Every fall, I get the urge to use pumpkin in every way I can think of. Typically we only think to use it in baked items, where it has to be cooked, but pure pumpkin does not need to be cooked! Use it in smoothies, parfaits, oats, etc. It is delicious in this Pumpkin Spice ...
7 day countdown! Although yesterday felt very very different... I told the principals and the department outside of my team, and got to hear a lot of really kind words. The big boss who had been ignoring me even stopped to congratulate me, finally, and said he got a ton…
Queen JB
Exactly times and amounts in an average day
girl81
Hi Friends, I am doing a survery to collect information to show my doctor, and possibly to take to the manufacturer of Zoloft, about post-band patients experiencing an unusually intense 'heartburn' type feeling after taking their daily dose of Zoloft (also known as Sertraline). I came across a post on…
Mimi G.HAPPY FRIDAYYYYYYYY! 6 more days. I was sooo tired yesterday, so I took a unisom last night and it really helped me sleep through the night. I still tossed and turned, and my kitty was still insistent on getting me up earlier than I was ready, but it definitely helped!…
Queen JB8 days left, friends! I can do this, right? Yesterday was basically the same in terms of my bosses not acknowledging me, etc., but I was able to step out of my body and watch the whole thing without any emotion. It's funny how many people feel like they can…
Queen JB7 day countdown! Although yesterday felt very very different... I told the principals and the department outside of my team, and got to hear a lot of really kind words. The big boss who had been ignoring me even stopped to congratulate me, finally, and said he got a ton…
Queen JBHiya, friends! I did it! I resigned from my job yesterday!!!!!!!!! It was hard and awkward and the chief of my department is now actively not speaking to me, which feels...not great. But I can endure anything for 9 more days, right? Did we talk about the fact that I…
Queen JB
Hi Friends, I am doing a survery to collect information to show my doctor, and possibly to take to the manufacturer of Zoloft, about post-band patients experiencing an unusually intense 'heartburn' type feeling after taking their daily dose of Zoloft (also known as Sertraline). I came across a post on…
Mimi G.Hello Gang! Welcome to Monday! I had a lovely few days off. It was kind of a crash and burn from the last few months of stress. Between work and my eyes, it's been a heck of a few weeks, so it was nice to really just collapse in the…
Queen JB8 days left, friends! I can do this, right? Yesterday was basically the same in terms of my bosses not acknowledging me, etc., but I was able to step out of my body and watch the whole thing without any emotion. It's funny how many people feel like they can…
Queen JB
Hello, I am just over 1 month post op and just today I am experiencing my limbs getting tingling close to falling asleep. Has anyone experienced this? Worth a doctor call? It's not the position I am in. Hmmm.
AnnaM3286
Hello everyone, I'm new here, and I'm just starting to realize that I am completely lost. Like many people, I have bad insurance, and I've just started to regularly see a PCP for the first time in my adult life. I've been struggling with my weight since I was a…
EJ28
Please share some love and insights. This is revision weight loss surgery journey. I initial had my gastric surgery in 2001..lost over 118lbs. 15 years into it with amazing success, i found out that i can eat a little bit more, and that is where the challenge began..... i…
NkiruO
As you may not know I had weight loss surgery 3 weeks ago , I'm also writing this blog to help other people who are at my weight to tell them never give up. At my highest weight I weigh over 700pounds and my life was Miserable and I was…
MetalHeadCHICK
Shingles suck. Now I have a sore throat and fever. Bah-humbug. Survived Thanksgiving.. mom broke her wrist though.. so now I gotta take care of her and L (my live-in special-needs client). Lord, please let December be better. Please - & wow.. looking at my ticker now, 44 pounds to go…
Cinthya B
Hey! I am 4 weeks post op. I know everyone's diet instructions are different. However, what does your nutritionists suggest should be your macros per meal? Mine just tells me to focus on protein being 58g-79g/500-800cal/64oz fluid(per day) and make sure sugar is under 5g per meal. Everyone talks about…
AnnaM3286
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I am grateful to be alive. Has anyone experienced regain, and if so, is there any support on this website pertaining to that? Have a safe, and blessed Thanksgiving. Mommoo
MOMMOO3
Hi Obesity Help friends. Sept 14th was a date that changed my life. 2 weeks prior, I started my preop 1,000 calorie a day diet, so, Sept 1st, and on November 21st, about 80 days out, I hit one of my big goals - 217 pounds, with a starting weight…
TheSecondTimeAround
Holy cow.. 60# gone. I wish I felt better about it. I developed shingles (and I'm only in my 40s)! My doc says I probably won't develop the eruptions because I am too anemic. Yay anemia? I am so confused. Blah. He started me on iron infusion and vitamins. That's…
Cinthya B
After my latest checkup, my nurse practitioner who was a patient of Dr. Wilhemy and had gastric sleeve surgery done at Mexicali Bariatric Surgery center advised me that at 204 pounds I was obese, pre-diabetic and at risk for a heart attack. She recommended I have gastric sleeve surgery done…
From the start everything was great. Information given before surgery. The Dr. took the time to go over questions and doubts I had. The hospital and the staff were excellent.
Dr. Baranov and his ENTIRE staff are very professional and attentive. I had my surgery a few days ago and so far, so good. If you are considering the surgery, I would highly recommend it. I am off all of my diabetes medication which I am thrilled about. There is…
It is not an easy decision to have weight loss surgery. It is not easy to decide to leave my country to have this done. I thank my husband for his support and love while I looked at all my options. From the time I contacted Dr Alvarez for info…
