Capt Derel

Good job ladies. Dont worry about stalls cause its gonna come off

Not dow or basf in freeport ? I used to work for Texas Crewboats in the past and I met quite a few people from there and the Lake Jackson/ Freeport area

I agree with writergirl on the sweets issue. I wasnt even looking at your diet as to what it is you consumed but rather the amount consumed. I also figured mini meat balls was like the size of the canned ravioli kind. As far as myself I dont worry about veges at all but I do drink little small V8 cans. I try and eat as much protein as I can in the form of fish fillets, hamburger patties"lean of course" stuffed with cheese to give it some moisture lol, and any kind of seafood I can get my hands on. As far as sweets go since those bars are high in carbs I use sparingly. If I do eat one its the South beach chocolate crunch. Its lovely and high in protein in comparison with the others. I am a stocky guy to begin with so protein is a must for me.

I stalled for a complete month. But when I got home people said that I lost weight from the last time I was home. So a loss in inches and my body adjusting is what was happening during the stall. I noticed muscle striations in my legs, biceps, deltoids, and chest are starting to show even at 237lbs. I am sure your going to pass your goal lol. Its only been 4 months since surgery lol

Research Rimonabant HCL. It will knock your nicotine addictiin clean out of the water along with your herion, marijuana, opiate, or and drugs that interact with the CB1 receptors in the brain. Does it work? Hell yes. My wife cant even be around people who smoke any more cause it makes her sick. Shes been clean since 2006

I weigh myself every morning. But I write it down also and keep track of my intake in case I need to manipulate something. But as far as being a slave lol no I am not

Does it get unbearable to where you have to eat or can you switch it off? For me I just nibble off my wifes plate. I piss her off cause she sympathy eats for me. I drink protein shakes every morning. It takes me 3 hrs to drink one but thats my habit. Good luck and keep us updated

I am a Captain offshore. I dont ever see those guys on the rigs lifting anything heavy up and downstairs. Thats a safety hazard. They have multiple cranes on every drilling rig. But if your going to be a contract hand I can see where you are coming from. Heats going to wipe you out so you will need Water breaks atleast every 2 hours. I tried to push mow my yard the other day and I had to do it in stages cause it was 101 degrees here in louisiana this week. Ridiculous. But I was sweating bullets. I lost 3 lbs that day and spent 2 days putting it back in lol. Is it do able yes. Its just up to you to use stop work authority for yourself to prevent a serious accidental dehydration incident.

I agree with circa on this. Some days I can just tolerate more. Not more in one sitting. Its more throughout the day. Your diet looks like mine. So no worries there. My daily goal is 800/day. Once I hit 1200 calories but it was from vit d milk cause we ran out of my skim milj.

As of today June 26, 2012 I am at 237lbs. Woohoo. I just treated myself to a new bike cause now I Dont have to wear the wide load sign on my back. Still no hunger. Everyone still trips out on me when they see me cause I am gone a month at a time. Now instead of the nickname Big D its slim lmao

Thats the bars I eat also. All the other bars I have found are super high in carbs and calories. Not worth it when compared to atkins bars. I love the south beach chocolate bar that has like 20grams of protein. It tastes just like chocolate cake icing.

Check it out. Since my last post I got off my boat on the 18th. On the 19th I lost 5 lbs. i am telling you that stress does infact inhibit weightloss. Today I am down 7 lbs since I got off. Lol its crazy

I am actually about to buy the wii game and the DVD set when I get home for my wife and I. Shes been after this for awhile now and I looked into it and I love the concept behind it. No local classes nearby for us so this is the next best step

I can verify this theory that Stress does inhibit weightloss in some people. This is my 4th hitch back at work and each time my weightloss pauses. This time I started lifting weights and I have a gain this time.

I had kidney stones twice in 2006. Very very painful. They did a amplified soundwave pulse treatment. Its called something like lithotripsy which breaks down the stones making them small enough to pass. I just dont want that big 6 inch scar. But if it comes down to it I will have it removed.

My thing is I am 40lbs to goal. I never had issues before. I did notice it only happens when I make significant drops in weight. I am trying to hold out cause I am so close. Hopefully everything goes back to normal when I reach that area. I did schedule an appointment for some meds though. I appreciate you coming up Beth. I been sitting here thinking I couldnt eat chicken hahaha

Thank you so much. You have described exactly what I had 2x so far. I thought it was from me eating something wrong. If this happens more for me I will have it looked at. I feel your pain. Literally

Beth what does an attack feel like?

Well first off your going to lose alot of muscle weight first. I tried to combat it but it just didnt work. I am a mesomorph thank god. I was sleeved Feb 17,2012. I started at 329 and holding at the 245-48 mark. I recently reintroduced weightlifting and creatine and a few other supplements. I do have a weight training background which unfortunately was one of my aids to gaining all the weight in the first place after I got hurt and had to quit to recover. Right before I started working out again. My wife did a skin pull on specific areas of my body. Even she was amazed at how soft and how much extra skin that I had. This skin pull was measured and wrote down. I am at work offshore so I dont have a clue what they were. But since I started working out again I have noticed 1. Water retention due to supplements and cortisol levels high from repairing damaged muscle tissue "expected". 2. Skin is starting to tighten up especially on arms, forearms, calves, quads, hams, and shoulders. I wont know more till I get home in 2 more weeks. Now as far as the waist and stomach. I am anticipating having to go do a total body lift/tuck. But I will give it time to see whats going to happen before I act. Keep in mind I am only 32 years old so my skin should bounce back some hopefully. On another note I did meet a guy 7 months out who was same size as me before. Looked identical to me except his skin pigmentation. His skin bounced back and he was 50 years old. So all you can really do is hope for the best. Hope this gives you alittle insight.

I have a Resmed auto vpap 25. I paid around that too. My insurance wanted me to rent it for $500 bucks a month for 5 months then they wanted me to pay the copay to purchase it. I asked them if they thought just cause I was from louisiana that they thought I was crazy. Its not logical to pay over 2500bucks for a 1600 dollar machine. I said that I will just pay cash thank you LoL

I paid the same $800 with cigna. I have had 2 sleep studies and a wakefulness maintenance test which entails staying up for 8 hrs in a lazyboy with no tv, watch, clock, or anything to keep you occupied. Also in a very coooold room with the lights really dim. Luckily I am not one of those kinds of people that sleep all the time. I know that I have to go take one more sleep study in order to get off the machine. I been on it for 3 years and it has maybe 20hrs use total lol.

Yep your right. I just talked to my wife and she said it was the golds gym 410 that I bought. We tried the 310 at the store so we bought the 410 for a little bit more. I went to walmart.com and took these pics. But now I just need a squat rack to complete my mini gym. I have a bowflex xtreme 2, a TKO roman chair for back extensions, and the most wonderful ingenious little cheap $20 machine the Ab machine from walmart. Theres not much more that I need now lol

Sleeved Feb 17th 2012, starting weight 329 "according to the doc". Today is June 2,2012 and I weigh in at 248 even. I have had a 4lb weight gain from starting to lift weights and supplemental water weight gain but its starting to come off now. Thank god. Still to this day I am never hungry. God blessed me lol. Yes I am gonna win. Capacity is equal to 3 tablespoons max Foods not tolerated are switching up constantly except for chicken and eggs <-just cant eat them Overall I feel good, no problems, and I feel like I never had a surgery at all. I just take it a day at a time knowing that this was the best thing in my life that I could have done for myself. I am glad all of yall are doing good and feel good. May we all reach our goal and then some. Capt D

I bought one 2 days before I came back to work. I have 3 more weeks to go before I get my butt kicked on mine. It really wasnt to bad of a price. I paid $360 bucks with a 10% off card at walmart for a gold gym model. Its pretty stout of a machine for the price. Its assembled n ready to go. I cant wait.