Gastric Bypass | Putting on the weight

Sometimes transparency just stinks and although I’m definitely making my blog suck by writing this…I need to do it.
Gastric bypass is not a fix-all solution. They tell you that the first day you do it. You still need to work to maintain a healthy lifestyle or the surgery can be overcome. I’m starting to [...]

Starting a Gastric Bypass Community!

Since I’ve been blogging about my gastric bypass experiences I’ve been BLOWN AWAY at the people that come to send well wishes, ask questions, and others that share their own experiences. It’s been very inspirational to me and others that visit my site. So today I was playing around @ Ning.com and decided [...]

Gastric Bypass | Hitting a Plateau

Hey folks, alright so update about my gastric bypass. I’ve hit a wall. BOOM! Plateau. I’m down to 185 now (which is 15 pounds lighter than my goal weight) but have stopped losing weight and have been around this weight for almost a month now. So, here’s my rundown on the internal [...]

Gastric Bypass | Interesting Fun Facts

Here’s some what I’m considering interesting facts that have come up since my gastric bypass surgery:
Surgery Date – Feb. 7th, 2007
Highest Weight – 299 lbs.
Current Weight – 224 lbs.
Goal Weight – 200 lbs. (but anything with a 1XX would be better!)

Total Weight Lost (so far) – 75 pounds
Weight Loss per month – 18.75 pounds per [...]

Three weeks out from Gastric Bypass surgery

UPDATE: I created a community site about gastric bypass, come check it out!
Hi folks,
Just wanted to give yall an update on my progress since having the surgery about 3 and a half weeks ago. I also wanted to thank all the new people that have come to the site that have had the [...]

Starvation Diet before Gastric Bypass?

UPDATE: Have questions about weight loss surgery? I created a weight loss surgery social network for you! Come join us and join in the conversation, it’s completely free!
So as I mentioned before, I am having Gastric Bypass surgery done on February 7th, 2007. I went in last week for a pre-op appt. to discuss [...]