Chris R

I'm kinda reminded about a scene from "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?"
The quote that comes to mind is: " I slaughtered this horse last Tuesday. I think it's startin' to turn."

Cool story bro.

Just playing

You wish...

food addiction. It really does exist. Maybe some can't understand it. However, I think it's harder to overcome than any other type of addiction, because you can't give up eating cold turkey - you HAVE to eat to live!
How easy would it be for a drug addict to overcome it if they still had to take some of the drugs every day?

I've seen this question posed on here several times, but have never really seen a good answer to it. Today I had my 2-month follow-up with my NUT, and lo and behold, she shared a recent article from "The Bariatric Times" addressing that very question. I'll post the link, but the bottom line was for the first year post-op, keep carbs under 90 grams, and after 1 year under 130 grams.
http://bariatrictimes.com/recommended-levels-of-carbohydrate-after-bariatric-surgery/
Enjoy!

food addiction. It really does exist. Maybe some can't understand it. However, I think it's harder to overcome than any other type of addiction, because you can't give up eating cold turkey - you HAVE to eat to live!
How easy would it be for a drug addict to overcome it if they still had to take some of the drugs every day?

Well, the rule of thumb is you need a 500 calorie per day deficit to lose 1 lb per week. So if you generally require let's say 2000 calories a day to maintain your weight, if you ate 750 calories a day you should lose an average of 2.5 lbs per week in the long run.

Well, the rule of thumb is you need a 500 calorie per day deficit to lose 1 lb per week. So if you generally require let's say 2000 calories a day to maintain your weight, if you ate 750 calories a day you should lose an average of 2.5 lbs per week in the long run.

31 lbs in 4 weeks is "super slow"? That's almost 8 lbs a week - over a pound a day! Don't get unrealistic in your expectations - you're doing amazingly well!!!

I've been told that it's the only word in the English language that contains all five vowels in order. And if you make it 'facetiously', you can also count the "sometimes y".

Wow! Chris! Not to get off subject with this thread but a big WOW to you on you success thus far! I noticed your ticker and looked at your profile.
Way to go girl! Way to go!

I had my surgery ON my 50th birthday - couldn't even have water! But the way I look at it, it's probably going to be the best birthday gift ever!
Hmmm... purees for a birthday? What about plain Greek yogurt flavored with chocolate Protein powder? And a candle, of course!

Sleeved 2/12, down 32 lbs.

Bald...shaved...some facial hair...it's what I prefer and find very sexy. I LOVED rubbing my x's head when it just stars to grow out and he needed to shave again when its at that soft prickley stage...Uh, yeah lol it does it for me!
To whomever mentioned Patrick Stewart...you are definitely on to something! The only Star Treks I watched was Next Generation...it must have been him...that bald head and that accent! Mmm mmm lol

http://youtu.be/SvX9UbhFaUg

The PA at the bariatric center of excellence I go to put it this way - it takes more energy just to carry around the extra weight. I started at a BMI of about 68, and it took a LOT more effort for me to climb a flight of stairs then than it does now, and I'm still at a BMI of 54. Even just the walking a person with a high BMI does just to get around burns more calories than it would if they weighed a lot less. So I do believe there is a relativity about it. I agree it's better to look at it as a percentage.

The way you describe your pain sounds just like the pain I had in my largest incision - like someone hooked it with a fishing line and was tugging from inside me. My surgeon said it would stop suddenly with a 'pop' when the dissolving sutures gave way, after 2-3 weeks. Fortunately, I slept through the 'pop'. Mine stopped 2 days shy of 3 weeks post-op.

They only kept mine in while in the hospital. It felt really WEIRD when they pulled it out! All they did was put a piece of gauze and some adhesive tape over it, told me to change it daily and if the drainage turned a strange color or started to smell funky, call them. It did take a while to heal - it seemed to stay red around the edges, and I thought it might be getting infected. Finally I started putting a little bit of bacitracin ointment on it and leaving the gauze off, and it healed up fairly quickly then.

Oh, I just LOVE sarcasm. It's my FAVORITE thing in the WHOLE world.

I love the link PDX put in his earlier post in this thread - it reiterates and supports with evidence something I posted a while back k in "The powder Room" forum entitled "Bickering on threads". If you didn't follow his link and read the article, go back and do it now!
Before you go jumping down someone's throat because you think you're being attacked, keep in mind that the chances are only about 50-50 that the poster intended it that way - and also remember that your own personal moods and sensitivities influence your interpretation of what they posted.

I love the link PDX put in his earlier post in this thread - it reiterates and supports with evidence something I posted a while back k in "The powder Room" forum entitled "Bickering on threads". If you didn't follow his link and read the article, go back and do it now!
Before you go jumping down someone's throat because you think you're being attacked, keep in mind that the chances are only about 50-50 that the poster intended it that way - and also remember that your own personal moods and sensitivities influence your interpretation of what they posted.