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Me at my heaviest right before surgery and me almost 8 months out

OK I am amazed, I have lost a total of 137 pounds.. I have gone from a size 30/32 down to a 12 / 14 in this time frame... I am at the point where I look like a bag of saggy baggy skin, LOL... LOL I am a skin bag right now. I am not eligible for any skin revision until after the 1 year...

Well I am in shock... I made One-Der-Land several days ago... Found out Saturday that I have lost a total of 130 pounds since 11/26/2014.. I now weigh less at 51 than I weighed at 8 years old.. My avatar picture is of me at a size 22, I am now in a 14/16...

Hi all, I have been having ongoing stomach / pouch pain with eating, between eating, some spasms, some feelings of irritation and the sensation of fullness while sleeping, to the point of making me wake up so my surgeon sent me for an EGD this morning.. My GI specialist found I have some...

OK, yesterday I received a call from my mom, she is crying and freaking out. My mother(adoptive) is afraid I am losing to much weight and that I am way to thin, Seriously. I listened to her rant about how tired I always look because my eyes are baggy, keep in mind I am up at 4 am, have olive...

For obvious reasons, I normally do NOT weigh myself except maybe once a month if even. I had to weigh myself today. I almost fell off of the scale.. I am serious when I say I was giddy, excited, anxious, lost my breath, swooned, you name it was there. I have lost a total of 112 pounds...

Alright I am usually a calm, fairly sane and pretty well put together, LMAO yeah right, woman.... I was washing my hair last night and DAY UM my hair was coming out by the hands full :eek:. I hit that magical 4 month post op hair loss phase, :eek: I mean to tell you I was freaking out at...

Decided yesterday was the day to "Spring" clean my closet..... I removed so many clothes it looked like I had my own + Sized department happening in my bedroom. My husband came home and just looked about and stated, "I was wondering when you were going to attack your closet." LOL. He has...

Well I am 4 months out(this includes the pre-surgical diet) and I have hit a milestone, I am down 101 pounds as of 9:45 am this morning.. I am in a bit of shock, in a great way that is... My follow up went very well and my surgeon wants me to up my daily caloric intake to 1000 calories a...

My hubby bought me a Fit Bit..... LOVE IT I can now track my walking, steps, water consumption, calories burned, calories in vs calories spent on exercise and all sorts of other cool things. I really like the fact that I can monitor what I am eating, how much I am eating, calories...

Well here I am 77 days out, 87 pounds lighter and gall bladder free. I am having some surgical related tiredness due to having 2 major surgeries within 2 months. I am now back up to my reasonably normal walking routine. I am having to stop here and there if I get the cramping related to the...

Hey Tillie... Congratulations honey, your on countdown... WOOT WOOT 13 days and a wake up

I am officially scheduled for Friday January 24th, just 2 days shy of my 2 month RNY surgery anniversary... My surgeon is hoping I will be able to go home the same day. He believes I may be admitted for the night. He is concerned about the pain, irritation of my pouch(kangaroo), swelling...

Stuck a total of 5 times, the first go round, to start an IV for the nuclear tracer, spent 3 hours under the scanner, taken out asked to walk for an hour THEN I had to endure several more sticks in a failed attempt to start a new line after he blew my vein and another hour under the scanner to...

My favorite for now is a 1 egg omelet with a thin deli slice of smoked gouda + my fresh fruit. Quick, simple and tastes great.

http://www.ebook3000.com/Weight-Loss-Surgery-Cookbook-For-Dummies_115971.html Thought I'd share.

This Bariatric Blog is awesome. The lady covers all nutrition bases, recipes and all sorts of wonderful information.. http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/2011/08/protein-shake-check-up.html

Oh yay, :(... Not I have thrown up for the first time, thanks to the stomach bug my son and mother both so graciously shared with me.. For me the vomiting was more like power refluxing everything in my pouch back up and out. The only difference was the force of the reflux.. It was not...

Well here I am at the chewable vitamin stage, soft foods and changes. The last 2 weeks have been a very interesting, eye opening journey into self acceptance and killing old habits and birthing healthier habits.. I have found that my "cravings", "triggers", and intense "desires" for...

Well what a day. I had my first post-surgical follow up today. I have lost just over 50 pounds since starting the Phase 1 diet. 18 of that came off from November 20th to current. All is awesome AND I got to have a yogurt as a snack, wow that was interesting. All I could manage was about 3...