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Read more about Alive and well enough to celebrate!

Alive and well enough to celebrate!

5 months out!! 63 pounds gone!! I'm feeling so good! I can walk, get on the floor(and back up), no back pain, no knee pain...I could go on and on. I have more to lose, but these pounds off have made a huge difference in my quality of life!   Let's see. my typical day goes like this:   Breakfast: 12 oz coffee with 2 scoops of protein powder, blue agave sugar, and on Sunday's I add an almond joy creamer. 48 grams of protein out the way!   Lunch: if I eat any it is usually somethi

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• msdenali
• May 3, 201313 yr

Read more about If we all Pull together....

If we all Pull together....

Happy New Years! I am very excited about this new year! Especially since I'll be well on my way to a happier and skinner me!   Let's see, I am 4 weeks out! WOW, ONE MONTH!! :wub: At times it seemed like I would never get a grip on this new way of eating and drinking, thinking, cooking, coping, and whatever else I can add that I thought would be normal and isn't... LOL   And now that I'm at one month, I can honestly say I do feel some normality emerging. I believe that my brain has

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• msdenali
• January 4, 201313 yr

Read more about Breaking up is hard to do! (scale)

Breaking up is hard to do! (scale)

It is 2 weeks post-op and all is well!! I feel good. My incisions are healing up nicely and the soreness is pretty much gone. (unless I bend over to far)   I'm not drinking enough water yet. Getting about 32 ounces in most days. I know it should be more but I get so nauseated with it!! I find that in the morning I can get more down easier. I can drink without the squeezing feeling now. I can't wait till I can get more water down though 'cause it is causing some bathroom issues!! hard on

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• msdenali
• December 18, 201213 yr

Read more about Introduction to Minnie

Introduction to Minnie

Hello and Welcome to my very first Blog! I feel we have so much to catch up on, and at first I didn't really know where to start our first adventure. But I think I'll just begin with how Minnie and I met.   December 4th, 2012. (Yes, just 7 short days ago!!) I had a Vertical Sleeve done at 12:30pm in Gonzales, La. My Doctor, Dr. Andrew Hargroder, and the hospital staff were wonderful!   I met Minnie about 2 hours later! She was very uncomfortable and was letting me know it! After mov

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• msdenali
• December 11, 201213 yr