gmanbat

That is extremely clever! As the new host of this forum area I truly appreciate the civility shown thus far. Thank you, folks!

Wow! What an inspiration! You look great! What an example you are of taking care of business. Well executed plan and the results speak for themselves. Newbies take note, dig this!

Hoorah! That's a good choice in a meal. Fish and sweet potatoes are super good.

i was on prednisone while on chemo for prostate cancer. That combined with Lupron, (a testosterone killer), caused me to gain 50+ pounds very quickly. I topped out at 340. and was weak and sickly. I chose the sleeve gastronomy because I didn't want the malabsorbtion that comes with the gastric bypass, which my wife got. I figured I needed every bit of nutrition I could get to keep the cancer away. I commited myself to a life of extreme athletic activity which I have stayed with even though I am 64. Your doctors know best of course. The sleeve worked out very well with me and my wife is doing wonderful with the gastric bypass.

What a change, good work! You look beautiful and the look on your face seems to indicate that you feel pretty good about it. You should!

I lost all of my hair during chemo, this was nothing like that. It just got a bit thin. Now at nearly 2 years out it appears to be thickening a little, my soft waves are coming back. Maybe that Fabio look is still within reach.

The squeaky hinge gets oiled. Keep bugging them. You'll eventually find someone with sense, they are rare but they still exist. Wife and I both had severe apnea. Both dumped it with WLS.

From an old timer who is coming up on two years out, has lost all of his excess and then some, and is as happy as a peach with results, it sounds like you are doing good. The farther out I got after the first few months, the slower it went down. I decided at several points that the drop was over only to discover that it went on despite my not weighing myself. Weight loss is a smaller part of this. Getting muscles in shape and getting healthy are higher priorities. These are the things that assure the permanence of your losing.

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! From To A Louse by Robert Burns. In this poem the narrator notices an upper class lady in church, with a louse that is roving, unnoticed by her, around in her bonnet. The poet chastises the louse for not realising how important his host is, and then reflects that, to a louse, we are all equal prey, and that we would be disabused of our pretensions if we were to see ourselves through each other's eyes. Through her eyes you are oblivious of the danger of wasting away, through your eyes she is a well intentioned but uninformed, alarmist buttinski. I think you have it right but that is through my eyes.

My surgeon wanted me to get the bypass, like my wife did. I heard the gold standard argument. I am a surviving cancer dude. I did not want the malabsorption, I need all the nutrients I can get. What doc couldn't see was the fire in my heart to beat the crap out of fat. I had already determined to be an athlete for the rest of my life, not just temporarily get in shape. So far the sleeve has been a perfect fit.

There are scary stories about the bypass, too. My wife has a bypass and is doing well but she is a pretty close rule follower and we have a mutual nagging policy in place. Reading stories is not as good as listening to your doctors who are closer to your condition. There are scary stories about lottery winners destroying themselves. If you win and don't want to take the risk, message gmanbat....I can help!

I was told I was ok before I even started, by a nurse at the hospital! I was morbidly obese but she thought I looked ok. Good thing I didn't go by esthetics, health trumps all. Stop where your body needs you to, not where self-appointed fashion gurus advise.

Asking why she is concerned,.... good idea. Now she is on the defensive. The reason for her inquisition is a bigger problem than the reason for your weight loss.

That is a very good article! Muscle fights fat in ways just recently being found. Diet without exercise is like taking a knife to a gun fight.

My best to you and my prayers. Sorry you are going though this, hopefully it turns around for you soon. In the mean time, keep up that indomitable spirit!

Down 4 sizes IS awesome! You've done well. Over 6 pounds a month is a nice steady loss, especially considering you are losing inches. If your eating/vitamins, exercise, and water drinking are in place you are on your way. Check your thyroid but don't worry.

Liked it! Men do this crap, too. If I worked for a boss that talked to me like I USED TO talk to me I would walk off the job ....hopefully before I busted his jaw.

Remember Newton's Third Law of Internet: For every position there is an equal and opposite opposing position. Only in this case it is not even close to being equal.

One of her "angry" commenters mentioned some kind of Whica health drink. Apparently she brought such a thing up previously? Maybe she pushes something. I would investigate further but I am still on the Jimmy Hoffa case.

All of the preceding advice is good, this is not. You: "A knuckle sandwich, saved one for you"

Wow! Disturbing! Makes me want to seek out 10 year plus WLS patients. She talks mainly about gastric bypass, which my wife had. Double checking nutrition wouldn't hurt.

Not a newby, but I know your troubles. I lovingly call my un-sleeved loved ones, "stretch-bellies". I am from Zephyrhills, Fl.

When I was first sleeved I was appaled by the quantity of food my loved ones were putting away. It actually made me ill. I got over it pretty quickly. I have only compassion for obese people. I don't have the urge to force my operation on them but if they ask I will talk about it. The greatest challenge in life is loving people where they are at...and the most rewarding.