Started 2011 with gastric bypass surgery on January 3rd

Jan 08, 2011

 Today will be the end of the first week.   I have no idea if I have lost weight... I expect so.  It`s great not being hungry, but it`s hard to get all the liquid in.

  One thing that is driving me crazy is the lack of anything that doesn`t have diet sweetner.  I`m dying for something salty ... or normal.  All the protein powders seem to have added sweetner.  It`s horrible.  Even the strained soups I`m having for meals are supposed to have a teaspoon of Nutren 1.0 added.... and it`s sweet!

  I wish I could have something saltyish... I never liked artificial sweetners.  (sugar is different... but of course, I`m off that.)

My surgery was laproscopic gastric bypass, and except for abdominal soreness, I`m doing pretty well... exercises and everything. ...  

I am 65 years old... still teaching, but also dancing (once or twice a week) and playing drums in a maracatu carnival band here in Recife, Brazil.  I have been working out with weights and stretching for 12 years.  Walking has been hard because of flat feet and a really deformed (pronating) left ankle.  I already have two knee replacements.  I have about 125 excess pounds and would love to lose it all, but know that usually it is 50-60%... so hoping to lose at least 60 lbs and be able to do more walking without so much pain.

Oh.. and really... I am a Midwesterner... grew up in West Central Illinois, lived in Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (26 years there).  I retired from a Wisconsin school district and came to Brazil to teach a year or two to experience another culture.....but... fell in love with the country and wanted to stay longer.  

So.. that`s my story in a nutshell. ... Any help with something salty at this liquid stage would be appreciated.  

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