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I had my surgery in July 2015 and the only people who know (besides my medical team) are my husband, older daughter (she's 25), and one very intelligent "I can trust with my life" co-worker. I have a large family and everyone has an opinion about everything and after being overweight for over 25 years, I just didn't want to be deterred from my decision. My PCP told me about the sleeve (never heard about it before he mentioned it) in December 2014 - I went home, did my research, decided after talking it over with my husband, and never looked back! Truly the best thing I've done for me. In the process of my pre-op clearances, a tumor was found on my thyroid which I needed surgery for. I told my manager that in the process of getting clearance for gall bladder surgery, the thyroid tumor was found. I felt horrible for lying but as it turned out, during the sonogram process of my clearance, gall stones were found!! My surgeon removed my gall bladder and performed the sleeve surgery at the same time! (so I didn't feel so bad after all). When people ask how I've lost the weight, I just tell them that I've been eating healthier and exercising more - which is the truth (just not the whole truth). If conversation goes beyond that, I also let them know that I recently developed diabetes and my doctor advised that if I lose weight, he would not put me on medication (the truth) and losing weight would also most likely help with my high blood pressure. Well, I haven't taken one blood pressure pill since day before surgery (I've been on them for 15 years) and I am no longer diabetic! I am amongst extremely judgmental folks in my personal and professional life and I really don't want to hear "OH YOU TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT!" Your body, your health, your life, your business! Good Luck!!

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Hi, I may have replied to your other post - not sure. I have been using an app called BARITASTIC. It's wonderful and it tracks EVERYTHING! In addition to exercise and nutrition, it tracks your weight, pictures, BMI, etc. Hope this helps!

@@Balance Hello there! This is my very first post although I have been stalking the site for a while. I have been using BARITASTIC app. It tracks all kinds of nutrition (calories, Protein, carbs, sugar, Water, exercise, etc.). It's free and it has worked really well for me.