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When the effects of your WLS start to Wane - Only being a year out of surgery, I'm still sort of losing weight, and have not considered looking at the revision board. Maybe this procedure is being discussed there. If not, for...

Championship Sunday Weigh In - 337.6:  High weight Dec '13 311.3:  Surgery day 1/16/14 192.2:  Last Weigh in 193.6: CW 180.0: Goal weight I suppose what goes down, goes back up sometimes. I'll admit it wa...

Sunday Weigh in - 337.6:  High weight Dec '13 311.3:  Surgery day 1/16/14 194.2:  Last Weigh in 192.2: CW 180.0: Goal weight Must be clean livin last week. I really was not expecting to los...

Early Morning Football weigh in - 337.6:  High weight Dec '13 311.3:  Surgery day 1/16/14 203.4:  Last Weigh in 202.2: CW 180.0: Goal weigh Last week was a pretty tough one after a death march through Indiana ...

Health App in IOS 8 - I just upgraded my Iphone to IOS 8, and see that a health app was included. I have only skimmed through the app, but it looks like there are pre-loaded tracking tools for vitamins ...

Cost of Vitamin draws - With open enrollment just around the corner, I am starting to consider my options with health care. Maybe I'm over confident, but I beleive that next year (1 yr post op), my doctor...

A question for travelers - It seems the first place my body decided to get rid of fat is in my butt. Now when I am in a plane, I can barely stand up my but hurts so bad. on long haul flights (overseas) its e...

Sunday Weigh In - 337.6:  High weight Dec '13 311.3:  Surgery day 1/16/14 236.6:  Last week 234.6: CW (minus 2.0#) 180.0: Goal weight Filling in for Don this wet and rainy morning (3" of rain a...

I wonder if I'm dead inside - So, there are a few things that have changed about me, physiologically, since having surgery: I burp incessantly I don’t poop regularly I’m really gassy Reading thr...

Sunday Weigh in (Saturday Morning Edition) - Since I was traveling last weekend and couldn't participate, and I am traveling at 0 dark hundred tomorrow, I thought I'd hep out and get the party started for this weekend.   33...

Head Hunger - Head hunger kicked my ass yesterday, and I got a glimpse of what life will be like long term if I don't get it under control. I can eat as much as I want in small quantities throug...

Absorbing Iron - I understand the concept of staggering my multivitamin (with Iron) and my calcium supplement becasue the calcium will hinder the absorption of iron. My question is, what about the ...

Dumping - I think I just dumped for the first time on some raspberries. I am moving out of the pureed/soft food stage, and into an “easy” food stage. I have tolerated everything ...

Burping - I have never burped so much in my life since my surgery.  I'd this normal?  I am really conscious about not swollowing air, but it doesn't seem to get better. Will this stop someda...

Question about post-op diet - I will be transitioning from liquids to pureed foods this week, so I have started to consider the things that I may want. I have been reading these forums quite a bit and compar...

How much protein powder - If you are adding protein powder to a food (Oatmeal for example), how much do you add? Is there a favorite non-flavored protein powder out there?   thanks for your feedb...