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Kids & WLS - How do you feel about kids under age 18 having WLS? I hate to see kids growing up obese, suffering bullying and health problems and social problems, but I'm not sure I was matur...

The Clean Plate Club - I belonged to the CPC (Clean Plate Club) for over 50 years, so I consider myself something of an expert on it (and I am, after all, The World’s Greatest Living Expert on E...

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What's the deal with this "happy weight" - At my 6-month post-op visit (which didn't happen until 7 mos post-op due to my work schedule), I weighed 127.8# (4.2# below my goal weight. The NP didn't remark on it and neithe...

And now for something completely different - I'd like to take a break from failed band discussions and spend some time talking about something any WLS patient ought to be able to answer, namely: How much of your weight...

MIA because of weird internet problems - I've been MIA from the forums for a few weeks because of a weird problem - haven't been able to type text into message, blog, or forum text fields. Finally fiddled with the IE C...

Today's NSV - I'm a big proponent of the practice of keeping track of body measurements while losing weight. Seeing those numbers change helps a lot when I'm not seeing scale numbers change. ...

Is this an NSV, or is it just weird? - This morning I drove to a liquor store up in KY (this TN county and all the surrounding ones are dry, so KY is the nearest place to buy booze) to buy 100-proof vodka so my husba...

Good Eating Skills - Most WLS patients find that good eating skills are as important as good food choices. The fact that some side effects and complications can happen to even the most conscientious...

What are you eating today (Monday) or yesterday? - Will winter ever end? I know it will, but it seems endless to me now. But, I have to say that every winter I'm thankful that I no longer have to struggle getting in and out of t...

What are you eating? thread - I need to take a break from this thread for a day or 2. Yesterday I found out that my favorite aunt (my mom's 90-yr-old sister) has been hospitalized in NH with several problems...

What are you eating today (Tuesday) or yesterday? - Yesterday was very, very cold. Today is freeeeeeking cold. I have the day off and would like to stay put in my nice warm house, but I have to get a blood test done this morning ...

What are you eating today (Monday) or yesterday? - Today's west Tennessee weather report can be summed up thusly: BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I've had 5 days in a row off, kind of like a mini vacation (staycation is more ...

What are you eating today (Sunday) or yesterday? - Yesterday I took a mountain of the kinda-fat clothes (accumulated last year  to accommodate my weight regain) to a consignment shop. The owner loved all of it and told me to giv...

What are you eating today (Saturday) or yesterday? - Do you have trouble sticking to healthy eating on the weekends? Weekends usually don't involve time off for me, and I'm able to stay on track as long as I don't have junky food ...

What are you eating today (Friday) or yesterday? - Last night I went to bed early and set my alarm as usual for 5:15 am (it takes me a while to get this old body cranked up enough to tackle an exercise class at 7:30 am). I slept...

What are you eating today or yesterday? - Well, things in my little corner of the world seem to be back to normal, if extremely cold. If you can call living with 9 dogs is normal. The other day I told a coworker that ou...

What are you eating thread - In case you were wondering...I've temporarily dropped the daily what are you eating thread because a storm here knocked out our internet connection (which is basically 2 tin can...

What are you eating today (Saturday) or yesterday? - Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work I go (tonight). I'm going to tackle some housecleaning today before I have to leave for work. I am no Suzy Homemaker, but I let things slide duri...