Exactly Mario!

They told me that, if I did have the ischemia (fancy name for blockage) they could do the angioplasty and/or put in a stent right then and there during the catheterization. That...

BEFORE SLEEVE SURGERY:
High Blood Pressure
High Cholesterol
Diabetes
Sleep Apnea - sleep with CPAP
Depression - including self harm
PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome - Full hysterectomy in 2010...

I failed mine. They said I had a "possible ischemia in the LAD." Don't google it, it's scary.

I had to go in and have a cardiac catheterization. Thankfully, it came back as a false positive.

I...

I was a diabetic before my sleeve. I have dealt with the highs and lows that come with it.

Since my sleeve, I occasionally get hypo times, but like jane said above, it's only when I am not...

Stomach hunger and I are BFFs. I know that hunger and I know it's real because it tells me to eat things I should be eating and not the garbage that the other hungers want.

Head/Emotion/Boredom...

MIne is actually my screen name all over the Internet, haha. Yes, if you google it, odds are that 90% of what you come back with is me.

Tortuga = Spanish for turtle
I love turtles and I speak...

I drink tap water at home, drinking fountain water at work. The fountain by my office has a little water bottle filler thing on it, so it makes it easy to refill my cup. I use one of those acrylic...

I am also an egg fan. I love them to bits. Not so fond of the yolks though, so I hard boil them and eat the whites (protein) and give the yolks to my dog. She learned real quick that I will always...

I have also hung onto a pair of pants that I was wearing snugly at day 1. They serve as a pick me up for those days I feel like I'm making little or no progress. I put those suckers on and spend all...

Tinman, what you do is figure out how much you've lost and break it into increments of less than 100. Going off your ticker, you've lost 260 lbs. That is the equivalent of:

An Emperor Penguin (75...

3,680 Quarters...

...too bad they weren't real quarters, I would love an extra $920 right now

I dunno, I see plenty of hot guys around here, too!

My new treadmill comes next week! I am so excited!!!

The little old ladies at church are so funny. They have all been very supportive of me in my weight loss journey and they come up to me and say, "hi skinny" and things like that. Well, the other day,...

As someone who used to eat when I was bored, having no time is a blessing!

Hi Bonny!

Weight loss is different for each of us, and please try not to rush things. You didn't gain all the weight overnight, you won't lose it overnight. Follow your doctor's instructions, that...

I had the same experience. Sipping just hurts. My sister bought me a tumbler with a straw and, even though my doctor said I wasn't supposed to use a straw, I tried it anyway and was very successful....

I've had the opposite problem. I never had it before surgery. I had a hiatal hernia repaired during surgery and now, 3 months post-op, I have bad acid reflux.

I don't have one, but I do have a wallet card that identifies me as having had WLS and also is great for showing to wait staff at restaurants because it tells them to let me order off the kids' menu.

I used to never wear sweaters, now I always have one handy.

That's ok though, I am so with Joe's comment on not sweating buckets this summer. I HATE summer. I can always put on more clothes, I can...

Originally, I wanted to do weekly, but that just seemed a bit much once I got going. I do it monthly. That way, there is enough time to show a bigger difference, which is way more motivating!

I have a 16 year old son, 14 year old daughter, and our 18 year old niece lives with us as of this past summer.

My kids have watched me struggle with weight all their lives, and they have seen me...

I know exactly how you feel, Wayne!

I cleaned my garage this weekend and actually enjoyed myself. I was dancing along with my music, doing my thing, and now it looks great in there.

I also...

I had my binder leftover from my hysterectomy, and it was a blessing!

She's referring to when she is no longer considered "obese" and falls into the "overweight" category. Referring to myself as "obese" is hard and painful, and I imagine it's the same for many others,...