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"I appreciate your concern. I am working closely with my doctor and dietitian and they have given me clear guidelines. These guidelines are not like any diet I have ever been on and may seem strange to you, but if I don't follow them I could end up really sick. So please trust that I am being Very careful and taking care of myself. "

I'm a sleever but it is interesting that so few bypassers seem to dump. I have seen people specifically going for bypass so they WOULD dump if they ate the "wrong" things. I hope they haven't been disappointed. A very few sleevers dump too. Lots of sleevers have trouble with really dry dense protein, fluffy bread, rice, and really fibrous veggies though. I don't have trouble with anything in moderation as long as I chew chew chew. I don't think any of us can rely on the "bad" foods making us sick to stay on the straight and narrow. Long term, everyone seems to adapt. It is so interesting to me how sleevers and bypassers seem to have similar journeys in the long term.

Drippings would be gravy. Yes the coffee in the US is terrible but the bacon in Australia is a travesty!

Squash with soft skin like zucchini is called summer squash in the US because it won't last until the winter. Winter squash has a hard skin so you can save it to eat in the winter. Makes sense to me. Yes I'm American and have lived in Australia four years. I love it! But it is a different world. in some ways Australia is like the US 20 years ago and in other ways it might as well be Mars!

Pumpkin is used in savory dishes in Australia and New Zealand. Wacky eh? Also every winter squash is called pumpkin. They use sweet potatoes as a savory too! And put pickled beets, fried eggs, and pineapple on hamburgers! If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'!

Me too! We don't have Wendy's in Australia though. Well we do have a place called Wendy's but it is an ice cream place.

I love morels fried in butter. We used to live on a farm in Indiana and they grew all over our land. Several times we caught trespassers stealing them. They are expensive to buy at the markets!

Sue I am so proud of you for joining the gym! Woohoo!

As a stop gap to the code issue, you can click the area where the post text is (the white part) and it will open that one post as HTML. This is also how you can see tickers when using the app. Use the Back button to get back to the whole thread.

I do agree part of it is embarrassment. But part of it is people don't want to stop at "you look great" but they have all these questions. Then if you really answer them, they either get bored or they say stupid things. But if you don't answer the questions, you are the rude one for being evasive.

I hope that's not one of the key ingredients.

I love the ED profanity. LOL

You are doing fantastic! Dropping sizes is so motivating, that's for sure. My only advice when going back to work is that remembering to keep hydrated is hard work. At first I needed alarms to remind me when to eat and drink. It didn't take long before it was second nature, though I still don't do as well as I would like with hydration.

Sounds fabulous, Kelli! The party was great. I got so many compliments. I have to say I am getting sick of the attention actually. Some people can be really inappropriate. But I looked good. We left by 10:30 because I was having pain from my incisions. I think I'm recovering ok from the gallbladder removal. As above, the incisions are still sore and I think I overdid it yesterday. I bought a bicycle and rode it home from the shop (about 5 km but I am so not used to it). Then the party. It was too much. But I think I have lost all the swelling since the surgery and two of my four bandages have come off. So the bike thing. I feel like I am ready to get a little more exercise on the weekends! I'm running three times a week about 6k per time (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and don't really want to add more running. I do a lot of incidental walking which I don't really count as exercise. So I figured I would get a bike and I could use it to get to the shops or church or other small errands on the weekends. I might go for a ride on the bike paths too for fun. I don't see myself becoming one of those Lycra-clad "racer" types that you see everywhere around Brisbane. So I got a European style "touring bike" and had a huge wire basket installed on the front of it. The basket unsnaps for shopping too. Because I'm so short it is hard to fit me for a bike, but this one is great (just a tiny bit too tall maybe). I don't actually have a ton of cycling experience especially on the road, so I am going to stick to the easy stuff and have fun and go slow. This bike is a 7 speed and not too fancy. We went out for a short ride this morning, just 7 km along the bike paths. It felt good even though my bum is a bit tender! I love my sleeve and the fact that I am seeking out more ways to be active. I also love that I was able to wear heels at the party last night and actually forget I was wearing them, because they did not pinch or hurt a bit!

Bypass has a reputation for being faster, but I don't think it is based on modern data. The sleeve was made to have more capacity at first. The sleeve is now 15% of original capacity and u have seen data showing similar speeds of loss. So it's more like two different types of jet plane now. Also, if you need to take meds for your kidneys later, they may not be as effective after bypass, because of the malabsorption. The same goes for some pain medications. I would weight my decision I'm favor of the nephrologist rather than the GP on this one. Know that either way you go, you are likely to have a similar outcome in the long term, as far as weight loss.

That's what it is from. It is what Australians and New Zealanders (and maybe South Africans) call British people because their faces tend be red. I think it might have started with sailors and their chapped sunburned faces. It is a(very mild) insult.

Well I went out again today. My husband rode his bike and stayed slow enough for me to keep up. Starting to figure out the gears. We stayed on the bike paths near our house and went 7 km in 30 minutes. It was fun and not too hard but I was sweating by the end. He showed me how I can add at least 20 km more round trip and stay on the bike path most of the way! My butt is sore right on the bones where the seat hits. It is literally two spots about an inch in diameter each that are sore. When I was a lot bigger, my whole butt crack area would get sore and bruised and raw (tmi) after a couple of rides. That's why I never kept it up. I think the soreness now is more normal and I will get used to it after a few rides. I don't know if I was too big before or the seat was wrong or the bike was wrong or a little bit of all of them. It is humiliating to take your bike to the shop and say your fat ass is in agony and please adjust the seat. It's amazing what I used to put up with because I was so ashamed about my size.

Yes! It's not like I did it for any of them. I did it for me, my perception of myself, my health, and of course my husband's visual pleasure (but that is way way last, as he has loved me at every size). I sure as hell didn't do it so my coworkers or strangers can think I finally warrant attention for my body.

Of course I realized. I'm sharing my reaction, which may or may not be rational. I have a feeling it is a pretty normal one and one that lots of us will need to work through.

It is a select few who misunderstood something they were told and are spreading false information (probably innocently) online. That's why it is always best to do your own research and not just on Internet forums.

Grammy, do you know that your posts are all wacky in the app? They are full of code. I can only read them properly if I click the post to load it in the website. I still love reading them though.

I have noticed something interesting. I dislike compliments about my weight, especially out of the blue and in real life. I think I liked them at first (the first 10-15 kg) because they validated that I really was changing. Now, 30 kg and over 6 months out, they are just unpleasant. First it means that I was fat before and they noticed. Second it means they are looking at me and noticing me for something besides my brain. Third it means they are judging me and probably comparing me to themselves. Fourth it means I am suddenly the focus of attention when something else should be (like the party, if it is at a party like last night). Fifth, nobody is ever discreet. They practically shout it at the top of their lungs and then everyone nearby feels obligated to chime in. I'm a manager with a successful team and a successful career. I have a lot to be proud of. At work I want to be known and admired for work. I don't want to be pigeon-holed into the "woman crowd" that worries about weight, makeup, and clothes all the time. Also the number of people who have INSISTED quite loudly and persistently that I tell them exactly how I lost weight. Don't get me wrong, I have actually been quite open with my friends and especially obese people who ask. But some random male coworker from a different part of the company doesn't get to invade my business that way. I know this is some mind of first-world problem and that in a year I might feel differently. But right now I just hope it starts slowing down and getting less obvious so I don't have to be on high alert for the Gushing Praise Posse, especially at work! Am I the only one? I feel ungrateful even typing this. Oh and don't even get me started on "How much more?" And "But you're done now, right?"

same forum... Or not. Sigh. Ooh I think I have it in the paste buffer. Just got a bike! It is a hybrid bike and not strictly meant for huge speed or distance. I want to use it to add some exercise to my weekends by cycling to church or the shops. I already run three times a week, 6 or so km per time. On the bike, I'm a newbie. I mean, I know how to rise it, but I'm a bit wobbly, don't have a lot of strength or stamina, and don't really know how to use the gears. I'm a bit nervous using the bike lanes. I can ride on trails but that won't really get me to church or the shops so I need to learn to ride on the road on the bike lanes. So any advice for me! Any training plan like the couch to 5k for cycling? I don't want to race or ride huge distances but I would like to get more comfortable on the bike.

Off to Work party #1. I really don't have anything that fits me great but it is better to swim than look like a beached whale like I did last year! Congrats Susan!

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