Hey Patrice

I read your profile & saw that we were 3 days apart with our surgery & our starting weight was only 1 lb. different, I just wanted to see how you are doing & progressing. I went yesterday for my suppose to be 6 week check up but I went back at 5 weeks because I am leaving Sunday for vacation & wont be home until the next Sunday. Have a great day. Tammy Gunter

Hey Tammy, I suppose I am doing ok...I don't feel like the weight is going anywhere but according to the scales it is. I have unofficially lost a total of 42lbs since I began this journey. I will find out definitely next week when I go in for my 6 weeks checkup. I try not to sit and dwell on the number it can be so addicting to jump on the scales each day to see what is going on and then when you don't see anything you begin to stress. You wonder if you aren't doing something right. I am still struggling with getting the fluids in.. I think the most I have gotten in at this point is 40 oz. in one day. As for protein drinks , these things make me deathly ill... so onto a new gameplan.. I know when I go in next week I will have to hear the lecture about that. So I am not looking forward to that. As far as feeling good I feel awesome. I know that this is an exciting journey that we are all on and in the end the trip is going to be well worth it. Take care and let me hear from you. Hope your vacation is spectacular. Patrice

You are doing great! When I went for my 5 week check up yesterday I had lost 34lbs, my scales show 39 but I have to go by theirs. I feel wonderful. I am getting in around 40 to 50oz. of water a day & 12oz. of protein shake a day. Plus all my vitamins. You know I might be different but every post op I read on the board talked about the gas pains & how bad they were but you know I never had any, or if I did I never knew it. Is that weird or what? I don't have to go bac****il November, maybe by then I will have lost alot more. What all are you eating now? Yesterday he told me I could start having some soft vegtables & fruit. I went to the grocery store & bought 2 squash & last night for supper I cut up 1 squash & a few green onions & sprayed my skillet with pam & stir fried my squash & they were GREAT!!!! I couldn't eat much but I saved the rest for tonight. This weekend I am gonna make Turkey chili. We are going camping in Pegion Forge for 7 nights & will be cooking out alot. We are leaving Sunday morning. I am ready for a getaway. Keep in touch, you are doing wonderful. [email protected] e-mail me anytime you want to. Tammy G.

Tammy, Glad to see that you are hanging in there...I am hoping by November we will both have dropped a good bit off our bodies. As for eating I have been trying to add a few things. Some of which I find don't agree with me. I have not had any dumping/vomitting but I have had that uncomfortable feeling in my pouch and I know if I don't walk away from it then I am going to find myself in trouble. I am finding out what sits wells at lunch may not agree with me at dinner time. But that is one of the things I have heard others say also. I am excited to go and see what they tell me at the 6 weeks appt. Anxious to find out if I am on track or if I am behind. I guess we all set higher expectations for ourselves than we should. Maybe one day when I am up that way we can meet and compare notes. I do hope that you and the family have a very awesome vacation. Let me hear how roughing it is on the new body..... Patrice

Patrice, I do have a little good news for you. When you go to your 6 wk checkup you will see Rachel, she actually told me I needed to eat more..which was amazing..lol. The other good part will be that you will get to advance your diet ALOT. You get to have pasta which almost killed me not to have. Also, you can have pork loin, and fresh fruits....I go back to see Dr Hart at the end of the month for my 3 month check up...so far on my scales i have lost 44 lbs, but their scale is about 5 lbs off. I am 11 wks out and have just now joined Curves for the exercises...I love it. I just thought I would give you a little repreave since the 6 wk diet kills us all....there is light at the end of the tunnel (6 wk tunnel that is)! D'Lynn 232/188 -44 so far....

Roughing it is not for me, we bought a 5th wheel camper, it has Queen size bed, 2 bunks, sofa & table. Also a toliet, shower & tub & kitchen. That is the only way I will go. No tents for me. Have a good weekend. Tammy