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WOW.....One Year ago today!!! - I was sleeved one year ago today! It has been one heck of a year, but I would not trade it in a million years!!!!! I want to say first off I would not have been able to get through...

Please help I have fell off the wagon and can't se - I'm almost 10 months out and I can't get back on track. I had my gallbladder out in August and ever since then I have not been doing what I'm suppose to be doing. I know what to...

How do you get the % of EWL - I weighed 326 and now weigh 186 and was curious of the % of weight that I have lost so far. Can someone please tell me how to calculate it? Thank you! (HW) 326   (CW) 18...

7 Months Today - I was sleeved 7 months ago and I have lost 138 lbs. this has been the best decision that I have ever made for myself! I have so much more energy, I can tie my shoes without loos...

Gallbladder removed and gained 5 lbs. - I had surgery on Thursday and I weighed 192 and today I weigh 197. How is that possible. I went without eating for 2 days and still gained weight. I'm so frustrated!!!!   ...

Ohhhhh yeah 198 baby!!! - Who's so excited.....this girl right here!!!! I got on the scale this morning and I'm under 200 lbs. I had to get on it 3 times....198 is what it was!!! I can't believe it I hav...

Confused about weight loss - Ok so I read the posts on not loosing weight after 6 months. Is this true????  I'm worried if it is, because I will be 6 months out Aug. 11  I've lost 120 lbs. and I still have ...

Came home from vacation with a weight loss - I have been on Vacation for the last 9 days and I came home scared to get on the scales,so I got on and I couldn't believe it I lost 1.8 lbs. I'm so excited especially since I d...

Drum roll...please - I weigh 226....down 100 lbs. I'm soooooo excited I had to get on the scale 5 times to make sure that's what it read..lol   (HW) 326  (GW) 165   (CW) 226

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HELP.....I can't control my eating - I have not been doing good the past week or so. I have been craving sweets so bad, so I gave in I ate 5 of the mini peanut butter cups and then I got cheesecake from Walmart twi...

Questions about measuring your foods - When II had surgery the Dr. did 32 bougie. How many fluid ounces can my sleeve hold? How much can a sleeve hold? I'm confused..lol

It's been an awesome day!!!! - I have lost 62lbs. and I'm so thankful  for it. Today at work I got a lot of compliments it made me feel really good about myself. I'm so happy that I chose to have surgery. ...

PLEASE HELP ME--I CAN'T KEEP FOODS DOWN!!!! - The last couple of days and today I have vomited up my food. I wait 45min- 60min before I drink and after I have breakfast I have my protein drink with my vitamins & meds. I hav...

In a stall!!! - I was sleeved in Feb. I think I'm in a stall the scale has not moved for a week!!! This really stinks, will I be the person that fails at WLS? I started eating soft foods a week...

I can't believe it has been a month!!!! - On Monday it will be one month since I have had the sleeve! I have lost 43lbs. so far and today I started eating soft foods. My first meal was greek yogurt. I ate two tablespoon...

2 weeks out what kind of vitamins - I'm 2 weeks post op what kind of vitamins should I be taking? I tried Centrum chewables and Caltrate calcium & vitamin D chewables today and it hurt my tummy. I was taking flins...

299.2 lbs. today!!! - I'm so excited I weighed myself and the scale read 299.2. I'm in the two hundreds....oh yeah!!!!

I need your help...PLEASE (vets) - I'm having trouble trouble getting my liquids in...I had surgery this past Monday 2-11-2013  and I don't know what to do I'm so scared that I'm doing things wrong. I can barely ...

Officially on the Loser's bench! - I had my surgery on Feb. 11. I was so nervous, but I'm glad that I did it. I'm not going to candy coat it, but the next day after surgery I was sick puked up blood very lots of ...

Thank you!!! - My surgery was on Monday and on Tuesday I thought I was dying and wished I had not had the surgery. Wed. I felt better and today I feel a lot better!!! I want to thank everyone ...

sleeed yesterday - What was I thinking?????? I feel like crap I have dry heaved blood three times, and feel like I can do it again I'm on meds but it still sucks I'm walking I get ice chips in 4hr...

TOMORROW!!!!!! - Well, tomorrow is the big day!!!! Please say a prayer for me for an easy recovery, can't believe I will be on the loser's bench! I have been counting down the days, so nervous a...

Tomorrow is the 1st. day of the rest of my life! - I start my official pre-op diet tomorrow and surgery is in 11 days! I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. I am allowed protein shakes for breakfast/lunch/dinner. I pray t...