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I was skinny as a rail up until about middle school. I gained a little bit, but was just fat enough to be considered a fat kid. Lovely.

I lost the extra weight when I left high school and was on a pretty good trend. Then, when I was 25, my brother died. And so did my waist line. I was so incredibly depressed and sedentary that I spent most days just eating constantly until I was ready to drink my cares away.

I specifically remember one phone call with my mother where I said I had noticed I was gaining weight because of how fat the back of my neck got. It bothered the **** out of me, but I was too depressed to care or figure it out. It took a few years for me to say to myself, "You're better than this."

Oh Christopher I'm so sorry. It's understandable to grieve and cope that way. I'm proud of you for coming out it and finding a better path. Life is hard.

I too had a huge appetite. I used to walk home from elementary / middle school the whole time promising myself not to eat. By the time I got home, I devoured anything that wasn't moving and then ready for a huge dinner in a few hour. I think that appetite came from a high carb diet. My parents were in the dairy business and I could drink a quart a day of cow's milk, for example. We also had a lot of pastries, Cookies etc around. I think WHAT i ate contributed to the hunger monster.

If anything will make a person fat, it's milk. Why do you think we give it to newborn babies that then almost double in size within a month!!!

actually it's not recommended for neborns to have while cow's milk for the first year. The Protein in it is much harder to digest than breast milk or formula. And babies od any species frow tremendously in their first few months

Hahah. I meant human breast milk. Milk is extremely fattening.

1.1 years

Feeling a little better. On carafate and proton inhibitor and Zantac. No spicy or citrus food. I'm really hoping this goes away and I don't need surgery again!!!!

I too had a huge appetite. I used to walk home from elementary / middle school the whole time promising myself not to eat. By the time I got home, I devoured anything that wasn't moving and then ready for a huge dinner in a few hour. I think that appetite came from a high carb diet. My parents were in the dairy business and I could drink a quart a day of cow's milk, for example. We also had a lot of pastries, Cookies etc around. I think WHAT i ate contributed to the hunger monster.

If anything will make a person fat, it's milk. Why do you think we give it to newborn babies that then almost double in size within a month!!!

100% dieting. I was put on my first diet at 11 by my mother. I was a normal weight and she put me on slim fast. It hurt my body image and destroyed my natural intuition about how much food to eat.

By high school I had gained some weight from poor eating habits... That I then took off with a crash diet. Worked like a dream.

By college I was anorexic. I figured out dieting was like therapy- I equated thinness and striving to be thin with happiness and self worth. Through college I constantly dieted and rebound binged. I had a cycle of dieting and binge eating for years that kept my weight average to chubby. I always felt fat. I eventually became bulimic in a desperate attempt to deal with my ever increasing binge episodes.

I became pregnant by accident when I was bulimic. I was 150 pounds at 5'6. Pregnancy was the first time in my adult life I wasn't on a diet. I binged and binged and binged and gained 100 pounds in 9 months. I could not handle the emotional stress of not dieting. Plus I was emotionally starved by that point.

Over the next five years I sought therapy for my issues. They told me not to diet again, that as long as I did I would gain rebound weight. The e planned it was a biological reaction to lowering calories. Whenever I didn't diet my weight remained stable, but if I ever did, I would regain everything I lost and then some.

My marriage fell apart over my weight gain and depression over my body. My ex tortured me about my looks and inactivity and I ate even more to cope with that.

Dieting caused weight gain but I also ate to cope. Ever since that first diet I felt deprived of food and it became a way to treat myself to something extra special. Food was never just food for me. It was my drug of choice.

Why do we gain weight.... Emotional eating.. Dieting... The addictive nature of the American processed diet... Lack of nutrition... Inactivity that only gets worse as one gains...

So many reasons.

This surgery allowed me to step away from my emotional eating and have some peace with my food relationship. I find other ways to deal with things now.

You're trying to lose weight and your body is burning it's fat for fuel right now. You should be in ketosis if your doing low carb. Your energy levels should remain fine without an increase in calories because your body has reserves of fat to use to fuel itself. Keep eating the same amount and go for the burn!!! It won't hurt you at all to have some days of a higher calorie usage.

You may need to consider portable food however. At a month out this could be tricky.

I love nutritional yeast on popcorn!!! But isn't it High in calories?

I like beef Jerky and fruit a lot. Fruit is like candy to me.

Sashimi and sunamono salad. Turkey rolled with cheese

I'd say use a great lotion, take your Vitamins, workout, drink Water. Your not that heavy so probably won't have much depending on your age.

I was single. (((((((((

But around six months out, oh momma!!!!!!

A few minutes after becoming coherent in my hospital room.

Sprung and ready.

Couldn't be helped. My surgeon had 4 smoking hot med students with him during my pre-op appointments and throughout my surgery and first post op visit. They were all leaning in....hair down...surgical gear off....leaning in and speaking soothing voices as I woke up. I thought I'd died and was in greener pastures for a second.

Ha ha. Love you!!

Noooooo. Don't worry sleeves don't stretch that easy. You'll puke before it stretches.

Just hang in there. It will pass!!!! I did best laying on my side and walking as much as possible

Haha sorry I posted this in too many places. I was freaking out

Bwhahahahahahah. No.

Some people really do though!!

Still worth it

Oh never mind, saw your post!! Sorry to hear that

Had it out afterwards. Got gallstones. No fun.

I stopped for a long time. coffee drinks were one of the main ways I ate my calories and sugar pre surgery. Huge white chocolate mochas daily. It was great to kick that habit.

I now drink about 1/2 cup of coffee with cream and Splenda in the morning and the occasional iced Americano with Splenda.

I'll never go back to my old ways. I'm over 1 year out.

Looks like I have to stop now if I have gerd.

NONE!!! hahaa gross

Yes I love it!!! Just watch out for the calories!!

Blah. Sitting in er. They took X-rays. My surgeons office Said it could be a price of food is stuck

Hurts like hell

Wow! The transformation pics are so AMAZING! I know EXACTLY how amazing you all feel, because I have reached goal and surpassed my own fitness level goals as well, and I am so happy with my transformation! Over three years ago, I would browse through the threads and look at pictures. They were so motivational. I thought, "I will NEVER look like that, but I know I can get close." But the results are real folks. I hope my pics can inspire someone, the way so many pictures on this site inspired me. You can do it!!! It's a brain game...conquer the mind and you'll achieve your goals.

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Amazing. I am so envious of your arms and stomach!!

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Yesterday morning I all of a sudden started having burning pain in my chest and esophagus and throat accompanied by spasms in my esophagus. It's been going on over 24 hours with no relief.

It doesn't seem to be positional the way heartburn usually is. If I drink or eat it's very painful. I get about 1-2 minutes between spasms and then it burns really bad for several seconds.

I feel like an ass being at the er but I don't know what else to do. I'm worried it could be something more severe It feels like a piece of food might be stuck in my esophagus. Like my esophagus is trying to pass it down.

Has anyone experienced anything like this?? Help

Oh to have that problem...

Your not eating enough calories by a long shot. You'll likely need around 2000, as much as 2500+ if your running. Everyone's metabolism is different. You need to raise your calories by 100 or so a week until your loss stops.

We are so used to dieting and being told to eat less and as little as possible to lose weight- it's hard to wrap your head around that most people eat around 2000 calories and that is regular thin people! Athletes eat even more. You have to shift your perception of yourself as a dieter to that of an athlete if you are running 6 days a week.

I agree, don't stop running. Eat more if you can.

Technically your at a healthy weight still for now but I agree you need to slow it down. I'm sure you look great. You've lost an incredible amount of weight and you should be so proud!!!

Yikes. I'm debating going to the er. My insurance won't cover a walk in clinic. It's really hurting and I've had no relief with Zantac, tums or Prilosec. It almost feels like something is stuck in my upper chest (