Way to go with your long list of what you have now since having surgery. You'll be continually adding to your list with many more achievements!

I'm so glad that they found the blockages when they did. 

Take care of yourself, and feel better and stronger each day!

Lots of healthy wishes to you.....Cathy

I encourage you to create a plan of rewards you can look forward to.  Example - when you've lost five pounds, you'll reward yourself with some iTunes songs or buy a new app.  At 10 pounds, you'll reward yourself by going to a movie at a theater with a loved one.  Progress by planning a reward every five pounds.  At 20, make the reward bigger such as subscribe to a magazine that interests you such as a health and fitness one (motivation to keep going)....many subscriptions are under $10-$20.  

For me, losing regain, I've put $1 in a clear jar.  For every day that I've stayed on track, I put in $1.  The clear jar helps because it is a visual cue of the momentum you have due to all the green in that jar.  If I go off track, I will donate it or give to one of my teenage sons (which I don't want to do LOL!).  If $1 is too much every day, put in a quarter or however much you want to set it up.  Promise yourself when you've been on track for a certain amount of days that you'll go do or buy something you really want.

Journaling your food really helps.  If I don't want to have to log it, I'm more apt not to eat it.  

You could also put post-it notes reminders or motivators wherever you go - on the refrigerator, bathroom mirror on the side of your computer.  Remember why you had weight loss surgery.  Put up pictures of yourself before you had surgery as a reminder.  One of the ones I've used before is Food is temporary, Joy from losing weight and gaining health is long-lasting.  

Tell yourself as many times as you need to - "I can do this!" because you can!

Huge congratulations to you on your 100 pounds in only 8-1/2 months.  That's incredible!  

All of your other NSVs are equally incredible.  I'm inspired by your excitement and gratitude!

The only train is the one you're driving on your successful WLS journey!!  

I've had a couple periods of regain and the only "diet" I will ever do again is going back to the basics that I know work as a WLS post-op. Go back to how you ate when you were losing.  The basics for me is to eat lean proteins first, followed by a veggie salad or cooked veggies, then if I have room, I'll eat fruit or a complex carb of some kind.  

I don't know about you, but for me, every time I was on a diet, I'd stay on it for awhile, get off and regain what I'd lost.  Since having WLS, going back to basics has worked for me.

Just remember that you lost it once, and you can do it again.  You can lose 25 pounds.  Feel good about yourself that you caught it and reached out before you gained more.

I lost some hair but not very much.  I've heard that taking biotin can help.  Due to anesthesia and other aspects of the surgery, some hair loss can be expected.  I had an unrelated surgery almost a year ago and I lost some hair due to the anesthesia.  

Check out the article on Hair Loss for tips and info from a couple of pros.

I haven't ever heard not driving for a month. I was instructed by my bariatric surgeon not to drive while I was taking any prescription pain pills. By Day 4 post-op, I had stopped the pain meds and was driving.

I'm not sure about the ice cubes. Whatever food progression program you're given by your surgeon, check with them first.

All the best to you on October 14th!!

I had Type 2 Diabetes before I had RNY (Gastric Bypass Surgery) in 2001. Since the day after I had my surgery, I haven't taken any medication nor had any issues with my A1C. While WLS doesn't "cure"diabetes, I'm sure enjoying 14 years of remission from my diabetes!

Have you called your surgeon's office about your incision and the draining?  Anything that comes up like this newly post-op is worth a phone call, especially with the weekend starting tomorrow.  

I've made these with various cheeses and they are delicious.  This recipe is one of my top 10 faves.

The salsa is delicious.  I've made it and put it on chicken, fish and pork.  

Thanks Karen for sharing your recipes!

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Keep doing exactly what you're doing and you'll lose. It is very common to experience weight loss stalls.  In fact, so common that Dr. Adeyeri wrote an article about weight loss stalls for OH members.  

Stay focused on how you'll feel in a year from now, and not the annoying stalls.  I was confident that I was going to be the one person that didn't lose weight from my weight loss surgery.  That was 147 pounds and 14 years ago, and I did - you will too!!