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Pot roast cooked in croak pot all day. meat was so tender and easy to chew. Perfect after a 6 mile hike today. Whoo hoo!

Wow, old hippie gal. My doc said nothing but Protein for the first 3 months! I cheat every now and then and have some vegetables, but no starches yet. I'm 5 weeks out.

HW 258 DOS 238 Today 218 All about the 8s this week.

Let me know how it goes. I turned down a birthday outing with friends when I was 2 weeks post op. I'm timid about going to a restaurant.

I am craving veggies, but my doc said no for the first 3 months! Don't think I'm going to make it so let me know what works for you.

2oz NYstrip steak

No organized exercise today for me, but I left my house at 7:14am and got home at 8pm and I've been moving all day! That had to burn off something!

If I didn't start each day with 1/2 a shake and finish it in the afternoon there is no way I would come close to getting my Protein in. I'm staying clear of starch and carbs because that is how I wound up being big in the first place. I like the boca burgers with 15g of protein or the morning star sausage has 10g. They are meatless, but I like them.

I was surprised that I could do it. I was going to do the 1 min walk, 1 1/2 min run, but ended up just running...slowly, but running for the entire 15 minutes.

Jogged 15 minutes today, walked 10... On my way to a 5K

Walked for 10 minutes and jogged for 15! Accomplishment for me!

Trigger fresh tonight, poached.

Wow! Congrats on your success. You are working hard and results are showing. I'm a month post op and feeling great and loosing weight. I am just starting this journey, but already I have more energy and a desire to get out there and do more. Good luck in your travels and health quest!

How many grams of Protein? Looks delicious!

Boca burger with Swiss cheese 20 grams of Protein

I take an Iron chewable pill everyday now. I think it is helping with the coldness.

I missed you guys! Jumped off this thread a few weeks back, but wanted to check in and see how all my December buddies are doing. I'm so sad SimplySouthern is still having such a hard time. Sending prayers up for her. I'm one month and a couple of days post op and feeling great. Hit a stall at week 3, but kicked up exercise and protein so hoping for more weight lost when I weigh in on Friday. Hope you all are feeling good!

I feel the same as most of you on this thread. Nothing I have eaten bothers me at all. I'm able to gulp Water. I drink plenty of it, but just starting wondering if drinking too much too fast could stretch the pouch? I'm afraid to try sweets or fried foods. I'm just telling myself they'll make me sick, but I have my doubts. I stalled for a couple of weeks. I added more exercise into the day and added a Protein shake to my day and have started loosing again. Exercise is the key. You have to burn more calories than you consume to loose weight.

I love the morning star "sausage." 10g of protein! I also like the Boca Burger... It has 15g of protein. Tonight I had baked chicken and a small piece of sweet potato. So far nothing I've tried has agitated my tummy. That's good and a little scary. I almost want my body to reject something's so I stay away from them. I am way too scared and way too gung ho about loosing weight to try sugar or fried foods!

Hiked 2 hours in the Croatan national forest. Felt great!

HW 258 Surgery 12// 20/ 12 Today 221

I actually wound up getting frustrated and fed up with the "psych" part of surgery. My psych wanted me to come 4 additional times. I went 2 more times and told him that it was a waste of my time and money and I felt like it was a racket scheme for RYN patients. They wanted me to come back after surgery, too, but I canceled that appointment right after surgery. At $177 each visit... No thank you!

I returned to work after 2 weeks and was fine. I found it harder to get all my Water and Protein in when I first went back to work, but now I'm golden. Good luck.