SoccerMomma73

I get home from a 9 day vacation in the Florida keys tomorrow....longest I've been off a scale in forever. I can't decide what I'll see....eating out a lot, mostly seafood, mostly grilled but we have had our quick sandwich days too which are carb heavy but just had to grab and go sometimes.....also have walked and walked and walked, and swam, and snorkeled.....I think I'll be down a pound or two but we'll see Sunday! (Darn well better poop before then, the vacation has my bowels all messed up). Vacation withRNY was so much nicer than vacation with a fickle band!!! Things I did that I'd never do before: wear a bathing suit all day,even shopping,no cover-up, wear a strapless sundress all day, wear a tank top with nothing over it.....and they all looked good . It's been an awesome week. HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

Not wanting to eat is the WEIRDEST feeling!!! Enjoying while it lasts because for most of us it does go away and you do get hungry again. Cool thing is,even if I think I'm ravenously hungry, 5-6 bites and I'm satisfied and could stop. Pretty awesome!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

Depends on what you mean by flu...true influenza is a respiratory virus...you're just as likely to get it post op as you were pre-op and the flu shot will work just a well post-op as it did pre-op If you're referring to the 'stomach flu' yup, you still have a chance of catching it. It's typically just a virus and loves you as much now as it did before surgery. Either way good luck!!! Wash your hands like crazy and try to stay away from the sickos!!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

I wore a strapless dress today for the first time since I was 8 or 9. A little awkward at first but ended up loving it and not fretting the upper arm jiggle! Also wandered around a grocery store in key west in nothing but a bathing suit... Previously would had a shirt or towel or SOMETHING covering that stuff up! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

Never ever ever compare yourself to your husband...in the weight loss game men suck and tend to lose a bit faster early on!!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

I had a steroid shot last Wednesday in a desperate attempt to kill this rattling wheezing crap that's been living in my chest for 2 weeks (it's better but definitely not gone). So I'm now finding myself ravenously hungry!!!! I'm on vacation in the Florida Keys and I swear I'm like starving to death every 3 hours, it's driving me crazy!!!!!!!! Luckily I can't eat huge amounts or I would be going home packing on the tonnage......ready to be the old me again!!!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

I LOVE asparagus!!! Sadly I can only handle 3-4 tips now and I'm full!!! Savor every bite!!!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

Right now the jellyfish have won for the day....holy crap that hurts! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

You can add extra Water, just don't use too little water...also, stir often, it does settle sorry didn't think to tell you that tid bit before . I can usually get away with 1 or 2 colace every day or two...my dad lives by citracel....course, dads weird so......if things get really plugged I use miralax (dissolved in hot tea, totally dissolves and can't taste it) HOWEVER that is not Baker approved, just something I've done for years and works for me so I can't recommend it good luck!!! FYI for the first 8-10 weeks post op, a few hours before I pooped I'd get queasy sick and think I was going to throw up...plumbing and wiring are REALLY weird post op!!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

Because I'm a dork (and I'm sure the lady next to me thought I was nuts) distance from belly to tray.... And distance from thigh to tray..... Holy cow, I feel like a rock star!

I can now officially lay the tray flat without it touching my thighs and comfortably cross my legs on an airplane...it's the small things that amuse me

I was only supposed to eat or drink an ounce at a time for the first 6 weeks....:I could do a little more but certainly not 1/2 a cup got a least 2 months....my advice is sip slowly all day long, if you can't get clear liquids down then these is a definite problem!!!

I was at a baby shower 3 months go and they had 10 lavers of bay food you were supposed to guess...I made it through tasting 2 and said I quit, this is just gross :/ HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 212

Lol, I had an issue with my band and everything....it's totally awesome to be able to eat normal food AND lose weight!!!! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 213.2

Get ready!!! It's BIZARRE being the cold one all the time...I'm flying from Little Rock to Miami tomorrow and am carrying a jacket...in June....cuz I know I'll be freezing at the airport . And it's not 'I'm a little chilly' it's 'I'm freezing to freaking death and miserable' (but so much better then sweating!!!!!) Also I still have 60 pounds to lose and laugh because my car seat is so close to the steering wheel now HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 213.2

I did a lot of squished up chicken salad and ham salad or egg salad...tuna didn't work for me for several months post op due to the smell HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 213.2

I watered down my juice with crystal light.....I found the individual packets of crystal light white grape the most versatile for juice mix'n! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 213.2