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Changing my mindset - I've lost 70 lbs in about 15 weeks.  I get at least one compliment a day.  Most often, I get more.  People tell me how amazing I look.  How beautiful I look. I've just purch...

A Small Victory - I'm down 57lbs and have officially less than 100 lbs left to lose (99 to be exact )  Somehow 99 seems so much more "do-able" than 100.   

Dumping - I've been dumping quite a bit.  Three times this week.  It hits me in the middle of the night.  I haven't eating anything in hours.  What can I do to help stop it?

My first official NSV - I do semi-professional theater here in NJ.  I am working on a show right now and was measured for my costume last night.  I'm down 14 inches on my waist.  I nearly wept.  Still...

Virus = Carbs -  So, it seems as if the grubby kids at school have given me an intestinal virus. My doc says that I have to do the BRAT diet.  Carbs, carbs, carbs.  I'm frustrated but I know th...

Please evaluate what I'm eating - Why am I always -  OK.  So I'm 3.5 weeks out.  I'm on soft foods and working up to eating a "regular" diet by 10/1. Please note that I take PPI's twice a day, plus 4 tums a day. I am always ST...

Celebrating Goal - What will you do/have you done to celebrate getting to goal? My plan?  Go get the butterfly tattoo on my back transformed into a phoenix rising from the ashes (my new body from ...

Feeling Sad - I don't know what my problem is.  I've lost almost 35 pounds so far but I can't stop feeling sad.  I still am so pre-occupied with thoughts of food.  I almost feel as though I'm in...

Just drank 8 ozs of soup at 5 days out! -  I took in almost 8 ounces of soup in an hour.  It didn't fill me up and now I'm hungry again.  It's scaring me!  Thoughts?  I mean, I know I'm supposed to get in 64 ounces of liqu...

A Brighter Day (Complications) -  Hi Everyone, I posted yesterday about my chronic vomiting and inability to keep any fluids down.  I'm 4 days post-op.  Well I took two trips into the ER yesterday.  One for the...

Sleeved Yesterday Pain/Vomited once - I just got home from the hospital.   I have intense cramping in my stomach with nausea and wretching. When I took my pain medicine I threw up. I hadn't had any liquids before th...

Not sure I can do this... -  I'm on day 2 of my 20 day pre-op liquid diet.  I'm not sure I can do it for this long.  I have zero self-control.  I even cheated a little yesterday.  I can't even go 2 days!  I f...

FINALLY! APPROVED! -  So, after 5 years.  Two doctors.  Endless tests.  23 classes.  Three insurance rejections.  A 1,500 dollar rip-off from a doctor.  Countless un-returned phone calls.  An Aetna wor...

Hi! I'm new here! -  Hi Everyone! I'm Kate and I'm new to the boards.  I've been on the weight-loss surgery journey for several years.  A lot of set-backs and one baby later I'm almost at the finis...