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If they have a salad eat that. Or if they have a vending machine get some nuts. If they have the packages that are 290 calories then get that one and just eat one, slowly. Don't get carried away with nuts because the have a lot of calories.

I wouldn't because they have too many carbs. Crackers are slider foods and the "meat" is highly processed. But if you do decide to eat them don't make a habit out of it.

Lately I've been craving, and eating usually before bed, peperoncino peppers, banana peppers and pickled okra. Weird, right?

I don't identify as a gay man and have never been with a man but thanks for assuming. I mean, I would be with a guy if he had money but just not something I would pursue for pleasure. At this point in my life I would take a sugar momma or daddy, I really don't care.

Regarding the original question of this thread.... It all depends on how much fat you have in the pubic fat pad. If you have a lot of fat stored there then losing weight will wow you. If you were fat your entire life you may not know just how big you truly were. However, if you don't have a large fat pad then you aren't going to notice much difference. I maybe gained maybe an inch or so. However, what really shocked me was my nuts. My nuts seem bigger and hang lower for some reason now. I have no idea why.

I'm sorry but that's total B.S. A woman may give good advice but there's also many women who give horrible advice and who have ulterior agendas. As an adult man we are supposed to be mature enough and wise enough to make our own decisions.

I'm not going to get into the middle of this fight but I will post to agree with you that there is a huge problem with women posting on the men's forum when men rarely post on the women's forum. I wonder why that is? The owners really need to fix this so that women are blocked form viewing and replying to the men's forum and vice-versa.

If after making sure that you aren't getting too few calories or too many calories, especially cabs, then you might try going on the pre-op diet or do a 5 day pouch test. I know I was stuck for over a month with no weight loss and I realized it was due to nuts so I cut them out as I can't control myself with them and began losing again.

I can tell you that the surgery is a breeze. I too was so scared. I heard so many horror stories about the gas pains and was paranoid about blood clots and not waking up from the anesthesia. I thought the pain was going to be horrible. I was delightfully shocked to learn that the pain was on the level of being punched in the stomach, meaning quite tolerable. No gas pains at all. The only part that actually hurt was when they removed the drain. So you have nothing to fear. Also, I have no memory of even losing consciousness. I simply laid down on the operating table and the next thing I know I wake up in a dark room. I actually thought that I hadn't had the surgery yet and was surprised to learn that it was all over with. Total breeze.

Normally people feel bad right after surgery, as if they made a mistake. I was one of the few that didn't which I believe is because I was self pay and had to work hard to get the surgery. The result was that I was mentally prepared for everything, knew what I was doing and had reached the point where I wasn't going let anything stand in my way. I think you will do fine. The surgery will change your life.

I'm almost a year out. The hair shedding is unavoidable but it's not severe. It's not that bad and it will grow back when your weight stabilizes.

Be very careful with Peanut Butter and peanuts or nuts in general. I know from personal experience that they will sabotage your weight loss if you consume too much. I didn't lose weight for over a month because I was eating a few teaspoons of peanut butter in a bowl with a spoon every night and/or peanuts during the day.

Buddha was skinny. You are probably referring to "Laughing Buddha", whose real name is Hotei. He's the jolly fat guy whom people rub his belly for luck.

I can assure you the surgery is a breeze. It's no big deal. Now, the plastics is what scares me. Plastics can set you back months. The sleeve is just a couple of days of not being able to do much. The only pain I felt was similar to being punched in the stomach, meaning very tolerable. Pulling out the drain was the most painful part of my experience. And for those scared about anesthesia, I had no idea they even started it. I remember lying on the table and then then next memory was waking up in a dark room. I still thought I had yet to have my surgery. So it really is no big deal.

That's weird. Every doctor I know of does go over the new eating habits. Be careful of carbs. They will sabotage your weight loss. This is especially true since many carbs are sliders and you can eat a ton of them. I know this from personal experience. Imagine my shock when I ate almost the entire bag of large popcorn at the movies without even the slightest feel of a restriction.

I wasn't aware that a revision would help with that.

It's normal. You should be over carb withdrawals by day 3 or 4.

Most places in Mexico require payment in full before surgery. It's not a problem. Just save up. It took me less than a year to save up for mine. If you want to go that route then the best bet is to do self pay in the States. You can find doctors who will bill you out like that but you will pay far more than had you gone to Mexico. Congrats on quitting smoking. However, don't let that be an excuse for a huge weight gain.

You have 2 options: 1. Throw in the towel and just give up. 2. Continue fighting for what you want. I saved up for almost a year to get my surgery, self-pay in Tijuana. So I don't sympathize one bit with people who chose option number 1 just because they were denied by their insurance.

Theoretically you can die from a blood clot at any time. The risk is higher for obese people. So not getting the surgery will actually increase your odds of dying from a blood clot. The overwhelming majority of blood clots happen after an injury of some form. For example, I had a friend die from a pulmonary embolism (blood clots in arteries of lungs) after spraining his ankle. Surgery is included as an "injury". Once formed, a blood lot can lie dormant in a vein for a long time before breaking free and traveling to cause damage.

Thank you! So I got to lose 6 more lbs before I reach my "one-derland". Can't wait!

Some doctors don't. However, if your doctor does then you will be in good company. From my experience those that do the pre-op diet lose more weight and have an easier time with the surgery. You also would already be over your carb addiction so that's an added plus.

Silly question, but what is "one-derland"? I see this phrase all the time but have no idea what it means.

I chose sleeve and it was the right choice for me. More doctors are moving away from the gastric bypass as sleeve is safer, has less risk of complications, lower mortality rates, and produces nearly the same level of weight loss as gastric bypass but without the threat of malnutrition.

Eh. Pop Tarts don't bother me and especially since they discontinued my favorite flavors years back. I was addicted to the chocolate poptarts with the vanilla cream and the apple poptarts with white frosting. They replaced the chocolate ones with the Cookies and cream oreo ones and now they only make the unfrosted apple ones with cinnamon sprinkled on them (gross). I was such a pig back then. I would smother them with butter and eat like 4 or 5 in one sitting. No more!