jmarruda

Good ideas here... I'm ready to pull my hair out with this whole puree thing as well...

I'm 10 days post op and last night was the first time I slept more than 4 hours at a time.. Sleeping was very difficult prior to last night.. It gets better..

So I stepped on the scale today as my week 1 weigh in, down 10 pounds.. I've never lost 10 pounds in one week with the band.. Excited.. Good luck to all the band to bypass's out there.. I think you'll find you have the same experience as I do..

I also had my surgery on 10/2.. I previously had a lap band, which was a miserable fail.. I had a ton of eating issues and in the last year or so ended up eating a diet of chips, soup, ice cream, and cookies.. EVERYTHING else made me puke.. So I had that removed and went with RNY.. I was in the hospital much longer than expected, surgeon thought there was a possible leak.. I was on ice chips for 4 days, then full liquids on the 5th day, which is when I went home.. No leak, hooray!! So I've only been eating mushies for 2 days, but I feel like already this is so much easier than the band.. Recovery from the surgery seemed easier.. In the hospital, all vitals were perfect, walking way more than expected, it was sort of a running joke in the hospital (not trying to compare myself to others, just myself from the previous surgery), and the whole coming home thing has been way easier.. I have stairs, had no issues, walking, no issues, I even ran some errands with my husband today, no problems.. I don't have any issues getting in enough water or protein, I do supplement with protein powders though.. I will say the bariatric vitamins are gross.. I don't mean to gloat, I just can't get over how much easier this experience had been versus the band, considering its a much more invasive surgery.. Hope everyone else is doing well, and to all the people headed in for surgery in the near future, good luck!!!

Everyone has an opinion... I choose not to listen to most of them. When someone offers their advice, I listen, and then say "that's nice". And I do what I want anyways! Lol...

I actually purchased the DVD's too, and I'm loving them. I've been doing the dvd's 4-5 times a week for at least 40 minutes (there's a few dvd's that are around 20 minutes long, I"ll do 2 back to back), and I've already lost 7lbs and 3 inches off my waist. I never took any other measurements, but my hips, thighs, arms, and back are all much more toned and slimmer looking. I really do look forward to doing them, I don't have to drive to get to a gym, just go back to my spare room and shake my booty!

I'm the same way, I work construction, so I get the additional 6 points per day, so I'm up to 35 an I rarely eat that many. If you do add foods, try adding fruits and veggies, I have a hard time getting them in. And good luck! Isn't it a great feeling trying to eat your points, instead of panicking because you only have 4 points left and you haven't even eaten dinner yet!?!?!

I was wondering if anybody else did juicing. I've been with weight watchers for a while and tracking my food. When I noticed I hadn't had a fruit in over 9 weeks, and my only vegetable came in when I ate a salad, I got a little freaked. I borrowed my fathers juicer last night and already put it to work, I'm loving it!

I go to my local Sam's Club and buy a rotisserie chicken from them, pick off the chicken, add some onion and celery, and a little light mayo and I'm good. Every once in a while I'll have some Willow Tree because I too am a fan, but not for everyday.

One a Day makes a sour gummy that I've been taking.

Well, I finished W1D2, and I can't lie, I'm already sore... But I did make it through the workout... I think I'll be repeating week 1 for one more week though!

I'm trying to get my mind wrapped around doing W1D2 tomorrow. I'm really nervous, and I'm not sure why....

There's an actual Couch to 5K podcast you can download for free on ITunes. Good music, and he tells you exactly when to start running, and when to start!

Signed up at WW last night, down 3 lbs from when I left in February... At least I didn't gain... Trying to lose 15 by Thanksgiving, Anyone else have any new goals?

Also wondering if this has been boosting weight loss???

So glad this is here... I'm not sure what motivated me, but I've lost 3 lbs in the last 3 months and have sort of been at a stand still, so I rejoined Weight Watchers again today (helped me lose the first 80 lbs with the band) and just finished w1d1 of the couch to 5k. I tried this 40 lbs ago and could not do it at all. Totally shocked that I actually did it... but now lets see if I have enough motivation to do it on Friday...

I've been stuck at the same weight for 2 months now... Time to head back to a WW meeting!

Just wondering if anyone else here did Pilates. I just bought an AeroPilates reformer and am in love with it. Before this I had never done pilates so I wasn't sure what to expect, but its sorta like yoga and weight lifting reproduced!:bolt:

I guess I forgot to mention that I bike 10 hours a week as well... scale is still not budging, thought pilates would help...

I'm so glad someone responded.. Thanx. I've been working on the reformer for about a month now and I am loving it. My only concern is that I stopped losing weight, but inches are definately coming off. The reformer came with two DVD's and I just ordered 2 more. They are pretty easy to understand, even though my first workout I looked more like a wannabe contortionist! I'm getting much better now and much stronger, I just hope the scale starts moving in the right direction!

Thanx so much for posting this... Really reminds us why we did this in the first place. Reading it made me want to go workout!

Glad I'm not the only one who felt this way, I weaned myself off WW and for the simple reason that I just couldn't eat enough points for the day, then I would be reprimanded by the leader (we had a small group)...

Medium-rare, and I'm fine. Has to be a tender cut though. Veggies on the other hand.....

Congrats! You look great, but you must feel even better! You are such an inspiration!

I had hair loss for 5 months after surgery, I assume due to Anesthesia... Since then, I haven't had any problems, but I do eat 1200+ calories, exercise, and take a daily vitamin.