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Doomsday Preppers - I was watching this show the other day and this guy was storing bags and bags of freeze dried crickets and ants, FOR EATING!! I would never have thought about them as being nutriti...

PROTIEN SHAKE OPINIONS - Well, the time has come for me to really buckle down and get to the weight loss. My work schedule FINALLY makes a permanent change to 7-3:30 AND the baby starts at an actual daycar...

Pushing the RNY -     So, the bariatric coordinator for my surgeon is pushing the RNY like there is no tomorrow. I have told her repeatedly that I want the sleeve, hands down. I don't have the metab...

Antidepressants and weight gain - So...I had a baby in Feb of this year and the day I delivered I weighed 250.1 lbs. At my 6 wk pp visit I weighed 238.2 and I was a HOT MESS. Although I never had issues post-partum...

I would like it if... - I could open my closet and pick out ANYTHING to wear and actually have it FIT me. ---I just had that thought this morning while getting ready for work....this time next year I w...

GERD and VSG -- - I am scheduled for an esophageal manometry and a 24 pH probe next Monday and I am afraid that if they reveal that I have GERD my surgeon will want me to get the RNY instead of the ...

Pre-op testing question - My surgeon put in a referral for an 'esophageal manometry' and '24hr ph probe'. All this because I have reflux sometimes. If these tests come back and say that I definatively have ...

Initial consult done and it's a sad, sad day - Well, I went to my initial appointment with my new surgeon today. Everything went fantastic. The program coordinator will be calling me later today to get me started in the hospita...

New consult Friday - I have a new consult with my new surgeon this Friday morning at the Naval Hosptial. They do the RNY and VSG here and the VSG is the ONLY surgery that I am 100% comfortable having. ...

Back to the MASTER PLAN - Well, I had my new BEAUTIFUL baby girl in Feb...she is now 4 months old. I also have an appointment with a new surgeon on Friday morning for my (new) initial consultation. I have d...

I am so jealous! I met with Dr. Sharma, with my husband, and we...

What does it FEEL like when your blood sugars are - I know what the standard symptoms are for hyperglycemia and MOST of them are also symptoms of pregnany...which I am. So what are some tell-tell signs that your sugars are too high?...

Missing my OH support-- - Not that I have been on OH in a while...it just depresses me. I am SO thrilled that most everyone is succeeding in their WL goals! I just have had a hiccup. After seeing the NUT, P...

Well, My weight loss is on hold for now... - you lose a few dozen lbs and then you go and get knocked up! APPARENTLY, that's how it's done! I am 12 weeks preggo now, and when someone asks, 'how old are your kids?' I shall rep...

Diet Pills.... - So, I am NOT able to get bariatric surgery at this time so I have been busting my butt and working REALLY hard to eat right and lose weight. I have been eating the right foods (in ...

A Question for the WOMEN...the men can definately - I have thought about this often, and I was just wondering if I was *off* for thinking of doing this. Does anyone else wear super sexy lingerie, unassumingly, under their work cl...

Fighting....for the last time. - So, I guess its time for an update. Since seeing the NUT on the 15th of Dec, I have been eating within her guidelines (99% of the time) and going to the gym. Right now I am down fr...

First visit with NUT...yay... - So, I met with the Nutritionist on Wednesday and today is Friday.....HEY, I've been busy! You know my flippin' DH is on LEAVE for 30 days....holy moly, will we be lucky if our marr...

Decision made for me... - Well, after all of my research I haven't found one person that had the VSG approved by Tricare to be done by a civilian doctor. I can have it done at the MTF, but my husband doesn'...

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Oh, I forgot... - At my appointment with the doctor yesterday...he was smiling at me because he remembered me from the seminar in September. Oh, yes, and when I put that my weight yesterday was 252 ...

Okay...first visit.... - My appointment is later today and I am super nervous. I am about to go do something mundane like laundry...that should calm me down. I'll make sure to update tonight with what happ...