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You look great! Congratulations!!

I had my yearly physical with my pcp today. Great news, I am officially going off my blood pressure medicine. He wants me to try stopping the gout medicine too but I told him I'm scared intil I'm maintainingmy weiggt and not losing anymore. We're going to check again in 2 months but it was so good to hear all my labs were perfect except potassium. I had really high c reactive protein before surgery (close to 20) and I was 3.5 today. Yay!!!

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Thanks! You'll get there too. Follow the plam, eat good quality food and it will happen. I try and eat high quality Protein rich food that is low in sodium and seem to be doing great. My latest labs were 2.8. While still low they aren't like where they were. I truly believe I've always been low and post surgery caught it because I'm monitored more regularly. I meant to say protein and potassium rich foods.

I went to kohls last night because I needed dress pants. My fourteens were too big. I have a pair of jeans in 12 so I started there... I got 10 petites!!!! Yay I am almost to single digit clothes!! My friend told me I was probably an 8 in normal length because petites are smaller all the way around.

Yay!!! Congratulations!!!

I drink coffee every day too. My surgery was at mayo clinic and they never said no to coffee. Just soda which I dont drink anyways. Lol Im with Dee, someone would get hurt if I didnt get my coffee.

I have low potassium too. So low that they've had me go in to get an iv of potassium twice. Boy that burns!!! I try and eat potassium rich foods but was low even before surgery. It is now a supplement I take.

Yay that is fantastic!!

When you say you have a lap do you mean lapband? If so I can share my experience with you. I got the lapband in 2008. My highest weight was 267 and day of surgery I was 230. The first 2 years were great . I worked out and lost slowly but it was working. I got down to 185 by the end of the second year. At 5'2" that was still really high but I felt good. Year 3-5 were bad. I started getting stuck a lot and got reflux; something I never had in ny life. I stopped eating because I would get stuck or throw it up. At the end of year 4 I was back up to 220 with a tanked metabolism. I got an EGD in january 2013 and got diagnosed with intestinal metaplasia from the vomiting and reflux. That is when I decided to convert to rny. It was that or the band out. I got converted to rny in june 2013 and as of this morning am 150 and feeling fantastic. I have no reflyx or heartburn and I intestinal metaplasia gone. Im still losing slowly and am confident ill hit my goal this year. At 45 I feel like a teenager and am healthy active and happy. I eat better and more nutritionally than I have in years albeit in tiny portions. This surgery I believe saved my life on multiple levels and I am committed to work every day to keep the weight off so I csn continue to live my new life. In the words of DLCoggin, I love the new me and want to take care of her. Good luck to you. If there is anything I csn do to help pm me.

Oh I thought of another I tel myself all the time. "Dig deep!"

Hw 267 Sw 230 Cw 152 Im feeling great and dealing with hard emotions not with food bu with exercise. Such an epiphany for me.

Congratulations!!! Do they count the 60 to 80% based on excess weight or based on your starting weight? If I go off of excess weight im at 80% now but if I go off of start weight it is lower than that. Im still thrilled.

Thank you Carol for the prayers, they mean a lot! Honestly, the last two - three weeks have probably been the hardest of my life but I love that I am getting through it without turning to bad habits. I spent 1.5 hours in the gym today which felt great and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror (I still avoid them) and realized I am normal sized now. I am not the fat girl at the gym that I imagine in my mind. Do our minds ever catch up and realize we aren't fat anymore? I am down to my last 20-30 lbs to lose and am going to push hard to get to goal by my 1 year surgiversary.

Well I got home from my moms last night. I was there for two weeks hwlping my dad because my mom was in the hospital. She was in since 1/26 with chf, failing kidneys and now c diff. Mom came home friday and is still super weak and requires home health but she's home. In the two weeks I learned a lot about myself. I am a good daughter. I never want to be obese again (crux of moms issues). I am strong and never once turned to food it doesnt fix anything anyway. And finally taking care of myself shows my love for others. When we let ourselves go those around us hurt as much as we do maybe even more. My mom will ultimately die from obesity related complications. Let's never make our families experience that with us ok? Finally, stall broke and I dropped 5 lbs while down there and was 153 this morning!!

I never had the sleeve but I did have a band and was converted to rny last june after five years of heartburn,reflux and finally intestinal metaplasia (precurser to esophageal cancer) from all the vomiting. I am now 8.5 months out from the revision to rny and feel like a teenager again. I'm 20 lbs from goal, never had reflux or heartburn since the revision and eat all things in moderation. I have not had any refined sugar since surgery and frankly don't miss it. Whole fruit is my only sweet now and only after Protein. I eat better than I have in years. I have friends who have been succesful with the sleeve but if you have reflux or heartburn already I'd think long and hard about that path... I never experienced reflux or heartburn until I was banded and it was the worst kind of existence. I dont regret my rny one bit in fact I wish I had done it first back in 2008 when this journey started for me. Best of luck in your decision. You must do what you feel comfortable with because ultimately the work is up to you and any of the surgeries are work regardless of what others think. Follow the rules, journal and seek support and you'll do great! Blessings!!

Honestly it so u nds like the flu. When I dump I get sweaty and shaky and my heart races. I have had diarrhea with it one time but the other two times just the other symptoms. Ive been lucky because within an hour it went away but it is the most God awful feeling when it's going on. I can always attribute it to food. Twice from fruit with no Protein and once from yogurt that had too much sugar. Feel better!!!

Hw 267 Sw 219 Cw 155 Woohoo almost to the 140s. I want to be closer to 100 than 200 so badly!

I don't have edema but my mom does and it is absolutely possible to gain 17 lbs of water weight. My mom had 63 lbs of water weight and ended up in the hospital due to it. She is coming home soon but had iv of lasix for several days. I know it wasn't real weight because she eats what we bring her and she is lucky to get in 800 calories a day because she has no appetite. With that said a lot of people is that as an excuse and the dr sees thru that for sure. plus if their chest is clear and legs not showing edema than it isnt water weight. Lol

Im praying for you. My mom is in chronic pain so I see how horrible it is. I hope you get your answer.

They are full of minerals and vitamins but they are carbohydrates not Protein for the most part. There are a couple of exceptions of course.

I got my rings sized about 2 months ago. I wear a 5 now. I hope I dont have to size them down again.

I eat fruit and veg everyday. If it is a snack I have protein with it. For example I will drink 4 ounces of milk and eat 1/2 banana. Strawberries ill eat an ounce of walnuts or almonds with. I never eat the fruit alone without a protein. In fact I eat more nutritionally now than ever. I don't buy low fat or fake sugar stuff. I only eat whole foods even if they are higher in fat I just eat less and I measure everything.

I weigh less than my dad!! My dad is thin and never has any body fat so realizing I weigh less than him and even could put his shorts on was huge for me!

I thought it was jax! Im from jax beach but on sanibel this week visiting my parents. Sanibel is gorgeous this time of year. To quote someone on this board, it doesn't suck.