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You look like a normal fat guy.... - So I have seriously been shirking my blogging duties and I have let down the entire borsht eating population of the Ukraine. On a side note and in all seriousness, one of my co-...

Divorce after an RnY - So show of hands out there, how many of you out there went through a divorce within 2 years of your RnY?  It has only been a little over 3 months since my surgery and it would a...

What rhymes with asturbation… - Well it is a fresh new week and I thought I would try to start it off with a blog post. Currently according to my scale I am just a hair over 80lbs down. This is a good thing ob...

Are you sure you want to do this? - This was the question posed to me last night by my wife.  This wasn't an off the cuff remark, I could see in her face that she doesn't want me to go through with this surgery.  ...

Are you sure you want to do this? - Last day of Optifast – Surgery in 2 days Somewhere I think I fucked up the timing of days in my earlier posts. Anyway, to set the record straight, 48 hours from now, a...

A few more days and a wake up to a new life! Hope you are doing...

Tuesday's aren't a good day for cows around here.. - Sorry loyal readers, it has been a few days since I have “blogged” something. Have you ever started something with great intentions then it becomes an albatross arou...

Curveball... - I was given the news yesterday by my surgeon that the chances are pretty good that I will wake up from surgery 2 weeks from today with a sleeve and not a RnY pouch. I am not sur...

And the hits just keep on coming... - Well this journey that started out a year ago just doesn’t seem to get any shorter. Just got a call from the Jeff the “scheduler” at bariatric office. Apparent...

Just got thrown a curveball.. - I should have known that today was going to be just one of those days when first thing I found myself running late for work. From that point on the day just has started to spira...

Where you won’t find happiness…. - Day 14 Optifast This is the week where things are all coming to a head and to coin the phrase…shit is about to get real. Yesterday I attended a mandatory 4 hour lectu...

I cheated...sort of... - Well I finished my first full week on Optifast with a cheat last night…well it was sort of a cheat. What was it that finally “did me in” you ask? Was it pizza...

3/28/13 - My new birthdate - Well I am just shy of 3 weeks of my surgery date.  I am in the can't wait mode. I am starting the second week of Optifast and i am slowly getting pretty grumpy drinking my meals...

Do you want a cookie and other stupid questions... - Day 6 and I am going strong on the mostly liquid Optifast diet. Yesterday I had a stalk of celery with my tomato soup (totally within guidelines of the diet.) I have to tell you...

Book Recommendations? - Okay I know if I looked through all of the posts long enough I am sure I could come up with the info, but I am going to ask the question anyway.  What is your favorite bariatric...

Hallway sex isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… - Day 3….going to keep this short sweet and too the point. It will be a long 28 more days. Most people are running around yelling stupid phrases like TGIF (for those in the...

Keurig Coffee Maker + Magic Bullet = Tomato Soup - So Day 1 is in the books and for all intensive purposes was successful. I was only able to get 6 meals in instead of 7, but it really didn’t matter. I really never felt st...

Paul, Before doing it on your own you may want to consult with at...

The Journey Begins - Day 1 So my journey officially kicked-off this morning at 8:00AM with an 8 oz. Optifast 800 Chocolate shake. My wife did offer me some words of encouragement this morning as...

The endoscopy was a piece of cake...the drug they gave me to put...

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a choc - Somebody asked me yesterday if I was excited, nervous, scared…my answer, yep…all of the above. Ever since they gave me my surgery date my mind has been racing. I h...

Guess who's coming to dinner... - Since learning of my appointment on Thursday and sharing this exciting news with my wife, I have started to get an increasing vibe that she just really isn't behind my decision ...

The King is dead...Long live the King! - Well when you least expect it life sometimes jumps up and plants a giant wet one on your kisser, and I mean this in a good way. The call I have been anxiously waiting for came t...

Support of a spouse or lack there of? - So currently I am pre-op and I will hopefully be re-plumbed sometime in April.  I am starting to notice little things with my spouse in regards to my impending surgery.  They ar...

Keep thinking positive! hope you get your approval soon.