vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
6 months out before and after - I'm 6 months out from my RNY and 80 pounds down.  Before: 250 pounds, size 22 jeans Probably the picture of me I hate most in the world.   (I was in a play, don't a...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
Calories at 6 months out? - So first the good stuff. I've lost 81 pounds (!) and thus far I've had no complications. I'm a size 10/medium. I've never been medium-sized in my life, so it's definitely been an a...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years ago
I screwed up. - Big time. I'm 2.5 months out. I've been pretty religious with diet and exercise. On the advice of this board I increased my calories to between 500-600 a day, getting 60-70g of ...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
Gym victory! - This morning I had my monthly weigh n' measure with my trainer. I've lost 3 inches from my waist. 3 inches from my hips. 1.5 inches from my calves. 1.25 inches from my arms. ...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
Calorie paranoia? - Is anyone else seriously paranoid about their calorie intake? I'm seven weeks out, down 44 pounds, and eat between 450-575 calories a day. I constantly worry that I'm eating too mu...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
SV and NSV! -  As of today I'm 212 pounds -- the lowest I've been in amost five years! I went to Goodwill today and bought a dress in a size 12. I'm fitting into jeans I wore when I was a freshm...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Calories at 4 weeks out? -  I'm 4 weeks out and down 37 pounds (whoot!). My surgeon told me that I shouldn't be worrying about my calories at this point, but of course, being me, I am totally worrying.  O...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Headache after eating beef? - Almost immediately after having even a bite of red meat I get a bad pressure headache and feel disoriented, irritable, and really really tired. It's happened three times now, every...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Pain, nausea, and discomfort with drinking - First, the good things! I am doing much, much better in terms of my relationship with food. I haven't tried to binge or eat anything I'm not supposed to. My obsession with food is ...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
I think I really screwed up this time -  I posted a few days ago about not being able to resist nibbling on a pork dumpling and a piece of bread (I'm only three weeks out). Since then, I've also nibbled my way through a ...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
What is WRONG with me?? - I'm three weeks out. Yesterday I had a moment of extreme weakness and tried to eat one of the steamed pork dumplings my sister's boyfriend brought over. Predictably, I hurled it up...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Different scale readings - Wildly fluctuating readings from scale to scale bum me out. According to my surgeon's scale I'm 226; according to my home scale I'm 223; and according to the gym scale I'm 219 carr...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Sushi! - I love, love, LOVE sushi. Plus I go to a small liberal arts college where's it's the culinary cornerstone of our social lives. I've been googling around and couldn't find a clear c...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Scale victory and NSV - I'm two weeks out from my RNY and have lost 25 pounds. Guys. That's a quarter of a hundred pounds. That's the size of a 15-month old baby. (I looked that up.) That's the si...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Oatmeal -  I'm FINALLY on the puree stage, and I'm wondering if it's a good idea to try some oatmeal. Thoughts?

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Hunger - Anyone else 2 weeks out and feeling hunger? I mean actual physical hunger, not head hunger. I get real aching growling hungry, and what's more, I have never thrown up or even felt ...

vim_and_vinegar wrote a blog post 12 years, 3 months ago
Pizza for Christmas, and some thoughts on heroin -  Every year for Christmas we all chow down on an extra-extra large steaming hot cheese pizza with all the fixins. Except this year. Well, the rest of my family is chowing down on p...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Aaargh!!! - So about two hours ago I had a moment of serious weakness at the fridge. I ate a dollop of peanut butter. Just a dollop, but I'm only two weeks out and now I'm freaking thinking I ...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Cravings - I have to admit, when I first read about "mind hunger" and uncontrollable cravings post-surgery, I scoffed. It's only food, I thought. Perhaps SOME people are food addicts, but not...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Can't get used to the pain - First of all, thanks to everyone who responded to my last post! Your stories were incredibly inspiring, and I definitely clung to them before my surgery. I'm five days out and d...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
Brag to me! - Surgery tomorrow morning, and I'm bursting with excitement and dread. I think I'm more terrified of regretting this decision than I am of having my intestines rearranged. Please, w...

vim_and_vinegar accomplished a goal 12 years, 3 months ago
Get approved for surgery

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 6 months ago
Restriction pre-surgery - OH members, I turn to you for advice once more!  So here's the deal: I was supposed to get the bypass over the summer but it didn't happen due to the fact that the surgeon's off...

vim_and_vinegar posted a discussion topic 12 years, 7 months ago
HELP!!! - Sorry for the dramatic subject line, but I need advice ASAP!! Here's my situation. I was supposed to get a bypass this summer -- my surgeon assured me that given my health and m...

vim_and_vinegar posted a comment 12 years, 9 months ago
All I can say is WOW. Do you mind if I ask if you had a brachioplasty?...
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