Hi Rick! I'm a daily weigher too! That's exactly how I feel and what I've been doing! I'd rather have to just cut back a little to lose 3-5 pounds, than full blown DIET (four letter word!) to lose 10 or more! That would freak me out! thanks for the input!

I had a med-gem at my Nut office at 1 year post-op and I will have it again at 2 years post-op. It's a test to check your metobolism. You breathe into a tube that goes into a machine. Based carbon dioxide and other gases; it can figure out how many calories you burn per day. I also got a print out with the number of calories to eat to maintain my weight. Based on the test and if I remeber correctly my calorie range should be around 1700-2000. The test is really cool. My fitness center also offers the test. I think if you are maintaining your weight then you are eating the right number of calories for you. If you can find a place to have the test done; I highly recommend it. We all have different metobolisms and activity levels. I found the info to be very useful. Belinda

Hi Stephanie, I was sick all last week, so wasn't online much, but wanted to tell you I enjoyed your posts! have a great week!

Okay we have all made our lists either on paper or in your head. Now we must decide the best way to go about crossing those things off it. If you are like me when you make your list you just list random thoughts or chores to be done. We must step back and analyze the order in which we should proceed. Sometimes I choose the smallest or easiest chores so I can cross the most items off my list in short order. Sometime I choose the chore that I want to do the least so it is out of the way. It really doesn't matter how we proceed just so that we eventually get everything crossed off the list. When we started this journey we all had thoughts or ideas and even lists of the things we wanted to accomplish with the gift we were about to receive. I pretty much took a one day at a time approach in deciding the best way to proceed. Looking back at my journey it amazed me when I reached milestones. All of the sudden the first 50 pounds then the first 100 pounds were gone, but it all happened one day at a time. I challenge each of us to make the basics our priorities each and every day. First is protein, then water and of course vitamins and exercise. We all know the rules and we all know the rights things to do, let's just make it a priority to get those things done during the course of our day. Life is great, Rick

early: protein coffee B: 2oz cheese L: 1 chicken sausage w/peppers & onions 3/4 c. broccoli 1/2 crab cake S: Nutrigrain bar D: protein shake S: carrots w/ranch exer: 2 mi. treadmill vits done water 80oz