I officially woke up half the woman I used to be!!

Thanks Terisa.. You have been so wonderful to me, I appreciate it very much. I read your latest post this morning.. I am so very proud of you and sooo glad you are starting to feel better.. makes me smile ear to ear! *hugging ya hard* You go girl!

Thanks Melissa...Everyday is a challenge, but I told my husband and now he is watching to be sure that I am eating. At first I did not like his response when I told about the eating issue I was experiencing, but now he has been great. I know this is not something that will be fixed overnight, but certainly not feeling the effects of malnutrition is helpful. Thanks for all the hugs...lost of hugs to you too!! ~ Terisa

I am so glad your husband is helping you out right now. That is awesome! Just what you need right now, some really good support. WONDERFUL!!!! Who better than your spouse??? YEAH! *hugs*

Congrats!! You look beautiful!! I talk to my husband about you all the time and about how much of an inspiration you are.

Aw Amy, that is so very sweet of you... your poor husband ;) You guys have been so really great on here.. I am so glad this december board is what is now.. you guys are truly like my family now. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

Melissa, you are truly an inspiration. Honestly, if it weren't for you, your motivation, and your support, I don't think I would have been able to come this far. I've learned so much from you especially, I feel I'm truly blessed. Congrats on such a major success!!

Thanks Shaweena. I spend years reaserching WLS before I ever had it and my husband had it so I guess I learned along the way what it really took to be successful and I feel I should share what I know.. knowledge is power. Not saying I have all the answers by any means but I tried hard to gain as much education as I could. Thanks so much and we are all blessed to have eachother on here. really... hugs to you! We are so excited for our december mommy!!! I can't wait to see this little one

Hi, Melissa and congratulations on the "1/2 woman" milestone! Amazing. I love the way that you have mapped out your losses and goals on your profile. You put a lot of thought into making WLS success. I am still learning a lot at 8 months out...and still need to put together my profile / pics. I was interested in the comment that you made about metabolism and calories. After I read your post, I re-checked my Dr's 6-12 month post-op sample menu. Sure enough...the menu totals were higher than I thought that they would be... Calories: 1070 Protein: 83 g Fluid: 52 oz Carb: 113 g Fiber: 27 g. Fats weren't listed!?! Basically, the info said each patient advances through their diet stages at their own rate. I am going to ask my Nutritionist about the metabolism testing in Sept. I have been hovering around 750-800 calories per day. I am thinking about increasing my calories. What do you think? CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN Ro

I am really aiming for 1000 these days Ro. I think 750-800 is on the low end for us now.. especially after hearing all the girls in the RNY board talk about the results of their metabolic tests. Now some of us may have "slower" metabolisms and that it is really the wisest thing is to get the test and see. I still lose at 1000 cals just fine and my doc told me at 6 mos to get around 1000. Some days I make it, other days I don't sometimes I go to 1100 but rarely. Based on most sites like thinnerself.com and those.. with my BMR I should be getting in no less than 1200 but its hard to say what is the best thing to do. I know as healthy as I eat and with the exercise I do I don't think 1000 cals will keep me from reaching my goal but I am worried if I keep going to low that I will screw myself up to maintain. I know that we can eat more later on and if my body thinks 800 cals is where I have to be then it will be really hard in the future to maintain on that little of cals, so I feel confident upping it some won't hurt me but only help me later.. this is my thoughts. But I am not a doctor just a WLS patient with her head always researching and overanalyzing as my husband would say.. i tend to drive people nuts. Obessesive.. yes I am. Hugs!

Melissa...Thanks for the update. It made a lot of sense, especially about the amount of calories needed over the long term. I am going to up my calories to where I believe they should be...closer to 1200. It will probably take some time to get there, but that is my new goal. Thanks so much for the info! XOXOXO Ro