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Only one interest or hobby? Well, I'd like to increase my art, resume my knitting and needlepoint, looking forward to enough warmth to play in the garden....would love to return horseback riding, skiing, hiking, skating...at least I have fond memories of those activities. Working on re-establishing the yoga practice...so many options!

Yes, I find increasing fluid intake very helpful. Also, try measuring yourself instead of weighing yourself. When the scale isn't moving, I measure myself and those numbers are definitely moving. Our bodies keep having to catch up with what we are doing so we hit "stalls" or plateaus.

12. Oooh this is hard...this is one of those life long negative thoughts....that I'm not good enough...it's attached to the I'm good enough and I rock...so I need to let the negative part fall away. No yoga yesterday...maybe later.

I have always thought of my eyes as my best feature. But glad for my limbs and all they help me do. B-side: Over the years I have learned a lot. First, I get to feel my feelings...and not try to deny them....then I breathe and think about what is in my power to change in a healthy way. Once that's done, I let it go and let the Universe take charge. I have learned to practice what I preach as best I can. Oh, yes, and I look for the lesson in whatever happened to cause those feelings because maybe whatever it is that I wanted isn't the best thing for me. Breathing and being are the most helpful things for me.

10. I'm good at...hmmm...my job. Oh and I did a 20 minute beginners yoga routine today.

9. The best advice I can think of to have given myself is "to get moving". One of my favorite things from being post-op is that I go to the gym nearly every day...at least 6 days a week. I feel so much better in my body and my head because of it. Speaking of which...time to go to the gym. PS. Didn't get to do any yoga yesterday.

My bad habit is procrastination...I think it would be nice to do things as they arise instead of waiting until the last minute and freaking out. I've been working on it. It's usually related to something I don't want to do.

I use fitbit. Also, I did do a bit of yoga...today's favorite was wide legged forward fold.

7) I love my indomitable spirit. Didn't do my yoga last night but did some this morning and I have a free hour this afternoon so will do some then.

I could've focused more on breathing instead of stress/irritations and still need to do yoga. My favourite food is lemon. I put it on everything.

Whoops late to the party. 1. Today is 3 months post op and I'm at 245. Goal is to be in the 230s by the end of month. 2. Keep working the program which includes no junk food. 3. Well, I love yoga and went to my first class post surgery on Sunday. It was an introduction to Yin so not a lot of poses but the ones I remember were doing cat and cow, sphinx, child's pose, pigeon/swan, and some others. I'm hoping to start my home practice with videos and make it a habit for my evenings. 4. 3 things about myself - I'm funny, friendly, and I smile a lot; 3 things for an ideal morning - waking up rested, time with my dogs, plenty of time at the gym. Today I'm grateful for sunshine. Happy memory from childhood - climbing trees with my siblings. I have great friends and I feel that they see the real me - one I've known for more than 40 years. I'll have to check in later about what I might've done better today. I think I'm caught up for now.

Yes, sorry. I forgot to check what forum I was in when I answered you. My mistake.

Did you try the plastic and reconstructive forum? There's information there.

I go to the gym nearly every day. Typically, I only have 45 minutes for it so I do 30 minutes of cardio and then 15 minutes of weights....not the same weights every day. I rotate through arms and legs and back. I don't know if it helps with weight loss but it helps with the inches and I feel awesome because I got to move.

I don't know how long it took because they worked on it while I was doing the stuff you have to do before you get scheduled for your surgery.

My guess is that you will be fine. Hopefully, your team knows all the right things to say to get you approved.

Where are you? I had my sleeve in December and BCBS was really very good about it and I didn't have to go through very many hoops. But then, I had co-occurring morbidities that supported the need for the surgery. I live in Massachusetts.

I'm finding that drinking at least 64 oz helps...and more if possible. Or maybe it's coincidence.

Yes, I'm interested. I missed the February one.

I was told by the team that I work with that if I get that stuck feeling NOT to drink anything but to walk. Might take 20 minutes but it will move. You do want to wait the 30 minutes after eating before drinking.

I am required to take B12 post op along with vitamin D, calcium, and multivitamins with Iron.

I was full liquids for 2 weeks and then they graduated us to "soft" foods but no raw veggies. We could start trying raw veggies at 6 weeks. Basically, I chew everything until it is mush before swallowing. One lady at my last nutrition group shared that she'd been using Gerbers as part of her "soft" routine.

I have Ceilidh who will be 12 this summer. She's a roly poly cat and thinks she needs to be shaped like a football. Then there's Haggis who is feisty and adventurous. She'll be 11. Then there are my two puppy loves, Peaches (10) and Turtle (3). All of them were rescues and are my reason for getting up in the morning.

I don't have a calorie restriction right now - I just have to do 60g of protein and 64 oz fluids plus fruits/veggies. I find that I fluctuate between 700-1000 calories depending on the day. I have a nutrition group tomorrow and I want to ask because I keep seeing what everyone else is doing calorie wise and I don't want to be screwing this up.

Just a thought. I've been learning to make my meals a head of time. For example, I made a stew today that I portioned out into single servings. I froze some and the others are in the fridge for lunch this week. I find that I like having a rotisserie chicken from the market too so I don't always have to cook but have healthy choices available.