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Wait-a-minit...if its the sweetner in the soda causing the pblms, WHY do the docs ok crystal lite? That's also artificial sweetner.

I WAS a sobe Water drinker until I read the label and discovered there are 6grams of carbs per serving....no thin q vedy moooch! I found skinny sport water in goji black cherry and that has NO carbs at all. Would greatly appreciate if those of you who know your chemicals would look at skinnywater.com and tell me what I'm poisoning myself with now. Thanks

I resemble this very much though my surgery was 12/5 I was only recently having the same experience with reflux. It comes at the same time I may need to have my thyroid med reduced due to afib. I was due for a blood test in a week or so so went early and am waiting to see the results. I'm down 62# at this point. The weight loss has slowed to a crawl...

You can't decipher this insurance gobbledegook. Your surgeon's office should have staff that do. You can ask them the number for the procedure. Then call anthem at the number on the back of your card and ask if they cover the procedure. I have anthem as secondary to medicare. Medicare still doesn't cover vsg but anthem covers 80% of what medicare won't cover. It had to be preapproved and they issued certification (but it was like pulling teeth from a rabid alligator in a death roll). You need to call to get the sweet talk. Then you need to ask the surgeon's office what it all means. The ins co says one script to you and a whole entire other script to actual providers. It stinks. Shrug. Nothing to do @ it, though.

I have state preferred anthem bc-bs. Never heard of highmark. Sure u got the right papers?

Surgery 12/5/11. 60.4# lost as of today. Finally. Veritable stall from 12-18 thru last week. Sent from my SGH-T839 using VST

My personal trainer says"we may never be perfect, but don't stop moving". I already do Water aerobics and swimming and see the pers trnr 3x week. The pt and ot 2 hrs each a week. I hear you. But the doe doesn't give choices. He says NO CARBS. NO FAT. EAT Protein DRINK WATER. Period. So....find me a protein without fats....can't do it, can ya? My yoghurt in bthe a.m. is siggi's icelandic 80 calories. 18 grams protein and 4g fat. I put tofrani syrup on it (its plain) and its great stuff. But I wanna know what I'm eating wrong that doesn't let me lose consistently. The oximetry results show me under 88% 2 hrs a nite and under 89% 3 hrs a nite. That sucks. I thought pulmonary hypertension went away when lose wt. Not complaining per se...just saying. And yes I want to eatnormal too. But the doc doesn't allow it. He says to lose all the wt now in the first year is the goal cuz it won't happen later! I do wonder how many calories I'm actually consuming. I know I've had 120 so far this a.m. going to have my yoghurt now. Thanks for not giving up on the grump-upagus

You know, this kinda support is great thanks to all.... I really think age plays a big factor. I'm 66 and was sendentary most of my life. My job was sendentary. And when I wasn't working, I slept a good deal so I'm severely out of shape. I also have ankle pain and shoulder pains that limit my movements but...most days I muck thru with the hope that something I'm doing will pay off. But like ouroberous said, the initial loss is crazy and then slows down. But don't you worry that you'll reach a point where you can't spreed up your metabolism and you can't eat any less? Then what happens????

Lissa, thanx...I replied to this and then my phone ate it and I didn't feel like typing it again. All those pithy words wasted <grin>. My highest wt was 428. I'm 253 now (depending on how much the scale lies) and I still can't walk much. Certainly not 3 miles. I can do 1 mi, maybe at 2.0 to 2.5 on treadmill taking @ 20 min. I can walk 8 blks with walker but I lose my "steam" more quickly than on the treadmill. I'm actually pleased with a few things: being able to tie my own shoes, based on how often I have to do it, is a small miracle. Being able to fit into my car without bending my knee and propping my foot against the side floor board is another. Not driving with my stomach scared me for a while. -- it felt like I lost control of the car. But the diet is really the NO! Diet. The no being shouted at me by the sturgeon and his.henchwoman. I can have Protein and vegetables and nothing else. NO carbs. NO fat. NO prepared food. Now tofu is listed on this sheet but they both gasped and shouted in horror when I asked about shirataki noodles. Then, I had the temerity to inquire @ popcorn and all &^%$$ broke lose. I hadn't eaten it. I hadn't bought it. I was just THINKING @ it but that set off alarms in thought police headquarters. I think the surgeon is not going to talk to me again. Yeah we got an appointment in june but he is determined that I am not in compliance...i.e. a thoroughly deficient patient and there is no hope on this earth for me. Were I not so compulsive @ stuff, I could shrug it off but with their attitude, everytime the scale doesn't move down, ITS MY FAULT and I never will live it down. I'm doomed to failure. I'm wsorking with shrink and two told me not to regard everything a doc says as god's word...but he thinks he's god and my role, as patient, don't have a chance of a snowball in h3ll. Thanks

I gave away 6 huge bags full of old clothing. Have very little to wear now as the last 10 yrs has been 3x-4x. My bra size doesn't change which drives me nuts. I don't know what my calorie count is. I call this the NO! Diet since everything is forbidden. And I obsess with all of it: weighing, eating, not eating, clothing, looking at myself in the mirror, pain from exercising, amt of exercising, going to gym, going to pt,going to ot, going to shrink...but living? Not yet. Yeah, I can tie my shoes by myself and if a lace opens while I'm walking I can bend over and tie it without blinking but the thought still obsesses me. Yeah I am back to 6 to 8 blocks walking with dog with walker. Yeah I fit on a weird bike at the gym (so far, the only one I fit on) and yeah, I walk up a flight of stairs after my workout (using all four limbs) big woop. I can't walk far without the walker. I still have limited stamina. I still need the rotten cpap machine. I haven't met any new people beyond surface acknowledgements. I can't go on a trip or a cruise (I've read @ people who do 2wks out!) . I DID NOT EXPECT EVERYTHING TO CHANGE LIKE MAGIC after the surgery but I'm still surprised that it hasn't done just a little bit... I wish I had a more forgiving, supportive surgeon who gave self worship a break once in a while. I would choose not to have him in my life if I could. I wish I could find a compatible curmudgeon to commisserate with. And I wish I could think about something else and do something other than just mark time until I have a more dramatic wt loss. I wish....

Could u please say how to measure fat %? I finally broke the stall and lost a couple lbs but am holding this loss again. Looks like a new pattern developing. First a wild loss of 50 and then nothing since 2/18 and then 2 more and now holding. Just like you outlined. Am now 3x week trainer and 4hours pt and ot. Maybe that's what broke the stall? But WHY can't the doc give proportions for food? Fat/prot/carb? I'm the NO! Diet. And I still hate it. Ps: what're you going to substitute for the wt loss obsession once you've attained your goal weight? Is this what is meant by change in life style....obsess differently? Changing my handle to resident grump!

Finally had shoulders evaluated...am exceptionally weak! Starting with dental dams and 3# bar. Have PT 2x/week added to 6 days of training with and without the trainer. Slept this afternoon! Doc approved ibuprofen with nexium...but couldn't stomach the meds so stopped. Think I'll look for a good massage

I went to have m6y shoulders evaluated and I'm really weak so the therapist prescribed some exercises. How do I log pulling bands and doing the handbike on My fitness pal? Anyone have an6 ideas? Tomorrow I get my foot evaluated to see why that's weak. Sent from my SGH-T839 using VST

Who is eating pasta???? I'm going nuts with this lying scale! scales are evil.

Yup! Same deal here tho I never got a carb number...just a yell8ng NO CARBS...NO FAT... buncha baloney Grin. What's their site? I had mine done at yale and pple who had RnY gthere get a nutritionist but not the sleeve people. For me he said he doesn't trust nuts! I'm seeing on mid march ....can't wait.

No I take just 2 tablets of one a day...where'd u get the idea that u need 5 or 6? That gives a complete serving of Iron and the other 'junk' <grin>. My pcp is going to test my blood for iron content in april....cuz I don't see me asbeing anemic. We're also going to test b12 because I don't believe they "cut away the part of the stomach where it gets absorbed". Someone told me to stop listening to everything the surgeon says as if he were a god...even if he sees himself that way. I'm questioning everything. Dumb people never heard of shriataki noodles (made from tofu) and even tho they permit tofu on the diet, they came down yelling NO NOODLES at me...for a lousy 20 calories! No fat. Sheeeeesh. Can't wait to take up with the nutritionist. See, I don't think its possible to eat this way for a whole 6 months to a year and then expect the body to adjust to eating healthy (fruits and all veggies) and continue to lose weight. I think that's a bunch of hoo-ha...designed to keep the Vitamin people in cadillacs.

I'm using l'oreal evercream leave in ...both the shampoo and the lite spray on conditioner. My hair is back to relatively smooth and silky...tho not first thing in a.m. also using wiiiide tooth comb

I don't understand why a capsule. I'm using one a day petite with iron. Small enuf to swallow. Also calcium is oscal lemon chiffon chewable...not too sweet...vit. d3 is from Kal 9chewable in either ppperming or cinnamon depending on IU amt...I threw out the gummies as soon as I was able. Tell me @ benefiber....cause gas???

Alex...I can now see who's on line and even sent u a pvt message. Also logged into Push. I haven't seen it work yet but the registration worked fine. Flaw in settings: cannot see some of the content of the boxes when you get to push settings. Under that, if you want to see what's in the box, it only shows up when you touch it...that activated a signature and also got me knocked out of the system without wanting to log out. Mainly because I couldn't remember my password! But, I'm back, now. And the push just worked...gonna go peek at it. Thanks. I think I like this app! <grin> Sent from my SGH-T839 using VST

Will don safari helmet and poke around in the app for settings. Good thought if its real! UPDATE...it pushes but when I touch it, it goes to the forum listing...not the post from the person responding. (:

Mayo clinic (& other, recent studies) say that drinking diet soda INCREASES RISK OF OBESITY so I think that's the reason the carbonation is forbidden...not just diet soda but seltzer, too.

When was your surgery? I was allowed back as soon as my drain incision healed...about 3 weeks. Whooosh that felt good. I'm up to a mile and Friday I pushed too much and coulnt lift my left arm over my head. I've laid low since fri and the trainer did only lower body work today...but I miss the pool already...even kicking hurts my shoulders to hold onto the board or whatever....waaah

I have an impingement in my shoulder and its rearing its ugly head since Friday when I swam a bit harder than usual. The docs give us tylenol but I think they said we can't take ibuprofen. Does anyone take anything stronger that tylenol for pain and inflamation?? (Sleeved 12/5)

So how long have u been doing it? Do u not eat any fruit either? I'm craving blues and straws...even an apple...