I am about 4 months post op, down almost 100lbs!! My problem: the beast is coming back!! The beast being my appetite. In the last couple of weeks I've had more and more cravings for fattening foods. And my pouch seems to be growing as I can eat more. Up until now I've had the occasional cravings but they were always squashed by the pain after about a couple of bites. Now I am able to stuff more down my throat with little discomfort. I stepped on the scale for my weekly weigh in and for the first...

Bwalden14

Why am I so obsessed with food? I've jumped thru all these hurdles for this surgery. I have my date. Why now am I obsessing over all of the things I think I will never have again? I can't seem to gain control over this, now i'm gaining again and surgery is Oct. 5th. WTH Get a grip girl! Get a grip.

jobinalyn

It's been a long time coming,but I finally have a surgery date.I started this process in feburary and now Im having my surgery on septemer 30th.I cant belive it.I've been wanting this for so long,and now that its coming closer,Im kinda scared.I know thats normal.I was surpose to lose 28 lbs but lost 40 lbs.I didnt think I could do it own my own.When I tell my friends that I finally gotten a surgery date,they say I should do it on my own,being that I lost the 40lbs by myself.What they fail to realize...

handicapp

Ok, so Thursday August 13th, I start having this striking, horrible pain run through my stomach. It's hard to explain the exact area, but I think you'll catch my drift. The pain was in the lower part of my stomach, you know that 2nd stomach or pooch that's below the waist? Well, it was in the fleshy part of that. At first I told my self it was my muscles just getting back together. I ended up having to go back to sleeping in the recliner. Thursday-Sunday night I woke up at around 4 AM in...

tchme2cute

I have never blogged before but I figured since this journey is so life altering it would be a good time to start. Hopefully it will provide some insight to others who decided to take this drastic step. Selfishly so also doing it so I can look back and reflect on the path taken to the goal.

I am 5 weeks post op from LAP RNY. Down 32lbs and at a stall. The damn scale has not moved in a week. Inches are coming off but I still want to see the numbers on that thing go down!
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