Celebrating phuffman007's RNY Journey! My highest weight was 365 pounds. Knowing that I couldn't keep this going, I spent over a year of researching and made the decision to have RNY Gastric Bypass. On May 20th, 2014, my life changed. I haven't felt this good in my entire life. I
Picture this...8 years ago I was an unhealthy 281 pounds and very depressed. This was my low point. I’m sure we all started from a low point in our lives. I had high blood pressure and found out a few years earlier that I had diabetes as well. I knew I
Celebrating Darlene's Journey Before & After RNY! I made the decision to have RNY Gastric Bypass in the summer of 2005. I recall an occasion when my father who was dying of lung cancer, looked up at me in his frail state whispered: “Please don’t fall on me”. I took notice
Celebrating Maryann's Journey Before and After RNY! I have struggled with weight my entire life. I've lost weight over the years, but have always gained it back, plus more. I'd considered surgery but thought that I could do it myself. I hoped somehow, someday that I'd find that elusive thing that
After struggling with my weight since puberty and being super morbidly obese for many years, I had an open Roux-en-Y (RNY) on August 27, 2007. It was the day before my 45th birthday, and it was the day that gave me BACK my life. After having WLS, I lost 190
There is a strong connection between WLS, food, nutrition and bioavailability. Having weight loss surgery greatly impacts the types of food post-op patients should eat, the nutrition needed for good health along with the bioavailability from those foods. Bariatric surgery is the most effective solution for long-term weight loss in
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 78.6 million adult Americans are affected by obesity. A person with a BMI of 30 kg/m² or greater is considered obese. Obesity increases one’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain types of cancer (1). Weight
Celebrating Sherrie's Revision to RNY Journey! If you look at photos of me growing up, I am overweight in all of them. The chunky toddler, the "husky" girl in elementary school, the chubby wallflower in middle school - you get the picture. In college, the "Freshman Fifteen" was really the
Celebrating Janine's Journey! After shedding 258 pounds from gastric bypass surgery 12 years ago, I would have to say it's the best thing I have ever done for myself! I had been heavy all my life, but when I reached a high of 409 pounds, I realized that if I didn’t
Recently, my husband and I were trying to find something decent to watch on TV after dinner. We have two children, and we don't have cable or satellite service. We have Netflix, and our kids watch the show 'Cupcake Wars.' It is a competition where established bakers create cupcakes under
