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Before surgery I had to cut my grass in stages - mow a little, rest a little (or a lot), sometimes over a couple days. My yard is 1 1/2 acres w/about an acre of grass and 675 feet of street frontage w/more grass (it's a corner lot). It takes two hours to mow w/a push mower. Now I can mow the whole thing (with short breaks every 1/2 hour to drink water), do some gardening, play w/the dogs, clean house, cook dinner, walk the dogs... and STILL have energy to do whatever else I want. I have my life back. :-)

Red Beans and brown rice, with andouille sausage, yumm lots of cajun spiced

My weight 'gain' was apparently just my scale being a bitch for a day. Back down now and actually lost 3 lbs this wk instead of gaining it. Woohoo
HW(9/3/13)- 284, DOS(9/11/13)-270, CW-254(10/02/13), GW-155(by 9/21/14...my 26th birthday!)

Mine was 245. Highest weight ever was 256. I am 5'6". When I was 18 years old I weighed 140. That's around my goal weight now. 130-140. I am 51 now.

Surgery date Jan 8, 2013

I am 11 months out and would like to share my before and after pic and my journey so far pic. Please share your before and afters as well.

Are you getting 90 grams of Protein per day? If you are only having one Protein Shake a day, maybe you should get some unflavored Protein Powder, like Unjury brand, and put some in your Soup or soft food. Be careful not to make your soup or food too hot as it can change the consistency of the protein. I think it can't exceed 140 degrees F.

Tomorrow I'm taking a huge step and seeing my doctor about my "food addiction" and the anxiety it's causing me. I never thought I was addicted to food, until I had to REALLY think about what I was eating on a daily basis. This is HARD. Holy moly. Old habits truly die hard. I know I can't eat as much as I want anymore, but wow do I still want to eat when I'm bored! Hoping this is the first step to "truly" overcoming this portion of my life...

Hi friends! I'm officially on the loser's bench!!!! The pain isn't too terrible but they haven't gotten me up to walk yet. Trying to get my breaths into the spirometer! No fluids by mouth yet until my swallow study. Dry mouth lol. But glad to be here! Thank you all

Remember when it would be so slow we would just give up? And remember did u put all that weight on in six or eight weeks ?This is different now cause this is how we eat .( for life) I haven't weighed myself in over a week so I am 6 weeks out and only have lost 16 lbs as of 9/9 . But today I tried on jeans started with my 22 too big went to the 20 too big went to the18 and they fit great ! Picked up the 16 put them on to tight to be comfortable . So they are my new scale once a week I will just try them on .

Im officially on the losers bench! Had my surgery yesterday at 10am. Im currently not yet 24 hours post OP but really im just a little sore with some gas pain. Fixing to get up and walk again to get rid of that though!
Highest weight : 356
Day of surg: 324
Goal weight :180

Surgery one week from today. My liquid diet officially starts today, but I started doing half liquid meals last week and already lost 13 pounds as of today-10% of my goal... can't wait until I really get started!

My surgey was yesterday. Went well! Hiatal (sp) hernia repaired too. Clear liquids today. No more IV fluids as my intake is good and output good too.small pain, easily managed. Walking worked to get rid of gas pain, and I can feel air rolling around in my tummy! No doubt I will be passing gas soon, sorry if tmi. Nurses are very helpful and encouraging. Hooray, hoping to go home tomorrow or Friday.

I had my surgery on September 4th and came home September 6th. I am feeling good except having a hard time getting enough Water in. But I'm going to keep trying.

Sept 23rd. Still wrapping my head around getting "that call" on fri 8/30. Wow. Just....wow.

Less than 24 hours and counting now!! My surgery is tomorrow at noon!! Still can't believe it's actually happening!

Hi all! Sept 10 for me!

Mine is scheduled for Sept. 11th! Excited and nervous as hell! Start my pre-op diet Aug 28th and my pre-op physical and work up Sept 3rd. It has been a long year, hard to believe its really going to happen.