OK, I am a newbie, and a bariatric surgery patient...

....I've been on this site for about a month, and love it. I especially like the ability to sync it from my Droid when away from the computer. I'm over 2 years out from my surgery, and lost about 90% of what I needed to lose, and now I'm fighting to lose that last 10%. I'm 6'5" and hover around 242 lbs, give or take a pound or two. I'm trying to get down to around 225. The BMI scale says I should be about 210 to be considered "normal" weight, but at my height and frame, if you saw me, you'd agree that 210 is probably not reasonable and would look "skinny."
So anyway, here I am. If you aren't familiar with the surgery techniques, the one I had is called a "biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch," aka a "DS." It is NOT the gastric bypass, nor is it the lap-band. This technique involves both restriction in food intake (via removal of part of the stomach, not stapling) and also re-routing of the lower intestine, meaning it's "malabsorptive." The short version is that my dietary needs are such that I only absorb about 1/3 the fat, but also only absorb 1/3 of nutrients and vitamins, so my needs for protein are double or even triple what a "normal" person's are, and I have to take vitamin supplements (about 20 per day) for the rest of my life. The good news is that I only absorb 1/3 the fat, so I can eat all the bacon, butter, heavy cream, etc, that I want. The other catch is that I absorb ALL the carbs and sugars, so that's why, if you look at my numbers, my calorie count may be nutty, along with my fat and protein, but all I'm REALLY watching for is carbs. This is very similar to the Atkins diet in this respect.
So I just wanted to get that all out there, because I have my stuff posted to FB and always get comments from people about "how do you expect to lose weight taking in that many calories?" That's why.
Nice to "meet" you.

dave