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The "Easy way out" would have been to do nothing except what we had already done over and over and continue to fail to lose the weight or worse to drop it and gain it back repeatedly. The end result would have been an early grave and the "easiest way out" congrats on your brave decision to get control of your life and dont let anyone or anything take that control away from you again.

My first reaction is to always go with the surgeon. But and of course there is a But. This weight loss process you are about to start is very much a mental game post op and you need to be completely behind the process you are about to undertake. Please try to research the acid reflux issue and come to terms with your choices. The time post op will be easier if you are not constantly thinking about what you could have or should have done. good luck

Just try to always have a water near at hand. You need to be able to see and grab it and get a swallow as often as you can. Just try to make getting another sip real easy.

they should have, are they aware of the roller derby? For all those naysayers that preach calorie in calorie out this is all proof you need. So many hormonal things are involved in getting your body to burn stored fat. If your otherwise healthy try 6 weeks of intermittent fasting. 12 hrs for 2 weeks then 14 hrs for 2 weeks and then 16 hours for 2 weeks. see what happens. in case all the IF junk out there seems to crazy this just no calories in after dinner - nothing but water- until 12 hrs have passed then just add hours by either eating dinner a little earlier or breakfast a little late. Get all your calories during the feeding window and make sure that includes a good meal after that hard workout. with that kind of workout you may need to run a little high on the protein grams put the most carbs in the food before that workout so you have plenty of energy for knocking the **** out of people. The least carbs in last meal of the day. good luck and let us know if anything changes. This is a marathon not a sprint so have faith the weight will come off.

Don't we all, If i had the say over it i would remove all those months of pre surgey crap they put us thru and replace it with 6 months of therapy post surgery cause we have a hell of a mental fight to win after it is said and done.

hang in there Miz60 it gets so much better very soon. If you have not discussed that elliptical with your surgeon you might just skip it till your follow up appt. Just walk as much as you can everyday till you get released for more intensive workouts.

The pasta carbs will spike blood sugar and cause you to be hungry as the blood sugar crashes back down a few hours later. try to limit simple carbs and watch out for the sugars every time you eat sugars you can cause that hunger a few hours later as your blood sugar level does a roller coaster. good luck and work on that water intake. dehydration can mask as hunger when all you need is more water.

walk as soon as you can as much as you can. everything else clear with you surgeon.

the lower bmi and your age will work in your favor. If you carry most of the weight around middle then that will work against you to some degree but if you carry it all over then it will be easier to avoid to much loose skin.

by accident in a sauce and it was very unpleasant. think of having the worst possible flu for half an hour.

Just keep all reasons you started this journey in the front of your mind and keep reminding yourself you are worth it and deserve a new life without the barriers that morbid obesity put in front of you.

Heather this all for you and your life. Never let someone else decide how your life will be lived and how long your life will be because lets face it this about life and death. When you cut right to it being obese is a death sentence that you spend everyday slowly living and getting worse so slowly that we miss how much of our life we are giving up till its to late. Dont give up on yourself and dont let others decide what happiness you deserve.

Faith Miss Swendon Just keep your emotions from ruining your progress. How long you were overweight has a lot to do with the hormonal issues you will face. It is not an issue of calories in calories out. It is hormone driven. It takes some peoples bodies longer to readjust those hormones post surgery. When the hormones are right then the reduced calories you are on post op will begin to have an effect. If your metabolism is wrecked this could take several months. Some people take 2 years to reach there goal but in the end you will get there and you will see all kinds of non scale victories along the way. good luck and stay strong

This is not specific to stalls but here is the same advice i give everyone that asks 1. Hydrate - make sure you are hitting your water target 2. track your food - use an app to track every thing you eat so know exactly what your macro's are. 3. no added sugar - no fruits if your stalled 4. no simple carbs 5. complex carbs from your veggies 6. hit your protein target - this number changes as you lose weight. 7. No snacks after dinner Lastly i use a simple version of intermittent fasting - this just means i dont eat any calories after dinner till next meal the next day. This can be as short as 12 hrs when you start, something like 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. If you can go longer by eating dinner a little early or breakfast a little late then thats even better. this gives your body time to burn stored fat instead of a steady supply of new food every few hours. good luck

god yes! i would it again and again. Think about all the reason you started this program. Every surgery has risk. This one has a very low risk (lower than gallbladder) a 1% chance of a serious issue VS. a 100% chance that the extra weight will keep you from living your life to the fullest and that it will shorten your life. Your coworker is not your friend and is trying to put you in your grave early. Do not give up on the rest of your life.

you could be fine lots of people are hitting it hard by 6 weeks, but and there is always a but, Be prepared just in case your one of those that needs the extra time to recover from the surgery. depending on your food plan you could be on the start of solids by then so just be careful to always carry a water bottle with you. dehydration at that point is very real and a vegas hospital stay would not be any fun (no slots in the rooms or cafeteria) and make for terrible instagram shots. have fun and be careful

processed food is anything sold in a store that is not on the 3 walls 1 fruit/veggie wall 2 meat(protein) wall 3 dairy wall . It is all the stuff in the center of the store. yea that much. comes in a box and you cant pronounce most of the things on the ingredients list

wanted to share http://nutritiondata.self.com/

grats and yes i think the pre op weight loss counts. be proud of all those pounds lost. About the pace of weight loss, i will just throw out some things to consider. were you heavy for a very long time? if yes then you most likely have metabolic syndrome. This leads to a higher base rate of insulin and hyper response to sugars and a slow return to baseline. For a few weeks try to not consume any calories from 7 p.m to 7 a.m. (or any other 12 hr period) then try to slowly increase the number of hours from 12 to 14 then to 16 if you can. stop when it becomes a chore because you want this to be easy and fit your life style. Eat your normal meals you eat now during the other hours. It will help is you watch the added sugar and simple carbs because they do the most to spike your insulin. It could take 3-6 months to get your insulin to go down and stay down but when it does the body will start to burn fat. Something it will struggle to do if you have elevated insulin levels. since you are asleep for most of the 12 hrs the first one is pretty easy and depending on how you feel about breakfast you could stretch it out to 14. give it a try and see how you feel and how you are doing in a few months. good luck

i think you will be surprised that 3 days a week may work very well for you. the type of exercise you do may change. Some amount of weight lifting to tone the you would be recommended but every other day is fine. You also may feel different about working out post op. I always hated the gym and felt like crap after a workout. Now post op I have so much more energy and feel great after a workout and i just buzz all day after i leave the gym. I never do more than 2 days in a row now. Got a little crazy at the start and was doing 6 days a week but muscles were not recovering. so now its 2 on 1 off.

keep the reasons you are doing this in the front of your mind. It is worth it accept that you will be nervous and unsure as you get closer but that is normal and ok

up on the top you see your log in name click that then select my surgery from the drop down menu then a menu selection on that screen contains the progress click that and you can update

under surgery then progress

Yea the preop diet sucks - you get to see and feel all the things you are addicted too and it is not a fun time. It gets so much better, so chin up and stay strong, we all looked forward to hearing from you on the other side. The strained soup trick will serve you well post op also.

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