BigViffer

Thank you for posting that! People rarely just come out and say, "you know what? I just loved eating!" It's usually medication or disease or something that makes it not their fault. Usually the same people are just so damned desperate for attention they will keep threads going on and on long after they have served their purpose.

ehh.... well... kinda sorta. Insulin resistance can lead to Type 2 diabetes, but not all Type 2 diabetics are insulin resistant. With a person that is resistant to insulin, the pancreas tries to keep up by producing more insulin so that the liver, muscles, and fat can absorb the glucose from the bloodstream. As long as it can produce enough insulin to overcome the resistance, blood glucose levels stay in the healthy range. In an obese person, there are a lot more cells that need insulin and it falls short leading to increased blood glucose levels. A type 2 diabetic who just doesn't produce enough insulin for a 40 BMI will be given metformin or something like that. After gastric surgery, the BMI can go down to a level that the amount of insulin produced is sufficient to metabolized the glucose in the bloodstream. However, that does not mean their pancreas will continue to produce enough the rest of their life. They may return to metformin at a later date. Hence they are not "cured" of diabetes. Here is a pretty good link to describe it better than I: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/what-is-diabetes/prediabetes-insulin-resistance

Might I suggest some boudoir photography?

The only problem with collagen protein is that it is worthless. Not in the same way that Genepro is, but because of the incomplete amino acids and the low bio-availability of collagen protein specifically. It's so common, it's what jell-o is made from.

Call his bluff. Make him seriously think about what it would mean if he divorced you for medical reasons. I am pretty sure you would take him to the cleaners financially. Don't appeal to his emotions, show him how it will cost half of his possessions, retirement, and a good chunk of his income. Texas is a "Fair & Just" divorce state. That doesn't necessarily mean a 50/50 split. He may want to think before he opens his mouth again.

katkatlady612 - Good question. Yes diabetes is a medical condition; and I am one of those people who no longer has to take medication for my blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol. Most obese Type II diabetics will benefit from the surgery because diet has such a huge influence on it. If you were insulin dependent, you may step down to metformin, if you were on metformin you might come off completely. However, if you are a Type I diabetic pre-op, you will still be one post op. Bariatric surgery does not cure these conditions, but it does make managing them much easier.

Even if he was, he is less than 3 months out. Everyone will lose weight during the honeymoon phase. He's just missing out on the easiest time to make changes in food relationships and habits. It happens over and over on this forum. He'll fade away when the loss stops and it becomes real work. They all do.

I have some bad news for you. No bariatric surgery will cure your medical issues. All it will do is force you to eat less for about a year. Sure, there may be some palette changes, or maybe dairy will suddenly become difficult to digest causing lactose intolerance, or you may develop gerd; but for the most part the surgery doesn't change a person medically speaking. Only the medical conditions brought on by poor diet will be affected by bariatric surgery. (e.g. High BP, diabetes, cholesterol, etc...) Unless there is a medical condition with the stomach itself, there is nothing that bariatric surgery will cure that diet alone could not as well. The surgery and subsequent honeymoon phase help cement new food habits.

Bingo! B12 or a B complex will give you freakishly bright yellow urine.

I am not good at mushy support, so please read everything I say as advice and not "tough love", for that is not my intent. You are only lacking in one thing; determination. Support is nice, and motivation makes it easier; but doing something that is hard and something that you don't really want to do takes determination. I get it, you're tired at the end of the day. Or you don't want to get up early in the morning. Or you want to spend lunch time unwinding. You don't want to go to the gym because it is intimidating. Someone might look at you, laugh at you, or think something derogatory. Someone will be better at yoga or there will be a group of friends already there and you will feel excluded. All excuses. Make a resolution to do the things that are uncomfortable but necessary. Your boyfriend doesn't want to go? Leave him home. No friends to meet at yoga? Make new ones with the people that are there by showing your determination to do these things. I can come up with a laundry list of things that I would/could/should be doing besides exercising. I frequently go to bed at midnight because the time after work is taken up by parents, in-laws, and teenage daughters. But after 20+ years of making excuses led me to poor health. Weigh your food, log your food, make it habit. Make your accountability be its own reward. Don't let the little things distract you from the one thing that is most important. Your health.

I remember about a year post op I was with a large group of family and the easiest option was a buffet. I showed them my bariatric card, but they said they do not make concessions. No problem, I'll pay for a to-go buffet trip and eat that. They said that was fine. I loaded that SOB up with so much meat it wasn't funny. Then I sat with family and picked at their plates. Later on we all nibbled on my to-go order.

Before you spend any more money on Genepro, read a few threads on it: And a better post about it:

Oh! Well yeah; that would creep the sh!t outta me too.

Now that surprises me. Two men that have hit on me we pretty damn smooth. Actually took me a moment to realize what had transpired. Others were just clumsy. But I never felt creeped out by the men.

The young women are not creepy about it, just blunt and forward. The women my age or older make me very uncomfortable. A confident woman is sexy, a woman who looks at you like a predator looks at prey? Uncomfortable. I've had my wife or kids come save me when a woman in the neighborhood comes around.

And as far as I can tell, 29 is the youngest woman that has flirted with me.

Nah, he's safe. He doesn't have the beard that seems to bring the boys to my yard.

RNY never stops working, same with the sleeve. People just stop following plan. Write all the article you want, but they will all boil down to that.

Holy necro-thread revival. Do you realize you just bumped a +5 year old thread to pimp your youtube channel? Here is a list of 72 theads within the last year that would more sense to push your channel on. https://www.bariatricpal.com/search/?&q=hair&type=forums_topic&search_in=titles&start_after=year

I am coming up on 3 years post op. I was the guy that wore short sleeves even though there was a winter advisory in effect. Now I have two space heaters in my office that run almost year round. One pointing at my feet and the other on the desk pointed towards my hands. Yeah, it doesn't really ever go away in my experience.

Um... those purple labeled Optimum Nutrition powders are Weight Gainers for people who are trying to maintain a calorie surplus. People who lift heavy and lift often will use them. Bariatric patients should assiduously avoid them. In the beginning, everything will taste so funky. If you have a Vitamin Shoppe store near you, they have a wonderful policy of letting you bring back any powder/supplement that you do not like for a full in store credit. I had a woman at that store that I talked to frequently and I was upfront about being recently sleeved. She was familiar with the taste buds profile changing, thus never even batted an eye when I returned several things. I ended up with UMP protein in the beginning. After things became more normal, Optimum Nutrition Whey concentrate is my favorite. The best protein in regards to bio-availability is whey. Isolate or concentrate doesn't really matter. If you are vegetarian, soy is the best you can do. But it is a distant 2nd to whey. Collagen is worthless for soft tissue repair (muscle, skin, etc...) but may be helpful for hair, nails, and joints. Typical sources for collagen protein are your bone broths and some protein "shots" in funky fruit flavors, and pork rinds. The best protein however, is the one that you can and will use.

lol, bravo @Creekimp13! Excellent counterpoint.

Sounds like utter horseshit to me. I only eat fresh salsa, the canned/jarred crap is nasty. If your nutritionist says one word about the acidity of fresh salsa, dump them because they are an idiot. Stomach acid has a ph level of about 1.5-3.5. A habenero has a ph level of 5.8. (1 being most acidic and 14 being most basic)

That's what I am thinking as well. 400lbs to 200lbs would leave anyone with excessive skin. 400lbs to 122lbs would be enough excess skin to cover another person. Hell, you could make a leather vest and chaps out of that much excess skin!

I love salads. I akways have. I remember several times when food was brought to our table that my wife would get my salad and I would be handed her burger or ribs or whatever. We always chuckled. If you love salads and want to pack them for work lunch, a good idea is to get a sealable bowl/container. Put on your pre-measured amount of dressing and then shake the crap outta that bowl! Get dressing all over everything in a mostly even manner.