Happy 5 year surgiversary!!!! You had rocked this thing and you look great!!!!! And Im so happy for you and your TT its gonna be awesome!!!

Hello from TX,
I had my wls just over 4 yrs ago and have lost over 150 lbs from my previous wls weight of 278 lbs.  Although my iron levels are within the normal range, my labs show that I'm in the below normal range for white and red blood cell count.  My wls surgeon doesn't seem too concerned as long as my cell counts are "stable".  I had to have a bone marrow biopsy to rule out leukemia or some blood disease...fortunately, it was normal.  Most of the time I feel fine and have maintained my weight within 7 lbs of my goal weight.
I think that perhaps if I ate more protein, my blood count would be higher.  But it seems as though I have a hard time digesting most meat and I get nauseaus eating eggs.  So I fix a yummy snack of a tortilla with low fat cream cheese, deli-thin sliced ham and deli-thin sliced cheese. I cut it up in 1/2 " slices and pop one in my mouth every now and then.  I also eat a lot of fruit in the summer time, but have to be careful since it raise my blood sugar levels (I used to be diabetic Type II). 
I've tried the powdered protein powders in the past, but grew tired of the "taste".  I suppose I could try a different flavor with some fruit to disguise the taste though.
Have a good, active life, Jan from TX

As long as you are in a good place :-).  All we can ever ask of ourselves is to do the best we can isn't it?  I have been lucky - no problems and maintaining at goal weight for over two years now.  Biggest problem I have is trying to keep weight on to be honest.  Never in my wildest dreams thought I would be saying that!

See you next year

Yesterday was my 4-year anniversary of my gastric bypass.  I mostly don't think about it anymore.  I can generally eat just about anything although bread still weighs heavy.   Sometimes the volume I can eat surprises me and then sometimes I take two to three bites and can't eat anything else.   Vitamins - still daily.   Exercise -- been lazy the past month or two and have only gotten out to bike or spin class maybe once a week.  Still take dogs for 1mile walk daily.  Funny, that used to be my exercise and now I don't even consider it exercise!   Still staying at 163-167 pounds without really monitoring what I'm eating.  My goal was 160-165 so I'm happy.   Still low iron so I'm taking extra.  Still feel fatigued from time to time so I pump up the iron, B12 and pay attention to how much protein I'm eating. Still no plastics.    Badly need it on my face!    And my tummy and arms and boobs.   It hasn't been a priority yet strong enough to make me save the cash.

Hope everyone is doing well, and is happy and healthy :-)