Thanks Barbara, I know I got away from measuring my foods over the past two years, and need to get back to doing that. I'm hoping maybe it is something that simple. I have also gotten slack with my protein intake so I went out and bought some more protein drinks, Muscle Milk brand, hoping it would taste as good as the optifast we used before our surgery, but I can't stand the taste. I wish they would let us buy that particular Optifast, since I can't drink the Optifast HP, it is way too sweet for me. I know the Optifast has sugar in it, but it taste a lot less sweet that the HP one that uses artifical sweetner. I have several protein mixes that I try to drink on occasion, but for some reason I am having trouble with all of them tasting nasty, kind of like it was right after surgery, lol. Oh well, no one told us it would be easy, even after almost 3 years.   I wanted to start going back to the meetings but, they just changed my work schedule and I am going to be working 4 ten hour days with my day off being Monday, so far, and that might change. I'm off today due to low patient load, but that doesn't happen very often.
Take care and keep in touch.
Hugs!
Mary

It doesn't matter what I eat, I feel yucky. It never did this until recently,so it has me really confused as to what it is. Right now I can feel my heart pounding, almost like I just exercised, but it's not beating fast just hard, if that makes sence. I guess it's kind of a giddy feeling, shaky, a little nauseous feeling, which usually subsides in a few minutes. Beats me as to what is going on, almost makes me not want to eat. Oh well, I will figure it out one day. Just wish I could drop 10 more pounds, lol.

Hugs!
Mary

Hey  Mary   hope you figure out what was wrong  I notice that I feel bad after eating when I get too much starch...   If you find out let us know    Barbara

Congrats to both of you ...You have the Best Dr  you could get....Dr Bour is great and Dr Scott too....   It is normal to have anxiety about your up coming surgery...If you didn't have some then I would be worrried about you  lol....The best thing to do is stick to the opti fast diet as planned and move around as much as you can so that you will be prepared to get up after surgery....the more you move the easier it is.   And follow all insturctions for eating after surgey.....get your protein and water......and Take your vitamins when you are told.....   You both are in my prayers

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