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Nice pic! You sure do get dressed up nicely to go Christmas...

HRRH Bariatric Social Worker job posting - I couldn't find that thread from a month or two ago where someone posted a bunch of jobs at a hospital for the bariatric program.  But I was just forwarded this job posting and ...

Is this the dreaded "foamies"? - I had some fish for supper tonight.  Or at least I started to.  I thought I was eating slowly enough and in small enough bites, chewing really well, but I must have gotten distr...

Procrastination update - RNY surgery - It will be three weeks tomorrow since my surgery, and I'm feeling great!  I meant to post blog postings after my surgery but was posting a lot more in the "What are you eating/d...

I did, but I probably should have put the link in the caption above. I...

Scale victory - Wii Fit - A few months ago, I thought I'd drag out the Wii Fit and maybe do some exercising on it.  So, I got it all hooked up again, and then when I tried to use it, I was too big for it...

Vitamin B12 tabs - I just found this amazing deal on Vitamin B12 sublingual tabs.  It's such a good deal that I'm wondering what the catch is - being a complete newbie at buying vitamins, I'm ...

A funny NSV - I haven't lost a whole lot yet since starting Opti - maybe about 20 lbs (which I'm not complaining about!) or so - I'm not keeping close track.  I know myself and don't want to ...

I made it through! - Still in the hospital, surgery went perfectly. Felt awful yesterday, but I'm up walking around just fine today. Can't believe the difference - I feel 1000% better today than yest...

How much do you eat at a sitting just after surger - I'm going through all my nutrition handouts and notes, and while it says how quickly to eat (1 tbsp every 15 minutes just after surgery), it doesn't say what volume of food you ...

Oops, I did it again. - Monday morning, Day 20 of Optifast, and two days before surgery!  Just having my morning Optifast and reading OH. A couple of hours ago, I was home alone at one of my parent...

I survived the dinner and dance tonight! - I mentioned earlier today that I'd be going to a dinner and dance tonight.  Well, I pwned it!  It was a fundraiser, and they were serving delicious West Indian food (at leas...

I spilled my Optifast! Eep! - I got home from an evening function tonight.  There was dinner served there around 5:30-6:30, so I brought my Magic Bullet and my Optifast, and I went into a back room with some...

First grumpy day on Optifast... - I was not a happy camper today, until my final shake 20 minutes ago... Superstorm Sandy killed our hydro from 11 p.m. last night until around 5:30 p.m. today.  Which normall...

Day 12 of Optifast - more than halfway there! - Optifast is a breeze for me now.  I'm so used to it!  I'm looking forward to being able to eat real food again after surgery, but honestly, I'm not feeling hungry anymore, and I...

Failing in my dreams, succeeding while awake - When I woke up this morning, it was from a bad dream.  I dreamed that I messed up on Optifast by unconsciously grabbing an available muffin off a plate and starting to eat the top ...

Vitamin K injection? INJECTION?? - I just went over to the drug store to fill the prescription I got at my surgeon appointment.  I got it quite a while back, but I thought there would be no problem waiting on fillin...

Being a bit anti-social is okay right now - Day 6 of Optifast - almost a week done!  Hard to believe.  Only two weeks to go after tomorrow! I was just thinking while reading threads on OH today that my coping mechanisms d...