Hi everyone...new to this forum
I just found this forum today - duh! I've been posting on OH for a few months now and I just now find the one that has people who had surgery the same month as me. Yes, my blonde highlights are showing through! 
I wanted to introduce myself. I had Open RNY on 5/8/06. My starting weight was 240. To date, I've lost 82 lbs. I have 38 more to go to reach my goal of 120. In order for my BMI to be in the normal range, I have to weight 127 or less. I don't know if I'll ever get there, but i'm trying.
I had a little bit of a rough start. Short story - I threw up/dry heaved for the first 8 weeks after surgery. Wasn't keeping food or liquids down. Ended up hospitliazed twice for dehydration. Finally doc went back in with a scope to see what was going on. Basically he had to stretch the opening to the pouch - normally after surgery, our pouches hold 15-20 cc and mind only held 5cc. So.....I was trying to eat and drink what I was told, but mine wouldn't hold that much so I was literally making myself sick. Finally, after he stretched it out a bit, I started keeping food and liquid down, with the help of nexium and zolfran for nausea.
Since then, I think I've been pretty normal......have been loosing fairly consisentely until the past two months. I've been on a major stall...not loosing anthing at all. I haven't exercised much, and I knew I needed to change that. Just forcing myself to start is the hard part. I also tracked my food on fitday.com thinking maybe that I was eating too much of the wrong stuff. After tracking it for 2 weeks, I called the NUT and they told me I wasn't eating enough. NEVER in my life have I been told to eat MORE. I wanted to beat my head against the wall!
I did start the exercising last week, and the scale has moved 4 lbs, so that's good. It helps keep the incentive to continue. The eating more tho is a different story. I'm only able to eat about 3-4 ounces at a time (my capacity will always be smaller he said, since it started out smaller, so that's a good thing i guess). NUT says I should be eating 4-6 ounces. I feel like I eat all the time now, and it's a struggle to eat more. So for now, I'm just concentrating on the exercise and more water (I was only getting about half what I shoud be.
Anyway, that's the story on me! I plan on hanging out on this forum a bit more 
I wanted to introduce myself. I had Open RNY on 5/8/06. My starting weight was 240. To date, I've lost 82 lbs. I have 38 more to go to reach my goal of 120. In order for my BMI to be in the normal range, I have to weight 127 or less. I don't know if I'll ever get there, but i'm trying.
I had a little bit of a rough start. Short story - I threw up/dry heaved for the first 8 weeks after surgery. Wasn't keeping food or liquids down. Ended up hospitliazed twice for dehydration. Finally doc went back in with a scope to see what was going on. Basically he had to stretch the opening to the pouch - normally after surgery, our pouches hold 15-20 cc and mind only held 5cc. So.....I was trying to eat and drink what I was told, but mine wouldn't hold that much so I was literally making myself sick. Finally, after he stretched it out a bit, I started keeping food and liquid down, with the help of nexium and zolfran for nausea.
Since then, I think I've been pretty normal......have been loosing fairly consisentely until the past two months. I've been on a major stall...not loosing anthing at all. I haven't exercised much, and I knew I needed to change that. Just forcing myself to start is the hard part. I also tracked my food on fitday.com thinking maybe that I was eating too much of the wrong stuff. After tracking it for 2 weeks, I called the NUT and they told me I wasn't eating enough. NEVER in my life have I been told to eat MORE. I wanted to beat my head against the wall!
I did start the exercising last week, and the scale has moved 4 lbs, so that's good. It helps keep the incentive to continue. The eating more tho is a different story. I'm only able to eat about 3-4 ounces at a time (my capacity will always be smaller he said, since it started out smaller, so that's a good thing i guess). NUT says I should be eating 4-6 ounces. I feel like I eat all the time now, and it's a struggle to eat more. So for now, I'm just concentrating on the exercise and more water (I was only getting about half what I shoud be.
Anyway, that's the story on me! I plan on hanging out on this forum a bit more 
congratulations on all the progress you have made so far.
I am still only 4 oz of runny stuff and 1.2 oz of chew stuff. my dr was actually surprized that i was eating that much. he thought that I was over eating by consuming 3 oz at a meal instead of 2 at my 6 mo appointment. so YMMV
for me, the water is my pitfall. I just can not do it. no matter how I disguise it!
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Hi Nicole! Welcome to the May board! I'm glad you found us! This is a really great board and everyone here has been so nice and supportive since I found it a few months ago. I don't know what I'd do without OH and this board! It'll be nice to have you hang out with us!! Have a great day!
Hugs,
Bobbie
It'll be nice to have you hang out with us!! Have a great day!
Hugs,
Bobbie 
Welcome Nichole,
Congratulations on your loss this far. Sounds like you had a few ups and downs but now on the right track - good for you. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season and looking forward to hearing from you again. This is a very interesting and friendly forum and I think you'll learn a lot just browsing. Enjoy the ride.
Debbie
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