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The common science is that calorie deficits take off weight. Metabolisms modify that fact but in the long run it works out. Exercise builds muscle which burn calories. Exercise is an essential thing in my estimation. Water, exercise, vitamins, small portions of good food, ...you can't lose.... meaning you will lose.

Bulking without storing. Tough for me at this point. The work I have been doing, shoveling and wheelbarrowing dirt all day in the heat of a Florida summer, has been a workout times 10. Recovery is slow at my age so the muscles are hard as rocks but not getting much bigger. The protein intake is maxed but it only absorbs so much at a time. Guys my age don't bulk as much due to lessened testosterone anyway so I am resigned to having a Bruce Lee body under a cascading loose skin coat. I'm happy anyway. It's great to be in this kind of shape. Never wanted to be a GQ model or make big bucks endorsing protein powder anyway.

YES! ..not so much.

You could call the Cleveland Clinic and ask for a referral. Also: http://www.healthgrades.com/bariatric-surgery-directory/fl-florida/tampa

She looks too big for the RC seats I've seen. Most rides have a test seat outside of the ride so you don't have to wait in line only to get embarrased. I excluded myself from rides for years, not now of course. Very sad.

Exercise is essential for losing fat, lifelong exercise. Adopting a lifestyle of activity is like hiring a bodyguard against fat.

Yes, most certainly. Sorry you are having problems. You and doc can sort this out. You sugar level is more important than a perfect pre-op diet.

Nearly everyone goes through that, Shellbell333, including myself. If you look at my signature below you will see that the fat eventually came off. The body doesn't care about your schedule, it's complex systems start and stop weight loss for an equally complex variety of reasons. Do the right things, it will come off. Discouragement adds stress, stress slows weight loss. Relax and enjoy the journey.

In the graveyard of failed diet attempts you will see on the tombstones, "Here lies the dream, destroyed by discouragement from unrealistic expectations". The sleeve will not drop you off at Slimbodyville. Weight loss and maintenance are a part of a life long journey. The sleeve is a vehicle. If you stay on, stay awake with hands on the steering wheel,and follow the traffic rules you will pass through many milestones of victorious overcoming. If you think you have arrived and let go of the wheel and go to sleep you will wake up one day back where you began...and perhaps worse. I encourage everyone new to the sleeve to visit the veterans forum. There you will find that the real value of the sleeve is the help it provides years out. It is a powerful tool but not invincible. Veterans struggle to maintain and regain ground. Knowledge and the correct attitude is just as important 3 years out as 3 days out. How many times have you lost weight, even reached goal, only to gain it back? Diligence is the price of freedom. This isn't magic, it's war.

You must be married. Wives are very proficient at duplicate messages.

This surgery and the subsequent body change certainly is an exercise for the psyche as well as the body. I found myself dumping emotional garbage along with the excess fat. I found that if I don't allow myself to be victimized by the neuroses of others I became freer to love them, being on a firmer psychological footing. I became a person I liked to be around. I allowed love to come to me, from God and the ones I had blocked out. There is much more to us than we can imagine. We have a lifetime ahead to explore ourselves and the new realities we are discovering.

Egg drop soup.

I came from Ohio to here but I know my excellent surgeon knows folks down here, he trained in Florida. I will send them an email. In the mean time: The Cleveland Clinic in Florida is about the best place in the country, my surgeon trained here, they may be able to steer you: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/florida/departments/general_surgery/bariatric/default.aspx I like Tampa General. Here is a link to their Bariatric Unit which is a Center of Excellence: http://www.tgh.org/weight.htm

I have found that exercise draws excuses like a prom queen draws phone numbers. Having to go to a gym; nothing to wear, too cold, it's raining, car's out of gas, etc. Then there's waiting for someone to go with you, too tired, just ate, good tv show on, I'm sore, maybe tomorrow, blah, blah, blah. I devised many exercises that I do at home that got me in top shape. Don't have to go anywhere. Whether someone does them with me is irrelevant. Edit: I, too, have posted in the ladies powder room by accident. Reminds me of the time when I was sick and half there and wandered into a theater women's room by accident. I saw high heels in the next stall and when I emerged I gave the lady a mean look as she gave me a mean look. I looked above the door and saw "Women". I left the theater in the middle of the show. :ph34r:

Don't smoke. From other websites: Patients are advised to quit smoking before and after the surgery. Smoking can cause infection, blood clots, and other health problems. Before gastric sleeve resection or any bariatric surgery, you must quit smoking, as smoking increases the risk for infections, pneumonia, blood clots, slow healing and other life-threatening complications after surgery. Ideally, you should permanently quit smoking, but even if you don't you must quit for at least one month before and one month after bariatric surgery.

When I saw the title I thought it was an unfortunate nickname. The idiots in my junior high used to name people like that. By the context I assume it is a drinking apparatus.

http://www.newlifebariatricsurgery.com/uncategorized/medication-absorption-after-bariatric-surgery/

That is a good question, BirdMadGirl. I have no answers but that question sure deserves some. I would guess that the absorption is nearly the same as before but I could be way off base. I know the gastric bypass folks have malabsorption of some Vitamins but haven't heard whether meds are involved as well. You're right. It does deserve a separate thread.

I used to be called, "Scary Gary". Admittedly the large shadow cast created it's own intimidation. But in my mind I knew that in a fight situation I had better hit hard and precisely for one or two strikes.or my stamina would be gone and I would be helpless. I was an unhealthy skinny guy in a big overcoat of fat. All the fat did was drag me down. Anyone that fights a lot knows this when sizing you up. Now I have shed the parka and can see what is underneath. I was going for Arnold in the old days. Now I am happy going after Bruce Lee. I am rock hard and strong due to continued workouts and hard work at the job and don't care about the phony intimidation factor of the past. In a clutch situation I know I have much more to bring to the match now.

Morphin in the hospital, Lortab after. A child of the 60's, I knew how to work with the chemicals. Was sad when the script ran out.

My honeymoon phase ended when I reached my goal. However, I am still in love and hope to spend many happy years with me.

If we "tried hard enough" we could be olympic athletes, get 5 doctorate degrees, be a hit on Broadway, make a billion dollars, and beat up Chuck Norris. We can only do what we have the desire and energy to do. It's up to us and noone else to decide what that is.

Interesting topic. I used to dream about foods both day and night. My life pretty much revolved around my taste buds and pleasing my stomach. The approach of the grim reaper got my attention and I made the change with the sleeve and a commitment to change of mind and heart. I still enjoy food but it has dropped down far on my list of passions. I am working hard now shoveling and wheelbarrowing in the Florida heat with 20-30 year olds, ( I am 64), and my main need for food is keeping strength in my body and recovering from the torture I put my body through. I worked out for a year as I lost my weight and this job is working out times ten. Enjoying food is only as important as you make it. It is just not a big deal to me anymore. I am more interested in being in the top shape a man of my age can manage. If I were in my 20's my muscles would be huge by now, instead they are rock hard but smaller. If it weren't for the excess skin I would be a cut, slim, ripped body with a wrinkle-faced head on it.

I am slarthing some natty peanut butter on em. Good find.

All my best to you. Glad it went well.