(Background: I've been divorced 4 years, bun only jumped back in the dating pool in the last 6 months. I've had a TON of first dates, not many second dates, NO third dates).

So I had my second date with a guy I met on line whom I've been chatting\texting with for several weeks, last night and he took me to dinner, then the amusement park! Dinner was at Cinzetti's, an Italian Buffet. I was worried that I'd be able to eat so little he'd be like WTH? Why don't you EAT? (I haven't told

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This was written by Leilani Gibbs, mentor to the weight loss surgery community who recently passed.

May I remember this always!
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"There's noooooooooooooo crying in baseball.....!!!!!!"

That's the sentiment (scenario) that comes to mind sometimes when I hear some of the comments from people who've already had the surgery. In case you haven't made the connection, that's a line Tom Hanks made famous in the movie "A League Of

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Originally Posted by chefjake99

Hello there all. I wanted to write something in response to many comments made by people to threads that I have started in the past. I apologize that it has taken me this long to respond. I have been hesitant to voice my opinions for many reasons: everyone is different, I am not a doctor or nutritionist (although I have taken classes in nutrition as part of culinary school), and some people may take offense to what I have to say. In other posts I have gotten responses saying things like "what

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Two weeks ago today I was in an OR having 90% of my stomach removed. Today, I am back at work, (been back a few days now) with 30 lbs gone forever! (from my consult 1 month ago)

I was only in the hospital overnight, (they had me scheduled for 2 days). They tried to give me hydrocodone by mouth twice. Both times it came back up. Not fun. I wasn't in that much pain so skipped it after that. Walking in the hospital helped A LOT. After I was home found it hard to get crushed meds

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