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The germs.. I've never been a fan. They skeeve me out. Just like all those people trapped on a boat for days. Planes are bad enough but at least those are just short time periods.

Why the time your nose is running you have already over ate.

That NY Mag article is basically exactly why I had WLS.

The more you lose the less fat is in the skin and it gets easier.

As a woman these are the measurements I take monthly. Measurements Bust (fullest part of bust): Pecs (just above the bust line): Ribs (top of rib cage just below the bust) : Waist: Abdomen: Hips: Right Upper Thigh: Right Lower Thigh: Left Upper Thigh: Left Lower Thigh: Right Calf: Left Calf: Right Upper Arm: Left Upper Arm: Shoulder

The way I was dropping sizes I would have needed that 45 a month for clothes. BP was my accountability and support that first year. I did the challenges and stuff like that. Posting daily kept me on track. Reading what people did wrong and how they were not losing reminded me what not to do, daily. Also I would feel really uncomfortable at WW with people that haven't had surgery when my WLS is on easy mode and they are trying to lose weight with a normal stomach and hunger. I would feel like my success would be making someone else feel worse.

I have this one. http://a.co/78vmzYP Always accurate, even on my uneven floors. Cheap, and easy. I want a Withings but realistically it is a waste or money

Honestly I would go to over eaters anon meetings. I wouldn't pay all that money for WW. Or you could just join an online group or diet bet. WW is exactly what Introversion said, they focus to profit from failure. I don't don't know why people don't get it, but people are still out here signing up for new MLM so...

I have healthy intestines and I did not want them touched. You can live without a stomach in case of complications. You cannot live without intestines, not well and not for long. Long term RNY is not better than the sleeve, and as there are more long term sleevers it seems the results are shifting towards the sleeve. Ultimately as a young, active relatively healthy person. I did not want the long term maintenance issues that come with RNY or DS. I have another 40 or 50 years left and I wanted something low maintenance and simple. Which is why even though I considered WLS over the years I never had it because the Band and RNY just did not make sense to me. Reading WLS forums for about a decade before I had surgery. I knew that the surgery did noy determine weight loss. The patient does. Ultimately you have to have some will power and self control or you can eat around anything. Self control even if you do not have it before surgery, you can learn it easily post-op by following the post-op diet closely.

Drinking hard liquor on the rocks is better than drinking mixers and basically straight sugar. I have always thought cruises were the devil and the induced gluttony that people post about them on here has lowered my opinion of them even more. A floating all you can eat buffet...

Depending on your stomach to tell you that you are full is a bad idea. Weighed portions are the best way. When you had the chicken, black beans and tomatoes, did you eat it all together alternating bites or did you eat all the chickeb first? Try eating your dense protein first and by itself. 4 to 6 ounces of dense protein should still fill you up, if you are eating it alone. Do you have any GERD issues? I have 16:8 fasted since before surgery. While it is helpful to cut out things like late night eating, you can still eat enough calories in 8 hours that you will not lose weight. Also to meet my protein goals and not get hungry, once I start eating at noon, I eat every 2 hours. I do not let myself get hungry, that creates an environment for over eating. When is the last time you had a blood panel?

Well fathead is heavier than a tortilla or flatbread because it is just cheese, egg and almond meal. So you are basically making pizza on a brick of cheese. It is literally heavy and sits in the stomach like a brick. Flat bread crisps to the point of being like crackers so it breaks down very easy. No one really should be eating stuff like this before 6 months but just because of the calories etc, it should be saved for close to goal.

I eat it maybe once a quarter. It is too high in calories for the losing phase and very heavy in the stomach. If you are almost at goal or at goal with a good maintenance calorie level, something over 1400, it is great. Other than that, Flat Out Bread, light Italian is better for making pizza. Or just make low carb skillet pizza.

I wear a 3/4 sleeve rash guard because my arms have loose skin and shorts. I don't really swim, I do water sports so this doesn't stand out at all. I don't have this one, the one I have is more beachy but.. http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=505919022&CAWELAID=120299900000065306&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=36024990456&CATCI=aud-297609326836:pla-71990260162&device=c&product_channel=online&Matchtype=&tid=onpl000017&kwid=1&ap=7&lsft=device:c,cvosrc:cse.google.online_Nonbrand,cvo_campaign:691125975,cvo_pid:36024990456,cvo_crid:155131028364,Matchtype:,tid:onpl000017,kwid:1,ap:7 You can cover up and look sporty without looking so covered up.

Are you retaining water? Are you on your period? Are you having regular bowel movements?

See another Dr. I have a feeling though with the ulcers you might not be a good sleeve candidate and RNY would be better.

You are seriously over thinking this. Tell him you are having surgery. His reaction is going to tell you if he is the man you should be marrying or not. Married people keep secrets from the rest of the world all the time. If he can't keep your secret he isn't worth marrying.

Honestly from reading forums for years, people that "fall off the wagon" never seem to get back on it. It isn't like AA, you can just give up alcohol. You can't give up food and if you would never learn to control your eating and food when it was easy post-op, you probably never will. Post-op life shouldn't be on a wagon or off. You have to find a way to eat that is easy, normalized to your and HEALTHY. That way you don't fall off the wagon, don't feel deprived and don't cheat. If you really can't eat right, finding a therapist to help you work through your feelings about food might bring you some success.

Meat. I almost never eat breakfast for breakfast. Maybe 2 times a month.

I went 14 hours without water and it was like 110 last summer. We have AC here though, so it wasn't like I sweating it out in the fields or something. Better to not drink than end up with pneumonia because you have fluid in your stomach and it ends up in your lungs.

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Wendy's chili is a terrible choice and this is why... It trains you that you can still eat fast food and everything is okay. This is your time for a mental reset and going to a fast food restaurant is blowing that reset and keeping fast food normalized. This is a dangerous gamble for a food addict. Protein shakes are available at every gas station and grocery store. There is no reason someone is forced to eat fast food. It is a choice. Period. It starts with Wendy's chili but it will evolve into more. Stop eating fast food. If you want chili you can make it at home in less than 20 minutes of active cooking and let it simmer. The chili you make at home will be healthier and have lower carbs.

@gwbicster Honestly reading about what you posted, you don't sound physically hungry. You are giving into a lot of head hunger. If you were just hungry protein shakes would satisfy you. You are eating fast food and things you know you are not allowed. That is head hunger. Do you have a therapist?

I did not lose a lot on my pre-op liquid diet. 8 pounds barely. The best thing about WLS for me is I am NEVER hungry basically. I have been easily to lose weight easily because it has been stress free. I am not hungry. I do not feel deprived. I am not suffering. That was never the case prior to surgery. And even if I want to eat a lot I can't or I start and I am like meh, not even interested. Would have never been possible pre-op. I also have the confidence that comes with losing a lot of weight, and that makes me want to keep it off because now I know the difference. And I feel like I can easily maintain this weight loss, because it has been basically effortless.

If you are going to lose hair because of surgery nothing is going to stop it. All you can do is promote fast regrowth with high protein and correct vitamins (D, Iron, Zinc) It grows back, it is temporary. It isn't as dramatic as people pretend it is.