Congratulations on hitting a major milestone. Those come more slowly the further out we get from our surgery dates, so celebrate, celebrate, celebrate! Kellie (who still has a long way to go, but is happy with her journey) 396/247/155-165?

I got a call from the Nurse practitioner at my surgeons office. I have Anemia, guess my vitamins don't have enough iron in them. She said I have to take iron supplements. I just bought chewable iron from the Bariatrix site. Hope they taste good. Still having issues with swallowing pills. I still gag somewhat, the nutritionist says I worked myself up to make me not want to try to swallow anything small. I tried swallowing the Bariatrix vitamins as it said they were small enought to swallow, hello I gagged again. Am I going insane? I bought some chewables and I will use them. Hope everyone is doing well. Chat soon. Lsa J. in Mass

I hit a major milestone today; my weight dropped below the 180s. Yippee! I weigh 179.5. My weight loss has slowed tremendously as I have approached my personal goal of 165; honestly, at this point, if I can just keep off what I have lost, I would be thrilled. I am getting close to another milestone, reaching a BMI of 25. Right now my BMI is 25.8, so I'm getting really close to "normal". This from a person who had a BMI of 43 just over a year ago! It's nothing short of miraculous. I could not have done this without WLS, and I only wish WLS had been available to my dear aunt who died of health problems related to obesity. We are so fortunate to live in a time when this is available to us! I know that not all of us are nearing our goal weight at this point - to all of you with more weight still to lose, keep up the good work! I'm with you all the way! We all have so much to celebrate! Sheryl

I'm slightly more averse to meat than I was before surgery - it's never been my first choice but I seem to like it even less now. I really have to force myself sometimes to eat the meat. But it's such a good protein source, I can't imagine taking it off my menu completely. Honestly, I eat meat usually once a day, and the rest of my protein is from dairy or things like beans (garbanzo beans etc.). Meat is hard to digest for many of us now, I'll bet that's why your stomach churns; it knows it'll have a harder time with it! Maybe if you stick with ground meats, like hamburger, or soft meats, like fish (salmon, I love that), you'll have better luck. Just keep up the protein! Sheryl

Nope I'm a meataholic I snack on beef jerky almost all day long.