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You have to walk, walk, walk. If you do that, it will go away sooner rather than later! Also most people say that since the gas is outside of your digestive system (are you getting pain in your shoulder, for instance?) that Gas-X won't help you. Good luck!

I noticed something this morning, I haven't been checking my blood sugar as often as I usually do. It has been my habit for the past 3.5 years to check it as soon as I get up and 2 hours after eating either lunch or dinner. I am falling out of the habit because every time I check, it is awesome. I checked my meter just now and my 30 day average is 88 with N=37. In the past N would have been at least 60, but usually closer to 70. I guess I am getting more confident in the realization that I really don't need to take any medications to have a stable, great,and completely normal non-diabetic blood sugar reading. I ran my longest distance this morning 2.5 miles. My pace is still really slow because I am running for 5 minutes and walking for 1.5 minutes, rinse and repeat. I am ahead of schedule with the C25K. When the program tells me my workout is complete to begin cool down, I run another segment of run/walk. I just don't feel ready to stop and want to increase my mileage. I am amazed at how energetic I feel on the days I run as opposed to my rest days. Yesterday I was a sloth all day. Saturday is my Sabbath day so I observe the day of rest completely.The only thing I did yesterday was go to church, post here, and read. I felt sluggish all day. I have decided I need to watch less TV. It just encourages me to be lazy. I am going to limit my time in front of the TV to 1 hour every other day. I want to be more productive in other areas of my life and this is one way to do it. Have a great Sunday everyone!

First picture is from November 2016 at 303 pounds. The second picture is from tonight. Same clothes. I had to hold my pants from falling to the floor. Tomorrow, I will be two months post op and weigh in at 231. So glad I made the decision for WLS.

I'm scheduled aug 1 - I'd love to be your sleeve buddy

I know Kaiser wouldn't accept it.

In my experience, no, they will not accept it. Generally it has to be done "in house" with the surgeon's bariatric program. I hope they do, though! That would be fabulous. And good on you for taking initiative to establish healthy habits! The lower your weight at surgery, the safer and more effective it will be, so even if you have to do another 3 months you've still done yourself a great favor.

I'm scheduled for 8/12 with Dr. Illan and paid the $500 down through my Wells Fargo account. I'll do the same with the remainder the week before surgery. My wife was initially worried about going to Mexico for surgery, but knows now these are highly skilled people and this is what they do day in and day out. Good luck!

I get hungry at meal times but fill up quickly. ButI want hungry at all until about after a month.

Yay! Congratulations! It will be here before you know it!

God I hope so. Its not like I need to see 10 pounds gone but the one pound yoyo completely sucks.