mljohns
mljohns posted a discussion topic 7 years, 9 months ago
Hello,
I am currently training for the STP bike ride (Seattle to Pprtland-204 miles in two days) on a bicycle. I've wanted to do this for years. I was an insulin dependent diabetic and now after SADI surgery, I do not require any meds at all.</
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mljohns posted a discussion topic 8 years, 2 months ago
To borrow the lyrics from the song Seasons of Love from the play Rent...."525,600 minutes...how do you measure. measure a year".
Indeed, how do you measure a year since I started my WLS journey? Here's the hard cold numbers:
January 27
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mljohns posted a discussion topic 8 years, 6 months ago
Well I went on my first business trip since surgery. I had to travel to Vegas for 4 days. I didn't lose but I didn't gain either. I had a difficult time getting in all my protein and my water and vitamins. Just too busy. But had several NSVs anyway....
mljohns posted a discussion topic 8 years, 8 months ago
I'm two days shy of my 6 month surgiversary and I just saw 147 on the scale. I was in junior high school the last time I saw that number. I had a PE teacher tell me, "you'd better lose weight now or you'll be fat for the rest of your life." If not for
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mljohns posted a discussion topic 8 years, 8 months ago
Hello all, SADI on 1/27/15 I've lost 85 lbs total. Now that I'm feeling much better I've started cycling again. Average ride is 10-12 miles per day (6x per week) average speed 12-15 miles per hour. For these daily rides I don't need any nutrition. Howe
mljohns posted a discussion topic 8 years, 8 months ago
I'm 5 months out from SADI loop surgery. Got the results from my labs. My A1c was 5.4!!!!!!!!! No longer diabetic. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 15 years ago. Was on insulin for 10 years and an insulin pump for five of those years. I'm off all m
mljohns posted a discussion topic 8 years, 11 months ago
Tomorrow will be 3 months since I had SADI surgery. Total weight loss 67 lbs (30 pre-op, 37 post-op). My NSV, I played racquetball for the first time in 20 years. I had a great time! I surprised myself how quickly my old skills came back. It was grea
mljohns posted a discussion topic 9 years ago
When are pickles (specifically dill) pickles allowed after DS?