Update from a 7/20 post-op

[Guest guest]

Hey --

I sent you a loonnngggg e-mail earlier today...did you get it? I

seem

to have trouble sending a private e-mail through e-groups...

This is what I told the other : " All is well with me--hardly

seems like I've had surgery! No pain, still have a good

appetite--just doesn't take much to fill it! I have noticed that I

have NO cravings for sweets, junk foods, the things I used to crave.

I have actually been craving OLIVES--weird, huh? Have you been

eating

" real " food? I've been, but selectively... mashed potatoes, oatmeal,

soups, etc. I have eaten salad (because I was craving it--WOW--and

it

went down fine!) and grapes, and bites of other stuff. Only thing

that made me sick was chicken noodle soup and a few bites of chicken

lo mein I had--decided it must be noodles that don't agree with me.

I

can live with that!

I'm not losing as rapidly as everyone else--not by a long shot--I've

lost about 11 or 12 pounds total. But, I expected that--I hardly ate

before the surgery... I had this weird habit of not eating at all (or

barely anything) for several days, then " binging " and eating alot on

one day--if I averaged the calories out, I ate less than 1000

calories

a day, still seemed to always be gaining. So, now I'm losing...I can

live with losing slow, so long as I keep losing!

Another good thing about the MGB--I quit smoking! I guess I used to

smoke when I was " dieting, " which was all the time. Now when I'm

hungry I'll have a little something to eat...no need to smoke! I've

been a casual smoker for 15 years--it will truly be a blessing if I

really can quit for good! (no cigs since saturday--5 days and

counting!) "

Let me know how you're doing...and try not to make me feel bad about

my meager loss... (I'd love to hear from any other slow

starters--I need to know that I'm within the realm of " normal " --lol)

--a

> Hey a,

>

> You calm, nice mannered mom, you. smile. You can pretend

that

> you are drinking shots. One teaspoon of Citrucel to a shot-glass

> full of juice. Yum-Yum. Makes you feel like the good ol' days.

> Hehehehe. How are you doing, a? How sucessful have you been

> after this surgery with your weight loss?

>

> Love,

> The stabbed T.

[Guest guest]

Dear a,

I did not get your letter! I am SpecialAngel36 at excite .

com. (I wrote it this way so the address would show) I have never

had any success using this site for contacting people privately. It

doesn't work for some reason. I think your weight loss is very good

especially from how messed up your metabolism got before MGB.

(Either that or you got the 'Attorney's Cut',just ask or

T. LOL ) So far I have lost 25 pounds...yes, it has slowed

everyone! But my loss won't really count until I reach the 35 pound

limit since that is how much I gained after finding out about this

site. Congratulations on quitting smoking! Now we just have to get

Tami to stop...LOL. ( I know. After 18 years of smoking no one could

tell me to quit either!) Take care and I will send you an email to

your private address so you can have my address that way too.

Love,

T

> > Hey a,

> >

> > You calm, nice mannered mom, you. smile. You can pretend

> that

> > you are drinking shots. One teaspoon of Citrucel to a shot-glass

> > full of juice. Yum-Yum. Makes you feel like the good ol' days.

> > Hehehehe. How are you doing, a? How sucessful have you been

> > after this surgery with your weight loss?

> >

> > Love,

> > The stabbed T.