April A.

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Just curious... - So, I had a Smirnoff Ice the other night for my Husband's graduation party. I found out that it has 36 grams of sugar. Since I had no dumping or ill side effects from that, does th...

Drinking during a meal - I know you are not supposed to drink during a meal and I try...I really do, but I just can't seem to shake it. I don't gulp, but I do sip often during meal time. Any advice or anyo...

Drinking alcoholic beverages - Next month, my husband is graduating from nursing school. At that point I will be 7 months out. I saw on here where you're supposed to wait a year before drinking alcohol. I have n...

A couple of things that I've been told... - 1 - My husband's partner at work told him that he needs to change his profile picture on Facebook because the woman kissing him on his cheek no longer looks like me! :) Made MY day...

Low kidney labs - I had two labs that came low on my 5 month labwork. When I search these labs, all they talk about are if they are high, you have damage to liver or heart, but it says nothing about...

Guess what... - I actually bought a 14/16 pants and shirt yesterday. Now, I don't think it's a true size. It's from Cato, but WHO CARES!!! I am wearing a 14/16!!! 

Wooo hoooo - 65 pounds down and I wanted to see it on my ticker!  Loser...i know! LOL!

Stuck feeling - For the past day or so, I've felt this stuck-like feeling  in my chest.  It's not effecting my breathing or anything, but it is aggrevating. I have eaten and drank fine, but it has...

When did you really notice the weight was falling - I know that I lost pretty quickly in the first couple months, but have slowed down tremendously. My friend who has had the same surgery said that she really started losing a lot of...

Who's ready for summer??? - This will be my first summer that I won't be embarrassed to wear a bathing suit or shorts!!! I'm sooooo super excited about taking my kids to the pool this year!!

Rice - Just curious...I see that a lot of people say No Rice. Besides being a carb, why is everyone against rice? 

Hibachi - I am going to a surprise birthday party tonight at a Hibachi grill. What is good to get there?

Another poop question this morning! LOL - So, of course i'm not going as often as I used to.  I usually went one or more times per day before surgery. But now, I go about every other day or every third day. I dont' know if...

Salad - Do you tend to eat more salad than other types of food at one sitting? I just feel that at one sitting I can eat a lot of salad compared to my other meals. Is it because of the dre...

Yogurt - Hey guys! I have a question about yogurts. I got a plain greek yogurt from the store the other day because my NUT said to try and get 5 grams of sugar or less to be "safe", well th...

Pouch - I've read lots of things on here about when your pouch is made it's made from the strongest part of the stomach, etc. But I've also read that a lot of people don't get hungry until...

Sugar alcohols - Hey guys! I remember seeing some posts occasionally about sugar alcohols and that they don't work for some of you. What exactly do you mean?

Holy hiccups!! - OMG!!! It's only 9:45 and I've had the hiccups three times today already!!! What's the deal? I know it has to deal with your diaphram, but what causes it? So annoying! :)

Weird feeling at Staff luncheon - I work at an elementary school and our administrators fixed us lunch on Wednesday. It was a baked potato bar and salad bar and they had lemon pound cake for dessert.  Well, I haven...

Skinny Peppermint Mocha - So, I've been seeing a bunch of you posting about a Skinny Peppermint Mocha. I checked out the nutritional information on it. Even with the sugar free syrups, it still has 11g of s...

Question about dumping... - So, I know that all those bad for you carbs turn straight into sugar...so, if you can eat carbs with no problem, does that mean that you won't dump from sugars? And the only sugary...

Two Months today... - And I'm down 45 pounds! I'm soooooo excited! :)

Went through something being stuck for the first t - Chicken!!! Ugh!! Oh, it hurt so badly! Sooooooo not cool! I had to excuse myself from my lunch crowd because I thought I was going to yak everywhere! Do you remember the first thin...

Waiting for a call back from the Doctor - Hey guys! I don't know how many of you believe in prayer, but if you do, please say a prayer for me. Yesterday and today, I've been having pain in my upper right quadrant of my abd...

Budget... - Do you notice that your food budget has gone down since RNY surgery. My family was huge about eating out and it's expensive. I think our finances will be changing a lot with not go...