I will say take control of the portion size and you will see the difference in days. Good luck!

I was 253 lbs, am 5'8" and now am 145. I want to lose AT LEAST 5 more lbs.............. Heather post lap rny

OK-I post on the main board enough about being cold.......and I just discovered this board so let's bore you guys!!!! LOL. Does anyone find that there is any particular exercise that gets your metabolism or whatever up enough you warm up all the time???? I find that I will warm up WHILE I work out, and be ok in the gym(usually I start my workout in a fleece then take it off once I stop shivering) but then my temp drops again. I have layers and layers on and now have taken to wearing my fuzzy UGG knockoff winter boots in the office(dress code, schmess code-I am COLD). I have the furnace at home cranked so high, my son changes into shorts when he gets home........we live in central canada, we pack away our shorts after september usually! It is actually getting to be a bit of a problem. Pre op, I would worry that there would not be enough food for my cavernous black hole when we went visiting or out for supper etc, now I worry that I will not be able to stop shivering and I take my slippers everywhere and have been dressing like the michelin man.......... . My coworkers laugh and say I have no body fat left, but I see me naked, and there is still fat! LOL. Heather post lap rny jan 27,2004 253/145/140

I hear you........today I was sitting at my desk eating my nice, post op friendly food(jerky made by a coworker, very tasty) and I thought as good as it was, I hate my job and wanted chips. Now.....what do those 2 things have to do with each other? My managers seem to actually put effort into making things suck at work and I just was feeling so sad about hating it here and my automatic reaction was to want some salty chips. I did not get any, (although have pringles at home so really must get over this before I get there) and I finished all my stuff I brought. My solution for today is that I need to do something nice after getting out of hell....I mean the office....so after taking my son to get his hair done we are going to a nice restaurant and i am going to have some shrimp scampi. Then we will go home and crawl into the warm bed and watch a good movie-maybe Elf again cuz I love laughing and it makes me laugh!!!!! I hope you do something fun this weekend too! Do something that makes you laugh! (I really do swear by that movie! Elf is just so darn funny to me, it is my happy pill these days.............Will Ferrell has a big part in my life, lol) Heather post lap rny jan 27, 2004 253/145/140

I'd invite my friends who supported me and not feel guilty in the least. After all they have given so much the last year and deserve to be recognized for their part in your weight loss. Anybody who has been supportive through this process needs to be recognized and appreciated. After all most of us do get a bit self-centered during the process. It takes a true friend to stay supportive.