gmanbat

Smell stuff, eat a little, taste the sauce, have fun.

If your docs don't know what it is they will probably consult some other docs. Sometimes the consulting ends up here: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/florida/departments/general_surgery/bariatric/default.aspx The Cleveland Center in Florida is one of the best in the world. My 1rst class surgeon studied there.

DONUTS!!! (kidding)

I don't have a problem with your diet. Yes, carbs and fat are important. Protein just takes first chair. I don't know what you expected to happen after your post. I've been on this forum since Jan. 2012 and have over 1,147 posts and have started 55 topics, I've said some pretty wild stuff but so far no one has done me any physical or emotional damage. It is just a forum full of semi-anonymous people, they have no access to me other than what I give them. I don't consider that any of them know me well enough to hurt me. I am not so worried about "being judged". When someone disagrees with what I say it is just that, a disagreement. That's how we learn from each other. Abuse is not tolerated here, that is a different story.

I have a friend who had RNY and gained the weight back. The little pouch expands more than our tough sleeve. I guess other than the duodenal switch there is no other alternative but the band. I am glad I have the sleeve although my wife is doing well with RNY.

Slow losing = good!

I used to be before the operation. It left me soon afterward. Same thing happened to my wife. Losing the diabetes, not leaving me.

If you go by the charts I lost about 87% of my excess. The charts must have been made by willowy super models. I am in extremely good shape now but it says I could lose another 20. Some of that is spare skin and the chart doesn't allow for big muscles. The sleeve doesn't stretch much but if you eat crapola in small increments incessantly you can defeat it. The remedy? Don't.

Martial arts are great exercise and fun. If you are talking about karate I would concentrate on the forms and strikes but I would not engage in free fighting. Your surgery needs to be not punched for a year or more. Judo can be a problem for a while. The throws could tear you up, give that time, too. Just my opinion, grasshopper.

I was given some Garden of Life Perfect food Raw, Organic Green Super Food powder. http://www.drugstore.com/garden-of-life-perfect-food-raw-organic-green-super-food-powder/qxp239492 I am liking it pretty good. Tastes more vegetably than amazing grass.

What a pile! I emptied my closet several times. Each time I left a few shirts for "dirty jobs". I eventually had to replace them. I don't want to look ridiculous even when changing the oil.

Ask her how much she charges for therapy. Tell her you are willing to pay her according to her degree level in psychology. If she says she doesn't have a degree tell her you assumed she did since she seemed to know more than you know about what makes you depressed.

Hello and welcome!!

The internet is infested with tiny minded, decorum devoid, psuedo intellectuals whose main interest is to bask in the illusionary light of their self deluded power at the expense of anyone but their own loathsome sub-humanness. Lotta jerks.

The amazing thing is that our sleeve journeys seem to plow up hidden weaknesses and hinderances. So in the end we are healthier emotionally and physically. Way to go, Goldy!

The fellow has the destiny of being proven wrong. You will make sure his destiny is fulfilled.

I went through a phase where I was appalled by the face-stuffing swine in my family and elsewhere. The feeling was eerily similar to the revulsion of watching the gorilla eat his vomit, something that seems to happen every time I look into his area at the zoo. It passed. I've learned to co-exist.

I am about to give you a horrible visual. No disrespect or offence intended toward anyone. I am sorry for this picture. It displays the consequences of blind hatred and the disgraceful underbelly of humanity. The heartless monsters of the Third Reich put multitudes in labor camps. They were fed low calorie diets and worked to death. Have you seen the pictures? See any fat ones? Skeletons with skin. The ones in the picture were liberated and returned to health. Many before them died. Never again. Our bodies are all pretty much the same. It is impossible,... impossible, to eat like we do on the sleeve when we follow directions and not lose the fat. It is all a question of time. Slower is better, not worse. The ideal is losing the fat and keeping the muscle and health. Hence, Protein first, Water, and Vitamins. The most frequent questions on this forum concern time. The problem is not with the sleeve or our bodies. The problem is lack of understanding of how the body works and plain old impatience. I lost slowly at times and quickly at times. I added my losses up and divided by the number of days passed. I then had an average daily loss. It was over 1/2 a pound a day at first but went down as time went on. The important thing is....it was going down over time. I reached my goal and passed it. You will too. Again, sorry for the picture.

6 months for me. Medical Mutual.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarbliving/a/Is-Your-Low-Carb-Diet-Giving-You-Bad-Breath.htm Ketosis can give you bad breath. I have fasted often in the past and know this to be true. It seems you are early on. When you get into a bigger variety of foods in future phases it should alleviate the problem.

Seriously, if you can pm me the names I will keep my eye peeled and I may be able to do something. I promise not to send Luca...he sleeps with the fishes anyway.

Who are deese mutts? I'll send Luca...

Arthur: [grabs Dennis] Shut up! Will you shut up?! Dennis: Ah, now we see the deprivation inherent in the system! Arthur: [shakes Dennis] Shut up! Dennis: Oh! Come and see the deprivation inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being deprived! Arthur: Bloody Peasant! Dennis: Ooh, what a giveaway! I promise you it shall improve. Once again you will sup in restrained abandon. But you must be patient and bring me ....a shrubbery. Something nice but not too expensive.

I have noticed the same things. This forum has one of the best scrips I have ever seen. I like the reply box functionality and the way the whole thing is laid out. The traffic here is huge. The only beef I have is with the slow loading ads but I understand that profit must be made. Glitches happen. Many lines of code go into putting this stuff up. I have faith that they will get the bugs out.

Many of us have trouble with the speed at which the body operates. Many sleevers have registered frustration after the operation because of stalling and even gaining weight....temporarily. My contention is that the body does not concern itself with time, only with function. Consider the following examples of adjustment time: Eyes dilating, food digesting, elimination, hair growth, muscle growth, cell replacement, aging, birth, death, etc....you get the picture. The body has it's own timing and gives no thought to it's inconvenience. It's timing can change on it's own and sometimes be changed by us but many processes are beyond our control. We like speed. No one goes out to purposefully buy a slow car or computer. We would like to lose weight fast after sleeving. You can do all of the right things and it can still be slower than you desire. Let's face it, our bodies are doing OK, it's our brains that need to slow down. We are not our machines, we are much more complex. Complexity means it takes time to get things done. Honest scientists will admit that there are many things about our body that are yet unknown. We have to have faith in our bodies. To all of the newly sleeved folks who are thinking you are a failure because you haven't lost weight immediately after sleeving or even gained. Slow down and breath. You can't speed up your body by worrying. Stress holds fat on, you know that. Do the right things, relax, and let your body do the work....on it's own time.