chris1142

LL I've followed you from shortly after your surgery and waaaayyyy before my own. You are one of the people on here that I see as a role model for being successful with this surgery.
Thanks for telling your story. It inspires me and keeps my resolve to follow my doctor's directions to a tee strong
Great pics too!

I'm 71 and 3 1/2 months out. I only regret I didn't have this option years ago. I am down 62 pounds and have more energy than I've had in years. Diabetes is gone and blood pressure meds cut in half. I have some joint issues so go to the pool 5 days a week for Water aerobics and resistance excercise.
If your parents are interested I would say to go for it.
Also research has shown tat us older folks as a whole don't have a higher rate of complications for this surgery than anyone else.

I'm 71 and 3 1/2 months out. I only regret I didn't have this option years ago. I am down 62 pounds and have more energy than I've had in years. Diabetes is gone and blood pressure meds cut in half. I have some joint issues so go to the pool 5 days a week for Water aerobics and resistance excercise.
If your parents are interested I would say to go for it.
Also research has shown tat us older folks as a whole don't have a higher rate of complications for this surgery than anyone else.

I'm 71 and 3 1/2 months out. I only regret I didn't have this option years ago. I am down 62 pounds and have more energy than I've had in years. Diabetes is gone and blood pressure meds cut in half. I have some joint issues so go to the pool 5 days a week for Water aerobics and resistance excercise.
If your parents are interested I would say to go for it.
Also research has shown tat us older folks as a whole don't have a higher rate of complications for this surgery than anyone else.

I've been on here for almost a year reading post after post and what people seem to regret is not doing it sooner. There is such a feeling of recapturing one's life and enjoying things in a whole new way. I had my surgery last November and I am still so elated. It is very empowering to choose yourself and your health like this. I had not anticipated the kind of relief and joy I have now. Yes the weight loss is great, but more than that is the freedom from that gnawing appetite and all the brain chatter that went along with it.

My program doesn't forbid them, but one medium banana has 27 grams of carbs and I am only allowed 30 to 60 grams per day. So.... I don't eat bananas because I would have to skimp all day for the rest of my food and shakes. I log everything on My Fitness Pal to keep me on the right path.
Does your nut give you direction as to grams of carb, Protein and fat you are allowed per day?
I'm 3 months out and allowed 700 cal. per day--30-60 carb; less than 30 fat and 65 Protein.
Also am to eat protein first, then veg and then fruit if I have room and no more than 3 oz. per meal
Hope this helps and wishing you the best with your surgery

My program doesn't forbid them, but one medium banana has 27 grams of carbs and I am only allowed 30 to 60 grams per day. So.... I don't eat bananas because I would have to skimp all day for the rest of my food and shakes. I log everything on My Fitness Pal to keep me on the right path.
Does your nut give you direction as to grams of carb, Protein and fat you are allowed per day?
I'm 3 months out and allowed 700 cal. per day--30-60 carb; less than 30 fat and 65 Protein.
Also am to eat protein first, then veg and then fruit if I have room and no more than 3 oz. per meal
Hope this helps and wishing you the best with your surgery

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

With my new complication with the sleeve. And repeating several tests and having work done to fix the newest complications. I have become a topic of conversation in my area of the medical profession.
I have been asked out of the blue by at least by 6 people who work at the hospitals and clinics how much weight I have lost...Stunned that that is the first question out of their mouths and instead of me keeping it close to my chest I tell them 200 lbs. It is only after that that they ask questions regarding the surgery. The next most asked question is would you recommend it? And then, would you do it again?
Most that have found out how much I have lost, scream you must be proud. You should be on a poster in the hospital telling everyone there is hope. You must feel so good about yourself...I have thought about it a lot and I don't think proud is the word I feel...I feel a great sense of relief and a huge weight lifted off me literally.
I feel that this is a life long journey for all of us and that pride has nothing to do with it. I did not win a contest or a marathon or the lottery or save millions of lives. I am working to save mine and it won't be done until I breath my last breath. A work in progress. Not to allow myself to get complacent over this new adventure and turn back to my old life...
I am thrilled that I finally had the opportunity to get this gift of the sleeve. But there is no inner pride. There is satisfaction that I have gotten this far. But pride no. I still have so much work to do!!!

Way to go Momma J. I hope I do as well as you. I have followed my doc's plan religiously and plan to continue doing this. Posts like yours reinforce the importance of doing this for me. Thanks so much for sharing.

LL--you are freaking amazing! I have followed you from the time I started on this site. I'm 3 months out now and you and the others like you inspire me to be dedicated to recovering from this nasty disease called obesity. Thank you for sharing your success.

Okay, all I'm going to say, is that if people don't start to use the 'search Forums' function...I may have to have a Michael Douglas Whammy Burger moment.
It's not that hard. ALL of the information you require will be there (with the exception of a few, personally focussed nuances and topics).
If your topic is not original, do us all a favour; thoroughly exhaust the search function and if there is something not covered (which I doubt it won't be), THEN ask! Ideally making reference to what you have read so far and how and why, the information presented did not cover your specific area of interest/concern.
If you don't know how to search - please ask us. We will be MORE than happy to help.
Its just and outside of this, the general laziness permeating the threads is starting to get on my mammary glands.
For those of the 'bleeding heart' brigade who will no doubt mew in my general direction: 'But some people are new. Some people need special attention. Don't be mean. You need to be more compassionate. You were new once. This serves no purpose but to scare people away from posting' (etc.etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseum)
Bite me. I have never been 'lazy' in the pursuit of information which will allay my fears and build upon my knowledge for a proposed action which really should not be taken lightly, so why are other people?
If someone is incapable of using the search function through internet inexperience - this is one thing. (See above). But I find for those who have already managed to insert Giff's and tickers to their signatures, this is not applicable - so why haven't they searched first? If you evidence that you've searched (not just stating 'I've searched', moving on to ask the same bleedin' question, thus indicating you haven't actually been bothered to search!) and there's a genuine need for additional and unique information - there's not a person in the world who won't help you.
However and I'm just going to put it out there. If you're this lazy in response to finding out the critical information YOU need for YOUR surgery and post operative care; how does this bode for your attitude post surgery?
If you can't be bothered now, will you be bothered later?
Or is this just emblematic of the attitude 'Its not me, it's them.' Absolving yourself of all responsibility?
So and to summarize; take the initiative people. Use your brains. Read, analyse, compare, contrast, critique - THEN ask questions.
You will gain far more from it and the website will also benefit. I concede that the search function on this site is a bit laborious. However, by showing some effort, the people who genuinely want to help you will be invigorated to do so - valuing the efforts you've already made to push the debate on and contribute to the ever-growing invaluable pot of knowledge on Bariatric Pal. Failure to do so will just fill the the site with repetitive, unanswered questions, because those who are capable of helping have become exhausted and their pot of compassion depleted, by those whom seem to think that THEIR questions are more important/relevant/unique than anyone else's?
The Quest for knowledge should be a daily mission. It is how we learn and grow. Asking people to spoon feed you pap, like baby food, will do nothing for you long term and will do nothing for this community, either.
Maybe have a think about that, before you post another 'done to death' topic; expecting the world to rally to your call. 'Cause after a while, people just won't respond and all thats been affected, is to leave the site a wasteland full of whistling wind and tumbleweed.
Rant over.
<Wanders off grumbling, back to her cave of mean>

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

I think that the self loathing of ourselves ... or rather our formerly fat selves... is unhealthy. You mention the obvious impact on others who feel that sting of comparison, but there is also what it does to your own inner life and feelings of self esteem.
Looks are a very superficial way to measure ourselves and it seems like at least some degree of self acceptance helps a person find inner peace.

Thank you for sharing your success. It's extremely encouraging.

Love the Guy's sugar free mentioned. It ha 5 cal. In 2 tablespoons and tastes really good to me. They also make a spicier version but the original is hot enough for me.

Do you have access to a pool? I'm 20 years older than you but the pool is working for me. Sign up for a class or two. It's much more fun if others are doing it with you. And it burns a decent amount of calories too. It's also very therapeutic. Sometimes it's hard to go but I always come home relaxed and glad that I made the effort to get there.

Oh, hon. I wish that for you too. Take heart in that soon you will be losing like crazy.

Oh, hon. I wish that for you too. Take heart in that soon you will be losing like crazy.

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.

Yes it does come off. I'm 71 and had VSG surgery Feb 4, 2014 and am down 56 lbs. I have followed my doctor's plan to a tee and am very happy with the results thus far.