Gastric Bypass Truth

Well, I’m closing in on the third anniversary of my gastric bypass surgery. And I have to say I am very proud of myself. As of this morning, I weighed 145 pounds. Which is what I weighed six months ago. Which is what I want to continue to weigh until I can have the plastic [...]

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You have gastric bypass surgery, for the most part, because you want to lose a whole lot of weight. Sure, there are benefits beyond weight loss. But let’s face it: the number one reason for rearranging your insides is to dump as much fat as possible.
So pretty much everyone who’s gone under the knife should [...]

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I love my Grandma very much, and she hasn’t seen me since before my gastric bypass surgery. She doesn’t use email, so I haven’t been able to send her the digital pics I’ve taken. But she does have a computer, and today she was going to try and look up this site to see what [...]

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Oh. My. God. I am in total shock.
This morning, I had some time to kill before a class I teach two days a week. So I went to Wal Mart, which is right around the corner from the school. My clothes (size 12’s) have gotten loose, so I thought it’d be fun to see if [...]

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It finally seems to be happening. Although I hate to say it out loud, because last time I did it went away overnight.
But I seem to be losing weight again. Finally!
My latest weight was 173. This is after bouncing between 176 and 178 for what seemed like forever. Of course, before that I was stuck [...]

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I’m often asked how I made the decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery as opposed to the Lap Band.
For me, the fact that the Lap Band is so easily reversible and adjustible was a negative. I know me all to well, and if there was a way out during the difficult times I’d take it. [...]

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Wow. Just Wow.
I’ve never been a big fan of the mainstream media. After all, I can’t forget Time actually running a cover story that boys and girls are different. (They discovered this amazing fact on Jan 20, 1992).
It’s in that same spirit of breathtaking discovery that the New York Times yesterday announced that being successful at [...]

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Wow. I just ran across this news article. Apparently, if the trends continue as they’re going in the US, we could ALL be overweight 40 years from now.
Which could mean that weight loss surgery will be a booming business! Now I am not one of those who think that WLS is the solution for everyone. [...]

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I hesitated to write this post. Because last time I thought I had finally moved off my plateau the 2 pounds I lost came roaring right back.
But after several days of below-180land, I can officially declare an end to my days on this plateau. Yaay!
This morning I am all the way down to 176 or [...]

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Yaay! For the first time in about a month, my scale moved today!
I’ve been stuck at 180 since right after the gallbladder surgery, but today my scale read a sweet 178. I’m now firmly within the range of what I weighed in high school, which is way cool.
(Back then I ranged from 165 – 185 [...]

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