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Finally normal! - I'm 10 months post-op, down 97 pounds and today I finally hit the glorious "normal" threshold when I stepped on the scale. I'd like to hit 150 pounds as my ultimate goal, but if th...

Bonus to travel after RNY - you actually lose weig - I took a group of students to Washington, DC last week for a national journalism conference. We crammed a ton of experiences into our Wednesday-Sunday trip, ate great food, saw won...

Syntrax unflavored - I usually use Unjury unflavored, but Amazon has Syntrax unflavored. Can somebody tell me how the two compare? 

Hominy? - I stay away from corn because I know it's often hard for us to eat post-op, but I haven't tried hominy. Any body have experience with it? I found a pork and hominy stew recipe that...

Laser lipo - There's a Groupon today for three laser lipo treatments for $179 at a place in Memphis. Does anybody have any experience with this procedure? I'm tempted to buy it to get rid of so...

NSV - pretty lacy things - For this first time about 20 years, I was able to buy some underwear from Victoria's Secret today. I cleaned out my underwear drawer today, so I decided to treat myself. A silly li...

Just what the world needs - another blog ;) - I've been trying to get motivated to write again lately, so I decided to start writing a blog about my weight loss journey. I know that there are tons of those already out there, b...

Unflavored protein powder - I let my Unjury get too low, and now I need to buy some this weekend. I use protein powder in my Crystal Light and coffee, so I need unflavored. Can someone offer a suggestion of a...

Advice on protein - I had my six month appointment at my surgeon's today. All my numbers were good, but the nurse practitioner asked me how much protein I was getting. I told her that in the last mont...

RNY probs - forgot my FitBit - I got to the tennis court tonight and realized I forgot to put on my FitBit when I changed clothes! I just love seeing that spike on my chart when I workout. I'll miss it tonight!

6 month surgiversary & my birthday! - Today I had a great birthday and 6 month surgiversary. My husband, kids and I went to Memphis for a late lunch at an awesome new tapas place. It was really good. Then we went groce...

6 months out with photos - My 6 month date will be this Saturday, but I had to take some pictures today for a website I'm working on, so I thought I'd go ahead and share a few days early. The before pictures...

Overweight! - I finally reached this milestone today! It feels so good, especially since I've been in a stall for 3 weeks. 

RNY probs - disappearing fanny - I hate to complain, but it seems like 45 of the 65 pounds I've lost have come from my rear end.  Last week I actually had to resort to buying some butt shaper panties at Target. A ...

RNY probs - garden goodies - As a result of my weight loss, I had the energy to plant a little vegetable garden this year that produced a lot of goodies. My favorite garden product has always been tomatoes, an...

Greek yogurt buttons - I  have a bad habit of overbuying Greek yogurt, and I end up having to throw some of it out. Today when looking around Pinterest, I decided to try to make some of the yogurt button...

NSV during a staff meeting - The other day we were in a meeting, and one of my fellow teachers had a bag of junk food (Little Debbies, peanut M&Ms, etc.) that he offered to share. There were three people who r...

Ball game - last year and this year - We went to a Memphis Redbirds game today, which was my first time to go since having RNY. We usually go to one or two games a year. Here's a picture of last year's game around the ...

Hurt back - what can I take? - I pulled a muscle in my back Wednesday and it's still killing me after two days of taking it easy and alternating ice/heat. I thought about seeing my doctor today, but is there any...