I've been using Endomondo Sports Tracker and I really like it.  I just use the free edition, have not upgraded to Pro, nor do I see the need.

Get the sleeve.  The band has such a high failure/complication rate, and you don't want that.  Just in my area I know six people who got the band and only one of those is successful.  One had to have her band out, and it had fused onto her liver which made that surgery complicated and dangerous.  Fortunately, she is okay now.  Just remember, you surgery is only a tool.  If you play by the rules, you should do just fine.  From everything I've seen, the sleeve is a great surgery.  If I had the money, I'd revise my RNY to a sleeve because I have really bad reactive hypoglycemia.  I've been approved by the surgeon, but not my insurance.

Unlike the person above me, I would urge you to keep as much of your natural anatomy (e.g., get the sleeve) as possible.  Yes, RNY does have malabsorption, but that doesn't last forever.  Your body will adjust, and you will begin to absorb everything you eat after a while.  There's mild dumping, and then there's near comatose low blood sugar from reactive hypoglycemia, which I have.  My blood sugar has gone as low as 23 -- my doctor was amazed that I was still conscious. Had I known all the facts beforehand, I would have fought for my insurance to cover the sleeve, as a couple months of malabsorption is certainly not worth my end result.  Yes, I lost about 70% of my excess weight and I've kept about 65% of it off for seven years, so I'm a success, but I'm also a mess.

This isn't so much an OH problem as it is an iPad problem.  I belong to several groups on the internet, mostly to do with sewing, quilting, or embroidery.  It seems universal that people have problems posting from iPads.  So, if you're going to post from your iPad, you should be prepared for problems.  I have an Android tablet and, yes, there are a few issues from that too.  I simply don't try to post things from it.  I use if for lots of other stuff, but not posting to various fora.

Not technically true.  There are times, especially when you drink after eatiing (even if you wait a half hour), that the sugars get into the intestines so quickly that the crash is nearly immediate.  My blood sugar can drop anywhere from half hour to two hours after I eat, but it's generally a lot faster than 2-3 hours.  Of course, since I've learned to control my diet, I don't experience this much at all anymore.

You probably need to look at why your first surgery failed.  Did your not having insurance cause you to eat more?  Did it cause you to eat the wrong things?  Probably not.  The reason they require us to have a psych evaluation before surgery is because we have to tell them that we thoroughly understand that the surgery itself is not a magic wand.  It is a tool only.  You still have to watch what you eat, eat healthy foods, get some exercise in, etc.  If you think you are prepared to try and do it the right way this time, go ahead and seek the revision.  If you don't think you can do that, then you'll be putting yourself through a painful and expensive operation for nothing.

Yes, it's a very common thing.  I have lots of sweaters, sweatshirts and several boxes of hand and toe warmers.  Stock up -- you're going to need them!

I think it would be something you could do on occasion, but not something you'd want to do every night.  I know that I have a couple sips of wine and need to go and lie flat almost immediately.  I think it's the sugar in the alcohol that does it to me.  So, if I want wine with dinner, it had better be dinner on the couch, where I can lie down as soon as possible.  I'll be out like a light!

I love all kinds of squash except spaghetti squash -- sorry, that's no substitute for spaghetti - get real!  Acorn squash, however, is an excellent side dish for Christmas.  I couldn't handle the brown sugar, but most folks can.  I say go for it.  It's a tasty and healthy side dish.

I would only recommend a DS to someone (who has appropriately consulted with their physician) if they have a high BMI and their doctor doesn't think they'll achieve significant weight loss with a VSG.  As you can probably surmise, I would choose keeping my gastric channel intact for myself.  The DS does have great results for certain individuals.  My basic point is that the band sucks and RNY is not the 'gold standard' that most folks think it is.

Be sure you're not allowing too many carbohydrates to creep back into your diet too.  Keep your foods in the protein and non-starchy vegetable categories and it should be easier to keep the weight off.

I was just barely a 40 BMI when I went for my first weigh in.  I kept my jacket and my shoes on for the weigh in.  There was no way I was going to miss that mark.  Most docs put you on a diet to lose before surgery -- I was on one.  There is no way I would have had the surgery if I still had to have that 40 BMI right up to surgery.  I think the tech/nurse or whoever she was made an error.

Linda

A big part of all of this is confidence in your surgical team (that includes their office people too).  You're having your innards altered -- this is serious business.  If you're not confident in the people you're working with, SWITCH!  And don't look back!