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14 month check-in and chit chat :) - So, here I am, 14 months out.  I was worried I would never stop losing, but I did at 12.5 months out.  I'm at a happy weight of 158-163.  Today I weighed in at 161.  My starting...

1 year update with Photo - Well, I'm one year out (nearly) and I'm down to 169.1lbs.  While I'm happy to be at this weight, it's a little scary at the same time.  I'm 11lbs below my 'goal'.  I'm afraid to...

How much is too much loss? - Well, I've been out of the home for two weeks now, and haven't weighed in since then, but my last weigh in, I was 15lbs from my "goal" weight of 180lbs for a 6'1" male.   ...

Superbowl Party Dips/Recipes - I thought I'd share one with you guys that we made last night for my daughters Bday party today (and also for Sunday).  While I know dips are not the healthiest options this dip...

Scale Victory and question about consumption? - So, since life is basically "back to normal" for me and my family, I really haven't been on the boards much.  I still occasionally browse but rarely post now.  I'm trying to sti...

6 Month Scale Victory - I weighed in yesterday morning for my 6 month mark and I slipped below the Obese mark down to Overweight.  219.7.  That's 133lbs since I started my journey.

Stricture Advice - So, wife had her upper GI done again last night and again she has another stricture.  The GI doctor told her that where the stricture is at, and the recurrence, it may be a perm...

Entertaining Clients - So, I'm not a sales person at all, I usually just do training and deploy IT products across the world at client locations.  This week I'm in the UAE (specifically Dubai this wee...

Progression Shots (6 months out) - I'm 5 days short of my 6th month mark, but I'll be on a plane that day, so I figured I'd upload it now.  When I look at the pictures I can see a difference, but mentally it's ha...

Just a little update - Well, I hit my 6 month mark next week (12/6), and I'm down to 225 from a starting weight of 352.2.  This week I'm on travel to Abu Dhabi, located in the country of the U.A.E.  I...

When can I claim success? - Well, I'm officially 5 months out of surgery now, and I can't believe it.  It doesn't feel like 5 months to me.  I started this journey at 352lbs and I'm down to 234.4 as of Sun...

Heads up for folks going to Panama... - So, like I've said dozens of times, I travel a lot for work.  This week, I'm in Panama City, Panama.  While the work is easy and it's sort of a nice city, the health culture her...

Wishing my wife luck / Prayers / Spiritual encoura - Wife is having her last stent removed today and to see if it's finally fixed the issue of her collapsing sleeve.  If this doesn't work, she will have to go in for VSG > RNY convers...

OH Weight Loss Planner / Questions -  Quick and dirty... can you lose too much weight too fast?  At first, I was following the OH Weight Loss Planner pretty closely on for 85% weight loss, but now I'm about 2 months a...

Dumping or Reactive Hypoglycemia? - So, yesterday I made some chex mix for the kids and decided to take a 1/4 cup of it and snack on it myself.  Strike one.  Well, after eating about 3/4 of the amount I got immediate...

Question/Idea for those that use unflavored protei -  Have you tried baking with it?  Was curious about making a protein rich Chex Mix party mix for football parties.  How would it mix with the rest of the ingredients when it's combi...

Wife is in the hospital for 6th time in 5 weeks... - So, my wife started having nausea, cramping, and extreme vomitting again this week.  Doctor had her admitted yesterday and did an upper GI yesterday afternoon.  She had a sleeve do...

Update on Wife's Issues.. -  So, I'm at the hospital today, I got seriously irate when I came in, and they had done an Upper GI yesterday afternoon and I was told this morning they didn't have the results.  I...

Wife's Stricture - Need some Medical Advice -  So, my wife had a VSG done about 5 weeks ago, a week out she started having extreme nausea and dehydration.  They admitted her 3x before they decided she had an obstruction and pu...

Calculating Nutrition -  I'm looking for advice on how some of y'all calculate nutrition for meals?  No, it's not possible for me to carry a scale on travel with me.  For example, this morning, I ordered ...

KIND Healthy Grains (Peanut Butter Whole Grain Clu -  Anyone try these?  I know, it's probably 'empty' calories at this point, but I'm literally sitting in Terminal 6 at LAX right now with 4 choices.  Rubys diner (burgers), Monet's D...

Proud of myself... willpower -  So, things with my wife and I are a little rough right now.  Even though she got over her complication of having an obstruction and a stent placed, she's extremely depressed and i...

Taco Dip Recipe -  I know I don't have a blog or website, but I thought I'd share my taco dip recipe that I put together today... with household items that you'd have around whether you're on soft f...

For those of you who had a stent placed... -  Posting for my wife, since she's a lurker and frankly, I'm stressed to the max and need reassurance or some answers. Basically, my wife had the VSG done 4 weeks (as of tomorrow...