I love 2 pounds this week.  That makes a total of 4 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I am thrilled and so is my doctor.  I've been really trying to lose the extra 15 pounds I've gained since the first of the year.  My doctor told me....."Hey, it's been almost a DECADE since you've had gastric bypass.  As we age, we as women tend to have a harder time keeping our weight under control and I think you've done an awesome job with your weight loss."  Well, I'm just not gonna SETTLE with this sudden weight gain, so I am really trying hard to watch what I eat these days.  I am thrilled that I've lost 4 pounds in 3 weeks. At least I am not gaining.  As of now, I have two broken feet.  7 months ago, I had my right foot break during some toe cramps I had one night.  I have been in stage 4 renal failure for 3 1/2 years. This has nothing to do with my WLS.  It's all due to me not having WLS sooner and taking control of my life and my diabetes.  Anyway, I generally have HIGH potassium, where as most people suffer from LOW potassium.  Symptoms of both more mainly the same.  Severe leg,feet and toe cramps are one of the symptoms.  Last week, I fell out my back door heading out to the van for work. I have a broken ankle and some small bones in my foot as well.  So, now I have two broken feet.  I am in a boot cast up to my knee on my left foot.  Come to find out, my right foot is STILL broken.  The doctor xraying my left foot, just didn't like the looks of my right foot and wanted to xray it again as well, only to find out there is still a definite break at the base of my third toe.  So, as you can see, I don't have a chance at getting much exercise in. So, losing these very few pounds is a very big deal for me.  There is so much going on in my life right now and I'm finding it very hard to keep it all together.  I ask that those of you that do pray, to please pray for me and my family.  We have lots going on right now and I/we would really appreciate your prayers.  Thank you in advance,

Elle

 No fool like an old fool chiming in.  I love the people I met on the old Bama Board.  And I loved the few get togethers I was able to attend.  I live on a very tight budget and when things are planned at the end of the month--well as the saying goes there is just to much month at the end of the money for us.  

We made the decision a while back to be a one vehicle family.  I did not renew the lease on my car in part because of the expense and secondly because it was difficult for me to get in and out of the low thing because of my RA!  I found it easier to drive Bob's truck.  So I do not go off for the entire weekend like before.  I will make day trips so if we can get one planned for a weekend close to the first of the month--I would love to see everyone again.

I will soon be 10 years post op VBG.  I have maintained my loss which is almost unheard of! I am proud of my success and want to shout it from the roof top some days.  My overall health is not great these days BUT it has NOTHING to do with my WLS.  

I have stage 2 kidney disease which runs in my family.  I am learning to deal with it as best as I can.  That is why in some photos I appear swollen and just a few days later I do not.  

Lets get back to the way we were.

Kim, I agree with you and Hilary!!

Good to hear from ya girl!  I'm on Facebook--Kim Sorensen--I'd love to be your FB friend too!

I guess I came after most of the past dramas, and the recent ones I just don't get into.  I come here for support--and even when I post my daily post and no one responds it makes me feel accountable just putting it out there.  I usually try to keep my opinions to myself and just give thanks to those that do post--I like to see the different views from everyone even when I don't agree.  I just tend to disagree in silence because my opinion is mine and I don't care if everyone knows it and I certainly don't care if they agree.  There are many people on this board that I adore --and you are one of them--I would not be where I am today without the knowledge I gained from yall, my WLS heroes!

And girl!  Eat?  Drink?  My name is Kim and I eat--a lot--everyday!  and I have alcoholic beverages on the weekends.  Oh!  and I eat real desserts sometimes!! 

We are in maintenance.  That (to me) means follow the rules MOST of the time, and indulge in things occasionally that I never touched that first year after surgery.  I've maintained for one year now so I figure I'm doing something right....and if things change, I'll change what I'm doing.  There is no one perfect recipe for success, we each have to write our own.

I'd love to see you on here more often if you feel up to it and it provides you with support.  Have a great weekend and stay safe today in this crazy weather!

Your friend,

Kim

 I dont get hyped up in the drama and crap that some people cause or post but i do have to say that not everyone is "perfect" or will do things that "you" do and believe. Every person is different, every doctor is different. Some peoples posts sounds degrading or just plain mean/rude. Maybe its just the way i take it but its like if we do something that someone else doesnt do, we're "wrong" and we're getting told so. maybe its the way we eat/drink/exercise/whatever. Its a lifelong journey for all of us and if we chose to do things a little differently then dont degrade us or "get on to us" about it because for alot of them/us we're still doing good. 

I know for me i've quit posting here in the recent weeks because 
1-i feel like compared to some others, i eat too much. when i feel like i make good choices and eat a decent amount i see others that say "wow, i cant eat that much or im never hungry" well thats great, but some of do get the hunger back. i eat breakfast lunch and dinner and sometimes a snack in between. i wish like hell i could eat 1 meal a day but i cant.
2-i drink, some others drink, my doctor said it was ok to have an occasional drink
3-i dont like drama and i feel like some people pop in and post to cause a stir. 
4-i dont lose like the others, even when i do strictly drink protein or eat drastically less

I have people on facebook and some i dont. There's a few i'd love to find but dont know their last names (Kim you'd be one!) 

Kim post daily regardless of the response she'd gets and im so proud of her but i quit because i felt like it made me feel at times worse than better. 

I try my hardest to eat right and still dont lose. I know that i dont exercise every day but so be it. I've kept off over 80lbs of the 115 i've lost so i'll consider myself a success and move on! 

Kim i do read your daily post, heck i read the board daily but i have to draw back from posting when it makes me feel like im doing something wrong by certain peoples words.

Also, when i first joined this board 6 years ago, there were clicks, so it hasnt always been stricly supportive. I'd much rather see a smaller supportive board then a bunch of people clicing together and leaving people out. When i came here first post op with questions, it was rare that i'd get anyone to answer my question. i dont know if it was because i was new or what but it really shed light on how the board was. I like that i can post a question now and have someone answer it. 

i've rambled enough i just felt compelled to throw what i felt out there.