I had my pre admission testing yesterday. It was an all day affair. 7- 4:30 - add to that the drive to and from time. Ick ( Read more... )

I am totally stuck in my weight loss. In fact, I have been hovering at about 15 lbs. over my lower weight and I am not pleased! I really need to get a grip on my bad habits and so I plan to focus my entries in my lj for the next two months or so ( Read more... )

I am really having trouble choking down my protein. I know how important it is to get protein in, but every single time over the past 5 days that I've opened my cytomax to drink, I end up gagging and even when I take a drink I gag it down and won't touch it for at least another half hour. Same with the Bariatric shakes ( Read more... )

Does anyone or has anyone tried to do low carb after surgery? I am over 2 years out and having such a hard time getting to goal weight. I am like between 120-140 pound lost, back and forth for a year! I need to do something, I feel like if I could just lose 20 pounds, I would find the motivation to do better and drop the last 60 pounds. I've tried ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone. I'm new here and just wanted to say hello and introduce myself ( Read more... )

I posted a while back about some stomach issues I've been having, and wanted to update and ask for info if anyone has it. I saw a GI doctor a couple weeks ago, and he started me on what he called "Super-Prilosec" - it's omeprazole, but it's not enteric coated so it's easier for me to absorb and it's combined with sodium bicarbonate to buffer it ( Read more... )

Quick Comment: I miss seeing people post weekly. Where is everyone ( Read more... )

Just for context - I had RNY surgery 7/24/08. I've gained back some of the weight I lost, but I'm working on losing it again. Unfortunately recently I developed asthma, so exercising has been hard as I don't have the asthma under control yet ( Read more... )

What ever you call your breasts ( Read more... )

Hey folks ( Read more... )