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Wednesday is TarosMJ's Big Day! - Please join me in sending her support, strength and wishes for a safe surgery as she joins Dr Cyriac at TEGH!

Do you have a food addiction? -  Dr Sharma posted links to some interesting tools today: In a paper just published in Appetite, Caroline Davis and colleagues from Toronto’s York University provide evide...

How long till acknowledgement from bariatric regis - I entered the process in the midst of the bariatric registry being set up. I was referred directly to a hospital and I think I got lost in the transition. After 14 months I pus...

Terry Fox Walk -   Hi folks, What a ride! A year ago, I couldn't walk more than a few blocks without pain and getting winded. This year and 50+ pounds later, I'm going 10 KM for the Terry Fox R...

HRRH TWH and St Joe's Wait Times? -   Hi folks, I have a few friends who are looking into the surgery. I was wondering if someone more in touch with the current sitch for wait times at HRRH, St Joe's and TWH coul...

Realistic Expectations - Diminishing Dawn posted this in one of the threads and I just wanted to have it for reference, so I thought I'd post it here. REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS! While you will lose weight...

Tilapia with Mango Salsa & NSV madness - I used to find tilapia terrible and boring, but post-op, it is my new love. Light, protien packed, soft, easy to eat and lean. It jazzes up really nicely, too. Marina del Rey's t...

Good Calcium Option -   I've struggled to find a calcium option I like since I had surgery. I did liquids, and they were OK I didn't despise them, but I didn't like taking them, I did chewables and the...

So ... sick. :P -  I have a terrible headcold and feel just rotten! It's the first cold I've gotten since surgery in Dec. Yesterday I cut open a pair of Dayquil - my old favorite for sickness - a...

Consumer Response - PC NSA Ketchup - Please Help! - Hi folks, I know a lot of you use this product too, and that even those who don't are likely interested in seeing quality NSA products stick around. I'm asking folks to take f...

Article for "Why will it be different after s -   Hi all... Came across this great article which answers a question posted frequently by pre-ops in the process of deciding, or losing weight on their pr-op diet and having sec...

Great article on understanding the risk of surgery -   From Dr. Sharma's blog: http://www.drsharma.ca/ Thought those still in the process of making a decision might appreciate this. Why I Support Bariatric Surgery Posted: 23...

Enthusiastic and one unenthusiastic WOW (TMI Warni -   So my great news in the last week: I am halfway to goal! I am so excited about that! I am feeling so great these days I can't believe it. I even was part of a Habitat for Humani...

Goal Checklist - A list of fun goals.... to celebrate progress 350: Skinnier than when I got married! Done! 315: Down 100 lbs: Done! 309: No longer Super Obese! Done! 299: Twoterville! Done! ...

Forms of Iron -   Oh Gurus of vitamins.... please bestow upon me the wisdom of your experience... I know me my calcium, my D, my multis of plenty. But for some reason I can't keep iron straigh...

In love with protein coffee. - Leading up to surgery, I read a lot of the what are you eating today threads, and read a lot of wls blogs, and thought that the idea of protein coffee was a great one. In my first ...

Spironoilactone/Aldosterone - Hi all... For 10 years before surgery I was on spironolactone/aldosterone to control my androgens / free testosterone and and control excess hair growth. I stopped taking it 1 m...

Wows (long but joyous) -   I have had a couple of strange wows over the last week that I thought I would share. I'm nearly 40 and have never had a driver's license (long story). Three and a half years ...

TWOTERVILLE! -   Had a spectacularly crappy night last night and a dragging day today, but I just stepped on the scale and I dropped three pounds overnight... 297.4! Which means I am the newe...

So STUCK -   Sunday evening about 6 pm I ate a bit of pork souvlaki with some tzatziki. I must not have chewed well enough and got stuck. I stopped as soon as I felt any discomfort - less th...