I had my surgery on August 1st, and I'm scared of a lot of foods LOL! I hear how sick some foods have made other people and I avoid them like the plague. I eat a lot of soups, beans, and just started to add salads with protein (eggs, chicken, cheese, etc.). I can eat a little of most proteins - chicken, steak, most seafood, although shrimp for some reason sticks and I can't eat it. We had scallops at the Japanese restaurant the other day that were so good, I think I could have eaten them all day. I'm using protein bars in place of the shakes, even though I know the protein isn't as beneficial. I've just always had a hard time with the shakes, and some of the bars are really tasty. The Power Crunch bars are almost like cheating! I've had a bit of a taste of no sugar added ice cream. It hit the spot at the time, but not something I'd buy every week (plus, for the first time ever in my life, the half gallon lasted a couple of weeks). And when I feel like something snacky, I eat either some sliced up cheese, pretzels with cream cheese or peanut butter, or crackers with peanut butter. I am down 140 pounds, from 295 to 155. My goal was 165, which is what I weighed when I got married. I would like to get to 140 now that I hit that goal, but my weight loss has pretty much stopped.

CONGRATS! Happy 11 months to US! I had my surgery 11 months today in Chicago....you couldn't be more correct, What a Journey! Absolutely mind boggling! Who do you see looking back at you in the mirror? A MUCH HAPPIER me! Do you recognize him or her? Yes, shocked at times, but thoroughly appreciate it each and every time! Enjoy and have a great week! Candy

To Everyone *****plied... THANK YOU! I actually ended up going to see doc... he believes thats the area is just inflamed from sitting, area now exposed, no more padding (I guess i cant complain about that !)

Go to Fitday.com and log in what you are eating. Once I did this and found out I ate 1600 in one day. No wonder I haven't been loosing as I thought I should. You should track what you eat daily and this way you can see how the calories add up even though we are not eating much, they do add up. I go on a kick of eating too many pistachio nuts. Now I have to not buy them to keep me from eating them. Too many are not good. Too much fat and calories add up. Hugs, Lavon

I can eat just about anything I want. Today we had raw oysters brought up from Fla! OMG they went down so nicely!!! I am sure I got my protein in today LOL Usually I have either a protein shake (Body Fortress) or high protein Oatmeal for breakfast with a cup of coffee. For snacks I use the 100 calorie snack bags. These are for when I just gotta have something salty crunchy. Hits the spot! Lunch is usually either a can of tuna with just a little mustard (mayo still makes me sick as does most oils) or a couple of slices of roast beef (4 slices from the deli is 1/4 a lb!) Dinners are rough for me as I still don't like to cook for the family. I make something quick and simple for the children and then struggle to get something that I even want to eat. I am planning on dragging out the crockpot this week and start making dinner again. I usually make a large (as in monster) pot of something on Fridays. Soup or chili... and we eat on it Friday night and all day on Saturday. Sunday we eat out for lunch and dinner with couples from the church. I started at 370 and weighed this morning in at 201... almost in the 1++ range. I can hardly wait until the scale starts with a 1..... My 1 yr apt is the 24th of August. One year and one day.... The doctor said if I was under 200 lbs he would consider the surgery a sucess. So I guess it will be, but I wanted to be at the 170 range. That was probably a bit of a stretch but I am so happy with here I am now compared to a year ago.