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My wife had gastric bypass, dumped the cpap about 4 months out. I got rid of mine about a month out. Both of us were diagnosed as severe. We just stopped and the other one observed.

I have a back-up plan in case I get tired of being hot, slim, happy, and healthy. The best plan that I have come up with is to concentrate on getting as many small meals in as possible, high calorie, carb rich, low Protein, low Fiber preferred. When the pain and slime goes away from the last meal cram some more in. No exercise, no Water, just high calorie drinks. I won't try to stretch the sleeve, that's too hard, I'll just keep eating non-stop. I should be able to wreck myself in 10 months and get back into the big and tall shop's crappy, overpriced clothes even sooner, if I live long enough. (Man, I really hate this post. It was like planning a nightmare).

Our bodies are not precise, predictable machines. They are more like the early computers. I spent many a day yelling at the illogical behavior of my freezing crashing infernal friends. There is an absolute logical explanation for stalls. Unfortunately, you can't go to the Cadillac garage and have yourself hooked up to a monitor and find out what it is. Our bodies are complex beyond the knowledge of any human who ever lived. You have to step back and look at it. Is it possible to eat what you eat, drink Water, and exercise like you do and not eventually get down to your goal? Only in some alternate reality.

I had a urologist who was the one who informed me of my prostate cancer in 2009. He was extremely grave in demeanor as he told me the news of my positive biopsy results. I am one of those odd ducks who believes that God alone is in charge of my check-out day which is more of a graduation to a better life anyway. As a result I did no emotional collapsing. He apparently thought I just didn't understand and continued to hammer about my imminent doom. Neither I nor my loving and equally God-believing wife were ruffled which seemed to frustrate him. On subsequent visits he put on his gloom face and tried to get me on the train of abject misery which I always refused to board. Even when my treatment was going well he would assure me that cancer would win in the end. All he needed was pom-poms and a big C on his sweater. He emphasized to me that the treatments were virtually useless and that the extra time afforded by them would be minimal. It made me scratch my head trying to figure out why he thought my remaining time would be better used by being sorrowful. I have already beaten the doomsday clock he set and if my birthday of December 21 of this year is not the end of the world as predicted by the Mayans I will sit in my new strong, healthy body by my Florida pool with my beautiful, slim Roux-N-Y wife and have a toast to my Ohio urologist. May his life turn out as happy as mine.

You guys really have the anti-ghrelin effect, I think. The part of your stomach they took out produces the hunger inducing hormone. You will get hunger back, believe me.! At this point you need to eat by thinking rather than by hunger. This is part of the new world you've entered. The rules have changed. The days of mindless chomping are over. Your body lost it's Iron fist of control. Your brain needs to grab the wheel. Eating is now for living, health, and energy, not for recreation or emotional fulfillment. Those needs you will meet in other more satisfying ways. You will enjoy eating again. Quantity and quality will rule the choices but happiness in it will return. Your new slim hotness and added energy will more than compensate your temporary loss.

Some people's idea of "tough love" is more self-serving than helpful. Sometimes they work out their own issues at your expense. Being brow beaten and demeaned for gaining weight is something you've done to yourself as well as receiving it from other "tough lovers" and afforded you no remedy but probably emotionally drove you deeper into the cycle of fattening. WLS patients obviously have a problem with gaining weight. A doctor should not be disappointed and frustrated as if it is surprising. Your observation of his insensitivity is correct as far as I am concerned. That being said, write it off and forge ahead. If he is an otherwise competent doctor knuckle down and get through this. Follow his advise and conquer yourself and your soon to be history excess fat. You can do it...take that to the bank!

Rhonda Roo, Thanks for posting this! This is beneficial for the forumites to realize that letting go of discipline will cause gain. I hope we can help you in your getting back. 20 pounds is not a giant hurdle, you've no doubt beaten worse than that before. I've heard tell that newly acquired fat goes off easier. My diet at 11 months out is approximately: 2 eggs with cheese - Breakfast small whey shake- mid morning chicken chunks and some green vegetable - lunch small whey shake or turkey strips- mid afternoon fish or chicken and vegetable- supper fruit or small whey shake before bed Water bottle in hand all day on heavy workout days I have a power shake before breakfast This is my ideal day, it hasn't always worked out that way but this is my default day that I return to. I wouldn't worry about having stretched it. Just eat right, hit the water, exercise, and you'll be in good shape real quick.

Looking good! Congratulations! I've got a feeling you're going to make goal, I see it in your eyes.

Welcome! Congrats on your weight loss! Go you!!!

Slapping down that stubborn last 2 pounds before goal. Feel like lopping off a foot to beat it.

It seems parents have a hard time moving with the changes occurring in their children. When I was a lad I was underweight and weak due to sicknesses. My appetite was lacking and Mom got me black strap molasses to cure it, which it did. When I went out on my own and called Mom she would always ask me if I were eating enough. My reply was, "Yes, Mom, I am quite overweight." That would not prevent her from asking again the next time. I was still that skinny, freckle-faced boy.

I helped my wife get that 22 pound turkey in the oven this morning,13 for lunch. Relatives will make this great. They all know our story and will not be shocked by the small portions wife and I put on our plates. All are supportive. I am so grateful to God for being alive and slim with a wife in good health and kids that love me. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

For some reason I can't swallow those long pills anymore and even have trouble with the smaller ones. Being the tough guy that I am, I just chew em up now. Pretty bad flavors. I tried just dissolving them in Water first but that doesn't work on all of them. I have heard that some Vitamins are supposed to dissolve in your intestine rather than your stomach. I guess chewing them would ruin that.

I would tell you to build up your thigh and buttocks muscles with weight training. Seems contrary to logic but those muscles are the largest in the body. Built up, they burn more calories when you use them and at rest. They are your best fat burners. You will not look like steroid plumped bodybuilding women if you don't take steroids. In my experience, the first fat to go on is the last to come off. My lower belly is defiant but doomed to extinction.

I know I lost muscle mass but at 8+ months when I could eat a bit more I put it back on with an exercise program. You will move out into your "new normal" and all will be well. Venting is cool and quite all right.

Wow, what a drop! You da man, James!!! Wanta rush? Go to a gym or sport shop and lift a 100 pound weight. Walk around a bit with it. Uh, huh!

That's about what mine are like. They seem to be related to lack of food more than what I've eaten. Sometimes I just eat something and they go away. I have been attacked in the middle of the day too, though. It's a mighty intense pain, beyond pre-surgery heartburn. My relatives are distressed by the pain in my face which I unsuccessfully try to hide.Those big attacks are hard to put down. It seems they are gas related but I can't be sure. When it finally stops I feel like writing an inspirational song out of gratitude. :wub: I am going to try and double up on the Prilosec type things.

How about rotating between Zantac, Prilosec, Previcid, etc. Do you think that would help?

I was under he impression that Prilosec type meds are not supposed to be taken indefinitely. I guess they are better than a deteriorated interior. My gall bladder was removed before my sleeving.

Thanks! I will try them. These are preventative measures, right? What would you do if they failed and you had an attack? Tums, Pepto, etc.?

I am 10 months out and have acid reflux attacks. I haven't been able to pin down the exact cause but I get it on an empty stomach, after too much coffee, and in times of high stress. I take Prilosec and Pepsid type products and lots of Tums. I also take Gasx in case gas is the problem. Sometimes just eating something helps. My doc told me this may come with the sleeve. I am also interested to know what sleevers do during sudden severe attacks. I had planned on trying Pepto Bismol and Maloxx.

You do like women, don't you? Very much! They're... strange and sensitive and they have compassion. I have the highest respect for women.

I like Macy's, T.J Maxx, Ross, Bealls, Ron Jon Surf Shop, Dillards, Old Navy, Aeropostle, Hollisters, Abercrombe & Fitch, Men's Warehouse, Jos. A Bank, Buckle, Kohl's, Express, The Gap, banana Republic, Land's End, American Eagle, Eddie Bauer, Amazon.com, Sam's Warehouse, WalMart, various outlets, and Goodwill when my wife is looking for cheap decorating stuff.. My list used to be big and tall stores and Goodwill. My granddaughters try to dress me like Justin Bieber. I try to hold out for post-adolescence. But it's ok, baby, as long as you love me. I dig the way my wife looks at me when I put on my mall rat clothes.

When I began working out in earnest I gained weight as have many here. However, my body size reduced and I began looking and feeling better and gaining strength. So I quit working out because what the scale said meant more to me. Kidding.

I think it was a week to a week and a half out. My wife thinks it was 2-2/12 weeks out. These variations of recall occur with virtually everything that we try to remember.