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Everything posted by GreenTealael
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Pre op liquid diet headaches
I find it helpful to increase electrolytes and salt (ALWAYS consult your physician first ❤️)
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Food Before and After Photos
Where’s the candied onion bits brownie ? ?
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R.I.P. Boobs
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R.I.P. Boobs
I want more of this story, written just like this ?
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Food Before and After Photos
It’s just a hot black tea latte (breve) with splenda but it looks fancy as hell ?
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"Head Hunger"
I also experience real hunger. A lot of WLS people I speak to do as well. I never actually expected to lose hunger completely but I’m not nearly as ravenous as pre WLS so that’s a win.
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Food Before and After Photos
It’s a cookies and cream ice cream bar hand dipped in hot cacao then sprinkled with cookie crumbs, white and reg chocolate chips with a drizzle of white chocolate. I only ate about 60% before I tapped out from sweetness. Very decadent and nice to watch being made but definitely a rare treat for me.
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Food Before and After Photos
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OOTD
This the look I use when I want to beg a dermatologist to do more work than normal on my skin ????
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How much weight did you lose the first 90 days ?
Thanks! 93 is all I’m going to lose since I’m almost 3.5 yrs out ?
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How much weight did you lose the first 90 days ?
I didn’t lose 100 in 6 months, maybe 60
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Good news
? CONGRATULATIONS ?
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This Pre-op diet is a b$@!:
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How much weight did you lose the first 90 days ?
30-40 lbs
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OOTD
That is a gorgeous sweater ?
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OOTD
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OOTD
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I can only watch British Bake-Off after I have eaten because it makes me want to suddenly make desserts at 21:00 hrs ?
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OOTD
I used to eat dinner while watching it ?
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Cool Sculpting
Sorry, It does absolutely nothing for loose skin and is very expensive for the results you can expect.
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Afraid of being hungry all the time
Do you experience hunger now? Hunger is natural and people feel hunger without the WLS. The difference maybe between feeling ravenous and uncontrolled pre WLS or hungry but manageable post WLS. Your experience may be different from what you’ve read.
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Feeling bloated
It may help to know that it’s probably not just in your head, you maybe a little bloated too. But the good news is that it goes away. Congratulations on surgery and speedy recovery ❤️
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Sleeve vs bypass
I used to think that VSG was less *invasive* too but I don’t anymore. I think that’s the way it was marketed by surgeons. But now I think that it’s a less *involved* procedure for the surgeons and patients alike. I asked my surgeon if a person with a history of heart issues (a pacemaker in this case) can have bypass and I was told VSG would *probably* be offered first/cleared by cardiology easier because of less time under anesthesia since it can be done quicker.
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Tummy Tuck
If you’re starting to think about it then this maybe the perfect time to start researching and consulting doctors with the idea that it will still may be months before you have plastics! Good Luck. ❤️