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1 year and 2 days post-VSG (long post) -   Hi all.   I've been too busy exercising every night to go online much but I thought I'd enter some random comments about my journey so far. Pictures may be include...

9 month surgiversary - Since I love seeing how others have progressed over time, I thought I'd share my current status at 9 months post-op. Well, I started at size 26/28 and about 302 lbs.  Lost 3...

can't post a reply, testing if can post message - Tried to reply to a post.  No luck.  Is the system down?  Testing. . .testing. . . testing.

Horrible food day and NSV - I just had an "eat everything in sight" day.  It stunk.  I was stressed out at work, but it started even before I left the house.  I just wanted to eat, so I did.  I managed to ...

dizziness, low blood pressure, and increased calor -  Hi. I've been trying to deal with my low blood pressure (averaging 86/54 for the last few weeks)  and spells of dizziness and fatigue and lethargy, too. I had all the blood test...

6 months and low BP, any advice? -  Hi. I'm a bit over 6 months out and loving my sleeve. I've been losing about 8 lbs /month average since surgery and while a bit impatient, slow is better than no loss. In the ...

What keeps you on the straight-and-narrow? -  My therapist was trying to get me to state some goals or drives that I could use as self-talk to resist temptations.  She said that I let myself be controlled by my environment, w...

Experimented: how little can I eat? -  I'm a stress eater and work at a stressful job. Today I decided to experiment on how I would eat when relaxed and mildly busy. And only pushing fluids. Breakfast: Quest pean...

Inching back on the wagon -  I'm one day short of my 2 month surgiversary, and I've only lost 20 lbs.  My 2 stalls so far have included about 3 lb weight gain, and then a week or more of the scale not moving....

1st time throwing up with new stomach -  Okay. I know it was dumb, but I was wanting to grab something to eat since I hadn't had dinner (its about 9:30 pm) and was in a hurry. I had VSG on 3/19/12, and today was my first...

Juicing? -  Hi. I was wondering if anyone here had tried the juicing craze. (Reboot, I think is most common) I'll be trying 1 a day with my protein shakes, (sipping very, very slowly thro...

Help needed with bad habit -  Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for any helpful tips. I just got sleeved on 3/19, and am on full liquids, unfortunately I've still got the horrible habit of keeping at whate...