed my habit when I was away from home. How pathetic is that? I did fitday.com for awhile but I quit using it when I stopped Atkins a year ago. I am very type-a when it comes to that kind of stuff, so I can way overdo spending my time on there. I was creating my own products to enter all the time and figuring everything down to the nth degree. Maybe I'll just make a conscious decision to stay away from it for now! LOL! Dina