Katie M.

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for those who have been pregnant after RNY - Did your vitamin routine change while you were pregnant? Thanks :D

sugar intake and yeast infections post-op - I have had a yeast infection the week before my period for the last three months (this is month three) My doc is convinced it's due to a drop in estrogen that is allowing the yeast...

Birth control confusion - I'm posting here because I have yet to hear back from my clinic, and it might be another good place for info. I need to get on birth control but my doctor is hesitant to give me an...

sugar, omg - I've been so cautious about reading labels and sticking to things with less than 10g of sugar - until this morning. For some reason I thought I could have some maple syrup on a "he...

NSV - I just cut the lawn. HURRAY FOR ME! This time last year merely pushing the lawn mower a few times up and down the lawn and I would have been having an asthma attack. Today I did th...

Under 300! - WOOHOO! I can't make my ticker update for some reason but I have finally busted past the 300 mark and as of this morning am 299.4 lbs! I haven't been under 300 for at least six or ...

Losing weight/not sleeping - So I'm 6.5 months post-op and it was a super slow winter in terms of weight loss for me, a pound here, a pound there. Still losing, but not like it was at the start. Which was to b...

Head game - I'm six months post-op and until now I haven't ever really been hungry. Food hasn't interested me much. I went through some tough family stuff that, this time last year, would have...

Twitchy muscles/Exercise - Anyone else get muscle twitches after a good workout? It only happens after I stop moving. Magnesium deficiency? Or just muscles happy to be working?

First proper portraits, taken by a friend after a full day of me taking...

First proper portraits, taken by a friend after a full day of me taking...

First proper portraits, taken by a friend after a full day of me taking...

First proper portraits, taken by a friend after a full day of me taking...

body wraps? - So, a girl I work with has started selling those body wraps that claim to tighten loose skin and help you loose inches. She has gone on and on about how well they work for her, eve...

bit of an OT question re: Costco - Does anyone know if they sell Nesfruta (the water flavourings) in bulk, or cheaper than at the grocery store? The cheapest I can find it is around $3.50 at Walmart. I go through th...

so confused about iron - I've been told to start taking an iron supplement - the iron in my prenatal vitamins isn't enough. The nurse at TWH told me to take ferrous gluconate. But doing a bit of research o...

Week 20 pics! - It's kinda crazy how different life is now, and I haven't even made it half way to goal yet. When I get under 200 lbs, watch out world! So far only chicken still gives me trouble, ...

20 weeks! not quite a skinny minnie yet, but gettin' there

What the heck? I'm growing half a moustache. - Anyone else have some strange body hair happen after surgery? It's falling out of my head at an alarming rate, which I expected and luckily I had a lion's mane to begin with. But n...

patch on tongue - b12 deficiency? - I noticed a strange patch on my tongue this morning, almost like a spot where the taste buds have disappeared, sort of off to one side. A quick google diagnosis suggested b12 defic...

The Simply Bar @ Costco? - Has anyone ever seen The Simply Bar protein bars at Costco? I like them a lot but they're kind of expensive to buy at the grocery store! $2.79 each at Metro and my store didn't hav...

When there's nothing to eat - I was at a friend's birthday party tonight, at her her house. I always leave my house prepared - bottles of water, and something to eat just in case I get caught in a place where t...