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woo hoo! way to go!

A typical day in my sleeve + my favorite protein s - breakfast: Strawberry-oatmeal smoothie (on cardio days) or Kashi high protein cereal, high protein milk, & frozen blueberries or Poached egg on toast lunch: Leftovers (I alw...

14 mo Post-op - Wow - it's been a year since my last post! So I am now down  just shy of 120lbs.  from my initial consult weight, and about 5 lbs from my surgeon's goal for me. My weight has be...

4 lbs in a week is a great loss! It will fluctuate a lot week-to-week....

Let's talk about "Productive Belching" - So I am about 2.5 months post-op VSG now and doing well. The most common negative side-effect I have experienced is what my Dr. refers to as productive belching (PB).  I'd like to ...

Post VSG - 2 month update - My 2 month surgiversary is rapidly approaching and it has been about a month since my last update, so here goes: Physically: Wow! I am down almost 62 lbs since my initial consu...

Week 3 VSG - Firing the scale - I fired my scale yesterday. That stupid thing is all over the map. It is one of those digital WW scales, that I have had for about 5 years. I have it on a hard level surface, f...

2 weeks post-op VSG - I keep hoping that one day I can come on here and write about how wonderful things are since my surgery. I'm just not there yet, and I really want to be honest about what I am goin...

My Favorite Things - post-op liquid phase - Here are the things I am actually enjoying eating at this phase -  I may continue to add to this list as I progress over the next two weeks - Please add your suggestions below in t...

1 week post-op VSG - This time last week I was sleeping peacefully while my surgeon hacked away at my insides. If you read my previous post, my recovery was far from the easy painless recovery I had ho...

3 days post-op VSG and I am alive. - Had my surgery Thursday AM. Came home Friday evening. I may not write much now, and it may not all make sense, but wanted to capture some of my feelings before I forget. From m...

1-Week Pre-Op Update - So I have been doing this mostly liquid pre-op diet for a week now. The good news is that I have lost around 15# over the last week. The bad news is that I feel pretty crummy right...

I have a date! - Finally got my surgery date - 10/28! I go in for my final pre-op class 10/16, which I assume is when they put me on pre-op liquid diet. My Dr. requires that I pay for pre & p...

The waiting game - One of my insurance requirements is three months of medically supervised preparatory program. Additionally, my surgeon wants me to lose about 10% of my starting weight. I am about ...

Initial Consultation and next Steps - Went in for my initial seminar/consultation with Dr. Davidson last week. Didn't learn too much in the seminar since I had done a lot of research. Don't get me wrong - it was very d...

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