Holly on her way home

Hello everyone Holly a patient of Dr Malik's is on her way home she was like Adrienne got to go home a day early because she is doing so good...Well everyone welcome her home and thanx for all you do for one another. Jennifer Advanced Baraitric Center

TY Jennifer, I am home and doing OK.. Someone please help me with knowing how to ease the gas......... I would appreciate it !!!!!!! Well I will post tomorrow I think I am going to try to get some rest. TY OH for all the support yall give.

I still wait for 30 minutes. The reason is if you drink while you eat, the fluid pushes the food thru your tummy quicker and you wind up eating more. It was so hard to get used to not drinking while I eat. smoochies Arlies

Now that I am 18 months out I occasionally take a few sips with a meal. But it is mostly a habit, a bad one. If you drink with your meals then you will get hungry sooner than if you don't drink with meals. If you chew well enough then you won't need to drink. Best wishes.

Okay so 20 pds in 4 weeks. That means you will have lost about 100 pds on your five month anniversary. Shame on you girl. lol You are doing good. Just need us to keep you focused. You are doing great. I am proud of you and the walking. I need to get with it. I lost --let's see---130 divided by 12--about 12 pds monthly. This month is my one year anniv and I have lost about 130 pds. Keep it up and you will be fine. I am proud of you. You have always been a beautiful girl. I love to see your picture come up. I tell my husband--isn't she beautiful?--He agrees. Hope to meet you in person soon. Jane

Sheri, Don't get discouraged. Everyone loses differently. I have heard that the slower you lose, the better off you are, with the excess skin and stuff. Just be patient, you are not doing anything wrong. Try to increase your protein, start making a daily food log so that you can keep up with your calorie intake and use it to make better food choices or whatever you need to do. A food journal will help you tremendously especially at the stage that you are at. Be proud of that 20 pds, it is 20 pds that could have taken you two years to lose without the WLS. You are doing great and you will reach your goal before you know it. Best of luck, Stay Focused and Be proud of yourself, we all are! Love, Rhonda

Jane and Rhonda, Thank you for your words of encouragement. I hope I can do as well as you have. I think I'm just expecting too much too soon. I'm hoping it will be better when I go back to work on May 15th, then I won't be able to sit on dwell on how much I have or have not lost. I'm going to do the diet log and try to increase my protien. Thanks again guys! I'm going to try and make it to the next meeting at pine grove. Sheri

Sheri, It is normal to feel depressed at 4 weeks out. Your body is in shock. Be patient with yourself. Your hormones will be on a roller coster for the next four to five months. Around five months or so it levels off and you will feel emotionally stable again. Hang in there!!! Sonya

Great advice given by all. I use www.fitday.com to log my food intake. It helps and when I am faithful with it, I always lose when I use it. 20 pounds is a WONDERFUL loss! Your body is in shock and will go through spurts of reserving your fat for energy, etc... Just keep it up, and remember, you are trading some of that in for muscle, which weighs more. Seems like I had only lost 40 or so pounds at almost 3 months out, and now I'm nine months out and have lost about 110. So, just keep on doing what you are doing. It's pretty hard to mess up at this point. HUGS Kimberly