pik

When you have to get your ring re-sized!!!

You pooped in a litterbox??

I've been married for 32 years. I love my original, very simple, gold band.

I had mine resized last winter after almost losing it. I had been stacking firewood on my porch in preparation for a snowstorm and I was wearing leather gloves. At the same time my pants were falling down so I yanked my glove off to pull up my pants and I heard a 'ting' as my wedding band flew off, hit the porch railing, and flew off into the yard, goodness knows where! My hubby and I crawled around on our hand and knees for an hour looking for it with no success. I was devastated. It's just a simple gold band but it was MINE and it meant a lot to me. I had to get groceries but coming home it was getting pretty dark. My headlights caught a flash from something shiny on the side of the road and it gave me an idea. When I got home I took a flashlight and began shining it around the yard. Within two minutes I found my ring when the light flashed on the gold!! Less than a half hour later it began snowing - I never would have found it again! The next day I had it sized to fit better...

I was weighed the morning of surgery. I was exactly 40 BMI. Scared me! I was 8 pounds heavier when I was approved by my insurance.
I have not heard of anyone gaining weight before surgery because of the liquid diet. My doc only did a 3 day one but I still dropped 6 pounds. Lots of people have to do 10-14 days worth. So "living it up" doesn't seem like anything people are able to do.

Thanks, just printed it off!

Your cell phone keeps making your shorts fall down!

The bathing suit shorts that just fit you a few months ago were falling off in the pool yesterday.
I wore a bathing suit and didn't feel huge around other people.

When a regular sized bath towel wraps around you, covering yourself and the other side of the towel!

When a regular sized bath towel wraps around you, covering yourself and the other side of the towel!

When a regular sized bath towel wraps around you, covering yourself and the other side of the towel!

Start 271
These pix are about two months old and about 165
Now 150

Yes that was me. See here http://proteinartist.com/2014/07/falafel-balls-and-dill-dip-16-grams-protein-per-4-oz-puree-lunch-meal/

Hi Pik I sorta followed some of your posts: and saw that you weren't doing so well after surgery . Are you doing better now? I live in La Plata and I saw in a previous post of yours that you used to live here. Are you from here?

You are looking great! the only stats I have are on my ticker. I wish I would have taken a picture before I left the hospital! Well maybe not. I looked rough!

Pik, that's what I am dealing with now. At 11 weeks out, I cannot tolerate meats and mainly have soft foods. Anytime I eat or take meds, it feels like something is stuck and I get a nauseous feeling. I've had an upper GI and an abdominal ct scan which were negative. I asked my surgeon specifically about the possibility I may have a stricture and he said he didn't think so because it didn't show on the upper GI. I've read and you are proof that the upper GI doesn't always show a stricture. It's so frustrating! Right now, I'm trying a blood pressure medication that is supposed to relax the muscles of the esophagus because my Dr. is thinking I may have spasms. I still believe it is a stricture! I don't understand why surgeons with so much experience will delay performing a procedure that could bring relief, especially since I had complications post op already---two hernias resulting in 3 surgeries within 2 weeks.

I know! I want to get a bathing suit for the cruise I'm going on in November, but am having trouble guessing what size to get! I tried on a 10 today (currently in 12/14) and it seemed so tight... but who knows what I'll be fitting in in 2 months?

Yes, unfortunately, this is normal. We all have stalls. Your body is confused right now and needs time to catch up to what is happening. Plus, you are probably still getting thinner, it's just not showing up on the scale.
This is the time to really make sure you are doing everything right:
-- keep a daily food journal (VERY important!)
-- eat Protein every couple of hours
-- drink a LOT of Water
-- stop drinking Water 30 minutes before a meal, don't drink anything DURING your meal, start drinking water again 30 minutes AFTER your meal
-- CHEW, CHEW, CHEW
-- exercise
-- stop weighing yourself every day
I'm sure there are other things but these are a few of the things to remember.

The bathing suit shorts that just fit you a few months ago were falling off in the pool yesterday.
I wore a bathing suit and didn't feel huge around other people.

My dietitian told me I would be able to eat it later on down the line.

Your cell phone keeps making your shorts fall down!

You tell your fiance you have to go on another cruise to replace your fat pictures with skinny ones.

You go to your bariatric support group meeting..... and now you're one of the smallest people in the room! And you're a cheerleader for the "newbies".

I experienced the exact same pain that TSANGIA described. Lower right abdominal pulling, searing burning pain. I frequently put both hands over the spot when I walked up and down stairs. Felt like I needed an abdominal binder. NP mentioned adhesions and also inner incisions that hadn't dissolved yet. I'm just 7 weeks out and miraculously this pain disappeared around 5 weeks.

Try Powerade zero. I love it and it does have electrolytes...ok'd by my doc.