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Hoo-ha bike comfort update! (TMI alert!) - Didn't purchase any chamois cream yet (aka hoo-ha ride glide), but I did purchase a new seat similar to one recommended by one of you lovely forum members (similar build but differ...

Floppy lady-bits and bicycle riding... - For any bicycle fans out there, a question... For the past year I have biked with my sweetie ever since figuring out that running was killing my back.  I have gotten more and more...

Bounce-back... - Changed my signature line today officially... I have been watching my weight rise a bit over the winter and it seems to have settled for the past month or two around 158-160.  My ...

2 year surgiversary this month... 192 pounds lost. - Two years ago this week, I had RNY surgery.  192 pounds later, my life remains complicated but at least I am healthy enough to stand the ups and downs! Before surgery... ...

steatorrhea two years after rny... thoughts? (warn - Having oily, floating, mushy, explosive and light-colored stools after eating certain foods... especially trail mix (nuts, raisins, almond, etc) but others too.  This is new to ...

Numb fingertips? - On and off for the past few months I have noticed my fingertips becoming numb.  I am talking about the absolute tippy-top-tips, near the nails.  It will last an couple of hours,...

A year and a half later... with pics... - A year and a half ago this week, I had RNY.  I lost 183 pounds and have maintained a weight of around 157 for the past several months.  I only weigh myself on Mondays, but I nev...

Holy fracking ow!!!! - Hi all, So I've been living my life, doing my thing, eating my stuff, almost forgetting sometimes I had massive surgery a year and a half ago.  Weight fluctuates between 155...

Christmas cookie making today! - Made sugar cookies for the kids, made sugar-free meringue puffs for me and the MIL... sampled one nibble of the kids dough but not enough to panic about... a good day!  In t...

My body has (apparently) finally decided where it - I've been bouncing between 157-160 for the past few months now.  So I think that's it.  My journey appears to be done... from 340 to 157-ish.  Of course now that I've said that,...

NSV - first 5K in 25 years done! - With my boyfriend and his dog waiting at every mile marker to cheer me on, I made it!  Ran/jogged the whole time, made it under 45 minutes (which was my goal... I can run it in ...

First ever 5K this Sunday... amazing NSV - Yes, I am down 181 pounds and that's awesome.  But I used to run all the time as a teen and young adult, and the fact that I am running my first 5K in decades this Sunday seems ...

For those who are about to have surgery (or just h - Because I am anal, I kept a journal of food, meds etc when I first came home from the hospital.  I was fascinated reading it (a year later) and thought it might benefit some of ...

Vitamin B-12 brand question - For the past year I've taken the Twinlab dots for my B-12 (500 mcg twice a day).  My levels have been fine on this regimine. So I'm at Whole Foods the other day and see they...

One year surgi-versary... 180 pounds later.... - A year ago today, I underwent an RNY.  I have since lost 180 pounds and I am running a 5K next month. Before: After: With my beautiful ...

Pic of me at 163... 178 pounds lost! - Me at 163 with my daughter (dressed for homecoming).  Unfortunately she now weighs more than I do... that was NOT my goal, but we are working on it... Audrey   ...

Three bites of blueberry pie... and an Earth-shatt - Ever since my surgery I don't eat sugar if I can help it and I limit my carbs.  But today at my boyfriend's house, his mom made blueberry pie.  Normally I'd just turn it down w...

I love thrifting! - Seven pairs of pants, seven sweaters for fall/winter (all size 14/16, an NSV in itself)... brand names (Lands End, Eddie Bauer, etc) 80 bucks at Savers! Currently washing the he...