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9 months out, 94 pounds down - My weightloss is starting to bottom out, and that's okay. I'm 3/4 of the way through the honemoon period where we lose and lose, so the end is in view. On the bright side, I ha...

What are you eating/doing today? (Saturday) - Hey everybody - up at the crack of - oh yeah, dawn is still 1/2 hour away ... Went out for dinner with people I hadn't seen in a year last night - and not one of the three of ...

Wahoo! I'm "overweight"! - So even though my ticker isn't displaying correctly, I weighed in at 155 this morning. That's 88 pounds down from my surgery weight, and 109 down from my pre-OptiFast weight. M...

Re Etobicoke coffee get-together - We've decided we're going to name this group somehow. The title above is not really inspirational. Today we had Lorraine (4 weeks post-op) Judy (6 days pre-op) Balou (3 years...

Yup. I hear ya. It took me about 15 years to finally banish the...

Looking for good undergarments - Now that I have waves of loose skin hanging around, I have invested in a few control panties, and they;re great. Now Iève been given the chance to ask for a gift card for Christ...

WONDERFUL day at Scenic Caves - First off, I apologize to TrudyLam and Monica - I did end up going hiking at Scenic Caves near Collingwood after all today. It's not my fault - another OH'er saw my posts about ...

7.5 months out, 83 pounds down, and feeling So GOO - It’s been 7.5 months, almost to the day, since the RNY.   And for the first time since I started the Optifast two weeks earlier, I feel at 100% of my former energy level. ...

Alarming article re multivitamin supplements - This was on MSN's "Enlightened Eater" today. The author is a dietician (based in Toronto), and that dismays me a little: Why you Might Want to Think Twice Before Taking Multivi...

Now THIS would make me exercise! - You\ve gotta check this out - it's an ad on TV in France, but who needs words? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEH4Yum4nN4&feature=youtu.be

Weight training & club membership - Okay - for the second time in my life I am now seriously considering club membership. I had attempted this twice before, the first time I was thwarted by the "costumes" of skin-...

Quick poll - who's sleepless? - I can't get over how many of you post from time to time that you're up in the middle of the night, or wake up at an ungodly hour, or only slept a few hours. What is up with this...

Venting - sometimes I wish ... - Yesterday I had to go get new passport pix done (I'll be travelling south in the winter). The two ladies working in the little shop were both quite obese, and were enjoying a McDo...

Misleading labels: what are we supposed to do? - All the PostMedia papers in Canada are running a story gleaned from this one in the Ottawa Citizen today: "Most imported fooods contain inaccruate nutritional info, inspections sh...

Intro - a little late - Hi guys. It's six months post-op and I'm finally getting around to posting a profile. I'll be 57 this year, and it's taken me all this time to finally do the thing that has c...

Six month surgiversary - wahoo - Today is 6 months since the surgery. Like everyone else who posts an update, I cannot imagine what took me so long, to decide for the procedure - it has changed my life in so ma...

What are you eating/doing today? - Did I miss it? Did I? Huh? Here goes - hope you all have a delicious Monday. B - bowl of Cheerios, large Chai S - cottage cheese L - tuna on toast S - protein shake D -...

Alcohol tolerance - new article - The Lancet published a short article by a researcher from Rockefeller University in the States, on the changes in alcohol tolerance in RNY patients. Basically, the bacteria whic...

What are you eating/doing today? - Didn't see Karen M's post this morning, so I thought I'd start the thread today. Just passed the 4 months stage, and also just passed the 180 pound mark. Still get the Foamies f...

Reposting - Mississauga Cawfee Talk next week - Karen, I didn't check OH for a few hours, and promptly lost your post in the previous pages. I'm afraid others may miss it as well, so (I hope you don't mind) I'm reposting it: ...

Globe&Mail story on obese children and removal - I know there was an awful uproar last week when it was inferred by the media that Dr. Ludwig had suggested removing children from their homes in cases of extreme obesity. Andre Pi...

Warning re new front-of-package nutirition labelli - The New England Journal of Medicine has published an opinion piece on the new food industry trend of marking Sugars, Fats and Salt on the front of their packaging. They claim it ca...