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    No game got a reaction from alwaysvegas in Confessions Of A Junkie   
    Welcome goodcyn, And glad you are getting back on track. Detoxing from those bad processed carbs is tough but you can do it! Good Proteins and veggies and your body will thank you for it
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    No game got a reaction from AmyFromCincy in Before And After Gastric Sleeve Surgery Photos   
    I know ^
    He gives me a thrill every time he posts body pictures! Oh the arms and the chest!!!
    I'd say that's goal!
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    No game got a reaction from ProudGrammy in You Should Not Consider Bariatric Surgery if..   
    Perfect Lynda,
    Fear or as I put it, eyes wide open...
    I have spent my time here looking ahead.
    I did not enter this (my post surgery life) thinking my sleeve would take care of everything.
    I now realize I am (and was) the biggest part of the equation.
    I was the part, in the past that didn't get on board with TRUE CHANGE FOR LIFE.
    The way we ate and what we chose to eat does not work. We must change our eating habits for good. Not just a temporary fix to get where we wanted (weight lost) just to go back to "normal" life once those results were realized.
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    No game got a reaction from VSGAnn2014 in You Should Not Consider Bariatric Surgery if..   
    1. If you think it is a magic bullet.
    Bariatric surgery is not a magic bullet. It will help you lose weight but the responsibility is on you to keep going and maintain that loss. Regaining all of the lost weight is very possible and not even that uncommon.
    People who do not commit to a healthy lifestyle after the surgery are highly vulnerable to regain. Unlike diets, regain with surgery is delayed. On a diet people usually gain weight back within a few weeks or months. With surgery, people won’t begin to regain the weight until 18 months to 2 years. People who feel like surgery is a magic bullet will not be prepared for the commitment and will end up on the road to failure.
    2. If you think it will be easy.
    Bariatric surgery involves an extensive process of nutrition counseling, temporary liquid diets, and pre- and post-surgery meetings and preparations. Most clinics will ask that you lose some weight before the surgery, start on a special diet, and exercise. If you find a clinic that does not ask you to go through multiple steps like this you should find a new clinic. A good clinic will prepare you for success by giving you the right nutrition, behavioral, and exercise support before and after surgery. If you view these steps as a hassle, then you are not in the right mindset for surgery and will be at high risk of weight regain in the long run.
    3. If it is in the back of your mind that if it doesn’t work you will just try it again.
    Even though people like Carnie Wilson had a second surgery, keep in mind that most people do not. Some surgeons will not want to do a second surgery for you. In fact, they may lose hope in you. Surgeons want to set you up for success. They might not want to take the risk of an additional surgery unless they are very sure you did not squander the results of the first surgery with a blatantly unhealthy lifestyle. Surgery is an intensive and invasive process, only plan to do it once.
    4. You Haven’t Truly Made Committed Attempts to Lose Weight.
    One of the criteria to be eligible for surgery is that you have had numerous failed weight loss attempts. Nearly everyone on the planet meets this criterion, right?! Well, no. If you can’t honestly say that you put your heart and soul into previous weight loss attempts, then you aren’t really meeting this criterion. If your reason for not losing weight in previous attempts was because you were too busy or stressed out to make lifestyle changes, these problems will not go away with surgery. You will need to make the very same lifestyle changes. The difference will be that regaining the weight you lost from surgery will be 10 times more demoralizing than it is from a usual diet attempt. Once again, if you aren’t committed to making lifestyle changes, surgery will not make a long lasting difference.
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    No game got a reaction from Catherine Gray in My Dumping Syndrome horror story (read if you dare)   
    Girl not to get preachy on you but what the f**k were you thinking?? You are not even a month out? Cheddar beer Soup sounds like a stomach bomb on a regular stomach let alone a new sleeved one. And a sugar drink? Yeah that stuff would be a recipe for the squirts....
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    No game got a reaction from Texasmeg in Big Pants   
    I love it! Ok FYE I like the comparison pants so I took one like that too.
    I did this by myself and I didn't fall over


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    No game got a reaction from ProudGrammy in Am i kidding myself?   
    Well I was sleeved at 46.. Do I feel 30?? No...,but I feel like a pretty good 47! I can't say surgery turned me into superwoman. But I'm a lot more active and moving around on life is so much easier!
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    No game got a reaction from Trace Lynne in It works body wraps.   
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    No game got a reaction from Countrygrrl in Post Op Penis Size   
    Is it on a big pole???
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    No game got a reaction from Countrygrrl in Sex... Oh My God... Sex!   
    Girl.. You just didn't post all that in the mans room!
    Get ready for the private messages to start!
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    No game got a reaction from PaulaleeB in An atheist's pov vs a christain point of view   
    It's all fun and games until somebody gets an eye poked out, or sacrifices a goat...
    Sorry guys..
    I was just bringing up the irony.
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    No game got a reaction from PaulaleeB in An atheist's pov vs a christain point of view   
    My friend here wants to apply for the "job" over at the religious sleevers forum...

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    No game got a reaction from hdd55146 in What was your breaking point?   
    What was my moment? Life... Everyday life....
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    No game got a reaction from Quest4TheNewMe in guacamole on everything!   
    Would you guys stop talking about burritos!!!
    Yumm big warm smothered with sauce......
    STOP IT!
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    No game got a reaction from Melora in What's the story behind your profile name?   
    Mines a secret.... And I'm not telling
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    No game got a reaction from BeagleLover in Pics- scars, skin, and stretch marks...OH MY!   
    Umm... It would be my dream fantasy to look that good after all of this is said and done !
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    No game got a reaction from NJDad in What's the story behind your profile name?   
    I was invited??? That's a first
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    No game got a reaction from wannaBthinsoon in Post Op Penis Size   
    OTR you know I love the "before" and "after"
    Pictures just as much as everyone else.....

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    No game got a reaction from wannaBthinsoon in Post Op Penis Size   
    * just pops in to look around*
    Ok people carry on
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    No game got a reaction from OCSlim in Post Op Penis Size   
    Is that why you have that big exclamation point at the end of your name Mark??
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    No game got a reaction from Ballermom in Long term prognosis   
    I was reading another forum last night and a woman just got back from a seminar with her bariatric doctors they told the people that the sleeve is great, but also said that after about the five year mark the restriction goes away and hunger is back all the way and most need to be re-sleeved!! Thoughts?
    So I've been thinking about it all day, and have done some poking about a bit and some reading..
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/40490
    And I found this an interesting statement coming from a doctor at a bariatric conference...
    “Doctors are constantly concerned with durability. The gastric sleeve gained instant popularity because it is quick and easy to master, and is a less difficult operation than a bypass,” said Dr. Coon. However, he stressed the need for surgeons to learn all of the facts, perform extensive prep work, and communicate effectively with each patient before deciding whether the sleeve gastrectomy is appropriate.
    “With new surgeries, outcome is always hard to predict,” he said. “If five years from now it still seems to be a good operation, then it probably will continue — and then again it might fail. Regardless, people will continue to promote it or disagree with it.”
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    No game got a reaction from OCSlim in Post Op Penis Size   
    Is that why you have that big exclamation point at the end of your name Mark??
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    No game got a reaction from SmashMouth88 in What's Your Favorite Store Now?   
    Don't you love being able to walk away from something not because it didn't fit but because meh... It's ok but not great..
    When I was morbidly obese it was about IF I found something that fit, I bought it
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    No game got a reaction from Melora in What's the story behind your profile name?   
    Mines a secret.... And I'm not telling
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    No game got a reaction from F_it in What's Your Favorite Store Now?   
    My first time shopping after surgery and losing a little weight was the gap... I was so flipping happy to fit into their largest size jeans!! Funny.. I remember it like it was yesterday..

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