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Read more about 3 Weeks Down, And Tomorrow's A Big Day

3 Weeks Down, And Tomorrow's A Big Day

3 weeks down and I've only lost 12 lbs. I'm honestly disappointed but all the kind words out on the forums have helped. I finally know that I'm lucky to drop 1-2 lbs a week from here until I get to my green zone. All I can say is I can't wait. My first fill is on Monday. I am super excited!   Starting out I was doing great exercising, but this week I skipped the exercising unfortunately. Tomorrow I take my STEP 2 National Board Exam and I've been cramming like crazy. I can't wait to get it ov

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• Toby&theBanded
• July 20, 201214 yr

Read more about First Weigh In

First Weigh In

Today was my first weigh in at the doctor's office and I lost 10 lbs! Yay! Super stoked that the hard part of the past week has paid off. Everything else is looking great and should be progressing nicely.   As shy as I am to tell those not overweight that I have had the surgery, I have found comfort in meeting all the patients that had surgery in the past week at our nutrition meeting today and all the friendly, kind, motivational people I have met here online. I feel a sense of freedom I don

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• Toby&theBanded
• July 6, 201214 yr

Read more about One Week Post Op

One Week Post Op

So today is officially 7 days since my surgery. One week. Every day seemed to pass by slowly, but I can't believe it's already a week. I thought I would never get here! The good part: yes I have already started loosing weight! yay! weigh in at the doc's office manana. Also, no pain when I am just relaxing. I have been off pain meds for several days The bad: I knew what the diet would be like before I went under the knife, but it is so much harder than I thought it would be. I never imagined wis

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• Toby&theBanded
• July 4, 201214 yr