Tom, I play with this all the time. LOL Adding stuff. Trying stuff. It is so fun to play with. And it is delicious!! Toodles

I started at 262, last Friday I was 180 but I've gained four pounds this week. This is my first weight gain since surgery. I probably experimented too much with new foods and poor choices. I feel pretty good except for chronic constipation. It's awful and negatively impacts my outlook on life. I go for my six month post op visit at the end of the month. I won't let the doctor get rid of me until he comes up with a viable solution. His last suggestion was "take a Colace stool softener every day". I've been doing that for four months without success! I'm tired of feeing tired and I'm tired of never being hungry and never really enjoying eating an more. I love to cook and bake but I do it for others now. I think my hair loss is slowing. That's good!

Noodleless Lasagna 1 pound of ground beef 1 pound of Italian breakfast sausage 1 can of Hunt's sugar free spaghetti sauce 1 large whole mushroom, diced 2 Tbs chopped black olives 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 cups part skim ricotta cheese 2 eggs, beaten 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 1 small package of pepporoni (60z) 1 Tbs Italian seasoning 1. Preheat oven to 350 2. Brown ground beef in frying pan and drain off the oil. Add the spaghetti sauce, mushrooms, and onions, and simmer for 10 minutes. 3. In a medium sized bowl, mix the ricotta, egg, parmesan, and 3/4 cup mozzarella, and the Italian seasonig. Beat well with fork. 4. In a 9x13 glass baking dish, spread the beef mixture into the bottom of the dish. Spread the ricotta mixture on top of the beef mixture. Lay half the pepperoni slices on top of the ricotta mixture. Put remaing mozarella over the pepproni slices, and lay the remaning pepperoni on top of the cheese. 5. Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. I got a ton of emails for this and thought I would post it all over !! LOL Toodles, Reneé 418/309/125 -109lbs!!

Hi all - I'm almost 6 months post open RNY, and lately I've had occasional pain from around where my drain was. Is this happening to anyone else? Maybe it's just a muscle ache from doing too much? It kinds of feels like that, like a muscle thing. Oh, and I updated my profile last week with a new pic. I need to get a posting pic done, I suppose, and my Century Club card. One of these days, lol!

Jennifer - your WOW moment is the same as mine this week. I have found that the size 10's are getting loose and I ended up buying two pairs of size 8 jeans at New York & Co. Gotta love that store! I have become a total clothes-a-holic. I am trying to see how many days I can go to work (I teach junior high) without wearing anything that I have already worn. (cept underwear, bras and shoes) I have now made it 25 days without a repeat. Ooooh hoooo! I teach junior high and am even wearing heels most days. Sure love this weightloss. Hope everyone is doing well and that all of you are healthy and happy. Judy (whohaslessthanfivepoundstoloseuntilshesinthecenturyclub)