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QOTD: Over the weekend, the topic of the lone star tick came up in my household. This is the tick that can make you allergic to non-primate mammal meat and inspires today's QOTD. If you could only eat one type of animal meat fo

QOTD: If you could have a never-ending candle that smelled like anything you wanted, what fragrance would you want it to be?

4+ years post-op (still working toward goal)

1: protein shake
2: the last (finally) of th

It's hard for me to care about the holiday when I can't love my country right now. Plus, the fact that the guys have the day off keep making me think it's Saturday and then I'm all "HOLY CRAP I'M SCREWED SINCE I HAVE SO MUCH WORK THAT'S DUE TOMORROW!!"

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I've been saying that I'm going to be back on track for a while and then screwing it up, so I just got tired of posting and feeling like a liar. Now I actually feel like I am back on track, so I'll get us going this week!

Monday: yoga at home

Since Teena got us going last week, and I never replied, I'll do it this week.

My eating was all over the place due to choices I made over various vacations and trips, and then having to force myself to get back to eating the way I should be

QOTD: Do you have any month "upkeep" tasks that you do at the end/beginning of every month?

1: hummus, oatmeal (not mixed together - yuck)
2:
3: chicken risotto (I'll pick the chicken out for myself)

I'll get today started and hopefully no one will ninja me while I type it up.

QOTD: If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance at winning medal for?

1: protein shake
2

I guess I'll get us started today.

QOTD: What are some small things that make your day better?

1: protein shake
2: probably another protein shake
3: Adobo sa Gata - this is a braised pork shoulder dish with

OH Powers That Be:

Where do you find the people who you feature on the front OH Page? Both for the pictures and the stories?

I'm wondering because I don't recall ever seeing a story or picture of anyone who actually posts - so I'm wo

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Hi all. I've got an annoying dilemma. I've found out that I need Invisalign and not regular braces due to a nickel allergy. "Yay." On the one hand, this is nice because it's easier to clean your teeth with aligners. On the other hand, I need to wea

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Hi all,

I've been asked to be "A Patient Story" at a bariatric seminar thing my surgeon is hosting. I'm feeling equal parts SUPER EXCITEMENT and IMPOSTER at th

I somehow missed this a month ago. I didn't think I could love Roxane Gay anymore than I already did, but I love that she chose to share her WLS experience.

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I guess I'll go ahead and get this started, since I can!

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