So I was three months out from surgery yesterday and reflected a little bit on my journey thus far. It has been such a wild yet pretty uneventful ride thus far in a good way I mean. I have had no complications since surgery and feel better than I have in years both physically and emotionally.
         The first few weeks were a struggle both mentally and physically, but more mental I think. I was in quite a bit of pain on my left side for weeks after surgery until one day I tripped and fell and suddenly the pain was gone mysteriously by the time I stood up 5 minutes later. It was the strangest thing ever but since then I have been feeling better and better everyday.
         Three months out I am down 67 lbs weighing in at  am also down about 4 pant sizes and 8 loops on my belt, my clothes are falling off and almost look rediculous but that is ok for now. For the first time in my 6 year marriage my husband can lift me up not that I recommend it but he can. lets just say things have been heating up in the bedroom!!!! lol
         I have more confidence now than I have had in a long time, but still plenty of fears. I no longer mourn food nor desire it but sometimes make bad food choices just because I dont feel like working that day. It is not a regular occurance but something I need to work hard to overcome. I know I need to start planning better and keeping logs of my intake daily. I also slack sometimes on my vitamins but levels are fine and I get most of them in everyday but if I get a late start in the day I just cant get them all in. Exercise has been a struggle but seems to be getting physically easier and more appealing everyday. The more I lose, the better I feel doing exercise.
          All in all this journey has been such a blessing, I have zero regrets and nothing but good things to say about my RNY. I hope everybody has had a good expirience as well. I am going to post pics now I believe! Thanks for reading this long long blog!

My doctor told me to get everything in (fluids, vitamins,etc) and stay under 1000 calories and I will lose weight.  I'm averaging 850-900 per day.  For me, it seems the closer I get to 1000 calories the more weight I lose.  My advise is continue to follow your doctor's advice (look at you it's working!)  and ignore the haters.  
Joanna 

Caffeine is also considered to be hard on the stomach and I think they want us to be careful so he don't get ulcers or other stomach issues. So far, I don't think it's inhibiting my weight loss and I am going to continue to have some diluted coffee products in moderation.

You'll have to let me know what you think.  It was almost so tasty that I could have sworn it was bad for us.  To be honest, I tried it with honey first, not really paying attention to the sugar content, but I didn't dump (thank goodness), not even realizing that the honey had quite a bit more sugar than I should have been consuming, so needless to say, I'm going to try the SF sweetener next time.

Looking forward to your reviews. 

I don't know if it is a DS thing, but truly, I have not been told by my surgeon, or heard anyone mention not being able to drink coffee. Actually, coffee was one of the drinks on my post op eating plan. I don't know why coffee would be a hindrance to you? Caffiene is a diuretic, so you would need to up your water a bit, and maybe if the flavorings and cream have to much sugar/carbs? I don't know. I just started drinking coffee a month or so ago, and I have done fine with it.