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Jennifer

2013:  20 Funny New Year's Resolutions

When it comes to New Year's resolutions, our family members and friends can get quite creative and even funny with what they resolve to do in the New Year.  Here a few good ones I have heard along the way...Oh, and a few of my own!

1.  I resolve to stop procrastinating about procrastinating!

2.  I will stop sending Facebook messages and emails to my loved ones when they are in the same room as I am!

3.  I will use my treadmill for something other than a place to hang my jacket.

4.  I will not sit at the kitchen table in my PJ's all day.  Instead, I will move my computer to my bedroom.

5.  I vow to never take a laxative and a sleeping pill on the same night!

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Its been over six years since we've launched our forums. During this time it has seen thousands of fresh faces, greetings, meetings, partings, arguments, kind words, life transformations, cathartic rants, and simply happy time pass. It has been with us throughout this time, silently observing and facilitating. But like any wise old man, its bones were getting old. Its joints were aching, and it has been needing a new jolt of energy.

A Mobile World
Did you know that over 30% of you visit our website using a mobile device? For those who do visit us via mobile, we owe you a sincere apology, because our forums have been horrendous on a mobile browser. But the big news is that things are about to change! Our new forums are completely mobile friendly and compatible with iPhone, Android, and pretty much any other modern smart phone.

Each post, topic, and forum shows up beautifully, with the full set of features, and in nice large font. See the screenshots for yourself.

You dont have do anything different, just browse to the forums like you normally would. This means that you can finally put these away:

Not Just for Mobile
The interface on your desktop browser has also been cleaned up a great deal. There is now less clutter on the page, and the overall experience is a lot cleaner. Check out some more screenshots here!

You will notice that each post no longer has 400 buttons below it. Only the buttons that are relevant to each post show up, making your screen space a lot less cluttered. Also, when you reply to another person's post, the entire post is indented inside, making it a lot easier to figure out who has replied to whom.

Launching soon! Maybe as early as next week! Maybe.
And do remember that this is not in any way a be-all-end-all when it comes to the forums. We are in the process of constantly learning and improving upon what we have, and this is just one step along the way.

Stay tuned for the changes! We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

I am doing really well.  I'm down about 30 pounds and two pant sizes.  I am still learning my new body's digestive habits.  I am one who can eat sugar, but in small amounts.  I have had few bathroom issues.  My "yuckiness" is feeling nauseated from eating too much.  It's hard for me to vomit in this new body - the feeling is there, but the food doesn't like to reverse from my pouch.  That seems like it could be a good thing until you remember that the feeling is still there and its hard to get rid of nausea when you can't easily vomit.  Some others mentioned little tell-tale signs that can signal "full" before you actually feel it - like a runny nose, a sneeze or a burp.   I feel those things, but I am not recognizing them until about one or two bites too late.  Part of my issue is that I am "really good" at work - because who has the time or opportunity to eat junk at work.  Then, of course, I'm tired, hungry and impatient to eat when I get home for dinner.  That's when I make the most mistakes - eating too much of anything, eating too much sugar or fat.  Overall, I am doing well and see all of my experiences as learning opportunities. 

As for you - what a great Christmas present to yourself!!!  You will do great!  Listen to what the doctors - and more specifically the nurses - tell you and do it!  Walk, sip, walk - take gas medicine to help with the gas after surgery - and walk, sip, walk some more.  I'm not sipping anymore and not walking like I should.  I think I would have lost even more if I were walking more.  I have a 3 month check up next week so we will see what the official number of pounds lost will be.  Happy healing to you - and feel free to keep in touch.  I'd love to hear about your progress!

I'm feeling much better. As soon as I hit 2 week post-op I felt much better. I'm still more emotional then before. My incisions itch too but it just means they're healing.