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Do you think the depression and anxiety are related to your obesity? Do you think you'd be able to lose that weight and keep it off?
There are risks with this surgery, like any surgery. As you probably know it's generally done laparoscopically and recovery time is generally very quick. Most people return to work within a few days.
I don't think anyone here can tell you weather you should or shouldn't have surgery. No one here can have an understanding of your circumstances from a couple of paragraphs in a post.
For me it was about weighing up the risks. There are risks with surgery, sure. But there are also risks with remaining obese. For me, like the vast majority of people on VST (some of whom had a lower BMI than yours) having this surgery is amongst the best things I have ever done for myself.
All the best,
Deano

I love this idea! I will be joining ya'll this Saturday. What a great way to start a new month! I

Love this thread! (Although its making me hungry! LOL)

It's been less than 3 weeks since you had surgery. Are you taking an acid reducer? Hunger pains in the middle of the night could still be healing of your stomach along with the acids in your stomach. The feeling is exactly like hunger pangs. Keep some Water at your bed and drink a few ounces when that happens.
For the first four or five weeks after surgery, when I went to bed my stomach growled and I felt like I was hungry, but it was the acid and the healing. It went away. Before I went to bed I usually had a few sips of skim milk and that would make feel full, then I would wake up with that feeling. My doctor and nutritionist explained to me it was acid & healing pains.

This damn thing has been saying that i will weigh 124 in 5 weeks with my current intake, and I have been in a stall for 3 weeks and counting! I think the only way I will weigh 124 I cut off my right leg, maybe my left too

hon...where do u find the tofu noodles at ??? this dish sounds yummy !!!!

I have found Tofu noodles in the Veggie section near the bean sprouts. They might have a better selection at an Asian grocery store. Good luck!

Fatnomo, I use my scale full time. The only time I use a measuring cup is on liquids (milk and egg beaters) and powders (protein powder). But when it comes to meat especially, you do have to figure out how much mass you can hold and the scale doesn't necessarily tell you that. For me there was some trial and error. I'd put 4 ounces of chicken on the scale, then eat it. If I couldn't eat it, next time I'd put 3 ounces. Then I'd know 3 ounces was my limit. And by weighing it, I knew exactly how many calories I was eating. Make sense?

Can't accurately measure dry stuff in a measuring cup. Gotta have the food scale for that. I learned that in cooking school last year! TW I'm 58 and didn't know it!!