Gwen M.

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Socializing without food - Can you all help me brainstorm some great social activities that don't revolve around food?  My favorite date with my best friend was always going to Indian for samosas, but that's...

WTF Acne?! - My face has totally broken out since surgery 3 weeks ago.  Normally I might get a zit once or twice a year, but right now I've got about 10 in varying stages.  Did you experience t...

Singing Post Op - A while before surgery I posted here about how singing would be post-op.  I belong to a community choir and also take voice lessons, both on a hobby-level.  My surgeon told me I'd ...

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Sca - One of the perils I knew I would be facing with this journey is that I am very obsessive with numbers.  I was a mathematician in my previous life and it's very hard for me to break...

Meal Plan - It's nice to feel excited about food and cooking again.  After three and a half weeks of liquids!  I'll be cooking the following dinners this week.  Vegetables will be added based ...

Unexpected Goal - Today, for the first time since we met in 1995, I weigh less than my partner.  He weighed himself today and let me know that it might show up in my Withings data, which it did, and...

Meal Planning - For those of you who cook, how do you plan meals in these post-op days?   Has your meal planning changed since pre-op?   Do you plan meals once a week and shop once a week?   Or...

Regaining Normality - I had my surgery 15 days ago and I finally feel like I'm approaching normality!   The good - I was able to go back to choir last night for the first time since surgery and singing...

Scheduling Pureeds? - As you all probably know by now, since I'm super ready for it, I start pureed foods tomorrow.  So far I've just been on full liquids and haven't had any sort of schedule for consum...

Do you have any family members who can confront this one on your...

First Bite of non-Liquid Food - What was your first bite of food after finishing whatever liquid diet you had?  Was it the most amazing thing you've ever put in your mouth?   (I've got 1.5 days to go!)

Pills, pills, pills - I get to start taking vitamins on Thursday, and I'm super excited about this.  Here's my vitamin plan: #1 Multi, Calcium, Vitamin D, B-12 (every other day) #2 Calcium, Vitamin K ...

Oh Happy Day! - Today was quite the red letter day! I wore real clothes for the first time since surgery! I left the house! I drove a car! I saw a movie in the theater! I planned meals for the wee...

Pureeable (yet family friendly) food? - I get to start pureed foods on Thursday!  Oh happy day!  I'm also hoping that it's the day I'll start cooking for my family again!   I'd love some suggestions of foods that would ...

Things missed out obesity - One of my friends posted this link today on FB - what do you all think of it?  Do any of these things resonate with you? http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-13018/5-things-i-miss-about...

Goal #1 - I have a billion (well, maybe 10) goals on the way to my ultimate goal and today I reached my first one!  I'm no longer Super Obese, I'm now just Extremely Obese!  Yay rah!   My n...

First day of my second week - I slept miserably last night. I was so cold that my shivering attempts to warm myself were actually causing me physical pain in my stomach. I finally gave in and woke my partner up...

To Scale or Not To Scale - I posted my WLS Promises here a few weeks ago and one of my promises is not to weigh myself for the first two weeks post-op because of all the swelling and fluids and such which of...

Pain sucks! - My surgery pain is actually great. Totally manageable. I took two doses of liquid Tylenol with codeine the first day at home, one the next few, and only half a dose last night.   ...

Graham Elliot - my hero - http://www.thebraiser.com/graham-elliot-defends-weight-loss-surgery/ Graham Elliot having WLS was one of the things that pushed me over the edge into doing it myself.  I'm awed th...

Howdy - I figured I should take a moment to introduce myself here.  :) I'm 5'4" and my high weight was 319.  Which I think puts me between 54-55 BMI so I qualify for this group :)  My ult...

When to try lettuce? - Clearly I'm planning very far ahead here - don't worry that I'm going to try this until I get to a diet stage where it's allowed!   A few years ago I discovered that leafy greens ...

My hospital stay - This was Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14. I was up early to shower with Dial soap and get all clean before going to the hospital. As figured, it was about a 7 minute drive ...

Blurred vision? - I had surgery on Thursday and I'm currently taking lovenox, zofran, and Tylenol with codeine.  I was reading and suddenly my vision got super blurry. Is this normal?  Should I be ...

Sleeved! - I survived!  Surgery went really well and my doc seemed pleased when he spoke to my family!   I can definitely tell that I've had surgery. Sore incision sites and all, but I have...