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Happy Nurses Week to all the wonderful Nurses out - It's Nurses Week!  I know there are some fellow nurses on here and I just wanted to say that you are appreciated!!!  :) 

Stall broke and feeling better than ever! :) - My stall finally broke and I am down 2 more pounds!  :)   I just wanted to share that I feel better than ever!  My wife and I had our date night yesterday and we went to go see ...

Who goes to Planet Fitness?? - So I need to start getting more exercising and I have a membership to Planet Fitness.  I'm about to start going back.  Anyone else out there go to this gym and if so what's your...

Finally feeling normal again! - I am 7 weeks post op and I actually feel normal for the first time since before surgery.  It was an awful experience and I am so glad that its over.  Hospital stay for 5 days, t...

Scared shitless now! - So I was doing a little more research on RNY post op and I found a few interesting things.  I found an entire site of people who complained that they had RNY to lose weight but ...

What was your longest stall? - I know that stalls happen and I get it.  I know that the body needs to catch up after losing alot of weight.  Right about 5 weeks out I stopped at 319 lbs.  Its been 2 weeks and...

Made Cheeseburger Soup today! OMG!! Delicious - I was really in the mood for something hearty and tasty so I found a cheeseburger soup recipe and thought I would give it a try.   You saute some garlic, onion and green pepper ...

afraid to try new foods - So the first time that I got sick was when I was about 3 weeks out and I ate 1 scrambled egg.  It went down fine but about an hour later I started to get this awful mid sternal ...

What to eat at a Mexican restaurant? - I will be going to a Mexican restaurant and I am just curious what is everyone's opinions on eating at a Mexican place? I am on regular foods now at 6 weeks out. I was thinking a...

What do u drink? - Im so sick of plain water. Just wondering what everyone here drinks besides plain water and crystal light? I need some ideas. I think I possibly may be getting dehydrated. .

Getting ready to go in for my first night back at - and I am already exhausted just from flat ironing my hair.   This sucks.  I hope these next 12 hours go by fast.  I;m nervous that I am going to be too busy to get my fluids and...

Goal is to lose an additional 100 lbs before Hallo - I'm not trying to set myself up for failure.  I just have my eye on a prize and I would love to make it happen.  I've lost 53 lbs so far. I'm 5 weeks out but I still weigh 320 l...

Rant! So sick of people telling me how I should e - I'm so sick of people who know nothing of WLS trying to tell me what I should be eating!  When I was 2-3 weeks out my thrush was in FULL FORCE!  Everything tasted absolutely nas...

What do you eat from Chipotle? - I am almost 6 weeks out and I am on regular foods now.  I have tolerated everything okay except eggs. I am meeting a friend tmw for lunch and we are meeting at Chipotle.  I LOVE...

I take 19 pills a day.... Seriously??? - Does anyone else take this many damn pills??  Including my vitamins, I take 19 pills a day.  Really?  When I first get up, it takes me about 45 minutes just to get down all of m...

I think I have a stricture.... - I have been holding down food and liquids perfectly fine until today.  This morning I ate an egg and a piece of turkey bacon for the first time.  I felt fine for about an hour a...

4 weeks post op... Lost 47 lbs :) -  As of March 1st!   So close to 50!  I lost 20 lbs pre op but gained 10 back in the hospital.  So since I have left the hospital I have lost 37 lbs.  So damn excited!  :)    I'm...

What are some of your favorite foods? - I am 4 weeks post op.  Per my surgeon I can eat regular foods now.  Basically whatever I can tolerate.  I am going grocery shopping this evening and I wanted a few new ideas of ...

Is this dumping? - Yesterday I ate a yogurt parfait from the hospital cafeteria that had granola in it.  I didn't eat that much granola just a little bit.  It wasn't a name brand, it was one that ...

Hello thrush.... you are back?? - I was told by my PCP that the thrush was gone.  I didn't really feel it in my mouth anymore and I was sooooo happy!  I stopped taking that meds like my PCP told me. Well, yester...

I hate acting like an ass but sometimes it's the o - So as u all know I have been posting that my wife had RNY yesterday. When I left last night she was pretty loopy and nauseated. I was worried about her. Well, here at this h...

Did your taste change completely? - I am 3 weeks post op and I have noticed that ever since surgery my taste has completely changed.  At first I thought that it was the thrush that made everything taste bad.  Now ...

Wife made it through surgery! - She made it through surgery fine and is in the recovery room right now! Yay! I was worried. Thanks everyone!!

Wife having surgery this morning :) - So NERVOUS!!!!  We are up and ready to go to the hospital. She is the first surgery case this morning.  I'm so nervous for her!  She's excited and so ready to go and have this d...

Back to work next week, don't think I can do it. - So yeah, I am the dumbass who posted a few weeks ago that I was super sad because my doc would not let me come back to work until I was post op 4 weeks.  I wanted to come back a...