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Don’t let those bigoted fools bring you down. WLS is a TOOL that helps YOU gain control of your life, your weight and the way you live. It’s not a "fix" for a obese, fat person. Again, it’s a tool. You are working on changing you. The key word there is WORKING. Watching what and how you eat, exercising and doing the things you used to enjoy. You should pat yourself on your back. You are doing a great job, have a great attitude about this. Don’t let some jealous women drag you down. She is just upset that someone is getting attention she must think she deserves. I hate people like that. Instead of being happy and talking positive they have to be so damn negative. Karma is a mother…that’s all I have to say. Karma is a nasty mofo… Jus sayin..

I got some great cook books. One is called Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook For Dummies and recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery. I got some really good ideas and its great because you can plan things ahead. It tells you about the begining stages to the end. It was a awesome find for me.
P.S. Dont forget your Biotin for your hair

OMG!!! I'm not retarded! I really thought something was wrong with my a%$! I dropped a 116lbs, and my butt kills me! I have to get up frequently at work (Sit down job) and car rides are torture. Someone recently asked me if I had a hemaroid problemm because I kept squirming!!! LOL!!

Instead of being a chicken, why don't you call the office and reschedule and just go and ask the surgeon questions that you are afraid of. Give it a chance and don't let your anxiety get you down.

Don’t let those bigoted fools bring you down. WLS is a TOOL that helps YOU gain control of your life, your weight and the way you live. It’s not a "fix" for a obese, fat person. Again, it’s a tool. You are working on changing you. The key word there is WORKING. Watching what and how you eat, exercising and doing the things you used to enjoy. You should pat yourself on your back. You are doing a great job, have a great attitude about this. Don’t let some jealous women drag you down. She is just upset that someone is getting attention she must think she deserves. I hate people like that. Instead of being happy and talking positive they have to be so damn negative. Karma is a mother…that’s all I have to say. Karma is a nasty mofo… Jus sayin..

All I can say is... Way to Go!! Glad to see someone else can approach the topic of sex and not freak out or be embarassed about the subject.

I am 2 months out today, and when I weighed this morning I was so elated because I'm down 40 lbs from my pre-surgery weight. Unfortunately my elation didn't last for long. ;(
I am a private person, so I haven't told anyone at work that I had WLS. When people say something about my weight loss I cringe and stumble through the whole, "I'm working really hard, under a DRs & NUTs care, no carb, low fat, no sugar, blah, blah, blah" schpiel. I hate addressing people's curiosity, and because 2 other ladies in my office had WLS in the last few years, I'm sure that some people are digging for info. I usually manage to brush these encounters off, but today was different.
So this morning as I'm rocking a brand new size 8 pair of jeans...down from a 16-TYVM...I go to the break room to cook my egg whites that I'm getting so damn sick of having for Breakfast, and a friendly colleague of mine says, "Girl, you are wasting away right before my eyes". I say, "I'm getting there." She then proceeds to tell me that she is so glad I didn't take the easy way out like the other two did!!!! I am dumbfounded, and trying to gracefully and tactfully get myself out of this conversation, but I honestly wanted to cry. I told her that I didn't think there was an easy way out with weight loss. She said, "yeah, I know, but taking the easy way out is sad and it really shows that you have no self control."
I was devastated, and I've been in a funk ever since. I know without a shadow of a doubt that she would have never said that if she knew...that makes me so sad. It also makes me sad to think that someone I admire in my professional life would be so condemning of an issue she obviously has never struggled with. I felt dirty and cheap and like a coward for not coming clean and telling her, "My dear, I had WLS and it is not the easy way out." Instead I just let her walk away thinking I'm this goddess of self control and that I have done this all by myself. Ughhh, I'm so mad at myself.
I have worked my ass off to get to this point and I've invested a TON of money in making sure my future is as healthy and happy as it can possibly be, because there are people in my life that I adore and I want to see 30,000 more sunsets with them. I have never fought for something so hard in my whole entire life.
I didn't take the easy way out. The easy way out would have been to do nothing. The easy way out would have me giving into every craving and eating grotesque amounts of food just because I can. The easy way out would have been to continue to get fatter and fatter, and sicker and sicker and to die way before my time.
Sorry, I just had to come here where y'all would understand. Today hurt, and it discouraged me and it sucked. Thankfully, tomorrow is a new day...and I'm going to be one step closer to my goal.

I love the GNC Wheybolic 60, it disentergrates into the soy milk and is awesome!

Hey Everyone! I had my 9 month check up today...and I have met my goal!!! I literally shed a tear as I looked at the BMI chart and saw that I was in the "healthy" range! I went from a BMI of 36 to 23, size 16WP (women's petite) to a 4P, and from 208lbs to 125lbs in 9 months. Although I've had my up's and downs, I love my new body and life! I also know the journey isn't over...it's now a lifestyle. So keep striving, working, and reaching those goals everyone! Much love!

I asked this same thing Doxie..... I even asked my surgeon and NUT.....
Doc said this surgery completely resets body set points. And because for the first year or so your calories are so drastically reduced your body has no choice but to burn the fat. The key is to make sure you get the tons of Protein in so that your body doesn't burn muscle first before fat.
The nutritionist did not mention the reset of body set points....she just said your body has no choice but to burn fat if you are only consuming 500-600 calories a day. I never really got an answer about what effect the extremely low calories will have on metabolism for down the road maintenance. My concern is ok, so when your body eventually gets used to living on 600 calories does that mean you'll gain weight on 1000? The reason I'm here doing this surgery is because I have been unable to lose weight on 1200 calories a day. I finally came to the conclusion that this was my only way...

I've had the same problem. I choose not to let her drag me down to her level. Since then I've become more open about it. I did this for me, not for them. So let them talk. You are beautiful. Show them that talking crap behind your back only means that you mean so much to them you are always on their mind. Pure jealousy... chin up. Dont sweat them small crap.

My cousin had it, and she takes Ducolax, like 10 or 15 because she got tired of talking to the wall at the doctors. She isint puking thank god, she isint doing half bad.... now. About a year after surgery she had her gullbladder out, and that eased a lot of her discomfort. That might be something to check into....

I've had the same problem. I choose not to let her drag me down to her level. Since then I've become more open about it. I did this for me, not for them. So let them talk. You are beautiful. Show them that talking crap behind your back only means that you mean so much to them you are always on their mind. Pure jealousy... chin up. Dont sweat them small crap.

I know a few people who have had the RNY, and they have nothing but problems. Vitamin absorption issues, becoming anemic, dumping syndrome, can’t keep anything down, always constipated. I was scared to death of the RNY. I was so thankful to hear about the sleeve. Best thing I ever did.

ps you can pick up any kind of drunks you want lol

I had surgery on a wednesday, and was back the following wednesday. I have a sit down job, and as long as you dont over do it, and lift anything over I think it was 7 pounds, You will do fine

Hello all!
I'm a new member here at VST. I'm in the "considering WLS" stage. I'm leaning toward doing it, and I'll be going to my required first "seminar" with the bariatric surgeon that my PCP referred me to.in just a couple of days.
(Odd that "bariatric" trips up spell check here!)
I've decided to actually do a blog on my - it seems that everyone is calling it this - journey. Other blogs that I found last week mostly began at the point of actually having had the surgery. See the link in my signature and tell me what you think.
I'll try to keep the rambling there
Is it just me, or are there hardly any men here? Is that because that many more women are doing WLS, or that we just don't largely "talk" about it?
I look forward to connecting with you!

Was shopping at the supermarket after work today, and saw 3 different guys check me out?!?! Really?! This hasn't happened to me in about 12 years. Gotta tell you, I love every bit of attention I'm getting! Losing weight ROCKS!!!!

I'm having the same problem just now. My cat likes to "knead" me and wherever she's kneaded me, I've got bruises! It was really difficult for me to bruise before surgery--I got a hairline fracture in my leg falling down marble steps, but never bruised! That was then!
Now I look like an impressionist painting.
As long as it isn't a Vitamin deficiency, it's ok by me. I don't care about the cosmetic aspect, just so long as I get to a healthier place.
That said, I suspect I'm not getting enough Vitamin K (a natural coagulant). I had two shots of heparin in the hospital the day of surgery and the day after (almost two months ago now so I'm pretty sure that's worn off by now). I'm going to ask my doc to order some blood tests soon anyway. I'll let you all know the verdict in case it can help anyone else on here.