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Before and After DS Weight-Loss Surgery

  • 162 pounds (February 2007)
    A few snapshots of Then and Now

Duodenal Switch and Related Sites

Weight-Loss Surgery

Blogs I Read

Pay It Back/Forward


  • The Hunger Site

Health and Wellness

  • The Google 15
    An excellent weight-tracking tool that keeps track of your moving weight average over time so that no single weigh-in is a cause for ecstacy or despair.
  • Understanding Your Tests
    A good preliminary resource for understanding your lab work (though of course it's no substitution for discussing results with your doctor)
  • FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
    An essential tool for me during my first 6 post-op months -- and a good reality check for anyone keeping track of daily food intake (e.g., calories, fats, carbohydrates, etc.) and activity levels
  • Gmaps Pedometer
    A wonderful tool that allows one to map exercise routes and calculate miles covered and calories burned

Products

  • Low Carb Corner
    As near as I can tell, this site sells nothing but two kinds of breakfast cereal -- but as one who's avoided cereal since my DS surgery because it contains virtually no protein and far too many carbs, Protein Crunch is a wonderful option (i.e., 27 grams protein, 2 net grams carbs). It's horrifyingly expensive but for WLS cereal lovers, it's worth the occasional splurge.
  • Perfectly Sweet
    Expensive but excellent source for sugar-free and no-sugar-added bakery and candy items.
  • Pure Protein RTD shakes
    At an average of 35 grams of protein, 3 grams of carbs, and 160 calories, these ready-to-drink shakes work for me because I can chill them, grab them, pack them, and go. Available from a variety of online sources or at GNC stores.
  • Spanx
    A line of comfortable foundation garments (and even easy-to-pack clothing) that comes in handy post-op to corrale that wayward, formerly obese flesh and make you feel comfortable. Available online, at Lane Bryant in larger sizes, at Nordstrom in smaller sizes, and sometimes at outlets for less.

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Eclectic Interests

Birch
Style for conscious living, lightly on the earth

Cosmic Variance
Random samplings from a universe of ideas

Coast to Coast AM
Late-night radio talk show devoted to the paranormal and all things bizarre -- I've been addicted since the mid-1990s

Explorations in Science with Dr. Michio Kaku
Friendly to the non-scientifically-inclined

Gratefulness
A network for grateful living

Mount Everest by Climbers
The title says it all

Mysterious Universe
A demented podcast in the vein of the radio program "Coast to Coast AM"

Prairie Home Companion
An homage to radio days of yore -- and to progressive politics of today

Starbucks Gossip
I'm an addict -- can't help it

World Changing
Tools, models and ideas for building a sustainable green future

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