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Typically, in measuring someone's weight, the person is placed on scales at rest with respect to the earth but the definition can be extended to other states of motion. Thus in a state of free fall, the weight would be zero. In this second sense of weight, terrestrial objects can be weightless. Ignoring air resistance, an apple on its way to meet Newton's head is weightless. So if you were in outer space you would be weightless but fit into a smaller space suit. If you were in a long free fall your weight wouldn't matter anymore anyway unless you had a parachute. A scale is only one means of measurement. It does the best it can but only considers how much your mass is attracted to the gravity producing mass of the Earth. It does not identify what is producing it's numbers. Bodybuilders in optimum health can be considered obese by the charts even though their body fat percentage is under 10. You see that clothing is a better gauge. Strength, wind, and blood pressure also speak to us. The scale is just one voice on the jury. Let all the voices speak.

Good plan, Undercover Bariatric Gal! By the way, your secret is safe with me. :ph34r: My wife got those containers plus tiny little plates there. They come in handy when making meals for the big stomachs among us and dividing portions for storage for us to be consumed later. The cans of Boyardee that I used to inhale plus bread etc. now get divided into 2 or 3, same thing for the Soups and resturaunt meals. She uses the plates but I don't. They transfer heat too much for me and when scooping up the food it rolls off the edge too much. Dainty little her doesn't have a problem with it. nicden17, Yup, that going without and then overeating is a big problem for me too. When we go out wife carries Protein bars to stop the build up of desperation. Wifey purses are a blessing to a married man.

Good post, Chitowngirl. You apparently are investigating everything that goes on your life and looking for those things that are allies of obesity. Of course, jobs don't make people fat unless your job is cream puff taster. But sitting all day most certainly can contribute generously to girth and ill health. I don't need to tell you that your exercise program can offset the effects of your job, I detect a witty mind in you. The 10 minutes an hour advise is good, I think. Do you have the flexibility at work to do it?

I have had several trips to the ER before the surgery due to nothing more than dehydration. My blood pressure got very low and I almost passed out. Hydration is VERY important.

Ya, that lttle pill cup of water might has well have been a 5 gallon bucket.

We have a juicer but when we had big stomachs we found the amount of veggies and fruit we had to juice to get any appreciable amount was cost prohibitive. Now that wife and I have tiny tummies we are looking to take it up again. Juicing is a low volume way to get Vitamins and the other elements of veggies in. The only thing left out is Fiber which we can get other ways. But the clean-up is a bear. Waaaa.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/309453-how-many-calories-do-i-burn-a-day-by-just-existing/ You will burn at least 1,300 calories a day just existing. What's my point? It is physically impossible for you not to lose weight if you burn more than you eat. What you are lacking is patience. You question is the most frequent one asked here, I think. We think that bodies will give up the fat like a vending machine gives up a can of pop. The body is a very complex mechanism with many safety features. Security against starvation is over-zealous for sure but we have to deal with it. Give it time, it will get the picture. I had many stalls and gains throughout my drop. Don't be a slave to the scale. Stress brings on appetite, ignore the scale for a while.

I sometimes think I'm from Orlando because of being there so much, (outlets and theme parks), but I'm from Dade City. I am sure some Orlanders will chime in.

Welcome!!!!! Congratulations! Dr. is right. You will win, hang in there!

I am very fond of my sleeve, the Bouncer. I am grateful to God for getting me through and backing me up in my decision. I would not go back and try conventional means even if I had a chance. I know myself. I would have failed. That being said, I say the following: What the sleeve did and does for me: 1. Cuts my hunger 2. Gives me pain when I eat too much 3. Makes me throw up when I eat too much or too fast 4. Taught me that I don't need vast quantities to be healthy What the sleeve does not do for me: 1. Provides a magic solution 2. Controls my emotions and my thinking 3. Provides a permanent solution, (I know how to defeat it) 4. Eliminates my hunger 5. Makes me eat the right foods I could have lost the weight without the sleeve. I could also have climbed Mount Everest....... All the advise I gave her would apply to sleevers as well. I did not enjoy the surgery, I do not enjoy the effects of it. I love it because it helped me dump the excess Gman and helps me keep it off. Nik said she was trying to avoid it. She's only 25. I am for her trying to see if she can. I am also for her not feeling at all guilty about getting the sleeve. I am not. Anyone who can get there without it, more power to ya!

You have the potential to do it without the surgery. What the sleeve gives you is a permanent reminder. Reminders can be defeated. You will need a will of steel. You are not dieting, you must undergo a metamorphosis. Your will and mind must take control and channel your emotions and rule your body. Determine how you want to be for the rest of your life, fight with everything you have in you to attain it, guard it like a pit bull after you're there. Be ruthless, no mercy on bad nutrition and overeating. Marry yourself to exercise, commit your mind and heart, learn to love it, become an athlete. Keep your eyes on the finish line and fight relentlessly moment by moment to get there. You have to hate obesity and love yourself. Hate is a great motivator, so is love, use both. Think of all the crap you have been through because of being overweight. Take the insults, feelings of inferiority, struggles with clothing, lack of energy, depression, social problems, etc. and channel your anger into action. Be your own best friend and help yourself as you would your dearest friend who is in a battle. You can win this war!

Rootman speaks the truth. I'm about a year out and I can see easily how I could slide back into the Sarlacc of fat!

Doc knows best on that but walking a 62 pound hyper-pup or rather, him walking you, could certainly jerk you pretty good in unhealthy ways. I'd line up some doggy walkers for at least a month after surgery, but ask Doc. When you get healed up, walking your frenetic fido will be great exercise.

I keep it down to 1-2 cups a day. I drink Organo Gold which is an instant with Ganoderma (or Reishi) mushrooms in it. It has caffeine but less than a quadrupal expresso. It makes me feel good and flash the prettiest colors. (kidding). I've stayed off the coffee for weeks many times without any hangovers. If something is only lethal if you drink 85 cups at once it doesn't appear to be much of a threat. Of course 85 cups of anything would kill a sleever, probably at about 10 cups.

So those steaks I throw on the barby have broken down protein, or does the fat protect them?

Cheeseburgers.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/rm-quiz-caffeine-myths I thought I knew my favorite drug of abuse but they got me a few times. 53%! Pathetic! I must say in my defense that I just answered anything a couple times just to see the answer. What's your percentage?

At mine I got the impression they wanted me to come up severe, and I did. I had just gotten over pneumonia, they knew that, and they made me sleep on my back which I never do. Anyway, the CPAP is in the closet now, rendered unemployed by the sleeve.

Ain't it a rush?! When I realized I could run again I felt like I went back in time. My wind is inexhaustible. Only my old leg muscles are holding me back. I am building them up slowly.

Chat rooms are not for me. It's like being in a hotel and everybody's intercom is piped into your room. Ya, I've popped in at times and noticed the sparkin' . Get a room guys, (not chat).

My wife and I were both severe, we have both kicked the machines.

Your post is a good one. I can eat anything as well, but then, I have always been that way. Some foods, (spicy, too dense, such as steak), give me trouble afterward. The grazing is the secret way the fat sneaks back on. I defeat it by having alternative things to put down my neck. Water is the #1 defeater of grazing. Keep a bottle in your hand as much as possible. Resist the temptation to throw it at bratty little boys. Oops, I had a flash from the past. sugar free drinks help if you get sick of water. I like the flavored waters. Be sure to get in your Protein Snacks on time depending on the plan they put you on.

I will talk to you now as if you were my daughter: You are wonderful and a treasure. It is a priviledge just to be around you. If the man doesn't treat you with respect and kindness he disqualifies himself, he is unworthy. Deal with him as you have to for the sake of your child but give him no access to your emotional well being. Love yourself, darling, be good to yourself and expect others to do the same, you deserve it.

Many folks have a threshold in which self interest overrides compassion. In the case of many men, reaching that threshold is as easy as scratching their rear.

Sorry to hear about your GB troubles. Mine acted up and had to go 2 weeks before the VSG and they couldn't slide the 2 operations together. So they opened me up twice. I sure felt better without the GB, though. That brat had caused me problems for quite a while I think. I'll be praying that all goes well.