Where are all the other people that wanted this post???? Anyway, sorry I'm late with mine. B - 2 rashers bacon, 1 egg, 1/2 english muffin S - 1 Clementine (V small orange!) S - Cottage cheese with pineapple L - small tortilla with ham & cheese S - 120 cal pack chips D - bowl of veggie soup S - protein ball

A little higher today Cheese, cottage, lowfat (1-2% fat) 164 2 6 28 Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat 173 1 24 17 Beef jerky 369 23 10 30 Pork chop, NS as to cooking method, lean only eaten 286 13 0 40 Popcorn, popped in oil, lowfat, low sodium 130 2 24 4 Totals 1122c 41f 64c 118p I don't know how to format the fitday totals any better than this, sorry

no two people are the same, no two metabolisms are the same, no two surgeries are the same and no two anything including identical twins (I have a set) are the same. that being said. you may be where you need to be and you may not, the only one that can say for sure is not your doctor or your spouse, but you. just in my own household, my doctor said that if I didnt do it plan A, I would burn in the flames of HELL. my husband still gives me the evil eye when I eat a carbohydrate and I am 2 lbs below goal. some thought that my drastic diet (quantity and quality) the first 6 months was unhealthy, (and it was) but it was EFFECTIVE and I was able to hit goal in 6 months. I can tell you straight up that it is not about the surgery, at this point, you have to live off what you learn, that you really do not need 2200 calories a day to survive, you do quite nicely on 225 calories. that you really do not need to eat stuff that will make your dump to teach yourself a lesson, you can just 'know' that dumping sucks and that the world spinning is not a desirable response to oreos and milk. ;) I was in the store today, and normally my bill would have been $135 for the weeks worth, but I skated out with $35 and did fine. I observed that they had a new line of organi**** creams and I evaluated my desire vs my need for a quart and opted out, I did just get the oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip cookie fixin's that I went for and THAT was it. the last 18 months has just been education, now that school is out, we have to live what we learned, and no rely on our pouch, but rely on what we have learned. personally exercise has never done it for me, it is not a turn on and so it was a relief that I was able to get to goal with limiting food intake only. I created a body image that I can maintain through my current lifestyle, not one that was unrealistic. I just have to be vigilant about not stretching the pouch. me. i am a hard @$$ and I vote for kick your booty off the chair and modify your tude a bit and your intake a bit and go out and be frickin happy.

I hope I am doing this posting thing correctly so that the response goes out generally and not just to the last person that responded. Thanks for the pats and the kicks. Its nice to talk to someone about personal things and still maintain a degree of anonymity. ( yes, i used spell check) I will try the online journaling thing. Maybe it will provide some more accountability for me and/or discover hidden calories (lurking and stalking me). I wish I could invest myself more in the power of positive thinking or the que sera sera attitude but that's not me. Or at least not me with any ease. Does anyone have any experience or anectdoctal experience with using something like Jenny Craig or WW post by pass. What would be the more suitable? In the meantime I continue to plod along as the JayTurtle. On the plus side I was able to respond to someone else's preop post and let her know that "no in fact, you can have the surgery and not end up with boobs that look like a tennis ball in a tube sock" Whoo for me!

Before wls I'd never had beef jerky so thougth I would give it a try... Yuck, it taste disgusting to me Shame though