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Weight gone -- on to maintenance! - Just two days shy of my one year surgiversary I reached my goal weight.  Total loss: 124 pounds, and from a size 24 to a size 6!   Feeling great, happy about my achievement and ...

The medical science behind the 'no fluids w/meal' -  I've been very curious about this for a long time.  The plan is clear.  No fluids 1/2 before and an hour after eating(I usually squish that to 15 min and 1/2 hour).  I have never ...

Milestone -  I haven't posted for awhile.  Needed to take a bit of a break from daily postings and reading on here.  Still on track, though, and still only eating protein - no carb, no veggies...

Another Milestone -  I hit the century mark this morning!  Woo hoo!!!  100 big ones gone forever!!  I still have 24 pounds to go to hit my goal, but it's an amazing thing to have lost 100 pounds in su...

Toning up with the Total Gym - Tomorrow I will start my 8th month since surgery.  I'm down 93 pounds with 30 more to go and have some flabby muscles that I'd like to tone up.  I just purchased a Total Gym on Cra...

Six Month Surgiversary -  Six months today.  Overall weight loss - 84 pounds.  Still have 40 to go, but I've made a good start!  Not losing fast but losing steady, from 7 to 10 pounds a month now.  Feeling...

Milestones..... - Throughout this journey I've tried to keep my eye on the long term, but have also had lots of smaller goals along the way, milestones marking the  way to the ultimate goal.  The fi...

Joined the "Onderland" Folks! - Just a few days ago I hit my half-way point, and this morning I was 2 pounds into 'Onderland'!  I continue to be amazed at my slow-but-steady results, and very very happy!!  Hoping...

What an awesome change from your earlier swim suit pictures! ...

Major Milestone - Today I hit my half-way point!  62 pounds gone, 62 pounds to go.  This was accomplished in 3 1/2 months, but the second 62 pounds will probably not be disappearing in the next 3 1/...

I was guessing you'd lose about 20 pounds with the surgery (after...

New Problem - Low Blood Pressure - So in three months I've gone from having high blood pressure to normal pressure.  The last few days, though, usually the day after a heavy exercise day, I have been experiencing LO...

3rd Month Surgiversary - Just thought I'd post an update as to where I'm at after three months:  Down a total of 59 pounds (including pre-op weight loss).  Down from size 24 to size 18, and the 18 is getti...

Stunning!

Making Healthy Progress -  I'm just shy of my 3 month surgiversary and was at the doc yesterday for check up and labs.  I am now totally off all of my high blood pressure meds.  In addition to that my chole...

Question for veterans re: Doctor visits - I'm almost 3 months out and things are progressing slowly but nicely overall.  I'm having no issues, staying strictly on plan, exercising daily, etc.  Weight loss is slow, which ge...

No more drugs! - At only two months out of surgery (plus a few days), I am no longer on ANY blood pressure medicine!!  I dropped on pill the first month, and then cut the second one in half for the...

Drinking after meals - I've seen some discussion on here re: drinking before and after meals.  Could someone explain to me why it's recommended to wait an hour before drinking anything?  I understand tha...

Meat versus cottage cheese or yogurt -  Interesting.  I can eat 4 oz of cottage cheese or yogurt and not feel uncomfortable or over full.  So, I figured I could eat that amount of bbq pork or chicken.  NOT!  Not even CL...

Interesting thing happened... -  Super Bowl Sunday I ate more than usual, all "legal", mostly protein.  Still just a little over my self-imposed 800 calorie limit, but over it nonetheless.  I have been stalled fo...

Super Bowl Treats -  I'm going to try those cheese crisp things tomorrow for the Super Bowl, but had a question.  Do you count the calories/protein by the weight of the cheese before you cook it or af...

Suggestions to help change 60 year old habit -  Habits are easy to form, hard to break.  As a child raised in the era of the 50's by parents who came through the depression, I was taught early on to CLEAN MY PLATE (or else!).  ...

12 day plateau finally broke -  I was never particularly bothered by it, but after 12 days, I finally dropped a couple of pounds today!  Woo hoo!  Back on the losing train again.  In the past I would have been a...

First Day on Baby Food Phase - Two meals down, one to go on my first day of the baby food phase.  Had a pureed scrambled egg (added 1 oz soy milk) and 1 oz. greek yogurt for breakfast and Campbells vegie beef so...

Coffee..... -  How soon after surgery did you get to have coffee again?  In one meeting it was hinted at that coffee would be gone forever, although they didn't come out and actually say that de...