Congrats, Sarah, on having your surgery. It is amazing that for 28 years I regretted almost every decision I made, but having decided to have RNY was the best decision I ever made and I absolutely do not regret it for a second. Good luck, girl!

I exercise at Curves 3 days a week and walk an hour a day on the other days. I have found that I do lose as much weight when I exercise as when I do not exercise, BUT I have also noticed that I lose more inches when I am exerising. My hope is this exercising will help firm me up. Of course, like you I am 4 months post-op and do not expect to lose weight without exercising for much longer. Something else to think about, exercising now will strengthen and tone the muscles under all that fat turned flab. If/when you get a tummy tuck or any other type of plastic surgery your results will look that much better if you had exercised.

I am 5 month post op. My day usually starts with a protein shake. For lunch I have a salad with Chicken. My favorite are the ones at Wendy's. Or I go with a girlfriend to a chinese resturant. There I usually have chicken and rice soup. When I get home from work I have to snack. Either peanut butter on graham crackers (2 crackers) or frozen banana. Dinner is what ever the family is having modified for me. Example homemade soup that I remove all the fat from or spaghetti made with whole wheat noodles and sauce. I really don't count calories. I do try to stick to low calorie low fat whenever possible. At 5 months I still can't tolerate anything fried or sweet. I now live each day as a way of life, not as a diet. If I get hungry I eat. Always making sure to get protein in first. If I do eat extra, I exercise a little more. Lost 100 lbs so far. I can live this way. junebug

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Just thought is would be interesting/fun to see what everyone is eating...amount, variety, etc. I still struggle with food. Nothing ever sounds good, or tastes good for that matter. Although, I think my hunger is starting to come back. It's hard to tell, because pre-op I used to get so hungry I thought my stomach was going to eat me from the inside out! Now, it's just this faint, strange, reoccuring, 'twinge'. When I do eat, I mainly stick to protein - about 90% of the time. I also drink 1-2 protein drinks a day. I, unfortunately...or should I say fortunately, dump on just about anything (or so it seems), so I tend to play it pretty safe and don't 'experiment' too much.