gmanbat

Took me a while but I got it.

Welcome!!!! Here's hoping all goes well for you in TJ. I have been there during my time in SD when in the navy...at least I am pretty sure I was there. There are lots of Mexico surgery sleevers here....make yourself at home!

Right you are! What a doll !!!!!

Most of that dunlap, ( done lapped over the belt,, ) is no doubt loose skin. I have the same thing when I tuck in my shirt, I am 65. We may not be ideal candidates for GQ shoots or the covers of Romance novels but we ain't bad for our age. Competition body builders with single digit body fat percentages can show up overweight on the BMI charts. The supreme judge of where you should stop is...your health and your mobility. By mobility I mean ..does your fat slow you down in what you want to do? Are you free of constraints due to size? I was told ..before my operation by a nurse...that I didn't need to lose anything. I was nearly dead but looked fairly good for a guy that was 130 pounds overweight. She must have liked fat guys. Even health professionals can make subjective comments according to their whims. You must judge what is best for you.

Ya, I was pretty satisfied that my daughter and granddaughters were at the top of the baby cuteness heap but this little feller is in a realm of his own. He acts just as cute as he looks. His laugh can kill.

I started a baby bragging picture competition in the lounge....yes, men like babies...especially this little Samson...beat this kid if you can... http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/292248-cute-baby-picture-competition/#entry3295192

^^^^..this!

Beat this kid ...if you can..no prizes...just bragging... Baby Titus and his grandma, my niece: Titus in an ad made by my daughter for a clinic: Yup, he was born with that head of hair, I nicknamed him...Baby Samson...

Me too. I must admit I am quite fond of my new stomach even though ...and because...it's a nag.

I wouldn't discourage anyone from doing their best with those programs but for many of us it was like a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with...A Herring! The sleeve is more like a chain saw.

If I remember right my real weight loss didn't start to kick in until I was on solids. I think metabolisms have to be healed and normalized. Once you get things moving and your body heals it will get going. Remember, it's fat loss you want, not smaller numbers on a scale. Inches lost trumps weight loss.

That is true but it sure feels good when you dump the stuff doesn't it? Some folks are concerned about the loose skin on their bellies and that's ok, but I like mine. It reminds me of what I got rid of. What a relief!

Fantastic, Penman53!!!!! I am really happy for you, love that feeling! I did the same thing at Walmart, those pants are now a bit loose on me. Good work, man!

Wow, fantastic! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

It is very normal and in my mind a good attitude. I noticed that you didn't say you hated yourself, you said that you hated the fat on your body. Very good, that fat is not you, it is something in and on your body that needs to go. Kick it out, it is in your power! The body that you want back is waiting to come out. Make it happen!

5 pounds of fat: Fat vs. muscle....why you stay the same or gain weight at times but lose inches: 100 pounds of fat and a bowl of cereal:

http://youtu.be/YE89VLrWF9Q

It is logical that we would be more prone to feeling cold after losing fat. It is certainly the case for me. I moved to Florida so I haven't tested it out to the max yet. Polar bears have great layer of fat as one of the ways to survive the brutal arctic weather. I can remember as a skinny boy in Iowa being miserably cold and as a fat adult hardly needing a coat ...all winter... in Ohio.

It comforted me to see videos of the operation on youtube before the operation. It was shocking and made me queasy but I was convinced that after something like that it was quite impossible not to lose the fat. I kept picturing that little banana stomach which reduced the scale's rantings to a soft and easily dismissed whimper. Time is on your side now. You've laid siege to the fat stronghold...victory is yours!

Take it easy on your abdomen muscles is my advice. I didn't do full push ups until a year out because they taxed my abdomen too much. Commit to lifelong fitness and work up to optimal shape.

The sleeve is a tool but can be defeated. The only doctor who had a sure cure for gaining weight was named...Kevorkian..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian

Every time I eat rice I wished that I had not. It seems to ball up in my stomach and becomes unpleasant. The trouble is...I just don't want to believe it. Chinese and Mexican food were offered to me by relatives over the holidays and I tested it and came up with the same answer. Reminds me of when we weaned my sweet daughter from the bottle. We said, "No, baba." She would do some light crying for about 15 seconds and then say, "Baba?" "No baba", we said. Again with the crying and then, "Baba?" "No, baba."... "waaaaa.." It must have taken 10 cycles of this before reality set in.

If you don't like confrontation it is not wise to set up a battle before you even state your reasoning. Give the people some credit for understanding and understand that haters are not rightfully classified as haters just because they disagree with you. If you do like confrontation you did fine.

Almost 2 years out, tried some vodka in White Russian. Burned in my tummy, is now consigned to the cleaning fluid closet. Don't need it for a high, I am high on life and my new low gravity environment.

At your point I was losing 3.5 pounds a week.