highfunctioningfatman

Old info but here is where I was. I'm 5'7" and my surgery date was 8/29/16.

You can go nuts if you want but I stuck with the basics (chest, stomach, waist, biceps, thighs and calfs) I wish that I'd done my neck size too just for my own curiosity.

Mmmmm sashimi! Once you are on soft foods you SHOULD be able. Check with your doctor and see what they have to say.

Day 7 I went salmon fishing.

Try the back seat of a mustang. It worked for several of my friends back in the day.

Looking great!

Well, this thread went off the rails...

Where's my Kalashnikov when I need it?

Really, though, anyone have any good cheese recipes for pureed and soft food stages?

Oh no, we're not off the rails by a long shot (nudge nudge wink wink)! Here is my cheese. It is not nearly as fancy as Dub's, but it is what I have. Besides, we have some big mice around here. And as you can clearly see, there is an accessory rail, so we are still on the rails - of some sort, anyway.

@ And here I thought you were a wheelie gun guy. You need a wheel gun next to a wheel of cheese you know.

You would be correct! A wheel next to a wheel. Hmmm

Astroglide seems to keep my skin firm.

Sighhhhh

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@@hayleyf3706

LOL! I'm active enough and quite open about my wonderful wife and our sex life to feel comfortable to post this!

Astroglide seems to keep my skin firm.

@@Dub

I would.....but it's closely guarded.......

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Oh, no! That's not a GLOCK, is it!?!? And here I thought we could be friends.

Repeat after me: If you're big, you need a SIG.

@@LittleBill

So you are saying that we could be friends?

There is a big difference in old and a well preserved treasure

So you're saying I should be in Madame Tussaud's? You're not doing well here, fella.

Story of my life!

That backpack went all over the place but usually it was packed much, much lighter.

@ I think I see where your back problems started.

Yeah, that really has been going on a long time.

Whew! What a relief to click in here and see that you're talking about clothes. The topic title had me worried that we were breaking up.

Big clothes, big fire. Hot times. In your yard, I mean.

There is a big difference in old and a well preserved treasure

Dang!

My local Safeway store has hot Soup in the store. I would ladle out the broth from their chunky chicken noodle soup (I turned it into super chunky for the next guy!) and I put it in a travel coffee mug. I just looked like your every day coffee freak sipping on my broth. Get back on plan because you really can hurt yourself.

I've been told to quit using our dogs as food disposal units, they've gotten too chubby. LOL.

Walking bowser is good for both of you! Your new picture looks nice!

Chloe, our 4 legged garbage disposal loves my meals for just the same reasons!

I have a few big goals coming up.

218 is a 30% weight loss.

212 is down 100 pounds since starting this.

199 isn't too far down the road either.

Thanks for the challenge! It was another tool for keeping me accountable. I hit my original goal of 230 and I just missed my adjusted goal of 225. I ended up at 226! Thanks again!

I agree, you can definitely see your weight loss! You are looking great!

I've mentioned before that I weighed 225 in this picture and that I was 13. I found this copy of a Boy Scout physical showing my at 5'5", 235 pounds at 14 years old. My BMI would've been 39.1. I'm now 5'7" 226 at 38! My BMI is 35.4! Needless to say, I'm a pretty happy guy!

I wanted to do this New Years Eve but I was unable to, I did this New Years Day instead. I've been donating all of the clothes that I no longer fit except for the ones that had my company logo on them. I decided to wrap up our Christmas tree in the old clothes and torch it in the front yard. There is no way that I'm going to be wearing those sizes again! As it burned I danced around it screaming "my clothes, my clothes, my clothes are on fire. I don't need no Water let those M...........s burn! Burn M..............s burn!". If you are close to my age you may recognize the slightly different lyrics to a song from The Bloodhound Gang. Not the genre that I prefer but the song was appropriate for the situation.

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I was practically dying post operatively,so I was glad I could eat a cookie and get calories. I was passing out. Then I bought Protein Bars and chewed them up thoroughly and that and increasing Water helped. I went out and bought OTC Omeprazole magnesium and have been taking two a day,doctor said good to taking two so good. I read a lot of the lecturing messages on here and decided to try harder. Eating the carbs stopped my weight loss. So I started a little exercise and now I am losing a pound a day. This is a tough adjustment,and I think it is hard to figure out how to succeed. It is funny watching the serial dieters interact with the people who have never been able to control their diet. I think this is most likely due to the ghrelin hormone. I read somewhere that there is ghrelin in your body for weeks after the surgery,so you are still craving etc. I wonder if the good dieters on here are lower ghrelin secreters. I really think that people who do not have an elevated amount of ghrelin in their bodies cannot understand what it is like to be this way. It is like some one gave you prednisone every day.

So if you just had surgery,be warned you have to be very strict because you have a load of the hormone that causes uncontrolled eating and a tiny stomach with a huge incision line that could rupture and kill you. So fellow ghrelin secreters,be very careful postoperatively not to eat a huge amount. Your life depends on it.

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My ghrelin levels were 8-10 times higher than normal when fasting and 26-28 times higher 30 minutes after a normal Breakfast. I'm one of the low carb, low sugar and high Protein people. It works for me.

@I'm Changing 4 Me

I'm so sorry that I didn't see your question sooner! Mauricio Gutierez was my surgeon.