Handling it??? I eat LOL... Just a tad but I either have sf ff pudding w/cool whip lite, No sugar added ice cream or light popcorn (& my microwave broke 2 days ago & I am not happy) But who would of thought we could have night munchies??? Not me!!! People ask me how good is it that I am not hungry!!! well, I do get hungry just different hungry I guess. It's 10:00 pm & I want a snack. Had a few peanuts, holding back!!!!!!!!! Sharon

Sharon, I'm so glad you mentioned the night munchies. I have been battling them for the past two weeks. BAD!! I have no problem any other time of the day. How are you handling it? I was worried that I was doing something wrong because I thought I shouldn't be having these urges to munch yet! Susan

My four month anniversary was two days ago and I'm down 89 pounds since surgery (224 from 313). I'm eating pretty much whatever I want, but focusing on good stuff - chicken, steamed vegetables, turkey jerky, nuts, etc. Sometimes I break out and have "bad" food, but I do it in the right way (I only eat the toppings on pizza, for example), and I weigh everything I eat. I don't really worry about protein, except to focus on eating protein first (doctor's orders). Exercise? I exercise 1-2 hours a day - I play volleyball three or four times a week, I work out on my elliptical for an hour a day, and I just started walking 5-10K every Saturday morning. I keep intending to do resistance training, but I'm usually too tired after an hour on the elliptical. So things are going very well. I'm down from a 3-4x shirt size to a 2x, and from size 28 pants to size 18-20. I'm really starting to love life and all that it has to offer. This surgery is such a wonderful tool! Frances

I don't have the night munchies yet but sometimes my last meal is past 7 which I don't like to do. The times I have put mine in on fitday it has come up to 700-1000 calories. The days I eat more....I don't get my water in.

I'm doing okay. I'm down 51 lbs and have been here for three weeks. I wish I could find a way to kickstart the loss again but I know it'll pick up eventually. I have about 69 more to go. I can eat pretty much anything although I think I'm starting to "develop" dumping. I was able to have sugar okay up to a month or so ago, but now if I have some I get shaky, sweaty and light-headed. I'll take that as a good thing so I don't drive myself nutty over not having sugar anymore! I'm keeping up pretty well with my protein but I know I'm not exercising enough, I really need to step that up. I've been using the Walk At Home tapes. My hair is falling out by the handful and started a little over a month ago, but thankfully I had thick hair to begin with and it's only now starting to become noticeable. Overall I'd say I'm loving it. I don't miss eating huge amounts and am thankful that I can eat pretty much anything my family does. Hads 258/207/148