Hi!! I looked at your profile, and you are doing awesome!!!  Way to go on getting things back under control before they got too out of hand!!  Your doing awesome and I can only imagine how much better you must feel!!  What is WOE?? Im not sure, or else my brain is just not working at the moment (which is quite the possibility!! :) )  Keep posting, we will take all the inspiration we can get around here!

~Jenn

Congratulations on your weight loss.  You did awesome since May if you lost more than 45 pounds.  Everyone I talk to says you have to stick to the program and follow what they say or you'll start gaining.  It sounds like you figured out what you were doing wrong and corrected it.  Way to go!!

Keep posting and share any tips you might have for the rest of us so we can be successful with our weight loss, okay?

Carol

I had RNY in 01' and had regained about 45 lbs. I updated my profile because I finally started sticking to a lower carb WOE in May 08' and am currently lower than my lowest post surgery: 167. I tried uploading a current pic, but there are too many pixels.

Thank you all for your support.  I am feeling much better today.  Still a little sore but nothing like yesterday and nothing that I can't handle.  I think I might even go to the grocery store today just to get up and out.  I get to take a shower today which is going to be great.  

I did gain back the 7 pounds I lost before surgery, but I have heard that that is normal.  I have been up walking around the house every chance I get.  It is hard to get in enough water.  I only managed 32 oz of water and the 20 oz of Isopure yesterday.  I'm going to be working on that more today.  I really don't mind sleeping in the recliner.  We have two very comfy recliners so it's all good.  I think the most difficult part of this so far is having my son ask me to carry him.  I feel awful saying no I can't, but I know that's what I have to do to heal. 

Again thank you all for your support.  I will keep you updated on how I'm doing.  Good luck to all of you who are either waiting for approval or are almost to the surgery day.  The two weeks of pre-op dieting just flew by for me.  Hopefully it wil for you too!

Carol~

If you go to www.tickerfactory.com then click on Weight Loss Ticker you can go through and customize it.  Then when it shows you your "done" ticker you just right click on it and "copy" it (dont bother copying and pasting any codes, they dont work).  Then you can come to OH and go to your settings and "paste" it into your signature.  Let me know if you have any problems, it was pretty easy!  The hardest part was deciding which ticker to pick...they have a million to chose from, and you customize them yourself :)  LOTS OF FUN!!  Have a great weekend!!  I just Love Iowa winters....NOT!!!

Jenn