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June 12th - Oceanside, CA - If you are in the Southern California area and have a bit of time on Tuesday June 12th, I will be in Oceanside, CA for the start of the Race Across America...  come cheer us on!  O...

Worried about sleeve size? Maybe you shouldn't be. - Gut metabolism changes -- not stomach size -- linked to success of vertical sleeve gastrectomy CINCINNATI—It's not the size of the stomach that causes weight loss after a sp...

New Personal Milestone - Just wanted to share with my sleeve buddies that this was an EPIC weekend.  As some of you know, I'm the crew chief for racer Bob McEnaney who will attempt to do the Race Across Am...

Coffee - Does it Dehydrate? - No.  A growing body of actual scientific studies says coffee = water when it comes to your hydration level.  If your NUT or Doc says otherwise, they are behind on their research re...

Prepping for your first long cycling outing of the - Here in Minnesota we're seeing some light at the end of what has been a very long winter "tunnel" of cold and snow.  The snow largely melted last week and our cycling group was abl...

What happens when chocolate doughnuts mix with pen - From today's NYT: "What happens when chocolate doughnuts mix with penicillin? The results of the study were dramatic, particularly in female mice: They gained about twice as much...

How to say "No" to yourself - Good article today at Marks Daily Apple... some highlights below... the original article is about "staying paleo/primal' but the logic works for any kind of dietary change... How ...

Webinar: the Psychology of Suffering - I found this webinar interesting (be warned, there are some audio dropouts, where the audio disappears a few times for a few seconds.... i thought it was my computer) While about ...

Beginning training - avoiding injury - 5 tips - After WL surgery many of us start exercising, some of us for the first time in years (or EVER!)... this is a critical time as it is easy to get injured, and set your plan back by d...

Interesting Article on Gout - Gout comes up often on the boards - seems like a number of us have suffered at times... Here's an interesting article on a genetic mutation that may have led to humans being susce...

Death by Food Pyramid - Great review by Dr. Michael Eades of a new book, "Death by Food Pyramid" - I'll quote the intro, follow the link for the full review: --- begin quote --- A few years ago a young ...

NSV: Involvement in an Amazing Project - Many of us post NSVs (Non-Scale Victories for the new to the forum) here from time-to-time, and I thought I'd share something that I'm becoming a part of as result of my VSG and su...

IF you're having trouble posting or replying to po - For a few days I couldn't reply or create new posts.  If I tried to create a post, I'd get a "box" to type in the Subject, but there was no "box" to type the message. For replies,...

Think you're too old? - I call "Bullshit."   Cyclist extraordinaire Robert Marchand is not only a very vibrant 102 years of age, he is setting cycling records yet again.   The 102-year-old Frenchman bro...

Post VSG Life - Hello from Palm Springs... I'm 18 months post VSG at this point, and about 13 months since hitting goal. My life has been quite transformed.  I'm now involved with a group of ath...

To Fight is to Win - I read a book (Elite Minds: Creating the Competitive Advantage by Stan Beecham) this week with a story in it.  Check out the book - very interesting. But a story he tells near the ...

Does Coffee Dehydrate you? - A common question during the 2 years I've been hanging around this forum. Now, an answer from scientific research... No, moderate coffee consumption does not, according to new re...

What's your "Elevator Pitch?" - At the end of this month, my small company will exhibit at an annual conference in Las Vegas.  It is our major marketing event of the year, and we spend over $100k on these 3 days ...

Resolution or Goal? - Today is a day where, typically, one makes a "resolution" or two about the new year. I'm guessing that many of us here have had our issues around setting and living up to resoluti...

5,000 - First a little context... I loved riding my bike as a kid... I rode and rode - between 6th and 7th grade my friend and decided to tackle a ride of 120 miles in one day.  Nobody be...

Dirty Thoughts on Christmas Day - Got you didn't i? :) I've been doing a lot of research on various nutrition aspects with relationship to obesity over the past couple of years... it's turned into a bit of a hobby...

Something to try with your *new* body - An online course from Stanford:   Your Body in the World: Adapting to Your Next Big Adventure Anne Friedlander with TA Corey Dysick Starting January 13th This course explore...