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charley27    164

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How are you all going to document your progress? I have one YouTube channel for makeup, beauty and planning, and made a second one for the VSG journey. I'm not sure if I want to use it or not. Also thinking of blogging. I have a line a day journal where you write a line a day of what your day was like so I could use that, but with videos you can see the changes, with blogging or journaling, you can write your thoughts and feelings. If I decide to make YouTube videos, I will probably just make the videos and wait to upload them until I'm at a better weight.

What are you all doing?

My surgery is June 27.

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eliminnowp    113

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I watch a LOT of wls vids on youtube (seriously waaaay too many). The community on there seems really cool and supportive. It's really amazing to see people's transformations and it would be nice to have that record to go back to later. Plus it seems easier to connect with people when you can see and hear them.

The problem is the idea of making a channel freaks me out. Do I really want everyone I know to see me going through this personal stuff? People from work or my past? I think I'm too shy and private for that type of venue.

I wish this site had video sharing options, so I could share in that way, but know that it was going to stay in a community focused on wls.

I do want some way to document everything, to learn from it and to Celebrate my progress. I guess I'll probably just take photos for myself and maybe journal.

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charley27    164

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Who do you watch on YouTube? I watch Lauren Losing and FlyeGirlVSG most

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eliminnowp    113

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Who do you watch on YouTube? I watch Lauren Losing and FlyeGirlVSG most

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I've watched both of those. I like people with big personalities and a sense of humor like ClusieL, 1 Gorgeous Godzilla, and Chemistry Queen.

There are some good older ones like K Star, Cece VSG, Drea VSG, and VSG RedesignMe. Some more recent people are Madeup Mama, Caitlyns VSG Journey, Princess and the Sleeve...too many to list!

Some are better than others as far as being entertaining, but I even watch boring ones just to learn as much as I can and hear more people's perspectives.

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charley27    164

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Oh yeah! I love Clusie and Chemistry Queen and Drea! I haven't watched the others. Have any had plastics?

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eliminnowp    113

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I think K Star is. Can't remember on the others.

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charley27    164

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I'll have to check them out!

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How are you all going to document your progress? I have one YouTube channel for makeup, beauty and planning, and made a second one for the VSG journey. I'm not sure if I want to use it or not. Also thinking of blogging. I have a line a day journal where you write a line a day of what your day was like so I could use that, but with videos you can see the changes, with blogging or journaling, you can write your thoughts and feelings. If I decide to make YouTube videos, I will probably just make the videos and wait to upload them until I'm at a better weight.

What are you all doing?

My surgery is June 27.

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I've simply used the profile tools available here on BP to do this.

Weight loss, progress pics and etc. One stop shopping. lol

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SalOdyssey    441

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I've been blogging my WL journey on FB (see signature line). food pics, body shots, etc.

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finding_onederland    226

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I have set up an Instagram account specifically for my process -there are some pretty popular "Bariatric" tags that are cool to scroll through

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charley27    164

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I made a blog!

Jenvsg.blogspot.com

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Make sure to keep track of measurements! That was a huge motivator for me especially when in a stall. AND though I wouldn't be comfortable posting them myself (I'm old school), I wish I had taken more pictures along the way (the same day I took measurements which was generally every 3 to 4 weeks).

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