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NSV - So, Monday will be six weeks and I'm down 40.5 lbs. (50.5 if you count the 10 I lost on the two week pre-op diet). Before surgery I wore a size 50 pants. I go to Wally World to bu...

Real Food? - My wife and I were both sleeved on September 1 and we get to start real food today! Any suggestions on what to start with? We haven't had anything that resembled real food in just...

NSV - A year ago our house burned. We lost everything. I volunteer for a local festival and some of there are always leftovers. Shirts, hats, etc. So, I got a large box full of shirts. S...

Not how I wanted to celebrate - I was sleeved one month ago today. Got on the scale and I'm up a half pound from yesterday.  But I'm VERY happy overall. I've had no heart burn (or acid reflux). I've RARELY been ...

Anyone else noticed this? - I'll have one day were I lose 0.1 lbs or nothing. Then lose a whole pound the next day? I'm not complaining... just find it interesting.

My wife and I are over in Beaufort. We had VSG done on September...

Getting My Butt Kicked - By five ounces of food. (happy dance...in a manly way) For dinner I had 2 oz. of chicken salad, 2 oz. of green beans, and 1 oz of mashed potatoes and I couldn't finish it. I ate a...

BLAH - Vitamins came in yesterday and I started taking them today. These things are nasty. And I've got to take them twice a day forever? Yuck!  Anything I can put them in? How are they ...

First "Solid" Food Today - I started the soft food stage today and had a poached egg. I had it at about four hours ago. I'm still full. (happy dance) Down 25.4 lbs since Sept. 1.

Ticker? - How do I get rid of the two tickers at the bottom of my posts?

Vitamins? - The one downside to having surgery in Mexico is not having all the followup. So, what do you have to take? I know a multivitamin, but what else? How often? How much?

Little NSV - I live in a bad part of the country to be fat. I live in South Carolina on the coast in a small town called Beaufort. I think that's French for "damn hot and humid." We have two se...

Is this Normal? - My wife and I had surgery on the September 1. Our doctor has us on a kind of intermediate phase. Between clear liquids and soft mushy foods, he has us eating thicker soups (blended...

Two Weeks - Two weeks ago today...down 23 lbs (33 counting the pre-op diet). First day back at work. It's not really showing yet but at least I'm off the clear liquid part. 

Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup question - The can says mix the can with a can's worth of milk. Is the nutritional info on the can include the milk? Or just what's in the can? Just wondering because I mixed it with water in...

Just Sayin'... - Have they ever thought of putting the military on a clear liquid diet? Cause I'm on day nine and I'd really like to kill something. It'd have to be something small and hopefully sl...

Took the Plunge - Finally did it!   My wife and I flew from Atlanta to San Diego and had WLS in Mexicali, Mexico. We went to the Mexicali Bariatric Center and had VSGs. The surgery was a week ago,...