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10 month update - I am 1 day from being 10 months from surgery. I currently weigh 128. I am super thrilled, but secretly would love to be around 120 even 118. I think I can do it. I wonder when this...

How do you stay heathy when sick? - I have been sick the last two weeks. My queastion is how do you stay properly nourished when you are vomiting up most of your food and vitamins. I am doing semi-okay with liquids. ...

6 month Update - I am currently 137 lbs. which is 2 lbs from my second goal of 135. I only lost 7 lbs from month 5-6, so the weight loss is definitely slowing. I am wondering whether or not to set ...

TOO THIN? - Other peoples comments are making me worried. A concerned family member told me if I continue to lose so fast I will look like a skeleton in just a couple of months (and I thought ...

5 month Update - WOW! I cannot believe I have made it 5 months. I am 144 lbs, which is 9 lbs from my second goal. My first goal was to reach 150, my second goal is to reach 135. The weight is still...

I have no butt and my boobs won't shrink?? - Why do we lose weight so unevenly, or is it just me? The first thing I lost was my butt. It is GONE.... like nonexistant as my aunt pointed out the other day. I am 4 pounds from my...

GOING BALD - Hello my name is Vicki, I am 30 years old, and I am going bald. There. I said it. I am curious though, when does the hair quit falling out and is it possible to get bald spots? ...

4 mths out & passed my surgeons goal - I am Super exited, so I just had to share. I reached my surgeons goal ( of 160 lbs.)at 3 months, PLUS I am 4 lbs. from reaching my goal of 150 lbs, which will give me a BMI of 25, ...

Muscle Pain??? - I have pain in the back of my thighs, the kind of muscle pain you get after you work out strenuously, only I haven't worked out at all. This has been going on for about a month or ...

3 Month Update/ 14 wk Update - Things have been going well. I have been having a problem not drinking with my meals, and everytime I do I get sick and sometimes I end up throwing up.My only other concern at this...

Freezing in the Summer? - I am cold ALL. THE. TIME. If the temperatures are below 80, I am in a sweatshirt. We are in a heat wave now where I live, and I am LOVING it! Everyone else is miserable. Is this no...

Week 11 Update - I only  have 25 more pounds left to go! This will put me at my surgeons goal.I am weighing in at 175.8, and everything seems to be going well. hopefully it will stay that way.I see...

Should I change my goal?? - I am 2 months, and 1 week out from surgery. I am 5' 5" and I started at 233 lbs. I am now at 176. This is a 57 lb loss, which I think is pretty good for a lightweight. My surgeons ...

Week 9 Update (2 months out) - Well I went on a family vacation for the 4th of July, and I snacked a lot. I even gained 2 lbs back, Ugh! Sooo, time to buckle down. I really want to be serious and lose the weight...

Week 7 Update - Well I found out yesterday that a gastric bypass patient is indeed able to vomit. After eating raspberries, I developed a painful case of the foamies (which I have also never exper...

???'s about Vomiting - I am very curious, after surgery  (5-3-11) I had gotten this horrible disease called C. Diff (that's a whole other story) that I am currently on medication for, during this whole e...

Week 6 Update - I realize that it has been awhile since I updated, but around week 4, after my 3rd visit to the hospital, the doctors realized that I had C.Diff. I am being treated for this horrib...

Week 3 add on.... - Oh yes I forgot to write on my week 3 update that I am fitting into a comfortable size 12 jeans now, which is down from a super tight 14 ( like I would lay on the bed to button the...

Week 3 Update - I have one more week of liquids and hopefully that means no more protien shakes, because I am so. sick. of. protien. shakes. Really. I told myself I was going to be honest on all t...

Milestone - I am officially in Onederland!!!!

Week 2 Update - I am feeling almost back to normal. My energy level is still a little sluggish and I get tired out easy, but over all I feel great. I am not hungry ever. I am so sick of protien sh...

1 week update,down 5 lbs from surgery - A week after surgery and I am surprised at how fast I have healed. I have resumed my normal position of sleeping on my stomach.  I am just very carful when I roll, as to not distur...

I am back among the living - Anyone who tells you it doesn't hurt is a liar. Just saying. There are 6 open incisions, and yes they hurt, and yes they are uncomfortable. I am sure after I am several months post...

Total lost on liquid diet... - drum roll please............13.2 lbs (yes that is it) It is very frusterating when you are not eating a thing to have the scale not move for a few days, I think my body is in starv...

Day before Surgery - Nervous / Scared / Exited is what best describes me at this point. Tomorrow is the BIG day! I have to get up at 5:30 to get myself ready. The hospital wants me showered before I co...