MONDAY WHATS HAPPENING!!!!!!!

Today is the end of the long holiday weekend. I know for you that work still that it has been a much appreciated time off. To us that don't work sometimes the holidays are just another day that we don't have the mail or the bank is closed etc. lol I really felt badly yesterday . I was so tired and felt like I was going to pass out almost any minute all day. Finally I realized that most of what I was feeling was probably dehydration. So wound up drinking almost 100 ozs of liquid and started feeling much better. I have got to keep myself going on the water. I forget because I can only take such small sips I guess I don't think it is important or something. It is really hard to drink just plain water so found that I can drink it better if I put crystal lite in it. Before surgery I loved just plain water now it taste sort of like metal , don't know why. But I made myself a promise that I would get more down daily than I am doing. NO MATTER WHAT. Sherr: I can imagine how upset I would be if someone was doing that to my lawn. Maybe have a couple of large bolders placed there on the corner that should deter them. I hope they wont just run over the bushes too. Make you up a huge sign and put out there lol Hope you get your problem solved soon before they really wreck the corner of the property. Go see the developer of the new subdivision and have him come and put in some sort of retaining object. They maybe have some large rocks that have been dug up that he would be willing to put up there for you. Andrew: lol yeah yard sales are a lot of hard work. I love going to garage sales or use to before I got so big that it was hard to get around good. My husband calls them garbage sales lol So how did your barbeque turn out yesterday. Hubby cooked himself a small steak our on the grill yesterday. It certainly smelled good. Pamela: hope you enjoyed your day off and the beautiful weather we had yesterday. Not many here posting yesterday but it being Sunday not many do most of the time. Hope everyone enjoy the beautiful day that the Lord gave us yesterday. Today is suppose to be more of the same. One more day and for the people who work then it is back to work and no more holidays until Thanksgiving. Soon we will be having really cool weather and the threats of snow and ice and such. So enjoy today. These last few days have been the perfect temp. and all we have been looking for all summer. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

No special plans for today, which is just as well because the weather doesn't look too accomodating. I am planning to have a "heatlhy" day for the first time since last Wednesday. I really have to get the eating back under control! Have a great day! Pamela

Jan at your early stage you need to be either eating or drinking something to get your water and protien in since you take in so little now. It gets better as time passes although the good thing is you never can eat very much again. I am almost three years out and I get full so fast. I was a charter member of the clean your plate club now I hardly ever eat all that is on my plate. The good news is a normal lunch makes two or three meals for me so I save lots of money.

Good morning Jan and Everyone Just wanted to say "HELLO" to everyone not much to say or much to do. I agree with you tha****er just doesn't have a really good taste but I'm drinking two 16.9 oz bottles a day along with other liquids and my protein shakes and still not sure if I'm doing the right thing or if I'm getting in everything so this is a real learning experience, I remember I could guzzle down almost 64 oz of water but not anymore. Still walking around the table though and getting a little exercise, I guess I'll buy a jogging suit (I wouldn't wear pants cause I was too big) So far I haven't felt sick, but sometimes I have this little nagging ache in my pouch area so then I eat something or do another protein shake and that usually stops that . I'm not planning on doing much today at all, my DH and I are cleaning out our office so we are getting rid of old papers, junk, etc. from way back in "98" (pack rats****ep everything so now it's time to get rid of this stuff. Hope everyone is doing okay and have a great day today and always. God bless and keep you all is my prayer. Barb T. in KC! Oh yeah I saw Dr. H.'s response to Brenda regarding the carbs, that was real good info coming from him, he said he visits the board, now we know for sure, he really is a good doctor

Hey Jan & Company.... Jan, I just talked to my daddy today about some big rocks....there is one nursery here in town that actualy sell those, so I hope that I can afford a couple...have to be in Oct tho, with all the money I am spending on traveling to Columbia, I am busted. I go back up on Sunday for a couple final days of tests....and I hope they go okay.....because I am (((like all of you post ops))) quite anxious to get on the losers side.... the weather has been incredible the last couple of weeks.... It's 73 outside now at noon, and was normally in the high 90s by now... I LOVE it...but know it won't stay. I've not done much today, talked with friends across the pond, and painted my nubby nails. I hope to find a good nail place in the area and get my acrylics put back on after surgery, didn't know if they'd have me take them off for surgery, and I have had such a time trying to find any place around here that was any good...so I gave up for a while. Saved me money too :D xoxo S

Hey Jan!! I was just looking in my cabinet and found some Wyler's Light Singles to Go, you put them in bottled water. it's about 5 calories, no sugar, no fat, no sodium and it taste pretty good, just add it to water according to the taste you want. I don't know how many flavors it comes in because my D-I-L and son got this for me . Also try some TrueLemon it too is something you can mix in your water, or visit their web site TrueLemon.com and they also sell TrueLime so you can have a variety of drinks. I hope this helps out with your water I just put some in my water today and it makes a difference believe me Barb T. in KC

Good Evening Everyone, We had a uneventful holliday, just went to church yesterday and that was it. I have been doing well, still not getting in enough liquid. Sometimes not getting in my protein, I just forget to eat or drink. Doc said that would happen, I will just have to do better. Still walking 30 minutes a day, except Saturday I couldn't do it. My back just hurt to bad, with my spine the way it is I have to be very careful or I end up in bed. Well I pray you all had a great weekend. God Bless Brenda