Pookeyism

I am DYING to get back into krav Maga - but that is a ways out still - they just don't pull any punches - and it wouldnt be Km if they did!

A larper is someone who does live action role playing, which is fun but it isn't what I do. I do actual fighting, but with weapons and rules based to make the combat safer. I am with Dagorhir, Far Harar chapter. I am just getting back into it and I didn't realize how mich I missed it. I used to do it with SCA and other groups vith varying rules and safety...but that was over a decade ago. Dagorhir here is very active, and the weapons are safe enough to not worry too much...I do double sword and archery. I will also be participating in one-on-one sparring here soon.

We go through so much being overweight, the metal pain to me was far worse than any physical pain I have experienced. Congradulations in your choice. I agree you do need God on your side and WITH Him all is possible, BUT he wants you to do for yourself. Moses, Lot and Job, Ruth and Esther - so many had to make so many choices. Be brave, be strong - He did not create toys, he created life, to live. Blessed days ahead to you and your bff, and all those who will have you for so much longer now.

I thought it has something to do with "42".

Just start doing things in extreme moderation, near home, with a buddy...go from there. Your body will tell you. LISTEN!

It did, thank you very much!

What Lissa said! lol

Yo uhave no idea! I get so cold. I recently survived a whole day non-stop in our warehouse. It was 99 degrees outside, so at least about 108 in the warehouse.

You need to call a lawyer.

I never thought the sleeve would not work, I am just over five months out, and have lost, including pre-sleeve loss 89 lbs. I weigh in again today - more loss? Maybe. I have metabolic issues that make stalls more prominent, plus it is very important to me to lose no muscle mass. I was in my low 240's when I was sleeved, and I am now at 190. I no longer am diabetic, and I have went from 40 BMI to 27. My weight loss is already successful. The rest will be great, i will take what I can, but it has already worked. I have gave myself years back. My husband has me back. I was always a fighter, this lets us fight - I don't mind the effort, or being one of the people to lose it slowly. I feel every loss, see every inch and know I fought for that.

Are you sleeved?

Prayers to you. Warm green energy headed your way!

Not yet lost 100 and I do plan on getting work...sorry if that sounds negative. :/

PS - rememner this isnt a forum like you see for technical information or such - this is a support group, based in the form of, well, a forum. If someone gets onto you just let it slide, if it is genuinely rude - trust me - you are going to get people on here that will back you up. No drama, hopefully, but a friendly voice. There are alot of repeat posts, because it is in human nature to want to talk about ourselves when we worry - and we are all on a big learning curve, lots of emotions, and yes, we get scared... Good luck in your journey, and your experience here. It is a good place to visit.

If you have a question, and a search has not yielded you a sufficient answer, then post it again. I do encourage the searches, because the answers you find there might even help you refine or rethink you question.

I just pray no body gets me in the tummy...I am back into european swordplay, which is MMA of sorts, lol.

Okay - I talked to a few people, including a lady with the Texas Medical Board, this seems to be the best route for anyone (everyone) this is happening with: Start an email thread about your appointments, etc. what is left - establish that your doctor has plans to operate on you, provided your tests and requirements, etc. are met. Gather your information - email you doctor and tell them you wish to opt out of their product choice. Be specific and tell them you have 1) observed many people discussing that they cannot stomach one brand of supplement very long, 2) you dislike the products in question and 3) you want and need to pay as you go for supplements 4) want your consumer rights to be respected. Then ask them, point blank, why they feel it is necessary for you to purchase that product from them, what difference there is in that product that makes it so, and (this is a biggie) do they make a profit from MAKING you buy that product. Request politely that they respond to each question, and explain, politely, that this has raised concerns with you. Maintain your composure, and then confirm your next appointment. THEN: If they do not step down, file a complaint with the medical board they are practicing in - and follow up. Hope that helps!

Um, is that even legal? I don't think a doctor can force you to buy supplements...Tell them no, list your baseline needs you are looking for in a supplement and so from there. I would check with your state's laws on if this is even legal.

There are many reasons for stalls, but the hold-slip-hold-slip for most of us is not just fat loss. Yo udo not just lose fat. It doesnt drop off the minute you jump on the treadmill...it isn't gas. It is fuel, but fuel locked in a complex little warehouse...it has to be accessed, opened, broken down and then utilized and ina more aggressive mode, like the retention we call "starvation mode". It will hold onto as much from that fat cell as it can, reuse everything it can. Every pound of fat has 7 miles of capilaries. All this stuff has to break down, be used and flushed away. In starvation mode your body is compensating by holding onto what was left in a (kind of) edematous fashion. It holds (some cases better than others - also depends on triggers it recieves) onto the leftovers and Water, and then will releaswe them - thus the actual show of weight loss, even though you could already see it in inches. There is always the situation that if you know you have a cardiovascular co morbidity or diabeties, have had serious Fluid retention thta the stalls might mean something else - but that is why you should be seeing a PCP regularly during you weight loss. I am not a doctor, and I pulled this from memoery and not from a website or anything, so don't just take my word on it - and I pushed a very complex concept into a small space...just some FYI.

The food reference was suprising to me - be very careful though. It does seem a bit much. One thing not often mentioned is that you do not always feel the pain from pushing your sleeve till later - maybe even the next day. I was slow to feel the full mark on mushies, and the next day I would feel bad, sometimes really bad. Once I started actually measuring my food to what I knew to be less than my "full" mark, but enough to feel satiated, I began to hurt alot less. PS - I do nto think it is possible to stretch your sleleve quickly, but with my understanding of internat sutures, I bet it is possible to make it heal at a larger size than it would have by constantly stretching it out with food as it "positions" and heals.

perhaps you could tack them into the bra from the inside? The triangles I mean... Where do you get such a djin bra? How much should I expect to pay?

Apparently I was wearing my bras way to tight, because they are the last things to begin to be big...I hate to admit this, but I hate shopping for that stuff...I actually moved the hook and eyes up on two of my neutral color bras, so I could keep wearing them!

So true! I am getting back into so much I missed! Congradulations on Onderland! It feels soooo good, doesn't it? : ' )

Walk through the pain - it's a b***h but it helps the soreness, will actually ease nausea, and will reduce the gas pain before it can migrate - you do NOT want the gas to migrate (so I have been told, because I walked). Well, i also took hydrocodone liquid, lol.

What tests were recommended/preformed on you at your 6 month (or so) follow up visit? I was self-pay, so all of my tests come out of my pocket, UNLESS they can be recommended for other reasons in advance, and I forward the information to my doc. I have an idea of a few tests, because my doc told me they were the standards, but I wonder if there are others that I should consider, if for no other reason than I may need them later for comparison, should something really go wrong. Opinions, please - chime in!