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Definitely regular icecream and not much of it on an empty stomach. I stole about 3 or 4 spoons of my hubby's Ben & Jerry's at the movies once and about 20 mains later I got the shakes, feeling faint, nauseous etc. Haven't tried more than one teeny spoon of ice cream since.

I once had a petrol station machine mocha and a small can of Pringles and oh my that made me dump AND throw up with 20 or 30 mins. That was about 4 mths after surgery, haven't done that again.

Those experiences were enough to make me very cautious about sugar.

Nowadays 10 mths out from surgery I have had a few reactive hypoglycaemia attacks when I ate stuff I shouldn't have. A scone with a teeny bit of jam and some nice cream gave me a hypo two hours later. As did a whole packet of cheezles I stupidly ate in one sitting. Also if I eat sweet (white or milk) chocolate I have to be very careful or I'm hypoing two hours later.

Basically if I break the rules, I suffer, which is what I (well, technically the Health Service) paid €7450 for!

Errrr no?? Should I be?? (Wondering what's going on with others' public loo experiences)

BAKE Cookies? ? This is a challenge I definitely can't do waaaaaaa (I know I know but even Keto cookies would make my calorie load fail under pressure)

Definitely regular icecream and not much of it on an empty stomach. I stole about 3 or 4 spoons of my hubby's Ben & Jerry's at the movies once and about 20 mains later I got the shakes, feeling faint, nauseous etc. Haven't tried more than one teeny spoon of ice cream since.

I once had a petrol station machine mocha and a small can of Pringles and oh my that made me dump AND throw up with 20 or 30 mins. That was about 4 mths after surgery, haven't done that again.

Those experiences were enough to make me very cautious about sugar.

Nowadays 10 mths out from surgery I have had a few reactive hypoglycaemia attacks when I ate stuff I shouldn't have. A scone with a teeny bit of jam and some nice cream gave me a hypo two hours later. As did a whole packet of cheezles I stupidly ate in one sitting. Also if I eat sweet (white or milk) chocolate I have to be very careful or I'm hypoing two hours later.

Basically if I break the rules, I suffer, which is what I (well, technically the Health Service) paid €7450 for!

I was shaving myself in the shower and I saw parts of my body that I haven't seen since I was a kid! 🤣

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Happy to say, I spent the whole day in the skirt and not a problem. It felt so airy not having bike shorts on #freedom

Happy to say, I spent the whole day in the skirt and not a problem. It felt so airy not having bike shorts on #freedom

@Sheribear68 many congrats both for your daughter's amazing achievement and also coz you both look adorbs!

Congratulations!!! That's truly a NSV in of itself!!

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@Sheribear68 many congrats both for your daughter's amazing achievement and also coz you both look adorbs!

Happy to say, I spent the whole day in the skirt and not a problem. It felt so airy not having bike shorts on #freedom

Woah! That is a seriously good looking bike. Enjoy!! #placesyoullgo

I was shaving myself in the shower and I saw parts of my body that I haven't seen since I was a kid! 🤣

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I was shaving myself in the shower and I saw parts of my body that I haven't seen since I was a kid! 🤣

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I’m so inspired by everyone’s pix. I’ve lost about 2/3rds of my excess weight but I still have a ways to go but you guys make me believe I can do it!!!

@Sheribear68 many congrats both for your daughter's amazing achievement and also coz you both look adorbs!

Happy to say, I spent the whole day in the skirt and not a problem. It felt so airy not having bike shorts on #freedom

Yayyyy well done!!!

Woah! That is a seriously good looking bike. Enjoy!! #placesyoullgo

Happy to say, I spent the whole day in the skirt and not a problem. It felt so airy not having bike shorts on #freedom

Its hard to believe that this kind of surgery has been around this long already. Yes I had this done 45 years ago in Traverse City at Munson Hospital.

Back then it was an open surgery they staple the stomach and create a small pouch then it is bypassed to the jejunum. While they were doing this surgery back then all the organs were removed and cleaned out. You stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks or so, much different then how it is done now adays.
I have maintained the weight loss over the years, however, there was a few years when I had put on up to 40 pounds and just started slowly getting it back off once I realized what I was doing.

Meh. Mostly good I think

Yesterday was emotional bc my daughter had her white coat ceremony.
I made sure to dress in an outfit that made me feel FABULOUS (and I looked pretty good), except my hair.< br /> My hair is thinning so badly that I’m having difficulty getting excited about my outfits and my body.
Need to get over that.
Also, I allowed my daughter to sweet-talk me into taking her to dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant (I had originally had plans to go to Pilates after the ceremony).
In short, I had a margarita AND nachos instead of exercising so there was soooo much guilt.
But OTOH, the day was super special for my daughter so I was sacrificing for her.
Was able to get right back on track today though so I’m feeling way better about the weekend than I did at this point yesterday.

Here is a pic of us and yes..... I’m super proud,proud mom right now.

Ha! My surgeon gave me a mini-gastric bypass and told me I have to take omeprazole for life just to make sure I don’t get ulcers (more of a risk with the MGB??) so I wouldn’t necc. make the decision on whether you need to take PPIs for life, only. You might end up needing to take them anyway.

Ladeez, I’m going out sans thigh-rub protecting bike shorts under my skirt. First time in forever. I shall report back!

Ladeez, I’m going out sans thigh-rub protecting bike shorts under my skirt. First time in forever. I shall report back!