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Gallbladder removal, continual pain, depression... - Hey all... Just wondering if anyone has any similar experiences or advice on anything. I have now lost like 122 pounds since surgery. Whoo-hoo! The gallbladder started faili...

Have you done a gallbladder cleanse? - That awful pain that I had a week ago and attributed to overeating was apparently my first big gallbladder attack. Sucks! Took me three days to figure it out. Had another one la...

Sooooo painful! - Alright...I had my first "oh my gosh I ate too much and I'm in extreme pain" episode last night. Welcome to my first holiday season post op. We had "Friendsgiving" with several ...

100+ pounds gone in just over six months! -  i finally made it past 100 lbs gone since surgery! whoo-hoo!!!

NSV - Flag Football! - I have wanted to play in this football league for three years...but I was too nervous b/c of my weight and shape (and I had a baby too). Yesterday I played my first game! And I was...

Woman question - endometriosis & nuva ring - So I know pretty much all the ladies have issues with their cycle changing. I get that. I expected it. But I am curious... I have endometriosis...I had surgery once after I had ...

NSV - A Hard One Though -  So this week I am learning how much I have truly changed and grown. My husband left for a trip to China for two weeks with some people from our church to teach english. We had som...

Super Obese to Obese - I started my VSG journey at a BMI over 51.4 - Super Obese I didn't even realize when I went from Super Obese to just Extremely Obese... Today my BMI is 39.6 making me regular...

alcohol after VSG - I am going on a girls weekend - no kids, yay! - in the middle of July and I would kind of sorta like to have one drink. I haven't had a drink at all since before my surgery. And by...

1,028 calories down at Zumba! -  So for Mother's Day I got a Mio Drive+ heart monitor. I think I love the thing a bunch! It helps me figure out how many calories I burn...I'm kinda overly obsessed with getting bi...

Blood sugar issue post VSG - sorry it is long. -  Hey all... Okay so it has been just over 3 months since I had my surgery and I have lost over 71 lbs! Super excited about that! I have been a little over-strict with my diet ma...

3 Months and Going Strong! -  It's been 3 months since I had my surgery and I am down nearly 70 lbs. (lost 5 during 2 wk prep)  This has been a challenging and amazing journey! In the last three months I ha...

mother's day 5k!!! - I walked/ran my first 5k ever today! So excited and proud of myself today. My goal was to finish in 45 minutes and i did it in 45:33...I will take it as goal reached! I would n...

50 lbs gone for good!!! - It's official! I've now lost 50lbs since my pre-op appointment!!! I can't believe it! I'm so stinking excited! And I pulled out an old pair of shorts today to put on and they are W...

NSV for me despite the scale's lackluster perfomra - So the scale is still not budging...been about a week. Well...I guess today it was down .2...maybe it's starting to move again. Anyway, last night at Zumba, I discovered that I...

it finally happened.... - Well I knew this day was coming...I made it a long time. But after six weeks of stepping on the scale every day and seeing a loss it seems to have ended. The scale hasn't budged fo...

One month out...38 lbs gone forever! And a questio - Today is my 1 monthaversary...my first anniversary of my VSG. Yay! I'm down 38 pounds so far and feeling great. I am healed and doing really well.  My biggest difficulty is stil...

pills+walking+water = not good - Usually I walk during the day sometime. But this morning I tried to start a new habit of waking early for a walk. Plus my big goal for today is to drink 64 oz of water...I haven't ...

really yummy mushy food! - Found something really tasty and healthy for the mushy foods and it's fast food!!! Chick-fil-a = a small bowl of chicken tortilla soup (w/o tortialla chips) is delicious! It's f...

my fitness pal question - So I'm 3 weeks out today and doing well so far! I started using myfitnesspal about a week or so ago...and I have a question. I have had a few days - and today is turning out to...

Why I loved my 6 month waiting period - Just reflecting here...I thought I'd share this with you... You know I HATED the 6-month waiting period required by insurance...at first. But then not too far into it, an aquain...

Hi there...I haven't seen anything from you for a while and thought...

Bye bye 300's!!!! - It's official...I have broken up with 300+ numbers...for good!  In the NSV side of things - my mom wanted to buy me an outfit yesterday...I'm already down one size! Still a litt...

driving... - I'm wondering how long you waited or had to wait to drive again. I haven't driven yet b/c they said I wasn't cleared when I left the hospital...but I'm now 11 days post op, not usi...

kinda nervous now... - I'm 9 days post op today. Today has been a bad day for me. Just really rough...I'm still pretty sore and i struggle keeping up with my busy 7 and 3 years old...it's spring break. ...