Heres what I ate today.
b. 2 egg whites, slice low fat cheese, 1/2 wheat bread
s. atikins bar
l. 4 oz low fat cottag cheese, raisins
s. cheese stick, 16 seedless grapes, 16 lo fat wheat thins
s. banana
d. 1/2 wheat break, 2 oz tuna, slice of low fat cheese mealted yummmm, sf apple sauce
s. atkins bar
calories totaled based on www.fitday.com 1450 i've still got a couple hundred saved for a night time snack. i'm to eat 1600-1800 a day. it seems like alot but when you spread it out eating every 2 to 3 hours it adds up fast. trying to come up with things that are low caloire but give me the protein and stuff i need and keep within the calorie range is hard. i'm losing very slowly and today i gained a pound but thats due to water weight. i hate water weight...

I'm still alive.  I haven't even had time to lurk lately, but wanted to check in and see how you all are doing. 

I so appreciate that you guys stay the course and keep the board going. 

I lost a friend to cancer week before last.  I was so busy with work that I barely made it to the end of her memorial service.  I did manage to buy the food for her memorial and get it sent over, and I took up a collection for Hospice, but I was late to the memorial and collapsed into a chair exhausted after  day of meetings and being up all night getting food ready.  One of the people who helped set up came over and lit into me for not being there on time.  I didn't even have the energy to snap back.  What's up with that?  :)  t's so not like me to take getting chewed out like that.  Emotions were riding high so it was best to let it ass.  I don't know why I brought it up, but I do want to let you guys know what a very special organization Hospice is.  Doris wanted to die at home and hospice had doctors and nurses going out to the house to care for her every day.  If you are ever looking for a worthwhile place to donate money, please consider your local hospice organization.  They are also a wonderful place to volunteer at. 

Another friend has cancer and it has spread to her brain.  I've been taking her to Tucson for radiation treatment and she has now started chemo so I'm taking her down for that.  When someone asks you for help saving her life, how do you say no?  I certainly can't. 

I'm still working both jobs, seeing many doctors and burning the candle from the middle out.  I'm actually looking forward to surgery in October so I can have some down time.  The pain and reduced mobility and loss of some income will hopefully all be worth it in the end.  I'm having a rough time right now because of the barometric pressure change.  I was in so much pain after work last night that I seriously considered taking a cab home.  Once I got home, I collapsed in bed and was in so much pain I couldn't get up to get  drink of water.  I thought for sure that I wouldn't be able to get up and go to work this morning, but somehow I managed to get up and get out the door. 

So get this, for some strange reason, I'm swelling like a bratwurst on a grill and I've gained 17 pounds in a month according to my doctor's scale.  If you press on my shin, it leaves a major indentation where your finger was.  The doc calls it pitting edema.  No idea where this has come from or how to get rid of it.  Lasix causes the most horrible leg cramps so I'd rather have knockworst legs.  The scars on my arms actually hurt and one of the scars split a little from all the fluid I'm retaining.  The poor Man rubs and rubs my legs trying to get the swelling to go down.  I have a battery of tests in the morning so maybe they'll show the cause.  Is anyone else experiencing swelling like this?

So the doc and I were talking about doing my tests and everything that can go wrong 5 years after wls.  I told him that I was low on Vitamin D and needed to be tested.  He didn't think that it's wls related as he has a lot of non-wls patients that have a D deficiency.  He thinks it is more likely caused by people avoidng the sun these days, which I certainly do. 

One more thing, has anybody else had a hellacious return of acid reflux?   I don't have it during the day, but several mornings every week, I wake up feeling that I've had someone trying to choke me in my sleep.  I feel pressure in my throat and my voice is raspy.  At night, acid rises up from my stomach (even if I sleep sitting up) and I've woken up by choking on bile.  This also happens several times a week and not always before the morning when I wake up with the throat pressure.  I told Doc that I was supposed to have less acid since surgery and he just chuckled. Not sure what that meant.   I'm on Protonix now, but I still have problems.  Anybody else have worse acid reflux than you had before surgery?  If so, what are you doing about it? 

OK, I'd better close this long post before I fall asleep sitting up.  There are nights that I fall asleep sitting up in bed and Rufus barks and nudges me with his nose until I turn out the lights and lay down.  Crazy dog.  Many hugs to you all.  Please know that I think about you guys all the time.

Connie

you've got a good heart marilyn to help that poor lost soul try to get her life in order. your right you can only help so much then she has got to do some for her self too.
I weighed in at 179 this morning I was so excited. I've not seen 179 in months. I had to go out and buy a couple of pair of pants for work caus emy size 10's didn' tfit anymore. i'm hoping if I can drop 6 more that will get me to 173 and i should be able to wear some of my old clothes again.
every morning when i get on the scale i say i am not 280 i am 179. its working i'm not seeing the larger number anymore. my brain has been a hard nut to crack with the numbers. i kept seeing the 200's when i wasn't weighing that!
i do not like th heat i do not know how you deal with it. but then again i hate the winter snow too! i've got to find someplacewith weather that is comfy year round.

Looks Good &* Congrats on losing weight. That is always a good sign we are doing the right things. Thanks for the vote of confidence, however, it is currently 118 degrees & I did not walk today or yesterday, but, did clean that apt that I talked about on the other thread. Hang in there Pammy!!

Good for you on the walking. I did some this week, but, not as much as last week & I feel it. I did help a neighbor clean her really bad apartment today. Spent 2 hours & still
not done. She got a 10 day notice to move if not cleaned that is how bad this was.
I managed to get through some of the dirt & you can see the floor again. I just hope
she keep it up this time. She is a very lost sole at this point & very depressed. Can't get her to take antidepressants & really needs them. Can't help someone who doesn't want
the help. Anyways Good luck & hope the funeral was nice & not too depressing.
Hang in There!!