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 | Possible Problems & ‘The Pre-Ops’

So it’s almost been 7 months since my surgery and like I stated in my last post, I’m feeling great. If there has been anything that has been a recurring issue it has been the dizziness that I have on a semi-regular basis. It started pretty much right after the surgery and happens [...]

Gastric Bypass | The Century Mark

It’s been exactly 5 months, 27 days since my surgery and today I’m excited to tell everyone that I’ve officially hit the 100 pound weight loss mark. WOOHOO! I am totally stoked for multiple reasons but most of all my health. I’ve never felt this good and I’m easily in the best shape [...]

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 | 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 [...]

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 [...]