Dr Drew and Dr Schwartz from Minneapolis Surgeons do both Abbott Mpls and St Josephs in St Paul. I love Dr Drew. I am not familiar with the Fridley or other northern practices.

7:30am-10AM:)

Can we find a middle ground area between Maple Grove and Blaine?

I have just found out that my surgeon is resigning and going back to where he came from. Im needing to look into finding someone new. I don't like the other guy in his office, so now is my time to find someone close by who is good. I know I am going to have to travel to find someone, but am looking at who other people recommend.
Anyone have good experiences out my way with anyone? I was traveling to St Cloud where my doctor was, at Abbott. I dont mind traveling a little, but am not a fan of driving in Minneapolis! But will if need be!
 Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!!

Amy

Have any of you done this calculation?  This is to calculate how many calories you need to eat daily to maintain your body weight at your level of activity.  There are online calculators that can do this for you, but I actually went to the underlying formula and calculated it for myself.

It seems crazy--it says I should be eating 1850 calories per day to maintain my current body weight at my current level of activity.   Of course, my perception has been colored by a whole year of eating very small amounts of food, but I can't even fathom how I could eat that much.  Are there any studies that analyze this formula with relation to WLS patients?  Since our innards have been rearranged, I wonder how that might change the formula.  Especially considering we were probably very efficient processors of food to start with.

Just wondering...