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1. Welcome and good luck on your journey! No two journeys are the same. Apples and Oranges.
2. Best advice is in siggy line. 
3. Worst part about after surgery? Learning the new "normal" as far as eating, meal size, keeping up with your labs, getting in all your vitamins etc. Follow Doc's plan to a "T" at first then if something is not working or somebody else has a suggestion try and see what happens.
4. Water, or any liquid, will force your food out of your pouch before digestion can begin.
5. Make sure you have a really good plunger by every commode in your home. 
Low flow toilets will not be your friend!
Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 
196.3 Last week
199.0 Sunday
201 Today
Food: C
Water: C
Vitamins: B
Exercise: F
Well, at least my sciatica is doing better :-)
Too much salty food last night. Popcorn is my downfall for salt and mindless eating. Moving my parents to assisted living this week. Sad for the family but best for mom who has dementia (88) and dad who is in constant pain and mostly chair bound (92). Now they will be 45 minutes away instead of 25.
Joined a fitness program with the wife, so maybe eventually a passing grade in the exercise department next week.
Good week to all.
Exercise helps. I?ve been loafing throughout the winter months, but am looking forward to getting back on my bike and walking the dog for long walks. It seems like many of us are at an age where our parents are failing. We have to take up the torch and continue on.
John, I really feel for you. I am there right now with my Dad. I lost a bunch of weight from not eating right. Maybe that's not the norm, but it is my experience. I hope things go well for you. I am still trying to make sense of Dad's estate. He was not organized.
I am about 6 months preop for the bypass surgery. Any tips? I am at 340 lbs now, 5'11". on 1900 calorie diet plan more protein than carbs. Going to the gym 5/7 days. for about an hour.
What is the worst thing about after the surgery. What keeps you from going back to work? Why do you have to drink water 15 before your meal and not with your meal? Can you get all your vitamins in one liquid per day.
Thanks for all the help.
Mark
196.3 Last week
199.0 Sunday
201 Today
Food: C
Water: C
Vitamins: B
Exercise: F
Well, at least my sciatica is doing better :-)
Too much salty food last night. Popcorn is my downfall for salt and mindless eating. Moving my parents to assisted living this week. Sad for the family but best for mom who has dementia (88) and dad who is in constant pain and mostly chair bound (92). Now they will be 45 minutes away instead of 25.
Joined a fitness program with the wife, so maybe eventually a passing grade in the exercise department next week.
Good week to all.
Third week in a row without weighing in. Last week, my mom passed away, so I had to make an emergency to trip to Michigan. Working on eating mindfully, but failing quite a bit.
Things are starting finding a new normal around here, and I go back home tomorrow, so today I'll do better. This week I'll do better. And i need to do better in general.
I'll weigh in on Sunday, but next week its back to Florida.........
High-346
Low-196
Last Week-240
Today-241
Hate the scale but gotta keep trying!
Have a happy healthy week!
Yours in WLS Journey,
Bill Mac
Last week was 267 3/4 lbs.
This week I was 265 1/2 lbs.
It looks like I am headed back towards my all time low of 265 lbs even. I am still working on a new normal routine. I'm driving 150-220 miles a day three days a week right now, so packing food and eating right is a bit of a challenge. But we are getting it done.
