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This was too funny! thanks a lot!

Best of luck!!!

Muscle building has more to do with the quality and amount of Protein and not about the amount of calories. There are vegans out there who are body builders and I can tell you they are not eating that many calories in veggies.

Best of luck!

Best of luck! I'm hoping to be scheduled for December.

*My feelings are hurt. I gained 3 pounds already since Thanksgiving. I was two pounds from goal and now I have to lose the damn pounds again. Smh I'm tired of my s**t and the roller coaster.
* Gotta do better... Start measuring my ingredients in my home cooked meals because I've never paid it any mind..Now it matters. Back on the success train now. Thanks for reading. Lol K Bye

I'm not married but for the first time in my life I wish I was just so I could get enough sex.
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Hello everyone,
I am just curious if anyone has gone through this already or going through it at the moment. My ins. co. requests that I undergo nutritionist/dietitian supervision for four months as part of the pre-op. I have undergone two visits already, on my second visit the dietitian noticed that I had been eating a lot of food that I shouldn't and that I had no exercise involved whatsoever. She then suggested that I could make some changes in order for me to try and lose some weight. In fact, prior to her saying that, she actually had asked that if I was supposed to maintain my weight or lose some. Yes, my food diary was that bad . As the appointment continued she then asked me to list at least one goal, she stated she usually asks her patients to make one goal and try to keep it. One of the things she had suggested was that I could replace at least one meal with a Protein Shake. So my goals were the following; I told her I would try to replace at LEAST one meal and that I would try and lose five pounds by our next appointment. In fact, I told her that after that appt. I would go straight to a Vitamin shop and buy some Protein. She actually gave me a Blender Bottle and gave me a list of approved Protein Shakes. I kept my word and did go straight to a vitamin shop and picked up a tub of Syntrax Nectar Sweets .
For the past month or so, I have replaced two meals a day and kept a solid meal and have incorporated a 25 minute walk at 4-5 times a week. I know I have lost weight, just don't know how much. Because the number on their scale is the one that counts, I have not followed my progress with exactitude except I know that I have lost at least the 5 lbs as promised. Having said ALL of that... here is where my issues lies. In the process of this month, I have faltered, plenty of times. There have been days where I'll only replace one meal instead of two, in fact, there have been days were I have taken my protein shake and still felt so hungry that I had to eat at least a ham or tuna sandwich to complement my shake. This has caused me to feel crummy about it, but I just brush it off and keep on trying the next day. I start off by replacing my first meal, then my second meal and keep my third, because I work nights, my third meal would technically be considered my Breakfast or the dinner for some of you all, after sleeping all day. On the bright side, after two weeks of having made these changes, I had to cut down on my medications. I was on two different pills and one injectable for my diabetes, I am now on just one pill and the weekly injectable. I do feel I have made some progress. Just curious if anyone has gone through this or going through it at the moment. Furthermore, this is not part of the two week pre-op liquid diet, this is something I decided to do of my own accord and I feel will be very helpful once I actually have to start my two week liquid diet.
This is my first post, looking forward to seeing some responses. Everyone have a blessed day!

Whith my insurance.....through the doctors in my plan......it's going to cost me $24,000 for the bypass.......plus all the copays........plus all the endoscopy cost.......plus all the nutritionist cost........plus the physiological visit cost......and the initial consulatation with the surgeon.
Yes, it is a struggle.

I thought this was a post about the canned meat -- pretty novel for Thanksgiving day. :-)

We've tried very hard and spent a lot of money over the last three years to get this site going. It's extremely hard to start a dating site from scratch. When I researched making this site, I learned that most companies make up 500 - 1,000 fake profiles and send fake messages to people. I wasn't about to do something as dishonest as this. What I do need for this dating site to be a success is for people to talk about it and share the link with their friends. A lot of people say negative things about the site because it's not got 100,000 members. I'm not sure where people think I'm magically supposed to make those people appear from.
This dating site is totally free to use, unlike other sites. I am happily married and don't need the site. The site was created two and a half years ago when I was talking to some wls friends about the hardships of dating after wls. I thought how cool it would be to date or even marry someone living the same lifestyle. I asked my husband to build the site and I assumed the wls community would support it and advertise it. It takes a village to make a new dating site successful.
As I stated earlier, this site cost me a few thousand dollars. I did it because I am passionate about weight loss surgery, relationships and helping people succeed. The site is completely free to use. The only person it costs is me.
There have been at least three successful relationships come from the site that I know of.
It would be great if rather than talking negatively about the site and the lack of members if people would help support it by sharing the link with your friends and in your online support groups. Only then will the wls singles grow.
Thanks so much and good luck!

Hey everyone, just stumbled into this post. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's story and their ups and downs. It's definitely very inspiring. Just a little about myself, I'm 25, I opted for this procedure sometime in June or July and attended a seminar in August of this year. I am still pre-op and have no date as of yet. At my heaviest I was looking at 350, along with the usual co-morbidities such as diabetes, high BP, high triglycerides and possibly sleep apnea, haven't been tested.I have made some changes as far as eating habits and exercising, just to try and ease into the transition, should I get the green light from my ins. I have lost some weight, I am currently at 324.9 and hoping to be at least by 320 if not 315 prior to surgery. I have my last appt. (4th out of 4) with the nutritionist come November 28th and after that, everything gets sent to the insurance for a yay or nay. I'm hoping this will get resolved soon, I would really like to undergo surgery prior to the end of the year, mainly for insurance purposes. I will definitely keeping posting and look forward to reading from some of you guys on here.

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Have you tried talking with a therapist about your feelings? I do know in the beginning it is hard to get past alot of the changes you must make to your life to be successful.
Some day, you will look forward to eating again. It comes a bit further down the road but it does come. Use the time with your family not to think about the food but more the conversation.
I honestly wish i could have time with my parents again. I lost them both while they were too young. It is one of the reasons i chose to have WLS so that I would be there for my children and grandchildren.
Take a deep breath and try to leverage the time you have for reasons other than food. It will get better.

Right here... Not getting sleeved, looking into RNY but we're here!

Only when my friends aren't in the room.

psst...

We're everywhere...

**looks around with shifty eyes**

GAINS!
Muscle has memory. We have a lot of it as obese men, in our lower bodies...and so even though the extreme calorie restriction will cause us to catabolize a bunch of it and reduce our strength, we can get it back, and then some. NO LIMITS

I totally feel you. I had thoughts similar while I was undergoing all the appointments, upper GI, venous Doppler and the whole nine yards. However, now I am more than ready for it. I cannot wait. I have my last appointment with the nut. eight days from now and then it goes to the ins to see if they'll approve or not. I have spoken with my director at work and management has been very supportive. I was just asked to let them know of the date so they can start working on coverage for my time off. You'll do great! everything will be good! Just wait and see...

Hey everyone, just stumbled into this post. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's story and their ups and downs. It's definitely very inspiring. Just a little about myself, I'm 25, I opted for this procedure sometime in June or July and attended a seminar in August of this year. I am still pre-op and have no date as of yet. At my heaviest I was looking at 350, along with the usual co-morbidities such as diabetes, high BP, high triglycerides and possibly sleep apnea, haven't been tested.I have made some changes as far as eating habits and exercising, just to try and ease into the transition, should I get the green light from my ins. I have lost some weight, I am currently at 324.9 and hoping to be at least by 320 if not 315 prior to surgery. I have my last appt. (4th out of 4) with the nutritionist come November 28th and after that, everything gets sent to the insurance for a yay or nay. I'm hoping this will get resolved soon, I would really like to undergo surgery prior to the end of the year, mainly for insurance purposes. I will definitely keeping posting and look forward to reading from some of you guys on here.

OP got pecked to death for asking a male related question in the guys forum
the point of having a GUY forum is for something like this to not happen correct?

I can only answer for myself and even then, my answer will be askew for the simple reason that I am pre-op and do not have a surgery date yet. However, I have tried to incorporate some changes into my lifestyle so that hopefully the transition will not seem as drastic once it occurs. I have made changes such as replacing two of my meals with a Protein shake and have incorporated a 25 minute daily walk for at least 5 days a week. I also try not to drink carbonated drinks, mainly sodas. Most of my liquid intake comes from plain Water, unsweetened green tea and/or coffee. Albeit, to be completely honest with you, there are days were I falter and I end up having two solid meals instead of one or sometimes I will have a glass of soda. But every time that happens, I have no other option than to just stick to it the next day and make sure I follow through. I don't know that I will have the will power to keep up my post-op program, but that is one of the reasons I am making these changes, so the transition will not seem as huge.

I can only answer for myself and even then, my answer will be askew for the simple reason that I am pre-op and do not have a surgery date yet. However, I have tried to incorporate some changes into my lifestyle so that hopefully the transition will not seem as drastic once it occurs. I have made changes such as replacing two of my meals with a Protein shake and have incorporated a 25 minute daily walk for at least 5 days a week. I also try not to drink carbonated drinks, mainly sodas. Most of my liquid intake comes from plain Water, unsweetened green tea and/or coffee. Albeit, to be completely honest with you, there are days were I falter and I end up having two solid meals instead of one or sometimes I will have a glass of soda. But every time that happens, I have no other option than to just stick to it the next day and make sure I follow through. I don't know that I will have the will power to keep up my post-op program, but that is one of the reasons I am making these changes, so the transition will not seem as huge.

I can only answer for myself and even then, my answer will be askew for the simple reason that I am pre-op and do not have a surgery date yet. However, I have tried to incorporate some changes into my lifestyle so that hopefully the transition will not seem as drastic once it occurs. I have made changes such as replacing two of my meals with a Protein shake and have incorporated a 25 minute daily walk for at least 5 days a week. I also try not to drink carbonated drinks, mainly sodas. Most of my liquid intake comes from plain Water, unsweetened green tea and/or coffee. Albeit, to be completely honest with you, there are days were I falter and I end up having two solid meals instead of one or sometimes I will have a glass of soda. But every time that happens, I have no other option than to just stick to it the next day and make sure I follow through. I don't know that I will have the will power to keep up my post-op program, but that is one of the reasons I am making these changes, so the transition will not seem as huge.

I developed type 2 diabetes as I grew older and heavier. I was on 2 types of blood sugar medicine prior to my surgery and even those were not controlling my diabetes effectively. Then 3 years ago I had RNY gastric bypass surgery. When I left the hospital two days after surgery, I was off my diabetes medicines and haven't taken any since. I periodically check my blood sugar levels and they are fine.
In today's world many young folks are gaining weight earlier and becoming diabetic. So the question is "Would Weight Loss Surgery benefit younger folks with this condition?"
The issue was studied by Dr. Lwin Aung and colleagues from Singapore and Taiwan, and their report was published in JAMA Surgery.
The study included about 340 Taiwanese patients with early-onset (below the age of 40) Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and about 220 with late-onset disease. All had BMIs above 25, and had bariatric surgery to ameliorate their T2DM. One year post-surgery, about 57 percent of the early-onset individuals had achieved remission of their disease (and lost more weight) compared to about 50 percent of the late-onset patients. By 5 years post surgery, the early-onset folks maintained a greater rate of weight loss (which was statistically significant), and also a significantly greater rate of remission of their T2D. In their statistical analyses the investigators found that both the duration of T2D and age at which surgery was performed were independent predictors of disease remission. And that remission rate was significantly associated with the degree of weight loss. http://acsh.org/news/2016/10/19/sooner-better-bariatric-surgery-get-t2d-remission-10322

First off, this has nothing even remotely related to weight loss surgery. I found this research interesting so I thought I would post a link.
Two groups of Native Americans, the Flatheads of Montana and the Blackfoot of Alberta, used sweetgrass as an insect repellent. They did so by burning the grass and allowing the smoke to saturate their clothing or by placing sachets (scented bags) of sweetgrass in their clothing. A group of scientist tested the effectiveness of essential oils of sweetgrass in a side by side comparison with DEET in the effectiveness to repel mosquitoes. They found that they were equally effective. The results were published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and food Chemistry.
http://acsh.org/news/2016/11/01/sweetgrass-deet-traditional-native-american-herbal-remedy-acts-mosquito-repellent
So why might this be of importance. The answer is Zika virus which is spread by bites from mosquito, the type that is found in warm climates such as Florida along with other pathways (such as sexual transmission with infected individuals). Sweetgrass may provide an alternate to DEET in repelling mosquitos.