Pre-Gastric Bypass | Preparing for Surgery

March 27, 2007

I’ve noticed that I have been getting a lot of visitors to the site that are preparing to have their surgeries, whether it gastric bypass or lapband. So I thought I would write a post that explained some of the things that I dealt with pre-surgery and talk to those that are going through this [...]

Life after Gastric Bypass | 7 weeks out

March 24, 2007

I should first apologize about my lack of posting lately, I just haven’t been too inspired to post. Didn’t feel there was anything worth talking about. I go through that writers block mentality from time to time I’ve noticed since starting my blog. I’m always impressed at the people that can churn [...]

Gastric Bypass Surgery | 1 Month Post-Op

March 9, 2007

So it’s now officially been a couple days over my 1-month since my surgery. Decided to arrange this post exactly like the last one so you can see the changes I’ve made in each section.
Post-Op
Well my staples have been out for a couple of weeks and the scars are looking like they [...]

Weight Loss Progression after Gastric Bypass

March 1, 2007

So as I had mentioned before I have thus far lost a little more than 35 pounds since the surgery but I have seem to have plateaued for the past week or so. So I reached out to my wife’s cousin Britt, who had the surgery almost 5 years ago now, and asked her [...]

Gastric Bypass – Surgery Rundown

February 12, 2007

I’ve been getting a lot of emails, phone calls, and comments asking about how my surgery went but haven’t exactly been in the best position to get back to most of you. So, yet again, I thought I’d answer some questions to those that are curious.
So how’d it go?
All in all, I thought [...]

My Life Changing Event | Gastric Bypass

January 19, 2007

For the majority of my life I have been overweight.
I have been on the ‘weight roller coaster’ for a long time now. I fall into the group of people that have tried all the diets, tried working out and got good results but then just gained it all back (and more) later. Working [...]