Let's make the TMB great again

Welcome Nell, we're glad to have you.  Jump onboard and let us get to know you.  Ask anything you want, Lord knows someone on here probably knows the answer.  What part of Texas is Hewitt in?

Hi Nell, welcome to the Texas Board.  If you have questions, please ask.  That's what us oldies are here for to help those following in our footsteps.

Good luck with your journey.

1.  name Julie

 

2. Occupation Personal Chef (own/operate my own business)

- hard to call it “work" because I love what I do!

3.  Pre-op, post-op or considering weight loss surgery?  Pre-Op

4.  What are your personal goals regarding WLS? Get healthy!!  Feel better and enjoy life more....as well as live longer.

5. What do you struggle with regarding weight loss? Having it be my focus in life for far too many years.

6.  What threads do you like on the TMB? Still ‘new’ but try to read most everything. 

7. What would you like to see on the TMB that's not here?  Not sure.

8.  Do you need an Angel, buddy, support group location, doctor recommendation, workout partner or friend to help you?  I’m blessed to have Stormy offer to be my angel.  Still hoping to find a support group that has some DS-ers in it.  Never turn down a friend offering help of any kind. :-)

9.  Do you attend support group meetings?  Not yet.

 

10.What else would you like to share about yourself? 

1. I am a single Mom/Grandmom who adopted her granddaughter.  She calls me “Mommy".

Raising a little one alone was not on my “to do" list!  LOL!  

Love her to pieces, though.  She makes life fun and keeps me young.

I also have two grown kids.....ages 24 and 27.

Julie, thanks for posting.  It's nice to see we have our own personal chef onboard!!  We often get requests to help make recipes more weight loss friendly.  Maybe you could help us out-the rest of us just experiment and guess at ways to improve dishes.  If you're really bored, you could start a cooking thread.  I know we'd all love that, even if it was only once a month or weekly.

 
Yes...I've already been eying recipes with that thought in mind!!  :-)

Will definitely post any recipes I "create" and/or /modify.  

All feel free to ask me any questions about substitutions in recipes you already like, too!!

Hummmm......a cooking thread.  That's a great idea!!

Thanks for the welcome. :-)
Julie

1.  name        Karla Lewis

2.  Occupation   Educational Diagnostician

3.  Pre-op, post-op or considering weight loss surgery?   4 years post op RNY

4.  What are your personal goals regarding WLS?  lose wt, have normal cholesterol, near normal blood pressure, be goutless, arthritisless and look better

5. What do you struggle with regarding weight loss? maintaining...it's hard and I have to work at it everyday...some days are better than others...I know some on here obviously feel we should all be "perfect" in following the rules but we are all human.  If your mind isn't in the right place it's hard to resist food sometimes.  I sure wish I could.  I do faithfully get in my vits/supplements/liquids and protein.  I try to exercise on a regular basis. 

6.  What threads do you like on the TMB?  Accountability, WLS Express, Q & A

7. What would you like to see on the TMB that's not here? nothing I can think of

8.  Do you need an Angel, buddy, support group location, doctor recommendation, workout partner or friend to help you? My buds seem to be good help!  Wish I had a closer support group and will be trying to make it to The Woodlands  to Paige's group on Saturdays...it is an hr and 15 min. drive but I'll do my darndest. 

9.  Do you attend support group meetings?  See above post...oops.

10.  What else would you like to share about yourself?  I love the hopefully lifelong friends I have made on the TMB.

1.  name  Connie

2.  Occupation  Bariatric Registered Dietitian

3.  Pre-op, post-op or considering weight loss surgery?  Postop 6.5 years

4.  What are your personal goals regarding WLS?  Maintenance

5. What do you struggle with regarding weight loss?  Stress eating

6.  What threads do you like on the TMB?  Anything except unhealthy recipes (see occupation)

7. What would you like to see on the TMB that's not here?  More support, less drama

8.  Do you need an Angel, buddy, support group location, doctor recommendation, workout partner or friend to help you?  No thanks

9.  Do you attend support group meetings?  I get my support online

10.  What else would you like to share about yourself?  Divorced 16 years, no children, my "kids" are feline.

I haven't spent much time here lately because my sister has terminal cancer and I'm tending to isolate. I need to come here more often to give and receive support.

Connie;

I'm so sorry to read about your sister. Sending you lots of prayers and loving thoughts.

Thank you, Jennifer!!!

((((Connie)))) don't withdraw sweetie, lean on your friends.  Praying for you and your sister.