Gastric Bypass | Going back to work

I had a comment today by Maria that I thought would work great as a blog post instead of me just commenting for her. It’s about post-surgery issues in regards to going back to work. Here is her comment & questions below:

Thank you for all the useful comments and info.
I miss 1 [...]

Gastric Bypass | 34 Waist?!

34 Waist?!, originally uploaded by thegarlands.

Today I just happened to be in Old Navy and wanted a dark pair of pants. I had grabbed 36’s, since that’s what I’ve been wearing for the last couple of months, but when I went to try them on they felt big. So I went and grabbed [...]

Gastric Bypass | A Feel Good Story

Yesterday, I was going to my 1-year follow-up appointment since LASIK surgery and as I was wrapping up the lady at the desk said, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but have you lost weight?” I said, “Yes, 70 pounds actually.” She went on to ask what I was doing and if I [...]

Gastric Bypass | 3 months Post-op

Today marks the 3 month anniversary since my surgery. I can’t believe it’s already/only been 3 months.
Looking back to that day, it’s still once of the scariest, most expensive, yet best decisions I’ve made in my life. I was nervous going into the surgery, wondering what the hell I did to [...]

Gastric Bypass | 240, on the nose. Total lost = 59 lbs.

So i know my last post talked about branching out into my business and I do have some coming up but, I wanted to update everyone on the latest news since my gastric bypass surgery 7 weeks ago.
Well, first off, I got on the scale this morning and it landed directly on 240. YAY!!! The [...]

Gastric Bypass | 50+ pounds!!!

How you like me now?!?!
I’m excited to tell everyone that I’ve just passed the fifty pound weight loss mark. I was holding on right at 50 for about a week but wanted to wait until I passed it to post this. Very excited and feeling better and better everyday! WOOHOO!

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Pre-Gastric Bypass | Preparing for Surgery

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 [...]