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From what I have read, this particular kind of euphoria is rare, everyone feels good after exercise but this is different. I could count myself lucky to feel such mind bending pleasure from strenuous activity *cough*, but I also think it has something to do with a genetic predisposition toward addiction, basically our brains are overly sensitive to pleasure, we feel pleasure more intensely than normal people. So, some addicts abuse this gift with heroin, others with alcohol. Me, I hit the cheeseburgers. And people can legitimately become addicted to exercise, I'm sure I'm a looong way from that, but I get it.

Last night I ellipticaled for 15 minutes fast, then did five upper body weights machines, 3 sets of 12 @ highest weight I could handle, then did calves, squats, crunches and elbow knee cross bodies, plus sets of yoga sun salutes. I was supposed to focus on lower body yesterday but couldn't help it, the weights feel sooo gooood. I will post in exercise an article I found linking endocannibinoids and exercise and addictions.

Green drinks would be awesome ... if I could get some sent to me here, in Afghanistan, where I'm deployed.

http://www.psyneuen-journal.com/article/S0306-4530(11)00287-3/abstract Endorphins got all the credit back in the 80's, now we know it is really the endocannibinoids that release that "runner's high", which I personally get from lifting, not running.

I know that working out brings energy and self confidence and positive happy endorphins and cannibinoids, but does anyone know if there are any sex related chemicals that are released when one exercises intensely? After I lift weights I get a total rush and I know I'm swaggering and if my man is in my path ... watch out!

That's why we ate, we were subsuming our actual desire to BONE *rotflmao*. My bf was *ahem* quite a bit younger than myself and lean and well, young enough that it was never a question of his being able ready and willing ... aaaanywayyy, I matched him! On another note, Does anyone know if there are any studies out there linking the chemicals that are released by intense exercise and libido? When I was training crossfit and running I became an absolute tigress and had. my. WAY.

Yeah, um, that 3.8 pounds per week loss was, if you read my post fully, was during the height of the honeymoon period, I haven't seen loss like that since and comparatively speaking, it's pretty slow for a VSG honeymoon, where people typically lose 50 lbs in the first 3 months not nearly 6. MichiganChic, it wouldn't let me click on your stats, could you just tell me?

I looked back over my online food tracker at my weight loss; by the time I set up my tracker I had already lost 24 lbs since surgery 5 weeks prior (20 of those lbs were in the first 2 weeks post-op btw), but I just now decided to look back at the bulk (ha ha) of my weight loss and calculate on average, how much weight I lost during my steadiest era of loss. in 13 weeks I lost 50 lbs which averages out to about 3.8 lbs a week, that was from the end of month 2 post-op to the start of month 6. It seems no matter what the F*** I do, no matter how morbidly obese, no matter how faithful and perfect a patient I am, I am one SLOW A$$ EFFING LOSER. -.- *cough* sorry about that, little peeved ... Even when I still weighed in the high 200's (260s), and was eating 600 calories a day with only 20g carbs, I STILL, was only losing a pound every couple of days. So, has anyone else done calculations like these? How much did you lose, which period post-op, and how much were you eating?

Are you prone or upright when this is happening? I started having the same issue when I got lazy and started eating in a reclined position. Also, if I eat to close to bedtime and take any medication, I will wake up in the middle with what I thought was a burp that turns out to be a barf :/

I am almost 3 years out, had gallbladder removed 3 months ago. About 2 weeks ago I (re)started a strict food/exercise regimen, low carb/high protein/low cal. Suddenly in the last week + my acid has gone out of control. I have been on a daily Prevacid since surgery, I've tried to wean but the pain is too intense and I'm afraid of Barrett's resulting. In the last year I stopped watching my food and ate like a normal person and suddenly my acid issues went away - I also gained 25 lbs. Now, in the past week the acid is so intense Im take a morning AND night pill. Ideas?

Dang this is good stuff!! I am deployed atm, so my options are limited. I have access to a treadmill, elliptical, bike, and stairmaster. For weights there are a few nautilus style machines but it's mostly the kind of set ups where you have to put the big weight donut on either side of the bar and go from there. That would be fine except that the weights room is super male dominated and testosterone charged and ... being undressed by 100 pairs of eyes is not as fun as it sounds :/ I LOVE the flood of chemicals I get during/after a lift. I don't do drugs but I imagine this is what it must feel like, it's like I can actually feel a liquid rush of pleasure flooding my brain, I actually smile while I'm lifting! Yesterday was all upper body lifting - 3 sets of 12 at heaviest I can manage, back of the arms pushing and overhead behind the head drop, pecs, and lats, plus push ups. I only did enough cardio to warm up (5 min bike, 5 min elliptical). Today will be yoga, 10x sun salutes, a 5 minute brisk walk, and lower body weights. But I'm open to suggestions? What I'm hearing from everybody is that weights are key. Interesting that nobody talked about callesthenics or aerobics, crunches, jump rope, etc.

Still, this reassures me a lot, thanks Feed! I was 189 a week ago, then 3 days later went up to 191 and have now been there for 3 days ... I didn't add any salt to my lunch today, had some caffeine in my coffee, and will drink a lot of water today. any other reasons why this might have occurred?

Effing awesome nannie!! The analyst part of me (professional hazard, sorry) is fascinated though that, to Celebrate your success in abstaining from old behaviors, you indulged in 3 donuts. This is not a judgement of you by any means, I am fascinated because I would have done the SAME thing. Why is this ... if we look at it in terms like alcoholics, why would we celebrate our sobriety by having a drink? Yet, we do ... man this is one complex journey. We are the only group of addicts on the planet that are required to partake of our addiction in order to live! Booze or drugs are not necessary for survival but nutrition is, so this requires even more delicate navigation imo, than substance abuse. I have stayed low cal/low carb/ high exercise for 2 weeks now, first 5 days I lost 5 lbs, then went up 2 lbs and have stayed there. Any ideas what is going on? Trying to cut out the salt but man alive I'm craving it! Trying to drink more Water.

We talk a lot about our diets, our routines, our exercise regimens, but I want to talk about which exercise changed your shape the most. Was it running? cycling? boxing? Jumping rope? At my fittest last year I was frustrated with the number on the scale but at that level of fitness I started to run and although I don't recall my numbers changing, my shape did, and even though I was 40 pounds heavier than when I first wore it, I was able to put on my high school cheerleading outfit. Now I am launching into the fray against re-gain, and still wanting to reach goal. I'm getting back into the swing of exercising consistently and intensly and want to know what yielded the most impressive results for you. thank you!

That. is. FU##ED. UP. Our health insurance situation is criminal and an embarrassment. They are effing crooks, treating humans like meat puppets.

Fiddle, what was your average caloric/carb intake and exercise expenditure during your loss phase?

Fiddle, what was your average caloric/carb intake and exercise expenditure during your loss phase?

Fiddle, what was your average caloric/carb intake and exercise expenditure during your loss phase?

Fiddle, what was your average caloric/carb intake and exercise expenditure during your loss phase?

RealMe, I notice two things; I notice that a lot of sleevers have given some pretty good suggestions, backed up by experience, and you have negated, it seems, all of them. I also notice that you chose to start this topic and called it Can't Stop Losing, implying that you would like to stop losing, but with every offer of advice (that you asked for), you return to what your nut says. If you are satisfied with the guidance of your nut, why raise the topic at all? Maybe it would be helpful to discuss loss/gain anxieties with a therapist.

Woah, I can reach that goal in 90 days by eating 200 calories a day?! Anorexics eat more than that!! How long would it take by eating 700 calories a day?

At 2.5 years out my biggest fear is not getting to goal and my biggest downfall is head hunger.

How is it even legal for a health insurance to exclude a health condition 100%?!! Despicable.

I sit at a desk for 10-12 hours a day, and by noon my legs are jiggling with antsiness so I do 30 seconds of jumping jacks, I feel the need every few hours.