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I know what you mean but you will get through it. For now maybe you could do something else while your husband eats his meals so you won't be so teased. It's difficult to see and smell that food so distance helps.

That's a good thing because you would end up coming in later and having another surgery to remove your gall bladder. Just better to do it all at once. I had Sleeve surgery 3 years ago but due to problems I had to have the bypass surgery on Nov 14th. I'm 61 so it's not as easy the second time around but over all it's not too bad. I wish you lots of luck.

I feel like this particular board is being a bit judgmental. I had revision surgery two weeks ago from the Sleeve to RNY, For the record, I did not want to have revision surgery (who would????) but due to severe GERD and Rheumatoid Arthritis i had no choice. For my health it was necessary. I loved my sleeve and never wanted anything different, now dealing with the RNY is different and will be for the rest of my life. Being obese, we were always being judged by others and this forum is supposed to be our "safe place" but it doesn't seem very safe for some people.. Different surgeries work for different people and some don't work as well or at all. Our pouches are tools and those tools can fail regardless of how well someone is informed or how well they are sticking to their diets. Yes there are some people with food addictions or other issues that prevent them from following the plan. But to suggest because they have not been fully compliant they shouldn't be allowed an additional surgery in hopes that the new surgery could help them, is a bit cruel and selfish. Once you are a few years out from surgery your perspectives may change. I wish everyone good health and weight loss and know that any issues you have are just as valid as anyone else's.

I read each and every posts. I realize they were giving a pass to the medically necessary revision. My point was that some people were still coming across as very judgmental. Just not an attractive thing for this type of board.

I feel like this particular board is being a bit judgmental. I had revision surgery two weeks ago from the Sleeve to RNY, For the record, I did not want to have revision surgery (who would????) but due to severe GERD and Rheumatoid Arthritis i had no choice. For my health it was necessary. I loved my sleeve and never wanted anything different, now dealing with the RNY is different and will be for the rest of my life. Being obese, we were always being judged by others and this forum is supposed to be our "safe place" but it doesn't seem very safe for some people.. Different surgeries work for different people and some don't work as well or at all. Our pouches are tools and those tools can fail regardless of how well someone is informed or how well they are sticking to their diets. Yes there are some people with food addictions or other issues that prevent them from following the plan. But to suggest because they have not been fully compliant they shouldn't be allowed an additional surgery in hopes that the new surgery could help them, is a bit cruel and selfish. Once you are a few years out from surgery your perspectives may change. I wish everyone good health and weight loss and know that any issues you have are just as valid as anyone else's.

I started my liquid diet on the 26th and im having a really hard time dealing with hunger. Mostly head hunger, i think. Seeing my hubby chow down on a big burger is emotionally painful. Surgery scheduled for December 12th, and still waiting for insurance approval. Stress hitting hard. Juat having a tough night...
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I'm 65 and having my surgery Dec 1st. I'm looking forward to this new chapter in my life. Sent from my SM-G550T1 using the BariatricPal App

Hello!
My name is Daniel. I'm from the KC, MO area. I had a gastric bypass 8/4/15. My starting weight: 504 lbs. This Wednesday will be my nine month post-op anniversary. I currently weigh 280 lbs. I'm certainly not done but I'm doing great.
I'm happy to offer advice or help to anyone needing support. I know there are ebbs and flows; ups and downs; etc. So, feel free to reach out. No two people experience the same path but inspiration and encouragement are universal!
I'll include a starting and recent pic.
 
My best,
Daniel
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My nutritionist recommended GENEPRO, so I bought a can. Then I started reading about it. The serving size is 15 grams, but they claim 30 grams of Protein is contained in that 15 gram serving. There is also an asterisk or two next to that.
Watching their promotional video is like science fiction. They are claiming to shrink molecules down to smaller sizes so they can get all 30 grams in. We have a saying out in the country about trying to fit two pounds of poop into a one pound bag.
I will not be buying it again. I have been drinking various flavors of Gold Standard. Now that I am back to food, I am eating meat with a side of meat, and have cut way back on the shakes.

I'm wrapping our Christmas tree in the clothes that I can't donate and it will be doused in gasoline. I plan to throw matches at it because it will be one heck of a fireball. I will dance around it like the lunatic that am right in the middle of the front yard. I plan to have the fire out by midnight because those clothes don't have a future in my coming years.

My sleeve surgery was in October 2015.
It didn't take long for me to lose track of what I was most excited about after wls. No kidding.
So much was rushing at me and all of it good.
It was a slam trip to have to repeatedly clean out the closet and take clothes to Goodwill and the like.
This summer found me using borrowed or rental kayaks and enjoying hours slipping around the nearby Savannah River or Augusta Canal. Fishing or simply enjoying being out there.
I have a fairly decent mountain bike that I'm looking forward to riding this winter.
As a tall guy, but no longer a "bigger & taller" guy, lol, I'm looking at car choices for my next car....some of them are radically different than I once considered when I was Sasquatch sized.

Being able to cross my legs and two cancel of my Lane Bryant card and use my Victoria's Secret and New York and Company
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I really want to do yoga again. I am just too heavy to do it without causing pain. Oh, and to wear a belt someday. Maybe a pair of riding boots that aren't wide-calf?

On behalf of men everywhere, we need proof!

Ha, great question! Anywhere!!!!!! Literally!
I used to be stuck ordering on line or shopping at Lane Bryant. Now, I literally can go into any store and buy clothing and shoes. When i started losing weight, it was about getting healthy. It never really dawned on me until i started swimming in my clothes that I would be small enough to fit in a large or medium top, a size 8 jeans!!!!
For goodness sakes, I started at a 26!
So, I shop anywhere and everywhere and it is a blast trying on new clothing! I used to hate shopping!

I can see you are a very bad person. I am usually the one who has to tell people they are setting me up too easily. Here is an example of the work I do. I built the chest, not the musical instruments.

You are a naughty, naughty, girl.

@@LittleBill
You will be surprised as your weight drops how much your body changes. because you are so tall, you obviously do have bigger bones so I am not suggesting you dont.
I was always told i was big boned as well. I am 5'10" (I used to be 5'11") and wore a size 11W shoe. After losing all of my weight, i have learned that I have long bones but geez, what was once big wrists and feet are now very small.
I used to have to have bracelets made for my wrists that were 8.5 inches. Now I wear my tiny mother n laws bracelets and they are 7 inches!
My shoe size shrunk nearly right away (within the first 60lb loss). I wear a size 10 regular shoe! Everything has shrunk, including my height again which i was told is normal. Weird!!!
Best of luck with your new tracker and your weight loss! Welcome to a whole new life.

Naughty girl! LOL

You know what they say about men with big hands and big feet, right?
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Big imagination!!!

I refuse to get another belt until I'm done because I'm very picky with my belts. I've already burned through the 4 holes that I didn't use previously and I've drilled an additional 3 holes. My belt wraps all of the way around the side of me and the tip tucks into the belt loop behind my pocket.

Warning! There may be dry humor contained within this post.
I'm a big guy. That sort of goes without saying, or I wouldn't be here, right? Well it ain't all fat. I really am big boned. I have size 15 feet. I have a big bone head. At least, that is what I am told from time to time. One of the other issues I have that WLS is NOT going to help is the size of my hands and wrists. The biggest gloves I can find are 2XL, and they are almost always tight. When I used to wear watches, I always bought the flex band style. Then I had to buy an extra band so we could add several links to make it fit. I could officially reach anorexia and none of this will change.
I've been tracking my steps with my phone, but it is cumbersome some of the time. The phone is smart, but maybe I wasn't for getting such a big one. But hey. I have big fingers, remember? Anyway, it is not recording any other exercise activity, so I decided I would look into a Fitbit. Well, there's that wrist thing again. My bony wrist measures 8 1/2" in circumference. It looked to me like Fitbit was out. Then I stumbled on a post by a fellow traveler here who mentioned the Garmin Vivoactive. I checked it out, and the band was big enough for me! After some quick negotiations with Mrs. LittleBill, I ordered one up from Amazon. It arrived today.
It doesn't fit. The band is long enough, but the ergonomic wizards who designed the attachment points clearly had more petite people in mind. It is already back in the box, and I will just have to do things the old fashioned way, and hope that I don't push my aging ticker too hard in my enthusiasm to get skinny(er).

I feel like this particular board is being a bit judgmental. I had revision surgery two weeks ago from the Sleeve to RNY, For the record, I did not want to have revision surgery (who would????) but due to severe GERD and Rheumatoid Arthritis i had no choice. For my health it was necessary. I loved my sleeve and never wanted anything different, now dealing with the RNY is different and will be for the rest of my life. Being obese, we were always being judged by others and this forum is supposed to be our "safe place" but it doesn't seem very safe for some people.. Different surgeries work for different people and some don't work as well or at all. Our pouches are tools and those tools can fail regardless of how well someone is informed or how well they are sticking to their diets. Yes there are some people with food addictions or other issues that prevent them from following the plan. But to suggest because they have not been fully compliant they shouldn't be allowed an additional surgery in hopes that the new surgery could help them, is a bit cruel and selfish. Once you are a few years out from surgery your perspectives may change. I wish everyone good health and weight loss and know that any issues you have are just as valid as anyone else's.

I think I must look in proportion or something, because I've never gotten those comments, lol. I think 10-15 pounds I probably would.
I've told this story before, but when my husband was lamenting to his surgeon about people telling him he looked too thin, too skinny, blah blah blah, his surgeon said "There are so many obese and overweight people these days, they don't even know what a normal, healthy weight looks like anymore".
Made sense to me.

"Selfish" isn't always that kind of four-letter word. Sometimes it's this kind: G-O-O-D.
As long as you trust that you're ready to commit for the long haul, ask those you love to have faith in you.
Go forth and be amazing.