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4 month update - wow, i cant believe its been 4 months already! i remember the first few weeks where i was sooo miserable and now i am sooo happy! im feeling great about myself and looking good too...

12 week update - im 12 weeks out and down 60 pounds, i went from a bmi of 58 to 46 and am now morbidly obese instead of super morbidly obese! im sooo thankful for this surgery!

i hit my fist goal! - im FINALLY under 300!! and this is such a big deal to me! i want to ecourage all the pre opers and newbies to keep going! im not very far along in my journey but i can still offer ...

bmi - so 5 1/2 weeks ago i had rny an at surger my bmi was 58.6 and now its 50.4 and im soo excited!!

5 weeks post op plus pics! - im down 36 pounds in 5 weeks and 78 since jan my preop diet!

full fat, low fat, or fat free? - so this may be a stupid question but which do you use? full fat, low fat, or fat free? does it matter that much? i dont feel like im losing as much as i should be..... ive lost 33 ...

scale victory and protein - soo ive been complaining about not being able to handle a protein shake, so i got some syntrax nectar fuzzy navel and mixed it with orange pineapple juice, i saw the suggestion on ...

a month?! - so i was just told that i have to be on full liquids for a month! i hate yogurt and cottage cheese and so that just leaves cream soups... i cant get my protein in my shakes cause o...

dumping tmi - im concerened that i have dumping syndrome and i plan to call my doctor mon morning. ill be 7 days out on monday. so im trying to get my protein shakes in and they are soooo sickly...

food - so im in the full liguid diet stage post op which means ive moved up from only clear liquids to pudding, cream of soups, cottage cheese. and yogurt. the pudding is toooo sweet for ...

smoothie king??? - im 5 days out and am able to start my protein shakes, am i allowed to have one from smoothie king? the high protein one the gladiator? i can eat cottage cheese, strained soups, pud...

i feel like im dieinggggg ugh! - so im 5 days out and still hurting pretty bad, im soooo sore and bloated and there is a purple/black bruise the size of my hand surrounding my belly button its not hard its just so...

home - surgery was monday and im finally home, i had a tonnn of bleeding through my drain so i had to stay longer. my question is did anyone have bad pain above there belly button? and th...

its done! - so im siting here in the hospital, slightly dizzy but doing ok. i had my surery done on monday but had to stay due to my drain bleeding a lot and its finnally starting to slow dowm...

did you have the.... - lap rny using the davinci robot arms?? thats what my doctor is doing and he said that instead of stapling my stomach he will use the arms and sew me up which makes for a faster rec...

nervous! - ack! im getting so nervous, my surgery is just around the corner. 12 days. yay but also ahhh! excited yet scared is how im feeling. i cant wait for it to be over and to be feeling ...

how do i make my shake?? - surgery is aug 8th so im trying to find decent protein to make my shakes with but what do i put in it??? protein and skim milk and..... fresh fruit? ice? do i blend it? are there a...

b 12?? - so how much b 12 should i get? 200% of the daily recommended amount or wat? also wat are your calcium recommendations as far as brands go? and iron too thanks!

needles. i despise you. - so since i moved to tenn i still have to go to my doctor in Ohio for my surgery and so we made the 6 hour drive this sunday for my 4 appointments this past monday. long drive but s...

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