Larry Wassmann

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Computers, Computers...PITA -   Computers, I hate computers. Well I guess I should not hate them as I made my living for years working with computers. But really they are a convenience but sure do chew u...

OT How we live -   Is the anyone here my friends who loves Downton Abby as much as my wife and I do? I know it is a fictional story abut some aristocratic English people and their home, but ...

Surgery Comment -   People don’t cut my head off for this, but I think it would be real helpful if people who have had surgery and describing the pain they had and medications they took...

Poster Child Me??? -   I went to a visit with my PCP (Personal Care Physician), yesterday. After examining me and going over my charts she said I should be considered a poster child for WLS. Eve...

Drinking with meals??? - I was eating dinner with my wife tonight and of course I was eating slowly and not drinking with my food. My wife was eating the same food, but she, having a regular stomach, wa...

Happy New Year -   As I start a new year I want to look back at 2012 and review the highlights of the year. I knew in 2011 that I would have weight loss surgery. It had already been approved...

I walk funny -   When I was real heavy I would walk with my legs kind of spread out. Kind of like what a baby who is just learning to walk and has a messy dipper on, you know waddling alon...

OT After Christmas Update - We had a wonderful Christmas and had the family here for a very nice time. Good food and family. I was able to eat my normal small amount and stayed on program. As I have said b...

After Christmas Update - We had a wonderful Christmas and had the family here for a very nice time. Good food and family. I was able to eat my normal small amount and stayed on program. As I have said b...

New Christmas Outlook - Well it is just a few days until Christmas. Now that there is just Jackie and myself here in the house, Christmas is not the same. Jackie still loves to listen to Christmas musi...

6th Month Evaluation -   Well yesterday I went to my 6th month WLS evaluation with Dr. Landers at the Bellevue Group Health Hospital. I had all my blood tests the week before and basically the Doc...

Using Menu Tracking Software -   One of the best things I have ever done on my journey to lose weight is to use a product that is free on the Internet called MyfitnessPal.com. Or MFP as it called by those...

Planning For Christmas - Well I made it through the Thanksgiving holiday without going against my diet plan and actually lost weight. Now of course Christmas is coming and I have the opportunity to agai...

Thanksgiving 2012 first after WLS -   Well yesterday I had my first major holiday after my weight loss surgery which was on 5/9/2012. I have lost 115 pounds from that day and I continue to lose and have 2...

My Thanksgiving status report with pictures - Rather than repeat everything here, if you want to see what I had for dinner with pictures please just go to my blog at http://lwassmann.blogspot.com/ It is all there wi...

Do you have a Thanksgiving Dinner Plan? - Well this week for some of us will be the first major holiday after WLS. Getting together with family and of course eating will be the big event. I was always one who would pile my...

A Spiritual Place For Me - During my weight loss journey and transforming myself into a new person, I have come to the conclusion that as I change on the outside, I have to change my outlook on the inside...

Kind of in a Funk!! - Well today, I kind of find myself in a kind of a funk of sorts. The weather around here is kind of cool and some rain. There are things I would like to do, but the lack of money...

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday !!! - Well today is my 71st Birthday. Yes that many years ago I was born and brought into this world. So far it has been a great life. Not everything has been perfect, but pretty clos...

Well looking at your photos all is not lost, you still look great. I know...

Travel after WLS - Now after losing weight there are many things that I really love and traveling is one of them. How many times when I was very heavy it was very uncomfortable to travel, because ...

6th Month Status Report with Photos - May 9th will be 6 months from the time I had my weight loss surgery. Quite a few changes have happened to me, but most profound is that I am now down in weight more than 112 lbs...

6th Month Status Report - May 9th will be 6 months from the time I had my weight loss surgery. Quite a few changes have happened to me, but most profound is that I am now down in weight more than 112 lbs...

Blogs - I do a lot of blogging not only for Weight Loss Surgery but other things as well. I enjoy reading other folks personal blogs and see the activities and events in their lives and...