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Don't I feel dumb. I should have asked my wife.

What does, "I took mom" mean? An emema? I believe it is normal, it happened to me and my wife as well after surgery.

Great post! And cats rule!!

I had to move mine to the middle finger. If I show people I'm married and bend down my other fingers they want to fight me for some reason.

I feel your pain, ShannonK. My skivvies are being systematically replaced by a smaller size, they were annoying and as non-supportive as an angry bill collector. It galls me to have to throw out underwear before they have developed extra holes. Darn sleeve!

I tried to delete my account and woke up with a horse head in my bed. Only it was the neighbors horse, I hate horses.

Ab workouts are difficult for me at 8 months. I cannot do full push-ups because of the pain in my abdomen when I'm on my feet, I have to do them on knees. It is not a bad pain, just enough to know that I don't want to push it. It doesn't hurt when not exercising.

I had the blues periodically after the operation. It was like a break-up for me: sitting by the phone waiting for double cheeseburger to call and knowing that I couldn't answer if it did.

Wow, what a rough road you have been on! Thanks for sharing that. I am so happy you are doing better and will pray that all goes well for you.

Good for you, Θ.༒.Я.Ṧੂʟོཟཛvƹ͡℟!!! Too bad you took the easy way out.

Slow scale change does not a failure make. Losing inches and clothes falling off a success makes. Yoda in The Sleever Strikes Back Time ...give yourself. Diet and exercise program... in line are. Doomed... your fat is.

We got yer back, Armywif33!!! I dumped 100 pounds, sure don't miss it. Losing it is like getting out of prison but it's more like the prison got out of me.

Something I copied and pasted from the internet so you know it must be true : From the standpoint of fat loss, you want to be in a position metabolically where the liver is converting stored fat to energy. The liver has other functions, but this is one of its main jobs. Unfortunately, another of the liver’s responsibilities is to pick up the slack for the kidneys, which need a lot of Water to work properly. Actually, your kidneys need a lot more water than most people realize. If the kidneys are water-deprived, the liver has a double duty assignment. It has to do the work of the kidneys along with its own work. This double time assignment only serves to lower the actual productivity of the liver. It then can’t metabolize fat as quickly as it could when the kidneys do their job with efficiency. If you allow this to happen, not only are you being unfair to your liver, but you’re also setting yourself up to store fat because you've made the liver less efficient at turning stored body fat into energy. So, you’ve learned how vital the roles of the liver and kidneys are, but now the question becomes how much water? When examining the research, there is a paper in the Journal of the American Dietetics Association (Volume 99, number 2, pages 200-206, 1999) that discusses water requirements: “To be well hydrated, the average sedentary adult man must consume at least 2,900mL (12 cups) Fluid per day, and the average sedentary adult woman at least 2,200mL (9 cups) fluid per day, in the form of non-caffeinated, nonalcoholic beverages, Soups, and foods. Solid foods contribute approximately 1,000mL (4 cups) water, with an additional 250mL (1 cup) coming from the water of oxidation.” The paper also states that "Dehydration of as little as 2-percent loss of body weight results in impaired physiological and performance responses." To summarize, it appears that sedentary individuals require approximately 9-12 cups of water per day (4 cups come from food, 1 cup from metabolism and 4-7 cups from fluid intake). The lower numbers are for females and higher numbers for males. Personally, I like the higher numbers for both males and females alike.

Prayers for you, Ruffus!

Hi Blessedw2, I am nearly 64 so I am near the older end of the spectrum. Some of our concerns are the same some different. I am very young... do I want to make such an alteration at this age?! I feel I do, but is it what's best for me? What if it makes more problems down the road? What don't they know about this procedure?! What are your thoughts on a youngster having this done?? Do you wish you would have or glad you didn't (or did) My first answer would be a question: what have you done thus far to fight the fat? If you can defeat it some other way, that would be better. The operation isn't magical, it just helps you eat less. With a sleeve your stomach fights you, HARD, when you eat too much but some of the hunger causing gehrlin is reduced. If I could have just eaten what I've eaten for the last 8 months without the operation the result would have been the same. That being said, I truly think I could not have done it without the tool of the sleeve, the hunger would have defeated me. I am not that informed on the "down the road" picture, I will leave that to my comrades. I will answer about your age as though you were my daughter or granddaughter, your health is the most important thing. Getting rid of obesity needs to happen as soon as possible, it gets harder the older you get. The longer you are obese, the more comorbidities will arise. Your age is a big plus with this procedure, that young body can heal quickly and your muscles respond to exercise better. Your skin is more elastic as well, although some sagging could be permanent. My wife and I both had WLS, we have fun trying to convince each other that sagging is success. I don't want criticism from people. I hate bringing attention to myself and I'm afraid people will talk. I know they will. I'm not sure how I would handle this situation. People will ask me what I'm doing to lose weight. Do I tell them exercising and eating less (which is no lie) or do I tell them about the sleeve?? As you look through this forum you will find this question is quite common. This operation is nothing to be ashamed of. If you really believe that, to tell or not to tell is no longer a problem. I tell those that I consider worthy of my time, the rest get a sketchy response or no explanation. This is, after all, MY BUSINESS. Extra skin: I'm not sure what to think about this subject... I've had 2 children so I already have a poochy lower tummy. I don't want to have issues with skin rubbing and flopping out. I also don't have the kind of money to spend on cosmetic surgery. Not sure about this one... You are young, it is likely your skin is elastic and will shrink. There are no guarantees that it will completely, though. I read your husband as a real man, one that would not be put off by loose skin. Real men love deeply, he sounds like one of those. I think you have nothing to worry about. I will be praying for you to make the right decision. It looks like you are pretty committed already. If you go ahead you know the folks on this forum will be pulling for you and helping any way we can.

I used to fast quite a bit, up to 7 days on just Water. The hunger was intense the first few days but I can tell you that most of it was head hunger. Water drinking helped a lot with the physical part. That was long before I had surgery. Of course, I was distracted by prayer and Bible study which was why I was on the fast to begin with, to concentrate on God. I can tell you, distractions are your friend in the battle against hunger.

I envy you guys that are doing the right thing and measuring. I confess that I have never measured except a visual estimate. My stomach helped me guage my portions REAL quick. Maybe it's a "man thing" or maybe I'm just stupid but it's like asking for directions for me.

Hang in there, Carly! Distracting myself by non-food related activities helped me. Maybe look at a magazine, catalog or website of clothing with models in it at your goal weight? I went to Macy's and looked at all of the way-too-small suits and said, "I'll be back" in my best Terminator voice. 7 pounds to goal, warming up the car now, getting ready to blast through the police station wall!

Excellent to say the least, Kevin! Wow!

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That is the first time I ever heard a NUT talk against Protein drinks. Fruits are not pure sugar, that's for sure. There are nutrients there. Lots of fructose in some of them, though. In another post someone commented on the diversity of opinion on nutrition you find in the bariatric world. When is your operation?

The fat on your body is just a layer of cells like your skin. How the layer of fat got thick is irrelevant. It does not define you any more than your skin color, and your skin color certainly does not define you, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us that. The essential you is not fat or skin layers, it is your character, your mind, your spirit. It sounds like you have a great husband who sees that. You can change the fat layer with your essential you. Be your own friend, give yourself the same breaks that you would anyone else that you love. I believe God loves you, too. And He knows you better than you do.

Good for you, blackdoll80! My granddaughters use to push me around in a wheel chair at theme parks. Now on our morning walks they struggle to keep up with me. And that with me throwing around a 15 pound kettlebell as I walk. I have noticed the whole family getting much more interested in exercise since I started getting intense with mine. Good just keeps getting gooder!

My pre-surgery trainers made it clear to me that I was losing a part of one organ but gaining a new one: a bottle of water. Small sips taken regularly and often seems to be the gold standard.