Sometimes when the food does not go down right, it feels better to just let it come out!!!! I have been doing ok for the most part. I am 5 weeks out today and returned to work. On Saturday, we had to go to the studio to record our demo. We stopped at McDonald's before we got on the road. I had the honey mustard grill chicken wrap (NO I DO NOT EAT THE WRAP PART) and I have tolerated this recently. I ate about half while we started driving. As we continued along, in this jeep with me in the ...

Will the chest beating ever stop? I seem to have to beat on my chest to get a burp out after eating. I often find that I have to take a Gas-X Strip after eating as well. I am hoping that by the time I get back to work I won't need to beat on my chest to relieve the uncomfortable feeling in my chest.

I went to my 10 day followup with my surgeon I am down 11.5 in 10 days!!!! I am looking forward to the pounds continuing to drop. I even was able to buy a vest in a Large although it must run a little big because the designer ones I tried did not fit as well. Overall I am happy with my progress.

One of the things that seem to be a little frustrating is that everyone else seems to be progressing to stages quicker than me and they seem to have more choices than my surgeon gives. ...

Lord Help:

This is the first day of the rest of my life!!!!! Today I started my pre-op diet after spending the last about 10 months on a downward spiral with regards to my weight (or should I and upward trend). I started looking into weight loss surgery about 2 years ago but decided against it and instead I started Weight Watchers. I lost about 25lbs and got tired of all the tracking and stuff so I stop tracking and counting points. I was able to maintain my weight loss for about ...