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I have not been on the site for quite some time now. I am 27 months post-op and 11 months at maintenance. I am maintaining my weight loss. I will say sometimes with little effort and other times with all the strength I have. Well speaking only for myself maintenance is where I discovered the...

Well I went for my my checkup today which is now every 6 months. My surgeon told me I was the poster person for VSG surgery. Don't know what he meant. I have lost all of my weight and am now figuring out maintenance. I had to ask to be weighed as he said your labs are great and you look...

I am 3 months into maintenance. I have recently begun to introduce some foods into my food plan that I didn't eat while in the losing phrase. Some have gone well as long as I allow for them in my calorie intake which is 1200. I have read that some people will eat protein bars as a meal...

I have been really struggling emotionally, For the past 17 months much of my focus has been on losing the weight. I also felt I was doing a great deal of emotional work. Now that I am at goal or close to it, I feel anxious, depressed and fearful. Maybe I was in denial about making the...

Well I hit my second goal weight. My new one is 9 pounds away. I have begun to think about life about losing and how that will feel. Since I have never maintained any weight loss for a long period of time, I just don't know how to do this. Anyone at the maintenance stage want to share how...

Well I have been at a stall for a few weeks and just losing slowly. I have not set a goal weight for myself as I know me and I will focus on that instead of the present moment. I did set 1 goal about a month ago to lose 100 pounds. I wanted to do it by my birthday, which was last week. It...

I am almost 10 months post op sleeve. I have been managing the emotional part of this journey fairly well up to now. I am feeling a great deal of stress from family issues as well as work. I also have begun to doubt my ability to continue this journey feeling the joy I have felt since the...

When I started, I was wearing sz 24 pants and 3x in tops. I had clothes to sz 18 and 1x from all the yo yo dieting. I had to buy clothes for winter so I purchased 5 pair of pants in sz 16 and xl tops. A new season is amost here and my clothes are too big again. I went out and bought 5 pair...

I made turkey chili tonight for the first time. It was yummy and very healthy. I almost always eat single food items. For example: 3 oz. fish and 2-3 ounces of veggies. I still weigh my food. So tonight I was trying to figure out my protein and veggies, but since this is a combined meal I...

Down 7 pounds this week. I should be happy, but this is day 9 of the flu. I am just starting to eat more than a few mouth fulls. I didn't eat a thing for 4 days. My fever was too high and all I could do is drink water, when I wasn't sleeping. I am very weak and will try some protein tonight...

I lost 7 pounds in December. This was my lowest monthly weight loss since my surgery. The last few weeks I go between 185-186. I am not eating any more then I did before. I still weigh everything that goes in my mouth. I am taking yoga once a week and plan on increasing to twice a week with...

My surgeon gave me referral to a gastro due to severe contipation since surgery. I went and he diagnoised me with IBS since the surgery. I always thought that IBS was the opposite of my problem. He spent a lot of time with me and basically told me constipation begets constipation. So my fear...

The gifts are bought and wrapped. The cookies are baked (and I didn't even have one). Now is time to enjoy. My family will gather for Christmas Eve at my sister's house where we all exhange gifts and the kids put on a Christmas show. Italian tradition of 7 fishes will be served. I cook for...

Well I didn't want to talk about it, but who would know better then those you might have gone through it. Severe constipation since my surgery. At first I thought it was normal as I was eating so little and figured my intestines needed to wake up. I talked to doc who told me to take extra...

I'm just asking. I have been pear shaped my whole life. Since the surgery, it appears this is changing. I am changing into an apple shape. Not totally, but it is obvious. Several people have commented including my daughter yesterday. She said "Mom what happened to your bottom"? I finally...

So I took my first yoga class in 10 years. I used to practice in my 20's and 40's. So my knees are not as good as they were back then. I had a great teacher who helped modify some positions. I am really looking forward to my next class. Felt some pain the next day in places that have not...

Well I guess I have to change my goal. I did achieve the first one to be under 200 pounds. I still can't come up with a number. I feel in a way that by doing so I could be setting myself up for failure or disappointment. I think I might just ride it out to see where my body takes me. When I...

Well I decided to have it catered this year. I was planning on cooking, but changed my mind last week. Is just a lot of work that I didn't feel like doing and I am okay with this, and everyone else will have to be. I know a wonderful woman who owns a Tea Room and also caters and delivers. I...

Long story short, during my preop testing my kidney function tests were high. I met with a kidney specialist and he did some tests and concluded that the anti inflammatory meds caused some kidney damage. I had bloodwork done about 6 weeks ago, as I have been off the meds since my surgery, and...

Does anyone have a recipe for pumpkin or butternut squash soup? If not, do you know of a site where I may be able to find one that is low fat and low sodium. Thanks