I was just having the same thought about us self pay people. Seems like there's quite a few of us still riding the success train. Seems odd because it was so much easier with me being self pay. I...

Not gonna lie, it is hard. Not at first since you cannot physically overeat and can literally eat pure crap and still lose weight the first year. It gets hard usually around year 2. You're able to...

Have him prescribe Carafate in liquid form to help until you can get things sorted. My daughter and I both dealt with this long term. It took about 9 months before I stopped getting admitted to the...

I made it through Thanksgiving, too. Only gained 0.2 pounds as of yesterday morning. Then Sunday night happened and I stayed up all night eating everything I could find in the house. Apparently...

Pumpkin pie isn't a vegetable? What!!! I'm quitting life. ;)

I've been on a squash kick big time. Roasted butternut squash with a little olive oil and salt and pepper, butternut squash soup,...

I just don't know. I told my friends and wish now that I hadn't. They have big mouths. It's not that I care if people know, it's that I want to be the one to tell. It's been 5 years and both of them...

Reflux is a bitch. I didn't have it prior to sleeve, but I've had it the five years since... bad, and getting worse. I'm on prescription protonix and still throw up all the time. I plan to start...

I am also 5 years out and have vomited just about every single day in those 5 years. I have terrible reflux/gerd. As far as I know, bypass is the only fix. I was worried about doing the revision...

Weigh every morning. That seems to be the number one thing we're all doing to keep us successful. It allows us to know where we are and if we can be a little freer with our food choices.

I drink...

My daughter had the sleeve at 19. She has been left permanently disabled as a direct cause. She suffered a traumatic brain injury from persistent vomiting about 2 months after surgery that left her...

You look smashing! Keep on doing what you do as you've been killing it thus far.

I dont really feel like we get to choose our goal weight necessarily. I think our bodies all choose where they want to go. I had it in my head that I wanted to be 130, never imagined I could go...

But do you guys gain it as fast as me? I can put on 4 lbs in a day. I'll tell you, I was scared this time. I just haven't felt as motivated, and was worried I wouldn't be able to get the pounds off....

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activities. My husband's daughter and grandbaby came into town for a week from Iowa. We did a princess party with the granddaughter, Paw Patrol with one...

It's wild how fast this ride is, isn't it? It'll be 5 years for me in a couple of weeks, and it blows my mind. So happy for you that you've continued your success for so long, and are living your...

Same, Sharon. I hate shopping, so I don't even know how I've managed to amass SO MANY clothes. Though I never like how I look in them, so many of them just take up space.

Excellent post! Congratulations on your success!

My in laws all live in Cleveland, and my sister in law works at the Cleveland Clinic. I love Cleveland... Mr. Hero!! Maybe you can send me a Roman...

Congratulations on your date! It's the same as mine only mine was 5 years ago. I cannot imagine having to wait a year. It would have driven me batshit crazy. I looked up the surgery October 16, 2014,...

Hi, Jennifer. Welcome. Congratulations on your new tiny stomach. I'm your state neighbor here in Mobile, Alabama.

Giggling at the comment about going out in pajamas... as I just got in from being out in my pajamas :rolleyes: Some days I get myself dressed up, and other days I roll out of the house in my...

I could only get room temperature water down and broth was probably the easiest thing for me. Even still I was never able to get enough for the first year and landed in the hospital multiple times...

I 100% get where you're coming from about thinking about food ALL THE TIME. That is my life too. Being busy does not help at all. When I'm out and about, all I want to do is stop for food. I do my...

Breathtakingly spectacular!

I had my hysterectomy in 2013 before I had VSG in 2014. Now that makes me wonder if that's what encouraged me to gain weight. Hmm. I went from about 140 to 213 in 10 months. It blew my mind how...

You think you've got emotions? You better go hug your wife. I was a grumpy beast too for a while after surgery, but if someone had come at me while I was massively pregnant (and with twins!) they...