Hi Janice!! I THINK that we need between 60-90 g of protein a day. I dont know about the carbs, tho. Our nutritionist simply told us to eat protein first, then veggies, and if we had roon, THEN the potatoes or whatever. She tried to help us steer away from carbs, but told us that if we made them the forbidden fruit, they would be what we wanted most. I still take about 1000 mg of calcium a day and 2 multi vitamins, and I take 150 mg of Iron twice a week. I just had labs done 2 weeks ago and everything looked great except B-12. It was in the floor. I had to get a shot that day, another in a week and I have to have one once a month from now on. Have you had blood work lately to check your levels? Good luck. Pegi 283/135

hi Dyanna.... happy surgiversary to you.... we celebrate the same day!!! hooray for us!

Hi there. Dyanna here. I am post op 3 years today!! Yippeee!! I started at 217lbs and now run 150-158lbs. I can tolerate just about anything, except reheated meat. No leftovers for me. I have noticed that I have also been eating crap carbs. Really hard to drop the old habits. I don't post much these days. I am a mother of 2 and trying to finish my MBA while working. My husband has decided to look into this surgery for himself, so here we go again! Take care.

Hi there...I'm joining the thread as I'm struggling too...I at surgery (10/14/06) my weight was 362lbs. I had weighed as much as (documented) 386.5 prior to that. I saw 165 on the scale in around May of 2005...that was my lowest weight...stayed around 170 - 175 for several months and then...wham-o...25-30 lbs gain...I got up to 198.5 and have been working really hard to get it back off and I'm back down to about 188...I excercise (vigorously) a total of 5 - 6 times a week, walk/run a total about about 20 miles a week and lift weights 3 -4 times a week...it SUCKS that I wasn't born with the metabolism of a racehorse...but I REFUSE to go back where I was. I saw your earlier post about buying the Marathon book by Jeff Galloway...I've met and spoken with him in person and he's such a great guy. I hope you make it ot your Marathon goal! Paula Lap RNY 10/14/03 362/188/???

i'm with ya there.... I still haven't broken into the "one"der land....will be there eventually... i tend to take the long way home... lol... i've been walking daily...at least 2.6 miles and on weekends trying to do at least 5 on sat/sun glad to see i'm not alone... (but sorry you're struggling too)