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I recently had my first DEXA scan the week for fat and lean mass measurement. I will have one every 4 months or so for fat and lean mass. I will be paying close attention to any changes in my bone mass.

Lamb broth from whole foods is delicious.

Can you throw that stuff out? I work from home and it can be easy some days to go off plan. I keep nothing in the house that would throw me off.

Tall flat white. No fake sweetener needed. It comes naturally sweet and mild because of how the espresso is done.

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/359312-healthcare-exchange-states-that-do-not-cover-bariatric-sugery/ Not in Florida.

I drove on the 3rd day. I stopped taking the narcotics as they were doing nothing for the pain anyway. Just be careful, because you get tired very fast after surgery. I had high energy levels, but I would only last 2-3 hours and then I needed to rest.

I was cold at first, but it balanced out. I am still a lot cooler than in the past, but not freezing all the time.

It depends but probably not. I was around that weight for a long time and it would take me 2-3 months to lose that much. Even the first month after surgery I didn't lose 30 lbs. Why do you need to lose 30lbs in 30 days?

I wanted to see if my metabolism was still on track and not wrecked from years of dieting and then low calories post weight loss. I'm at the 1/2 way point in my weight loss and I want to get serious about weight training. I went to my local University and had a resting metabolic rate test. This required laying still, and breathing normally for 30 or so minutes. My RMR is normal so that is great to know. With out any of the additional exercise I do each day I am creating a 1200 or so calorie deficit just by living. The DEXA scan is the best way to measure fat, lean mass, and and bone density. I wanted a DEXA scan to know my lean mass so I could make sure my protein goals were adequate. Using the measurements from my DEXA scan and a few different protein calculators to cover all bases, I know my bare minimum protein requirements and how much protein I need to add to build muscle. This was all available at my local university much lower than the cost at private clinics and gyms.

If men like fat women is a fetish, so is liking blonde, red heads, and a slew of other things, anything can be objectified and turned into a fetish. A preference doesn't automatically equal a fetish. @yerawizardamy There is a lot of self hate floating around on these forums to the point of toxicity sometimes. I remember reading a post here when I first joined about "What was your Slob moment" or something like that. People actually identified with being slobs and named their slob actions pre-surgery. WTF? People have fat shamed their relatives and a lot of other things on here. I try to skip over it, but sometimes you can't ignore it.

Younger is better for recovery. Also you only have 20 years of bad habits instead of 30,40,50, or 60 like most people having surgery. It should be an easier life transition for you

I rented this on iTunes before surgery. This week was my first time watching it after surgery. I didn't think it was sad and I wasn't offended. Most reality shows with a group of people, the people have a common factor. Their factor was they met at the fat acceptance group. Which by the way I think is a cool group, there is nothing wrong with being fat. I feel like no one paid attention to why they hung out together. They did it because they didn't have the options other people have to socialize. They were meeting in homes. Plenty of girlfriends meet once a week or once a month for dinner, lunch or drinks. That is normal female behavior. If they went out at their size, people would mock and make fun of them and they wouldn't be able to enjoy themselves. As a minority I see them doing what lots of other minorities do, stick to their own and make their own fun. I thought more people would have been interested in the rift created in their social circle by having surgery. Their group used to be much larger, but as people had surgery and lost weight they disappeared. Fake friends. The women that did stick around buy had surgery had issues navigating with the women who hadn't. I thought that was really the most important thing about the whole thing, the change in relationships. Friendships and marriages. There are plenty of people that post here about issues their spouse has with them losing weight. Finally these women were super super morbidly obese. You can't compare their lives and their options to the options of people with lower BMIs. When I was at my heaviest I could still fly on a plane, fit into a booth and live a normal life. The only difference right now is everything is just more comfortable. I can't judge these women with fewer options by my options. I think the chubby chaser angle was important because it is assumed especially in certain cultural groups that no one will want you if you are fat. There is a market for everything though.

I wish more people would learn to just tell people to &^$% off. You lost 24 lbs in a month. That is a lot. You aren't going to drop 10lbs a week or something. It is slow but constant which is what it should be. I lost over 90lbs in 6 months. Around 20 the first month, and then 10-15 per month after that. Keep your head up

It's seems like this delay is creating a big risk that you won't even be able to have surgery. I would start the ball rolling with another doctor just in case if you really want to have surgery before march.

Those states do not deem it essential services. If you have a plan from the Healthcare exchange I doubt you can make them cover something they are not required to cover by law.

They are strict at Washington University. I wanted a streamlined process which is why I chose the program at Des Peres. The programs with all the hoops take forever and the were are too many issues. They do the same thing To Northwestern in Chicago. Sorry your surgery was cancelled.

It melts so easy I wouldn't worry about it.

I had no idea Dr Minkin operated anywhere else. I wasn't able to drink until after my swallow rest the next morning. Did you have a live swallow test you watched on screen?

The doctors are terrible, the young "plastic surgeons" so their opinions are meaningless. It is a TLC show my expecting were low and they are being met. They are still making people do the humiliating shower scenes. A lot of these people need counseling though, they have bigger issues that skin

@@Babbs I agree with how they act like losing weight without surgery is the end all be all. I know how hard it is to try and lose without surgery so I am not offended. Still I feel like it's flipping the bird to all the people that lose naturally. The thought has always been the loose skin comes with rapid weight loss from WLS. It is good to see that people that do it the hard way and take years are just as screwed as us. It makes me feel better about my WLS choice and the loose skin. There is no way to avoid it once your skin is stretched, no matter how you lose the weight. I would rather lose fast without feeling like I am starving. Now I know even if I took 5 years and slaved away in the gym, I'd still be screwed.

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Exactly! Their after care is trash along with bad surgery techniques, which is leading to these terrible outcomes.

My issues with the wounds is they have so many that pop open, and become infected. Some of that seems to be from lack of proper post op care, not wear the right garments and their suture techniques.

That is for sure! Dr. Nowzaradan is a bariatric surgeon. WTF is he doing performing plastic surgery? I have never in my life, through all of my research of plastics and bariatric surgery heard of a surgeon that was doing both. They are both very highly specialized fields! I would never let a bariatric surgeon perform plastics on me or vice versa. It's insane! And the two younger doctors on the show... what is up with them doing tummy tucks with no muscle repair? That's pretty useless! No muscle repair, no lipo, everyone of their patients have a shelf and a terrible scar.

That canned fruit is just sugar, disguised as fruit. I don't eat eggs, they are just a pain in the ass to eat. I will sometimes have one egg over easy or a one egg omelette but that is maybe once a month. I don't know what it is about them that makes them so hard to eat but I'm not really willing to keep trying. White meat chicken is dry, don't eat it. Do you eat fish or seafood? Do you eat ground beef? Deli ham? Deli chicken or turkey? How many grams of Protein are you eating a a day? Carbs? How many total calories?