FLABOY50

I personally have not counted calories at all so far. I am 6 weeks out and I just make sure I get in those 65 grams of protein each day and for me I am doing that through protein water, protein shakes and some chicken. One day I did add it up and it was not a lot of calories but as I say I think we have been fooled by the media into thinking we need to stay under a certain amount etc. part of the reason we all have the surgery is to free ourselves of the worry of food intake to a degree. Protein is good and not full of calories. I would focus on that the first three months and see how you do. Congratulations on your accomplishments to date. I am down 41 pounds, off all insulin and three prescription meds and its only been 6 weeks for me. Robert/Florida

Congratulations that is AWESOME! I ma one week behind you. First month for me was 30 pounds and I too said good bye to Insulin. Its a great feeling isn't it?? Keep up the great work! Rob

Hi I need help with info about crushing your prescription pills. I was told before surgery I would need to crush my prescription pills for a while after surgery. I am 21 days post surgery today and crushing my pills and drinking them together with Water or applesauce is starting to make me sick. Most of my bariatric friends told me they quit crushing after 2 weeks. I called my doctor office because I have not been back for my follow up yet and the nurse said one year. I told her she was crazy and to please clarify. She sent me an email later that said doctor wants you to crush for one year. I had the Gastric Sleeve at Mayo Clinic. Jacksonville. I feel a little alone because the followup post surgery has not been what they led me to believe it would be. I am not wanting to take some horse pill Vitamin or anything, I just want to go back to taking my synthroid and crestor whole again. Thoughts??

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I appreciate them. I want to do the right thing and sometimes that is difficult because the doctors we each have are all over the place in their particular opinions. I made n apt with a pharmacist at the hospital for next Monday to discuss further. I take one time release pill but primarily I am talking about swallowing the others including metformin. This morning I managed to keep them down with applesauce but no way I can continue for a year or even two more months. I am fairly new to this, only three weeks post op[ and I leased with the results so far ( 30 pounds) I just have to get a handle on this pill crushing business. Thanks for being such special people and being so open and willing to share your weight loss journies with me. Rob