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One Year already! -  I am amazed that I am one year out from surgery! Seriously, it went by so fast and it seems like just yesterday I was so scared and unsure if it was the right thing to do. Now, on...

6 months already? (w pics!) - I cannot believe I had surgery 6 months ago. The whole last year seems like a total blur! I feel so amazing right now, I know I really lucked out by not having any complications, a...

5 months later -  Today is 5 months since my surgery, and I couldn't be happier. Down almost 70 pounds now, gained a ton of muscle since really starting to exercise in earnest a month or so ago, an...

Target NSV - Ok yall, I'm just bursting and had to share. I am a little over 2 months out, have hit a couple of stalls but my nutritionist keeps assuring me that it's normal. Plus, I've been do...

6 weeks later, new pants! - I'm about 6 weeks out from surgery, and in the past week have been stuck at one weight and it was starting to get me a little down. Like a good little soldier, though, I keep going...

Rut-busting foods? - Hi yall! I'm really curious what kinda of foods have gotten you out of a post-surgery snack or meal rut. I have gotten so tired of protein shakes over the past 5 weeks that I'm gon...

Possibly weird dumping question - (Not dumping right now myself, but came up in conversation and I just don't know the answer). If you eat something and have done the no drinking before-or-during thing, and then...

Eating out, small victory but still happy! - The guys in my office wanted to go out for lunch today, and they tend to give me a really hard time about not coming with them. So, I decided that I would go. Unfortunately, they w...

Food Police - I'm so frustrated! I am two weeks out and on pureed/soft foods. Today the guys in my office wanted to go get Mexican for lunch and I went. I did everything right, I didn't drink be...

No wonder babies cry... -  Turns out baby food is disgusting.  I honestly thought I was being crafty, I found some organic packs of baby food, low in sugar and with enticing names like "pasta and lentil bol...

Am I bending the rules? - I'm about one week out from surgery, and have moved onto strained cream soups and puddings, things like that. Tonight my boyfriend ordered Indian takeaway for dinner, and I had 2 o...

It's done! - Writing this from the comfort of my hospital bed, where I've been for a while now. As of around 10 this morning, my surgery is over! I can't believe it. My surgeon was and is amaz...

Less than 24 hours, I am a bundle of nerves. - I have surgery tomorrow morning at 10:30! I cant believe it's almost here. The last few days have been an emotional roller coaster. I had a meltdown on Tuesday, just crying crying...

Thanks! I'm nervous still, unfortunately I haven't done as well on...

Waiting 'til Friday... - Had my Pre-op Testing appointment today.  I was scared that my blood pressure would be too high and the would delay the surgery or something (ironic considering my blood pressure i...

Liquid Diet madness setting in - I started the pre-surgery liquid diet last Thursday, and I'm 5 pounds down but already starting to lose it a little mentally.  I don't have much of a sweet tooth, so these vanilla ...

Wow, you looking amazing, and so happy! Congratulations!!

Surgery scheduled, pre-op diet jitters - This has been such a whirlwind, I got my insurance approval last week and here I am now with a surgery date- July 1!  That means I have to start the pre-op diet in, like, 2 days.  ...

1-2-3 go - I started this whole journey not really thinking I would get to the end of it.  I thought it would be like my attempts at oil painting, or that one month I was really into Eminem. ...