Learn To Walk Before You Can Run. I started a new job today and, as is often the case with starting a new job, I was a bit bored.

Then I had to go over to the other office for my pre and post-op nutrition counselling, but I got there super early and decided to do the MedGem and BodPod tests to kill time! The MedGem is a way to measure your resting metabolic rate based on how much oxygen you use.

No nerves as of yet and hopefully it stays that way. The liquid diet does work. I am down to an official at home weight of 291. 4 I will gain some back over the next few days as they pump me full of fluid. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

A Blog About Bariatric Surgery. Day 395, going strong. Well, I just had to change the title from day 388 because I started this a week ago, time got away from me. I have also been adding peppermint coffee mate to chocolate and vanilla shakes, which is making me love shakes again.

I fight with food choices everyday. But today I feel like a winner! June 9, 2016.

8 months has really flown by and so much has happened in this short amount of time. I have gained a new lease on life as well as having the chance to learn how to push my life in a healthier direction mentally, emotionally and physically.

Fat days and pumpkin spice lattes. Where do I fit in? .

The uphill battle to drop these pounds, come see what all the fuss is about! The Olive Oil Experiment and other blurbs. the things we do to lose weight is unbelievable! Like, some of the things I have tried in the past were bizarre, some were downright uncalled for. I even resorted to having a surgeon cut away part of my stomach. CKLS are herbal pills that detox your C.