IncredibleShrinkingMan

@@Indieflickers Probably, but the issue is carbs aren't what you want, and may make you hungrier later on. What would you think of little turkey or chicken meatballs that you can put on toothpicks and dip in the hummus (or any other Mediterranean spread)? Even beef Jerky sounds intriguing here.

@@OKCPirate I am having this issue too. I can run a 10K now, but everything jiggles like mad (I would be OK with it if just the act of shaking up and down was causing it to disappear but I know that's not the case, despite some crazy claims). Do you know of any of these items that are meant for guys?

It is really tough to respond to posts like this because nobody but the OP truly knows the situation. Even if in cases where the spouse or partner was an unmitigated and unredeemable dick all around, I don't see how anybody but the person living it can truly have an adequate grasp.
That said, if he is becoming insecure because you are about to become attractive to other males, he needs to find a different way to deal with it. If you have no intention of leaving him, and that should be the baseline presumption, all he is doing to himself is weakening that presumption. It may even help to just come out and say it...that you won't have any trouble finding love again so he'd better behave. But he may not be able to help it, as he is acting out the emotions associated with having less control and leverage over your life. I support your thinking, but it may be worth it to give him a chance. If he becomes abusive, you don't owe him so much as an adieu, let alone a chance.

That is rough, although probably not without basis. I was told that as soon as I could get the required 64 oz of Water, I could begin having coffee again, and I did so without delay. The ban is due to the fact that caffeine is a diuretic and removes water from your body of which after surgery, you can hardly spare.

I had mine waived. They tried to press it on me, but I said I never had any trouble with snoring (I had originally slipped and said my SO had observed it once or twice). The hospital admin staff wouldn't leave me alone and tried to set up four different appointments to have one even though the NP and pulmonologist said it was entirely unnecessary...so I just had to manually cancel it every time.
I would never have been able to fall asleep even if I were administered all the meds in the world. I even told them, sure, I'll do it, but you'll have to put me under anesthesia. I have enough difficulty getting to sleep when I'm alone in my old boring house with nothing to look forward to the next day, what makes you think I can get to sleep at 9:00 pm in an unfamiliar bed with a bunch of strangers observing me?

@@OKCPirate I am having this issue too. I can run a 10K now, but everything jiggles like mad (I would be OK with it if just the act of shaking up and down was causing it to disappear but I know that's not the case, despite some crazy claims). Do you know of any of these items that are meant for guys?

Just to address the issue of rejection...did you consider seeking a second opinion? I'm sure the other posters are all correct in their advice on how to deal with the skin, but perhaps another plastic surgery program would think differently of it. I understand your concern and theirs, but I would fully research this issue before writing it off.

Crab cakes, always and forever!
http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/348952-low-carb-crab-cakes/

Just so you know tho...
If you do decide to get rid of the partner, their weight doesn't count as weight you've lost...
You have to lose it off your own body, not just by getting rid of 180/250/whatever pounds of partner...
Just sayin'...

You've made a great decision, and your reasons align very closely with mine. I thought about food during school, work, the movies, going to bed at night, and even if I never lost a single pound, that would provide reason enough to go ahead with it IMHO. You are also very disciplined to have chosen the date you have chosen...that means pre-op Thanksgiving to Christmas and a very tough New Year's Day. It is so worth it though.

I will post official start and goal on Monday, but it will be something like 198 to start on 11/9 and 178 as goal by NYE.

You shouldn't be "talking yourself" into it or out of it. This is a very serious move that involves looking at yourself objectively, looking at the facts of your history, and judging for yourself the prospects from others that have gone before you. Once you have made a decision based on those factors, you should not be trying to make up arguments that steer it in any direction...not even as to what procedure you would like to have. If you have reservations based on something in your life, that is perfectly legitimate and needs to be thought over...it does not constitute a mind game and certainly doesn't amount to talking yourself into or out of anything. Best of luck whichever way you go!

I totally get it. It's a vicious cycle. My personal experience, however, has been that food existed independently of everything else in my life (and consumed it like a cancer). It didn't matter whether I was sad, happy, depressed, ecstatic, nervous, stressed, angry...what have you, it was just there in the same ruthless form in January or June, and in morning, night, or noon. It knew no limits, no breaks, and no compassion. But I can understand why people with actual emotional eating have it so much worse. It was easy to become numb to it the way I experienced it. Hence, why I was once a 50 BMI.

That said, I think we can be fair evaluators of ourselves to a certain extent, but we really need to avoid the danger of letting our dietary choices, body shape, and everything else related to weight percolate the much bigger picture of who we are. The more sources of self-esteem and pride we can find in the world outside of the physical image, the better positioned we are to isolate this one troublesome area of our lives. Successful individuals tend to have enough of these outside identifiers that there simply remains no room for judgment based on food problems. But we also don't want to become so full of ourselves that we lose sight of the issue we all came here to work on.

That is rough, although probably not without basis. I was told that as soon as I could get the required 64 oz of Water, I could begin having coffee again, and I did so without delay. The ban is due to the fact that caffeine is a diuretic and removes water from your body of which after surgery, you can hardly spare.

I heard 50-60% average excess weight loss for sleeve, and 65-75% for bypass. As to pace, I am not sure.

Oh...and NO, you should not even be saying the word revision at this point unless you are working on a paper for class.

That said, I think we can be fair evaluators of ourselves to a certain extent, but we really need to avoid the danger of letting our dietary choices, body shape, and everything else related to weight percolate the much bigger picture of who we are. The more sources of self-esteem and pride we can find in the world outside of the physical image, the better positioned we are to isolate this one troublesome area of our lives. Successful individuals tend to have enough of these outside identifiers that there simply remains no room for judgment based on food problems. But we also don't want to become so full of ourselves that we lose sight of the issue we all came here to work on.

I totally get it. It's a vicious cycle. My personal experience, however, has been that food existed independently of everything else in my life (and consumed it like a cancer). It didn't matter whether I was sad, happy, depressed, ecstatic, nervous, stressed, angry...what have you, it was just there in the same ruthless form in January or June, and in morning, night, or noon. It knew no limits, no breaks, and no compassion. But I can understand why people with actual emotional eating have it so much worse. It was easy to become numb to it the way I experienced it. Hence, why I was once a 50 BMI.

By the way, I'm August 6th, two days after you, so I'll be happy to let you know when I think my weight loss has completely stopped. I am currently at a stall just below 200, but you should also not get discouraged by these. People tend to write this sort of post when they have been in a stall, and you really need to learn to just wait it out and not get dismantled mentally by it. They can actually be beneficial by allowing your set point to catch up with your weight loss so that regain becomes less and less likely.

You are absolutely on track and this is a great pace at which to be because that means more of your weight loss will be permanent (i.e., you are very unlikely to experience the dreaded regain that occurs at about one year out). You are also on the slim side (although I am guessing you are not too much taller than five feet) to begin, and therefore, you should be thinking about your weight loss as a matter of percentage. The people who start at 400+ (or even like me, 300+) will obviously lose faster than you in terms of actual weight, because a certain percentage of their weight is much more than the same percentage of yours. That said, initially, they have a higher percentage of excess weight, and therefore even their percentage reduction will be faster than yours, but it should be more comparable.
To answer your question, no, your weight loss is also not about to stop, and it will even accelerate if you find away to manage your carb weakness. But honestly, it really doesn't seem like it has been a huge impediment to you thus far.

You are absolutely on track and this is a great pace at which to be because that means more of your weight loss will be permanent (i.e., you are very unlikely to experience the dreaded regain that occurs at about one year out). You are also on the slim side (although I am guessing you are not too much taller than five feet) to begin, and therefore, you should be thinking about your weight loss as a matter of percentage. The people who start at 400+ (or even like me, 300+) will obviously lose faster than you in terms of actual weight, because a certain percentage of their weight is much more than the same percentage of yours. That said, initially, they have a higher percentage of excess weight, and therefore even their percentage reduction will be faster than yours, but it should be more comparable.
To answer your question, no, your weight loss is also not about to stop, and it will even accelerate if you find away to manage your carb weakness. But honestly, it really doesn't seem like it has been a huge impediment to you thus far.

You are absolutely on track and this is a great pace at which to be because that means more of your weight loss will be permanent (i.e., you are very unlikely to experience the dreaded regain that occurs at about one year out). You are also on the slim side (although I am guessing you are not too much taller than five feet) to begin, and therefore, you should be thinking about your weight loss as a matter of percentage. The people who start at 400+ (or even like me, 300+) will obviously lose faster than you in terms of actual weight, because a certain percentage of their weight is much more than the same percentage of yours. That said, initially, they have a higher percentage of excess weight, and therefore even their percentage reduction will be faster than yours, but it should be more comparable.
To answer your question, no, your weight loss is also not about to stop, and it will even accelerate if you find away to manage your carb weakness. But honestly, it really doesn't seem like it has been a huge impediment to you thus far.

Are you weighing yourself at the same time each day? This is the second thread I've read today in which somebody is freaking out about a slight increase on the scale. My go-to response is that if it is three pounds or less, stop sounding the SOS. That is easily accounted for by either Water retention (ironically caused by not consuming enough fluid), glycogen build-up, or just the fact that you weighed yourself at a different time of the day than when you got the lighter reading. Try and keep it consistent, and remember that your weight after a hard workout (if you are cleared by your surgeon) will be more consistent than weight after any particular meal (not too consistent from day to day).

Are you weighing yourself at the same time each day? This is the second thread I've read today in which somebody is freaking out about a slight increase on the scale. My go-to response is that if it is three pounds or less, stop sounding the SOS. That is easily accounted for by either Water retention (ironically caused by not consuming enough fluid), glycogen build-up, or just the fact that you weighed yourself at a different time of the day than when you got the lighter reading. Try and keep it consistent, and remember that your weight after a hard workout (if you are cleared by your surgeon) will be more consistent than weight after any particular meal (not too consistent from day to day).