Dub

Last minute advice? Relax.......its gonna go smoothly. Plenty of room on the Loser's Bench......come claim your spot.

I really don't have Snacks any more. Three meals and I'm done. coffee and Water are the snacks.

Very impressive.

Interesting chart. Thanks for posting it.

Awesome !!!!!!!!

My doc is firm on me staying with chewables. He said he doubts the pills get a proper chance to digest in my sleeve. I don't know.....I can say that they don't turn my urine the neon colors they used to when I was pre-op. Maybe he's right. There are a wide range of flavors of chewable Vitamins. Some taste like hell......some are really good. Keep searching and you'll find a good one for you.

I look in the mirror and I see......veins. Lots of 'em. Visible veins that I can see my pulse pumping in. Arms, legs, neck, forehead.......it's like I'm an IV nurses dream patient.....or a vampire's. Six months into this and down a few pounds....feels really good. It is great to slip on a pair of jeans that I'd never thought possible....in sizes that I haven't worn since I was 17 years old. I'm on the very last hole on my favorite belt........ Onward and downward.

Well......Game of Thrones Season 6 is back.....whew.....the title of the first episode must have been......Nobody comes out unscathed......or something like that.

It was way more easy post op for me. No hunger then and still no hunger at six months.

So.........the Premier Protein doesn't clump up in hot coffee? That sounds like a great solution. No downside. We get our coffee and simply cur it with our needed protein. Gonna try this soon.

Every visit has been with my surgeon. He almost always has a cadre of new medical students along with him but he's always been who I've seen. I've never had any follow up appointment with the center's nutritionists. I had an appointment, but she was unable to keep it due to her vacation. We were to have a phone appointment next....which she didn't keep. Basically the only face to face with her was on the initial pre-op group class I had with her. It's all good, though.....the surgeon has been very specific of my portion size the type of food to eat. There's not a hell of a lot I'd likely get from the nutritionist. lol. She does stay active on our center's private Facebook page for patients.

I'd always been a Splenda guy until a vacation last month. The place I stayed had good & strong coffee brewed 24/7 and their artificial sweetener was stevia. I grew to really like it.

I was faced with the same choice. I decided to stay here and self fund at my local bariatric center of excellence. I don't regret it one bit. I don't get much out of the "lifelong" NUT support.....but it's nice to know it's only 5 miles away. The follow up visits with my surgeon have been very helpful, though.

I'm laughing right now thinking about 40 of us converging on a restaurant........ the waiters will be mighty surprised by how little we eat......and how militant we are over not wanting anything to drink on our table....not even water.

Long term consequences ???? I freaking had this surgery just for the long term consequences !!!!! Don't you go scaring me. Seriously, the long term BENEFITS are going to be awesome. You will not grow up to be an old person, like I did, with weight issues. You've taken steps to prevent this. Please.......take a deep breath.....think about this......you have taken the RIGHT steps to avoid being an old and broken down person. Your joints will thank you later. Damn....if only you could see my limping stride and you'd understand what I'm saying. Depression.......anxiety.....those are separate beasts to battle. Obesity......darling, you have just kicked that to the curb. Stay the course and focus on the other issues on their individual field of battles. You will have equal great success with them.

I know that a session of ear buds.......hardcore metal......and pounding it out on a heavy bag is all it takes for this old boy.

Damn right !!!!!! Dub, next time you break out the grill, throw on some veggies (not corn). Will do. But, know that I don't break out the grill..............it breaks out me........ No kidding......I freaking love the aroma of wood smoke and charcoal......need that that in my life. Tonight, I laughed at my neighbor and her gas grilling attempts.....laughed......not loud enough for her to hear me, though.......as she was a kindred spirit this afternoon.....grilling on her deck. I waved. She waved back. All was well in my universe. No judgment passed......unless she thought ill of me for burning fossil fuels for my own pleasures. Both are done with some regularity 'round here.

Awesome. Simply awesome. You continue to impress and inspire !!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn helpful visual @@jenn1 I'm at 6 months and getting closer and closer to my goal. Was given an "attaboy" from my surgeon last week and told to up th portion size. I splurged a couple times over this weekend at work. We'd ordered out for our lunches. Instead of eating only the toppings off the pizza......I had the whole slice....two slices, in fat. Next day's lunch.....instead of just eating the bbq, I also had the bread that accompanied it.....and the hash with some of the carb sides. I say that to say this.......I am smack dab in the middle of my weight loss phase and I brought bread & carbs back into the mix in small amounts for a three day period. I weighed this morning and was not surprised at all with the horrid sight on the scale. No surprises that the number that looked back at me wasn't to my liking. I rationalized that I needed the glycogen for my weight training sessions this weekend. So much for my bullcrap broscience. I was a dumbass and there was my sign. Sometimes in life things get real simple for us. Such is the case with weight loss....... Cause......and effect. Guess what this old boy is having this week........protein first......protein last......protein all in between. Gonna get a healthy dose of treadmill and elliptical, too. Bamsucka. Fell off the horse, but back on it and gonna ride that beast bareback until it can't take any more......then I'll hop off and drag it across the finish line. Carbs......piss on 'em.

Wow......this one got pulled from the archives and the dust blown off it.....and here it is. I tried to read through a few pages of it......and had to stop. "I'm fat and it's not my fault" is sort of what I walked away with. All I know is that I'm certainly fat and there may be a number of reasons why.....however, there are plenty that are within my span of control and I am working on those and trying to gain control over the rest of the reasons. I value the insight, assistance and constructive criticisms that come forth from other BP members. Hopefully the OP of this thread found a way to do likewise and will update us with their current state at some point. There is likely a lot we could learn from them..........

I can remember somewhere after that first week when I busted out the unjury chicken soup powder and made that first "bowl" of soup. The savory flavor went so far beyond the simple Protein shakes.....so far. It's like it reached in my head and slapped me awake. Now if I'd have thought of it and had proper egg drop soup.......DAYUM.....I may have had a foodgasm right then an there. I hope your soup is good.....I'm sure it will be. At the suggestion of a friend, I recently tried a brand new local Chinese spot two weeks ago. Their stir fry was beyond good.....crisp vegetables mixed in with chicken and steak that were perfectly done.......but......but, their soups were on a whole 'nother level of goodness. I'm so dang glad I found out a out the spot and really, really glad that I tried 2 of their 5 soups available. Soup has become a frequent choice of mine in the post-op life. I fish out the meats and have some of the tasty liquids and get great flavor with few calories.

OUTSTANDING !!!!! What an a great year you've had. Simply amazing. Good for you. You've got to be feeling great 'cause your certainly are looking great. Well done !!!

You are doing really well on the weight loss and in becoming a label watcher. Very, very important habit to get in. Staying under 50 grams of carbohydrates per day seems to be very reasonable to me. The carbohydrates are almost always displayed on the labels in a way that even breaks down the carbohydrates into sub categories. Fiber is one of these. Sugar is another. Embrace those wonderful fiber grams. Shun the sugars just like you are. Fiber carbs can be removed from your totals. Our bodies don't process fiber carbs and they provide great benefits to us, both short term and long term. I supplement with fiber powders every few days. The orange flavored Metamucil stuff works great and tastes really good, too. Using your app.....and using your own savvy when checking those labels is a POWERFULLY helpful tool in your future life. I would submit that it may even be the MOST important tool any of us could add to our post-op arsenal. I'm only 6 months out and I feel that the constant awareness of exactly what I eat and how it adds up every day is a tremendous part of this war on the fat that has collected in my body over the past several years. You are doing great and approaching things with a good battle plan.