Yes, it's a lot of trial and error. Also finding ones that have what you need or that aren't disgusting :)

Hi Melissa,

My typical day I would take my morning pills and vitamins (multivitamin and B12) and then wait a bit to have my milk. I take my extra iron during the day and then vitamin D and magnesium at night. If I'm not eating a lot of dairy products then I also add in the calcium citrate twice during the day :)

Meg

Good morning :)

Nothing much planned today. My mom and brother are visiting and I have a doctor's appointment. I did a bit of tidying this morning. Our kitchen is quite small and lacks pantry space so we store a lot of dry goods in our basement. It was such a disaster that I could never find anything so I would just get more at the store. I tidied it up and found a missing jar of pickles ;) lol.

QOTD: do you hoard food? Our freezer and pantry (such as it is) are jammed with food. I try to go through and use up random things every once in a while. I will pull out 2-3 things and challenge DH to make a meal to use them up -- he is a very good cook. It's like that TV show competition.

Post-op four years and six months.

Breakfast - milk

Snack - toast and cream cheese

Lunch - either leftover chili or leftover burgers

Snack - sliced turkey and cheese

Dinner - TBD. Have to see who's going to be here ;)

Snack - oat bar

All water and vits.

Congratulations on your 13 year anniversary! You look amazing and its great to hear how you are coping so well to all the challenges. Great advice too - support is so important to get you through and staying connected with people who understand your situation

Good morning :)

We went away last week to a family cottage and visited my parents and grandparents. Definitely not a vacation, but nice to have a change of scenery and to see everyone. My brother moved down from there to my city, so it will be both nice and weird having him so close :) he used to live with us, but this feels very different.

Nothing much planned for today. I think the thunderstorm woke the little nugget up through the night so we are going to nap today ;) she was so good on our trip. Charming everyone.

Post-op four years and six months.

Accountability: not good at the cottage. There were so many snacks and treats sitting on the counter every day. My least favourite part of going these days. I felt so gross by the time we left. I don't think I felt real hunger all week because we were constantly eating or snacking.

Breakfast - milk

Snack - PB and banana

Lunch - leftover chili

Snack - chicken and cheese

Dinner - leftover burgers

Snack - oat bar

All water and vits.