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Hahahaha. I think it's a trite & often insincere phrase. I knew another nurse who said it all the time to patients& I know she couldn't remember anything about them later. I understand the phrase is usually well meaning, but people need to be a lil more genuine.

I've had increased anxiety, irritable at times. My hands shake sometimes in situations where I had no problem before. I feel hypoglycemic at times. I snap more often. The hormone question post wt loss is interesting. Am I just hangry? Hangry=hungry+angry. Is this why fat ppl have such better personalities?

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Any updates on this story? Made any decisions? You& your daughter have my full support in whatever you decide. I'm not sure a 13 yo can make the proper decisions but I also know a 60 yo who probably can't. I would really want my youth back as a thin person.

Egg, lentils, chicken sausage, peppers, new mans own Tomato sauce

Pulled pork cupcakes w/candied jalapeño bits!

Egg, lentils, chicken sausage, peppers, new mans own Tomato sauce

I instaneously lost my 2 best friends(1 about 50lbs overweight the other was 350lbs)when I started losing weight& am less close with my mother who is obese. We had less of our normal activities to do together since binge eating & eating unhealthy foods was not on the agenda for me. There's also a jealousy factor. People do not see how much of a social issue food & appearance is. People who would never even socialize with me at work are now clamoring to be the 'funny' girl's friend & attention from males is astounding. That being said, I feel like sometimes people who don't know me well, look at me as just the girl who has lost weight. A supportive social circle is a blessing. Thanks for the great piece, Alex!

I instaneously lost my 2 best friends(1 about 50lbs overweight the other was 350lbs)when I started losing weight& am less close with my mother who is obese. We had less of our normal activities to do together since binge eating & eating unhealthy foods was not on the agenda for me. There's also a jealousy factor. People do not see how much of a social issue food & appearance is. People who would never even socialize with me at work are now clamoring to be the 'funny' girl's friend & attention from males is astounding. That being said, I feel like sometimes people who don't know me well, look at me as just the girl who has lost weight. A supportive social circle is a blessing. Thanks for the great piece, Alex!

I instaneously lost my 2 best friends(1 about 50lbs overweight the other was 350lbs)when I started losing weight& am less close with my mother who is obese. We had less of our normal activities to do together since binge eating & eating unhealthy foods was not on the agenda for me. There's also a jealousy factor. People do not see how much of a social issue food & appearance is. People who would never even socialize with me at work are now clamoring to be the 'funny' girl's friend & attention from males is astounding. That being said, I feel like sometimes people who don't know me well, look at me as just the girl who has lost weight. A supportive social circle is a blessing. Thanks for the great piece, Alex!

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Are your friends and family helping you lose weight or standing in your way? Don’t let your social network hold you back!
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Your friends and family can affect whether you lose weight as quickly as you’d like. You are more likely to become obese if your sibling, spouse, or friend is obese, and more likely to want to lose weight if your friends want to. Ask your friends to join you in eating well and exercising so that you can all get healthy and enjoy life more together!



If You Want to Lose Weight, Keep an Eye on Your Social Network


One of the first things you learn about weight loss surgery is that you need a support system. The more friends and family you have around, the more likely you are to lose weight. At least, that’s what you’re told.
It’s mostly true but it’s not completely right. The truth is that your friends and family don’t always help you lose weight. If you have anyone sabotaging your efforts, you already know that. But your friends and family may be dragging you down without trying to. You may not even realize it’s happening. Once you do, though, you can resist the bad influence.
Effect of Friends and Family on Weight
Take a look at your friends and family. Are they overweight? If they are, they may be getting in the way of your own weight loss. Part of it may be genetic. If one sibling gains weight, the other is 40 percent more likely to also gain weight, according to research described in the December 2011 edition of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch.
You might point to genes to explain why you can predict people’s weight gain based on their siblings’ weight gain. That may be partly true, but consider this. Spouses are 37 percent more likely to become obese if their spouse does. Okay, live together, eat together, gain or lose weight together. That makes sense, right?
But do you know whose weight is most closely related to yours? It’s not the weight of your siblings or spouse. It’s your friends’ weights! If you have a close friend who becomes obese, your risk of becoming obese increases by a scary 57 percent! And, if your friends want to lose weight, you’re more likely to want to lose weight.
How Your Friends Affect Your Weight
You don’t live with your friends, and you don’t share their genes. So why should their weight affect yours? Part of it is just from trying to be a good friend. Your friend’s job is to cheer you up and accept you for who you are. That’s great in most cases because we all need someone on our side.
Unfortunately, it works against you when you tell your friend that you just ate a half a pizza because you had a bad day at work, your friend may just tell you that you deserved that pizza. Worse, she might invite you out so that the two of you can split another pizza.
Also, your perception of what is normal and acceptable might shift towards what your friends do and think. If they are overweight or obese, you may not see yourself as unhealthily overweight even if you are. If they share a few boxes of doughnuts every Sunday, you might not see any problem with those extra hundreds of calories. But continuing to do what they do can get in the way of hitting your weight loss goals.
Make New Friends…
When you’re getting started on your weight loss journey, think about making a few new friends who are going to support your new commitment to health.
Other weight loss surgery patients: they’re going through exactly the same things that you are.
Exercise buddies: find them at the gym, in the park, or through craiglist.com or meetup.com. Don’t be shy about asking if you can join them for a workout or two. If they say no, ask someone else. You might end up making a few new friends that you can hang out at other times during the day.

…And Keep the Old
You don’t have to ditch your old friends and stay away from your siblings and parents if they’re overweight. Ideally, you can be open with them. Explain how hard you are working to get healthy, and let them know how they can help.
If you’re lucky, they’ll be willing to change some of their behaviors to support your goals and get healthier themselves.
Meet to go shopping or take a walk in the park instead of to eat at a restaurant.
Order an egg white omelet instead of pancakes with butter, Syrup, and sausage when you go out for Breakfast.< br> Meet your friends to do crafts or pack lunches for a homeless shelter instead of baking and eating Cookies.< br>
If your old friends and your family are unwilling to change, you don’t need to avoid them. Even being aware of how friends and family can affect you can protect you from following their leadwhile you’re hanging out with them. Be on the lookout for unhealthy behaviors, and make your own healthy decisions.
Skip the table’s appetizers and enjoy your glass of ice Water.< br> Order what you know is right, like chicken breast or fish and vegetables, while everyone else is ordering Pasta or steak, mashed potatoes, and gravy.
Savor coffee while everyone else is digging into dessert.
Lean on them for sympathy when you’re struggling, but don’t use them as eating buddies anymore.

Eventually, they may see how happy and successful you are, and they may be ready to ask you for help losing weight.
Your friends and family are there to support you, but sometimes their love for you isn’t good for your weight loss journey. Ask them to help you out by setting a good example, and keep yourself from following their lead if you know they’re eating badly.

This discussion could not be more timely. I have continued to have anxiety and irritabllity. I finally talked to my Dr. and he discussed the aspect of fat, as a storer of estrogen and other hormones. So we have less hormones and this can cause the anxiety.
I also did some research on the release mechanism of long acting effexor. The release mechanism is lipophylic, in otherwords it works in fat. So less fat means that the effexor does not break down as well as it did when we had lots of fat. Therefore we are not getting the medicine as we used to.
I am now on a TID dose. Hoping this will fix the anxiety. It has only been a few days and maybe a small amount of relief. Will keep you all posted.

I'm single& 30. Sleeved 11/16/12. I live in central Illinois, not exactly a hotspot but I love all my funny, hard-working midwesterns. I'm celibate--I sell a bit and I give a little bit away. Jk. I love that joke tho. Hoping for love& lust in 2013.

I signed on to Ourtime (50+) because 20yos kept hitting on me. I found three guys with their damn fish...that I knew. The exs friends. Awkward. Put the damn fish down. Youre trying to impress a girl not a buddy. I wont even discuss the harley boys.

My kids and I just adopted Ozzy two days ago!

He's 2 months old and was in a kill shelter in Delaware.

My Lola;)

My Lola;)

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