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hmm..wls friend? - so i had my surgery 4/12/11 and while I think my results have been slower than most, i am still happy. i am down 60lbs. 50lbs since surgery, 60 including pre op diet. everything i ...

labs..vitamin A - had my vitamin A tested and it's 32..i know that's low and it hasn't gotten any lower since my 1 month pre op blood work. i have vit A in my multi but i don't think it's much. pre ...

chicken....eating too fast or not chewing enough? - so yesterday for lunch i got a salsa chicken flatbread next door to work - of course i only eat the inside. sometimes i forget to chew enough and eat too fast and i will get a quic...

labs - had my labs done a month ago and my vitamind D was 26....been that low since before surgey and probably for a year or 2 without me knowing. as suggested by several here on OH to ta...

chobani as a meal - so I recently got hooked on chobani greek yogurt. post op when I was allowed the dannon light and fit yogurts like a week out it didn't set well in my stomach, just felt heavy. Now...

ugh..trip to ER - constipation/dehydration - this - so since surgery i've had MINOR issues with going to the bathroom - nothing that was unbearable. yesterday at work i had to go to the bathroom all day, and couldn't. felt lousy. tr...

foods - so in 2 days i will be 2 months post op. it seems that i have no issues with ANY of the foods ive tried. i also know everyones NUT and surgeon are different so a lot of the things ...

exercise - so finally i started getting back to the gym yesterday. i was able to square away my gym membership(long story) but i'm back at the gym. i went yesterday and today for 30-45 minute...

sore pouch? - yesterday for my lunch break i went to DD for my decaf iced coffee, and needed to eat first. i was running out of time for my 30 minute break because of traffic. i got a grilled ch...

one more question....liquids - so lately i've had issues getting in my liquids. not because i CANT but because i don't remember or have no time to even drink at work or anything because i'm so side tracked and s...

lunch ideas - need something easy to bring to lunch at work. we have luncheons all the time lately and i've been eating what they have...only what i can actually eat anyway. i avoid all the pizz...

memorial day weekend yay's and nay's - so i had a 4 day weekend and went up to PA to my cousins house thursday night and friday. thurs night she made lettuce wraps with ground beef veggies and shredded cheese in taco sa...

orange juice - i've been craving orange juice pretty bad the last 2 days. today i was gonna buy a small container of simply orange juice, but it had 41g of sugar in it. i am not lacking vitamin C...

fruit smoothies - I have been craving fruit and I'm allowed fruits now. But I know fruits are high in sugar so I'm not sure which fruits are best for me. I have kiwis, strawberries, and blueberries....

need motivation - before surgery i went to the gym 3x a week and i had a personal trainer. i paid 200$ a month for the trainer and 19.99 a month for the gym. i no longer will go to that gym due to i...

nuts/seeds - I'm allowed to eat nuts/seeds as of about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I was at my aunts and she had a bag of trail mix. I ate some of the sunflower seeds & peanuts out of it. Probably a...

post op with PCOS - i hadn't had my period for about 4 years now. i read when i was pre op some with PCOS had their period almost immediately or within a couple of weeks. however I don't know if those...

question about multi and iron - my multivitamin has 8mg of iron in it, and i have to take 2 a day. i know that's not enough iron so i take 65mg of iron from vitalady at the end of the night. my question is sin...

glucose tolerance test - for those of you who are/were diabetic...what kind of test did you do to see if you were still a diabetic after surgery? i know pre op my PCP had done a glucose tolerance test on m...

For pre ops who are contemplating surgery but scar - I am only 1 month and 6 days out of surgery, however when I was considering surgery the only thing stopping me at the time was fear of dieing. Working at a doctors office that has ...

swallowing pills - my dr gave me the OK last thursday to start swallowing pills. i've been talking calcium citrate as a liquid but cvs had a good sale on calcium citrate + d3 miniatures. they are alo...

stool softener - so because i wasn't eating any vegetables i have basically only been eating my protein, never thought about introducing some veggies on the side (unless i had veggie soup) . so i'v...

vit d3 - im taking 2 caps of vitamin d3 that are 5,000 IU from walmart. i just read somewhere if it's liquid capsules they are not the right ones?

unjury chicken soup - I bought the chicken soup unjury protein powder. I tried it once the week after surgery and absolutely hate it. So I only used 1 scoop of it. If anyone wants it for $14.00 includin...

chicken ideas - so according to my plan i'm at the stage where i can introduce all foods that are high protein, under 10g of fat, less than 5g of sugar. only thing i haven't tried yet is raw veget...