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"The Truth About Exercise": Did you watc - Michael Mosley's The Truth About Exercise on PBS aired here last night.   "We have always been told that regular exercise is one of the keys to a healthy, happy life, an...

One Year Out and All's Not So Well - warning: this post contains  (gasp!!) colors! I know some of you don't like colors, but they make life worth living and I love 'em.   Nearing my first surgiversary, and ...

Metabolism slowed by citalopram (Celexa) and metop - Maybe the meds I take are a major cause of my not losing weight. I poked around the Net some and there are those who swear their metoprolol and citalopram slow their metabolisms...

Slow (stagnant!) metabolism and metoprolol (Lopres - Maybe the meds I take are a major cause of my not losing weight. I poked around the Net some and there are those who swear their metoprolol and citalopram slow their metabolisms...

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - You're never really ready for your hair to just up and fall the hell off your head overnight. Even if you've been thinning for a year and seriously thinning since RNY. I dye...

Mental deficit after RNY? - This was my response to a reply about regretting WLS, in which the poster said she had to quit college due to post-RNY problems with concentration, etc. Does anyone have knowled...

This is a great wig and perfect on you! Would you mind very much...

Self-control - I was doing a little research on self-control (and you know why!) and came across this:  (copied and pasted from http://www.psychologicalscience.org) " ...studies indica...

Metformin, B12, and RNY - Maybe I'm the last to know, but it's been demonstrated that metformin (an oral diabetes drug) interferes with vitamin B12 absorption. It seems to interfere with B12 even when th...

Night Monsters - My closet door is always open.  It's not that I love looking at my clothes and shoes and dusty suitcases. No, it's that monster. It's been living in my closets since I was o...

Less than 100 pounds to go! - My best milestone so far! All it took was three months of waiting, iron-jawed determination alternating with sniveling and whining, and staying connected to OH. I'm really excit...

Stall broken!?! *knock wood, unjinx times infinity - I hate to tempt the gods by saying so, but it looks as if my 3-month stall might be over. The scale bounced between 240 and 244 for twelve weeks. I tried exercising, resting, ea...

I'm making an appointment on Monday! Thanks! Surgeon approval...

I've received plenty of insults, though fewer about being fat than...

Map My Run? - Some months ago an OH member suggested Map My Run. The tool worked fine. Now, though, it has changed. I can't simply create a map; it wants me to register, which I reluctantly d...

I forgot to say, your regain weight is the weight I've been trying to get...

My thoughts echo yours. I had surgery 6 months ago and plateaued...

My smilies don't work. -  Any techies out there who know what could be wrong? I get the smilie window, but when I try to scroll down they repeat and get strung out and jumbled up. I know it is possible to ...

Cake on the table -  Birthday cake, no less. My old nemesis. I declined when offered a slice and felt all right. I asked for and took one bite of my companion's slice. Yummy. One bite was all right.  ...

How are the furry & feathered friends? -  How is the broken leg chicken? Cayenne the cat? The cute white doggie? Sorry, lost his name. I know there are more but my brain is like a sieve, only with less metal between th...

Second Weight Goal--Check! -  I decided I should, could, and would weigh 257 by July 1, and ta-daa! After half a cup of coffee, trip to bathroom, & stripped to underwear, the scale said 257.0. If I keep mee...

Summer Chicken Salad--Haalp! -  I already posted this in Nik's Thursday Dinner thread, below, but I wanted to do an all-call because I've got to kick this up a notch before 6:00 this evening.  Oh, help! I h...

Dietitian or Nutritionist? - Just a point of fact; I'm not telling you what to say!  I see that most folks here call the person who advises them about food a nutritionist--or a Nut for short. Maybe the pers...

Wellgenix Sublingual B12 -  It's a hard little tablet that takes literally an hour and a half to dissolve under my tongue, and that's with a little nibbling. I mean, my temperature does run a little low, but...

One Reason It's So Hard to Stay Off the Scale -  The thrill of victory...the agony of defeat... I felt rather light this morning and let myself step on the scale. When it's good, it's very, very good. Like imported cheese ...