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joatsaint

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  1. joatsaint
    This is a quick review of the Omron HJ-112 Pocket Pedometer. I've had it for a few months and if you're looking for basic, accurate pedometer with no frills, this one works well. But it does have a few drawbacks.
     
    Update 12-19-2013: I've had a chance to compare the accuracy of my Omron to a GPS device. It was very accurate, considering that my stride changes in length depending on how energetic I feel. Over the last month, I have done 3 mile hikes several times a week, the Omron was only 2 tenths of a mile less than the GPS on average.
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
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  2. joatsaint
    Frequently Asked Questions - What was the last straw the made you choose weight loss surgery?
     
    I was at my lowest point physically and mentally in July 2012. I knew that my health would continue to deteriorate and I'd only become more and more depressed if I didn't make a change. Some people claim that weight loss surgery is the easy way out, but I needed the extra help from WLS to dig myself out of the hole I was in.
     
    It's kinda funny that society ridicules you for being overweight and then ridicules you again if you don't lose the weight "the right way."
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  3. joatsaint
    Weight Loss Surgery Tips - Why it's good to be #2. I realized it's not always good to be the 1st in line for surgery.
     
    My WLS surgeon had 6 surgeries scheduled on the same day and began at 7am. I felt pretty good about being his 2nd patient for the day. It meant that he had time to get warmed up and in the zone for surgery. But he hadn't been working so long that he was getting fatigued.
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  4. joatsaint
    Hello my fellow VSG'rs. This Frequently Asked Question is a 2'fer. I answer the questions: Did you have pre-surgery anxieties and did you have one last hurrah with a Food Funeral?
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  5. joatsaint
    Weight Loss Surgery (VSG) TMI Do You Weigh After A Poop? You are not alone!
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
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  6. joatsaint
    Weight Loss Surgery Frequently Asked Questions: How much pain can I expect after weight loss surgery? https://www.youtube.com/user/Frankensleeve/videos
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  7. joatsaint
    This Frequently Asked Question: What happened when I took the weight loss surgery psychological evaluation? https://www.youtube.com/user/Frankensleeve/videos
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  8. joatsaint
    Weight Loss Surgery Frequently Asked Questions:What tests do you take before being approved for weight loss surgery? https://www.youtube.com/user/Frankensleeve/videos
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  9. joatsaint
    Today's Frequently Asked Question is: What changes can I expect post weight loss surgery? Here I list the changes I have noticed the most and how I deal with them.
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  10. joatsaint
    We all dread it, the stall or plateau. That thing that we all have to go through when losing weight.
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  11. joatsaint
    Here's joatsaint and Frankensleeve coming at you with another (VSG) weight loss surgery Frequently Asked Question. How much can you eat after weight loss surgery?
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  12. joatsaint
    Frequently Asked Question: How do I transition to full foods from the puree diet? As I healed from (VSG) weight loss surgery. I came up with a simple test that let me know almost immediately if my stomach was going to tolerate a new food.
     
    If you like/dislike my videos, please thumb up or down, and leave a comment about how I could improve the content. Your input helps me become a better Youtuber. :-)
     
    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
     
    Google Plus
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102076899634252886094/102076899634252886094/posts/p/pub
     
    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankensleeve-Vertical-Sleeve-Gastrectomy-VSG-Community/289332951205311
     
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/frankensleeve


  14. joatsaint
    I gotta tell ya that post-op, I didn't even think about having sex for at least the 1st hour! :-P But seriously, I was in so much pain for the 1st 8 or 9 days that all I ever thought about was, "When will this stop hurting?!!!!!!!"

    But others had a much easier post-op recovery than I did, but it still surprised me how often this question is asked in both the men's and women's private forums. And as always, go with your doctor's instructions 1st - if he told you. If he didn't or you can't wait, just be careful and don't doing anything too acrobatic that might stretch your staples or stitches.

    Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!
  15. joatsaint
    I thought this was another great article on how on one hand, we're being scolded and treated as outcasts for being fat, and at the same time, food companies are engineering foods that are designed to create cravings and make us fatter.

    I am all for taking personal responsibility, but at some point you have to realize they are targeting us and creating products that overwhelm our natural eating stopping point and creating a craving for unhealthy foods. The only way to strike back at these companies is to quit buying their products!


    According to Michael Moss, the Pulitzer prizing-winning reporter and author of the new book Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, (Check out the video below) executives at the major food behemoths – Kraft, General Mills, and Nestle – have known for years that the sugar, salt and fat added to their cereals, soups, tomato sauces and hundreds of other food products have put millions of individuals’ health at risk. But the quest for bigger profits and a larger share of the consumer market has compelled the processed food industry to turn a blind eye to the dangers and consequences of eating those very products.

    How do the food giants trick consumers? Moss gives several examples:
    “At Cargill, scientists are altering the physical shape of salt, pulverizing it into a fine powder to hit the taste buds faster and harder, improving what the company calls its ‘flavor burst.’”“Scientists at Nestle are currently fiddling with the distribution and shape of fat globules to affect their absorption rate and, as it’s known in the industry, ‘their mouthfeel.’” “To make a new soda guaranteed to create a craving requires the high math of regression analysis and intricate charts to plot what industry insiders call the “bliss point,” or the precise amount of sugar or fat that will send consumers over the moon.” http://finance.yahoo...-132949611.html
     
     


     

     
  16. joatsaint
    I'm a groggy star. These videos were taken minutes after my return from surgery. I have watched so many videos from other sleevers who shared what they went through, I felt obligated to share my experience (even though I don't like my own pictures).
     
    I was really groggy and in a lot of pain. And hittin that morphine drip like a muthar fu(shut your mouth!). :-P
     
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  17. joatsaint

    Night Man Coming

    By joatsaint,

    My 1st week post-op I was having a disturbing dream over and over. I was in a post-apocalyptic world, taking psych eval tests to determine if I would fit into a new group that was forming to rebuild society.
     
    And I had a very frustrating recurring dream about uploading video files to a website, but it was taking forever for the files to convert and upload!
     
    After thinking on it, I think it was my mind's way of dealing with the pain from surgery and the frustration of how long it was taking to recover.

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