shazini

I drink coke zero everyday, multiple times a day, no issues at all.
Doc said it's up to you some people can handle it some can't, apparently I can.
Alcohol is okay too you just have to remember alcohol turns into sugar in your system in order to be processed.
And that sugar for some reason hangs on a little longer than normal carbs or simple sugars.
Just my 1/2 cent worth.

You are still healing so it makes sense not to be too hungry.
I was not hungry at all the first 2-2.5 weeks but did manage to eat.
If I didn't feel like eating I drank a shake or two just so I can get the Protein in the system.

You are still healing so it makes sense not to be too hungry.
I was not hungry at all the first 2-2.5 weeks but did manage to eat.
If I didn't feel like eating I drank a shake or two just so I can get the Protein in the system.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

Congrats, that is awesome. Best of health to you. :D

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

As part of you weight loss consider cutting out toxic people also.
Anyone talking to you like that, no matter what the background, is toxic and does not need to be in your life.
Be proud of your accomplishment and forget about the minor annoyances.

It is discrimination and fat on fat discrimination is very prevalent.
They are great deal of miss use of dollars in this country but if you say anything you are immediately labeled a "XYZ"!
As long as people believe it's okay to do so it will go on.

Once again, apparently it's ok to discriminate against the obese. I will personally never use CVS again and will be writing them a letter to let them know exactly why. (including a listing of the MANY drugs I get filled there monthly and have for a decade and a breakdown of thousands of dollars they'll be losing from my business)
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FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - CVS is telling its employees they must get health screenings for preventative care or pay more for the company’s health coverage.
Its a controversial plan with an easily understood motive.
“They are trying to identify these patients that have glucose abnormalities or lipid hypertension abnormalities and working with them to make them healthier,” said family practitioner Dr. Greg Fuller of Keller.
To do that, CVS is telling its 200,000 employees if they want to use the company health plan they must submit their weight, body fat, glucose levels and other vitals.
The goal, the company says, is to identify health problems early to save the company money in the long-run.
Many consumers who’ve seen the info insurance companies are looking for don’t like the idea.
“I can understand maybe disclosing some things but there’s a lot of things they do want to know I feel like is a violation of our privacy,” said consumer Michelle Garcia who said her coworkers discuss the issue quite a bit.
CVS claimed, like other employers, it will never see the employees information.
“Most are taken to third party wellness program who takes that data and works with the patient and its not given to their employer,” Dr. Fuller said.
But, other large companies offer incentives like discounts for the screening information.
CVS says if its employees don’t get screened, they’ll have to pay $50 a month more for health coverage — $600 a year.
“I would be upset with that because you’re kind of forced to give them personal information about yourself and about your lifestyle and about how you choose to live your life,” Garcia said.
original article: http://dfw.cbslocal....alth-insurance/

Which many do, but offering an incentive is very different than fining the employees $600 per year for not disclosing the information.

Ok a question for those of you who's companies do this-
Do they say "you get $50/month if you comply" but do they literally DOCK your pay $50/month if you choose not to?
Because that's my issue. If they want to offer an incentive to comply, fine. But to actually dock their pay for choosing not to share their weight is infuriating.

Cancer patients are expensive, too. So are those with Diabetes. I'm very expensive, I have Multiple Sclerosis. My meds cost almost $5000 a month.
Just say'n.

I guess my complaint is I feel like being obese is the last acceptable discrimination.
We've all been there or are there struggling not to be anymore. We're all painfully aware of the fact none of us woke up one morning thin and said "hey being fat sounds fun! I'm gonna gain 100 pounds!"
And yet we have to fight insurance tooth and nail for the WLS to not be obese anymore... and even that is no guarantee the weight won't come back.
I just feel like this is one step closer to actually excluding obese people from insurance or even possibly employment. It scares me to think of what will happen in the years to come

Okay, I'm entirely with Missy on this. This is discrimination, plain and simple, and the fact that people who have battled the very disease being discriminated against are defending the discrimination is proof of how institutionalized our cultural disgust with fat people has become. The obese are stigmatized daily in the media, but we have been so conditioned to accept it that even those of us who are obese often join in the stigmatization. Any company who offers health insurance can set a baseline then discount for people who participate in special programs, but to set a baseline and then penalize people for withholding personal information is wrong IMO.
Look, I've heard all the information about "fat people cost more" and it just pisses me off. I was very fat before I had my lap band, and I still am fat. Before surgery, my BMI was in the 42-43 range. "Morbid" obesity. At the moment I'm still "severely" obese. And you know what? My blood glucose was and is around 92, my blood pressure was and is 117/66, and the only times I went to the doctor were for my yearly Pap smear and when I had an acute illness, like a UTI. Let me tell you, skinny people can get UTIs, too. Skinny people can also get cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, and any host of chronic diseases that also afflict the obese. Yes, many obese people have expensive illnesses. So do many thin people. If you're going to charge by health care costs, do it based on individual health history, not height and weight and BMI statistics that were adopted at a meeting attended by doctors paid by drug companies developing diet pills.
Off my soap box and back to my band. Yes, I want to be one of the skinny people, but I want it in addition to my already good health, not to give me the good health I already have and I don't want to be charged more for the insurance I buy because all the charts say I "should be" unhealthy.

Thanks for the support. I'm not worried about fills with my surgeon.
We've paid enough that I believe we're good there.
It's other meds specially for my wife which are very expensive.
We'll do something I'm sure, it will get better.

Congratulations on your loss but I'm so sorry your wife lost her job.
How long until her insurance runs out? Is cobra an option?

My doc gives lifetime fills with his surgeries. I've never paid for one and I've been back 8 times. Check with him and see?
BTW-My wife was laid off a year ago but made lemonade from lemons and is now self employed and doing well. There's a silver lining hiding somewhere for her.
tmf

yay for you on your WL that is AWESOME!
Sorry to hear about your wifes lay off ( my hubby is laid off too) dont let it derail you though!