Hi Members,
We have a member from the San Fran area and she is looking to have a body lift. She wanted some surgeons that have had recent reviews. If you had surgery in that area can you recommened any surgeons?

Thanks,
Kathy
 

ITs morning and I have to work, I would love to enjoy this holiday with sleeping in, but my boss might not like that much. LOL

Over the weekend, I flipped my mattres and wow! did that make a big defferents. Who would have thought it would have. But I have been sleeping so muich better. Such a easy task. I should have done this a long time ago.

since I have not been around in a while. What has everyone been up to???

OK its time to get myself up and moving. Duty calls.

I wish you all a great day

Lu

 This is a cross post from the RNY board and they had a great suggestion.. eat on a schedule.  I am going to try and set my alarm to remind me to eat more often.  

I don't have fear of regain.  Actually, I would be completely fine with a regain of 25 or so pounds.  No fear of eating.. I enjoy food quite a bit when I eat.  I am simply NEVER hungry and my pouch still doesn't seem to hold very much food.  I was really pushing it when I ate the sandwich last night.  I ate almost the entire thing and felt kinda icky afterward.  

In terms of foods I ate before surgery:  I can eat 5 pizza rolls.  (Yes, occasionally I eat crap.. just not often).  Five pizza rolls leaves me satisfied, six makes me feel sick.   I can eat about half of a McDouble (with no bun) with roughly 2 - 5 french fries.   (Again, I DON'T eat these foods very often.. but they are portions that most people can identify with).  

I went through a period of depression after surgery (because I wasn't working and had no medical coverage).  I stopped taking my vitamins, didn't get enough protein, etc.  I have worked through those issues.  Now I am a vitamin NAZI!  My food is all protein dense.. egg whites, lean deli meats, protein shakes.  Almost no carbs.  Fruit makes me dump (at least the small amount I have tried since surgery).  I feel great!  My hair is growing in thick, my skin has a healthy color, I have energy... so, I guess my question was more "If I am taking in enough protein and getting in my vitamins and I feel good, am I going to do any long term damage by not eating more?"  The general consensus seems to be that I will COMPLETELY mess up my metabolism.  I definitely do NOT want that.  
  The main problem, I think, is that the only calorie rich foods that I LIKE are the ones I can't really incorporate into my diet and still remain healthy.  I don't eat cheese, sour cream, creamy salad dressings, sweets, not big on ANY dairy products really.. I can't eat fish or shellfish (I am HORRIBLY allergic).. and fruit (like I said) makes me dump.  That leaves meat, beans, eggs, veggies (which I LOVE), carbs and fried crap.  =]  I am eating the (lean)meat, eggs and some veggies.. but none of those seem very caloric.  My one really caloric food is cream.  I use a tiny bit of heavy cream in my protein coffees (usually).  
Thank you so much for responding to my post.  I don't have a support group in my area (I bought a house in Podunk, Nowhere which is why I gave up my job in the first place), so my family here is my support.  

I ate what seemed like a lot today, but my calorie count was 490 for the entire day.  My average daily caloric intake has been 522 since July.  WTF?  I got 78g of protein in and all of my vitamins, but I am not sure how I am get any more food in!  
Ugh.  

My latest favs are Quest bars. They don't have that fake chocolate-y coating more dense... 10 seconds in the microwave and they takes like fresh baked yummy bars. They hold up well in my purse too when traveling cause they don't have that melty chocolate.

Old post I did about them with a pic: http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2011/07/quest-new-flavors-giveaway.html

Others I like are Oh Yeah Protein Wafers... more like a protein Little Debbie Nutty Bar if you recall those.

~Michelle "Shelly"