PatientEleventyBillion

Super, thanks.


H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19

Would love a good chilli recipe if anybody cares to share?


H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19

Great posts. This is why it's extremely important for people with addictive personalities to be extremely wary of engaging in anything they find addictive post-op.. there's a higher risk of what @dsdesignamentioned is "transfer addiction".
We should be wary in general of what we consume due to WLS impacting the way our body processes food, physiologically and psychologically. However, extra baggage like this requires extra caution.. and if one even thinks they might not be able to moderate themselves, abstain entirely.
In my case, my liver damage was done comprehensively by a horrific American style diet rife with extremely carb dense food, carb/sugar dense liquids, and a sedentary lifestyle. While I did hit bottles pretty hard in the few time I did have a drink (would go through most of a 750mL bottle of Captain Morgan in the span of an entire day, mixing with sodas like Cherry Coke for example), never getting to the point of throwing up, but enough to have to watch how I walked, I didn't drink often whatsoever, maybe a small handful of times a year. It was a blessing because my mother and father were both alcoholics, so I had been warned that I was predisposed to alcoholism, but that never transferred to me. Nonetheless, with my phases of depression came food addiction, which, as far as the liver is concerned, just as bad as alcohol and drugs, just doesn't damage it as fast as those things can/will.
So to summarize, sodas and alcohol will hit us twice as hard post-WLS as it will before.. it's extremely imperative we monitor ourselves, and it's important to identify potential addictive behaviors or addiction transfers and nix them right away:
1) Keep food, especially snack foods, further away from where you veg out and harder to reach,
2) If you're the only one in the house that eats certain junk food, just don't get it at all, it's presence is especially bad for anyone susceptible to compulsive/addictive eating/drinking behaviors,
3) Talk yourself out of it.. there's no one that will save you from you.
4) Especially monitor booze if you're going to drink it.. and drink it slow, because the sleeve might allow it to pass through us that means it makes us drunk that much faster, and it also means it can overwhelm the liver that much faster.

May lord spaghetti monster bless the chili.
I love the stuff too.. problem is, it gives me so much gas I clear the room out pretty fast. While I can't speak for anyone else, it's still very much worth it to me.

Thank you, I've actually got quite a few PM's from a number of posters (pretty much all religious people) who wanted to voice their support for my original post without being flamed. Not worried at all, I think those who aren't overly sensitive (or trying to make a scene as if that makes them more religiously devout) understood the message of personal empowerment and responsibility (not religion bashing) just fine.

I've been in a stall for over 3 weeks myself, not sweating it. Just realize they happen, and continue with the good habits.

Thank you, I've actually got quite a few PM's from a number of posters (pretty much all religious people) who wanted to voice their support for my original post without being flamed. Not worried at all, I think those who aren't overly sensitive (or trying to make a scene as if that makes them more religiously devout) understood the message of personal empowerment and responsibility (not religion bashing) just fine.

no more bashing of my friend @PatientEleventyBillion please
many different comments were made. that's fine
we are all entitled to our opinions, and voicing
them is another part of freedom
but let's all be nice
Peace
wanted to say all the above - but let's return to our
regularly scheduled program
group hugggggg!
kathy

It's peristalsis. It's completely normal unless accompanied by worrisome secondary effects.
What's actually concerning is hearing nothing, but I will say the faster you eat, the faster stuff moves through you, so the higher likelihood of it being noisy.

Why this is so hard stems from a number of issues most of us face having to go through WLS...
Psychologically, as compulsive eaters, it becomes ingrained into our daily life that we need to eat excessive amounts. It takes overcoming of what we did to ourselves to change this, and whatever psychological element we go through that compels us to consume this way.
And discipline.. many of us were simply not disciplined in how we went about things, so we suffered the consequences of it.
Having to suddenly find yourself disciplined and moderating is a massive psychological and physiological shock -- the body doesn't like sudden changes. So the side effects of this is something we unfortunately have to bear and get past.. which generally does happen with time and discipline.

Slightly higher cals and Protein for guys. Not terribly different.

Each person's body reacts differently, if your BP is going back up, might need to be on medications again until it settles down.

- sleep better
- On less meds that gave me side effects such as depression, tiredness, etc.
- Less weight means less pressure on my back so a lot less pain dealing with my L5/S1 fracture
- Used to not be able to walk 50-100ft without being out of breath, now can walk miles and never be out of breath
- More active in life, playing more with my daughter, doing a lot more physical activity

Go to the store, spend time looking at foods and nutrition labels, decide which best suits your diet plan.

I'd ask your dietitian to retire for the sake of their patients getting better advice elsewhere.

Good luck to all the June sleevers. Kick some ass.

- sleep better
- On less meds that gave me side effects such as depression, tiredness, etc.
- Less weight means less pressure on my back so a lot less pain dealing with my L5/S1 fracture
- Used to not be able to walk 50-100ft without being out of breath, now can walk miles and never be out of breath
- More active in life, playing more with my daughter, doing a lot more physical activity

Expecting to be consistently losing. Doesn't work like that.

- sleep better
- On less meds that gave me side effects such as depression, tiredness, etc.
- Less weight means less pressure on my back so a lot less pain dealing with my L5/S1 fracture
- Used to not be able to walk 50-100ft without being out of breath, now can walk miles and never be out of breath
- More active in life, playing more with my daughter, doing a lot more physical activity

Expecting to be consistently losing. Doesn't work like that.

Expecting to be consistently losing. Doesn't work like that.

It's always good to track.. but stalls are also normal. So if you track and notice same results, don't worry too much about it, just stay on course with the program. I've been stalled for 3 weeks now, not worried.

I just fap a lot more. Wife can't keep up with me right now since we've been really busy.
It's actually rather annoying.
- See innocent news article or flyer ad
- Has female with normal looking womens clothes on
- Get boner
- Have to stop what I'm doing and go fap or else get a huge boner in a public space

I just fap a lot more. Wife can't keep up with me right now since we've been really busy.
It's actually rather annoying.
- See innocent news article or flyer ad
- Has female with normal looking womens clothes on
- Get boner
- Have to stop what I'm doing and go fap or else get a huge boner in a public space

If it was poison people would be literally dying from it, and the companies would be sued out of existence with how much their products are consumed. Brominated vegetable oil is an emulsifier. It's a poison like many other things we consume ONLY if in high concentration. You kinda left out that convenient fact. Cherries and almonds have cyanide.. going to say they're poison? What you just espoused is logic identically used to suggest vaccinations are dangerous. Conspiracies and exaggerations help no one.