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Hemp seed are high in Protein too... I have them, I'm pre op... In reviewing my papers from the NUT, I see they will be allowed post op too... Hemp seeds are soft so easy to add to yogurt, have a nutty flavor similar to flax seed.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"
Einstein

@jaxmon... I'm pre op, I'm don't understand all the concerns about hydration after the swelling goes down... It seems pretty simple, my nut said at least 64 oz of Water.... Not really a crazy amount of Fluid spread throughout the entire day... I don't get it
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"
Einstein

Hemp seed are high in Protein too... I have them, I'm pre op... In reviewing my papers from the NUT, I see they will be allowed post op too... Hemp seeds are soft so easy to add to yogurt, have a nutty flavor similar to flax seed.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"
Einstein

I eat both regularly, usually in yogurt, they are a superfood!

Just signed up, let's see how it goes. I've never done any online dating. What do I have to lose.

I haven't posted many pictures in this thread since I am more active on the men's forum, but this is not exercise related so I thought it fitting here. I just got back from a motorcycle rally in SC/TN (the Deals Gap area). I had just an incredible time I cannot even put it adequately into words. Everything was easier and more enjoyable. I didn't hurt everywhere after a day of riding hundreds of miles around the mountains.

The before picture was from May 2013 and the recent one exactly 3 years later. Surgery was 15 months ago. Seriously the best thing I could have done for myself.

The side by side didn't upload with my last post.

My VSG was on December 17, 2012. My highest weight was 380. My surgery weight was 275. As of this morning, I weigh 136lbs. The side by side is basically my before and after-except I weigh about ten pounds more in the "after" ( pic was taken in March ). The other is Easter.

Good for you. I am glad you are being proactiv. I get so annoyed when people say things like "You are not that big, why are you getting surgery?". In my mind I'm thinking "I have the fat gene and I may not look that big to you now but I know where my weight can go and I want to get ahold of this before I get to 3-400 pounds and cant get out of bed". Ok end of rant lol. Congrats!!! Sent from my SM-G925T using the BariatricPal App

I'll add my photos to this thread -100 lbs lost in 11 months! Before:
11 months post op:

10 months post op update !
Almost 100 lbs down! Whoop whoop! (97 lb)
Highest weight - 287 lbs, current weight - 190 lbs and I'm 5'9" tall have another 25 lbs to go to meet my surgeon's goal and 35 lb to meet my own personal goal Everyone's looking great, by the way

Before 324 lbs
Surgery Feb 25, 2014
Current weight 277

April 2013
April 2014
372lbs to 191lbs