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Three Years Out - Well it has been a couple of years, almost three since I posted last. Here we are at Jan 2014 wow. Things have changed but some remain the same. I am currently weighing in at ar...

X post: Need a malabsorptive surgery?? - Hi guys I figured i would ask some of you the same question as on the RNY forum. I had the sleeve 15months ago and did well. I lost 120lbs in like 9months. I have been the same for...

Repost!! Anyone have RNY after a sleeve? - Sorry to be repetitive was just hoping a repost might bring up more answers and folks that hadn't seen the first one. Thanks for the reply to the first post LadyTazz:) So I was hop...

From sleeve to Rny anyone?? - Hi there all you successful RNYers! I had the vertical sleeve gastrectomy in Oct of 2010 and lost 120lbs. My metabolism has caught up with my weightloss and I have been the same fo...

Stopped losing...6months...started losing?? - So I am looking for feedback from anyone who stopped losing partway through their journey due to poor food choices etc.. I am hoping to get back on track and get to goal or at leas...

DS in two parts? (Ratkitten or others?) - Hi there DSers. My name is Trish and I had the VSG a little over a year ago. I did well with it and lost 125lbs. I have been the same give or take 5lbs for the last 4 months. The D...

Hi Dawn I just wanted to encourage you not to lose hope! It always...

Wow you look amazing!! we have missed you on the forum and...

Liquid diet, 6mths after surgery!! - So I decided to quit my carb loop cold turkey just like one of you suggested! Wow this has been the hardest 2 days since my pre-surgery liquid diet. I decided to detox and only hav...

-100lbs but caught in a carb loop!! - Hi VSG forum! I have done fairly well up until this point. I am 6 months out and down 100lbs. I have found that if I stall and add carbs(all kinds) back into my diet for a week or ...

Spring represents new life! - Well time goes by for sure and wow we are almost through April. I have good news to report, I hit my lose 100lbs by 6 months goal!!!!YAYAYAYAY wow that was a biggy for me and now 8...

The DS in two parts? - So I have heard that having the DS in two parts is not as successful as all at once. That being said, my medicare would only cover the VSG and so I didn't have to pay to have it do...

Am I done losing already??! - Ok so I am about 5.5 months out and everyone said the weightloss would slow down but mine has basically quit for now. I am eating about the same as a couple months ago and liquids,...

Setting Goals and Watching Carbs! - So I normally don't write two blog entries this close together but I am seeing a new trend in the last few weeks. Carbs have been in my diet alot again. Now I know we are not suppo...

Christmas has come and gone... - Well time does have a way of going by with or without us. The difference between now and before surgery is, then, I mourned the lost time to be healthy and missed life. Now, I am e...

Stalled and broken!! - Wow I am here to tell you stalls are really hard on the head. Really... So I stalled a week and a half ago. Actually I went up 3 lbs from my lowest. This did mess with my mind, it ...

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Time to Update! - Well it is definitely time to update! I am now two weeks out from surgery that I thought would never come. It finally did, I got my call (actually I called them) on Oct 14, they ha...

The Months Go By! - Well so much for writing every month and perhaps I should have as this could be a long one. In March I signed my papers and committed to the RNY gastric bypass. At the time Dr. B t...

Dr. B's Comments and Initial appt... - i forgot to tell about my appointment with Dr.B on Jan 11. He was very nice, young and some think very good looking. He told me yes he would accept me as a patient and that because...

Step two accomplished-only 3 to go to surgery! - Well in keeping with tradition I am trying to write something every month. I figure it will be important one day to have something to look back on to see where I started from and h...

Change can come so fast.... - Things