summerset

On 2/29/2024 at 10:20 PM, Faery215 said:

Even more, I noticed that I can eat almost a "normal" plate of food the same size as my family's

Not that uncommon. I can eat a pretty "normal" amount of food as well, depending on what time of day it is, activity level and what kind of food. Take a look at Dr. Weiner's video on increasing portion sizes:

Interesting chart about 1:30 min in.

I wish surgeons would educate their patients on this and telling them that it's normal and nothing to be scared about ("my surgery failed" - no it most likely didn't).

On 3/19/2024 at 4:17 AM, Arabesque said:

Small steps in the right direction are still wins plus they’re often easier to adopt & adapt to.

Especially when keeping in mind that the all-in-gung-ho approach didn't work.

On 3/14/2024 at 4:50 PM, FifiLux said:

It feels like it is all free but in reality my taxes go towards it all

Social security money going in there here, meh.

Germany's health care system is unfair as f*ck (i. e. what insurance is paying for without even batting an eye and what patients have to fight for. Hint: one example of the stuff you have to fight for is everything obesity related, especially plastics which is all too often not covered, only partly covered (try getting a breast lift...) or covered only if you're the lucky one (there are some who get it all covered without any fight but the criteria seem to be rather random), like winning some kind of lottery).

If you don't want to experience a blood pressure crisis - don't take a closer look.

Ah, dealing with health insurance... A guarantee to going crazy and insane in every country as it seems.

There's not a lot of information in your post.

- what surgery?

- how much weight loss?

- any major events related to health in your life?

- what was your typical diet while losing/maintaining weight?

- what's your typical diet now?

4 hours ago, Arabesque said:

Thanks for this chuckle @summerset. So true.

lol

Seriously though: I wonder how many people who've had WLS they really know IRL. I mean - yes, it's not some kind of unicorn surgery anymore but even then...

On 1/3/2024 at 7:39 AM, GMaJen said:

then basically say to enjoy it while I can because of the people they know who had the surgery and are fat again.

Answer: "Oh, hon - having watched all seasons of 600 lbs life on TLC doesn't count as "knowing someone", you know."

17 hours ago, AmberFL said:

What in the actual eff! that is horrible!

Indeed, that's an awful thing to say. I have no idea what reasons some people might have to make such comments.

6 hours ago, omrhsn said:

Have you had a similar experience?

Yes - but showing the "face of disgust" usually shuts people up really quick.

1 hour ago, Erin18 said:

I cant afford a therapist, but I have a mental health therapist if that makes sense at all.

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So, basically I'm just stress eating?

If you are suspecting some kind of emotional eating and have problems affording therapy (therapists specializing in emotional eating don't fall out of the sky anyway) - could you afford something like an abo for an app like Eat Right Now for maybe a year?

50 minutes ago, Erin18 said:

Is my stomach stretched out?

It doesn't sound like it. I know that the amount sounds like a lot compared to the can-only-eat-three-spoons-of-pureed-food-and-even-less-when-solid crowd but the amounts is not what strikes me odd.

If the foods you're listing are fairly typical for a day of eating you simply might be lagging nutrients. No fruits at all, only a little bit of vegetables.

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So yeah, it's up and down and I know it's because of the poor eating.

I'm not surprised. The sodium content of the foods you listed seems to be fairly high. Quick weight loss or weight gain usually almost includes some Water retention. My weight can swing up to almost 1 kg within one day because of how much water I hold.

You say you want to start tracking. Are you a person who likes to track food, a person who abhors it (raises both hands simultaneously here) or a person who is not a fan but in the end doesn't mind it? Tracking foods/calories/macros can help people - however, it could be that you can benefit from a different food selection without even having to write everything down you eat.

How far out of surgery are you? Are the stats you're listing in your profile still correct?

You talk about what you're eating when snacking but what are you usually eating? I mean - besides these foods.

You also don't mention if you're losing weight or not.

People are losing excess weight at different speed, depending on many factors (tall, young guy or short, elderly woman?). It takes as long as it takes.

Oh - and absolutely don't believe that bull about "windows of opportunity"! Weight loss doesn't magically stop at the x-months-post-surgery mark just like this. As long as you're in a calorie deficit you're going to continue to lose weight.

On 11/2/2023 at 8:28 PM, BabySpoons said:

Whether or not this OP was a troll

We see so much people during the first weeks after surgery "regretting" it... I doubt OP is a troll.

4 minutes ago, NickelChip said:

As a kid in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember that "cereal" meant Cap'n Crunch (peanut butter flavor if you were lucky, or that one with the fruity "berries" if mom wasn't paying attention while shopping), and a sandwich was a slice of Oscar Mayer Bologna between two pieces of Wonder bread (with French's yellow mustard and a side of Fritos, of course).

The interesting thing is that people seemed to have eaten even worse than today (including children) - yet a lot less people were obese.

On 11/16/2023 at 11:21 PM, BeanitoDiego said:

As a young person, I thought I was practicing healthy eating when I would have two servings of Cereal for Breakfast, then two sandwiches for lunch, and three servings of rice for supper. 9 servings was totally within the guidelines, so why was I gaining weight???

Well, when you were gaining weight you simply ate more calories than your body needed. 9 servings might have been too much and maybe 7 servings might have been sufficient enough. What all of these recommendations never seem to consider (or at the very least they're not considering it sufficiently enough) are the individual caloric needs of people.

The (traditional) diets of the leanest populations in world contain lots of carbohydrates. I wish we would stop villainizing "carbs", therefore throwing some many-ingredient-concoction I wouldn't even consider "bread" any longer together with rice, fruit, oats etc. (no, when you're eating a banana you might not "have as well a candy bar").

20 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

This is something I had not considered. Are we cured or in remission?

I was more aiming at the fact that most patients having WLS don't reach a normal weight. I don't know, however, how many people get out of the obese BMI into an overweight BMI. With the drugs it's the same.

What you said is definitely something that's worth considering though. I don't know if we're cured or not after having WLS.

With drugs that answer is IMO easier to answer: you have to take it for life just like e. g. antihypertensive drugs. These drugs don't cure high bloods pressure. When patients stop taking them, blood pressure is high again.

1 hour ago, pintsizedmallrat said:

Neither of those drugs is going to "end obesity" when obesity can be a symptom of poor economic status and they cost almost $2000 a month in some cases.

One just has to look at how much weight people really lose on these drugs. Many people will most likely just be "less obese" but not "no longer obese", even if one could afford taking the drug for life.

Those drug won't "end obesity" - just as WLS never did.

On 11/11/2023 at 4:17 AM, Arabesque said:

You may not get many replies. Not because people haven’t generally maintained after that length of time, but more that there aren’t many long timers here. People tend to be regulars for a few years then drift away. Then they pop in randomly.

Couldn't have said it better.

Maybe I want to add that the people who're regulars for a few years are usually the ones who maintain (and are more often then not a normal BMI). The people experiencing regain or insufficient weight loss usually don't stick around - so there is quite a bit of an attrition bias around.

On 10/29/2023 at 8:20 PM, BlondePatriotinCDA said:

Its been rather slow on new posts lately.

I have the impression that features like "view news posts" are kind of glitchy. It seems to me that by far not all new posts are displayed on my feed.

But yes, boards in general have become slow. People seem to flock to faster moving media since years.

1 hour ago, NCL04321 said:

Sounds like they want you to spend your money at their office. They probably have a representative they deal with for Unjury brand.

This.

We were recommended several brands (from cheaper to more expensive) in regards to Protein and supplements but they also provided criteria the supplements should fulfill in case we decided to choose an entirely different brand.

They want to earn some more money. Simple as that.

2 hours ago, Arabesque said:

but strawberry flavoured things like yoghurt, ice cream, milk shakes, cheesecake, jam, etc. nope can’t do it.

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Yes, the croissant looks a bit battered. It didn't like being crammed together with the rolls.

Nut-based camembert, vegan croissant and mixed fruit.