Creekimp13

Bigtime!

Good luck!

Your group will likely have a list of therapist who work with not only food issues, but stresses brought on by weight loss surgery.

Our bodies are very adaptive. Peptide 5 in the colon still stimulates hunger (ILP5). Some ghrelin remains.

You were indeed:) You guys inspire me big time. Today, I was working in my garden, Pulled out a whole bucket of raspberry canes (they've taken over) and a whole bucket of iris toes. Rented a tiller and tilled everything:) Took a bike ride with my daughter this afternoon. Saw turtles and baby geese and sandhill cranes....was a beautiful day here. My activity level compared to last spring is just amazing. I am LOVING this level of activity....and I really never thought I would. I was a serious couch potato. Now, I'm seeing so many possibilities. I want to put an orchard in, build a frame for grapes. i'm thinking of getting chickens again. Last summer I started mowing lawns with a push mower....which my hubby thinks is hysterical because we've got a perfectly good riding mower. Somehow, I like being able to see what I've done...the amount of yard I can cover at one time kinda dares me to up my game. Mowing lawns by hand is a full body workout! Hubby is glad to be out from under that weekend chore, too. As nutty as this sounds...I'm looking forward to that again. I feel so satisfied that I CAN, you know? I'm looking forward to the pool maintenance, too. LOL:) I do a lot of walking on a 3-5 mile forest trail (length depends on which way you go). Have started to do a few bursts of running on my walk. It's still killing me, but I can do it longer now:) I just like being able to say I CAN:) No better feeling!

You have a right to handle access to knowledge of your procedure however you want. If this works best for you, kudos! Wishing you a safe effective surgery and a great outcome:)

This resource page has a bunch of awesome articles on diet, nutrition, recipes, etc. It's worth a bookmark. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/nutrition-basics/hlv-20049477 A lot of ya'll know I follow the Mayo Clinic Diet....and I wanted you to know my reason for this. Mayo Clinic is one of the best hospitals in the world. US News and World Report listed it as #1 Best Hospital in the United States in 2017 They are ranked first in the nation on Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, and Nephrology.... among many many other specialties. They employ a massive collaborative of physicians, researchers and scientists.

Jess, Jen, Mike, etc... Are exercise maniacs. I'm thinking that stellar results...and a lot of cardio.... are linked:)

Woot! Nice work!

Increase exercise. Decrease calories.

1. Even if it were "the easy way out"....who fecking cares? Is getting a heart bypass "the easy way out"? That condition can be treated with diet and exercise, too. Why does no one ever give heart patients shite for eating poorly and not getting enough exercise? 2. It's no one's business what you want to do try to improve your health. It's YOUR health, YOUR body, YOUR decision. 3. Again....who cares?

Good luck and best wishes for a safe rapid recovery:)

Congrats!

I had both. C-Section is brutal by comparison. My sleeve was super easy and hardly slowed me up. My C-section on the other hand.....kicked my arse for weeks. There's no comparison. Sleeve is MUCH less painful and an easier recovery.

Lots of folks report weird mood swings after surgery. My doctor said at least once a month someone is in tears with buyers remorse right after surgery...while still in the hospital! He said it's normal to have some emotional ups and downs...and that by a couple months out the vast majority of people have no regrets and feel much more like themselves. But yep...I know what you're talking about. And it very well could be affected by hormone swings.

I still maintain that the liquid diet two weeks before, and the restricted diet two weeks after surgery....were much much worse than the surgery itself. For me, anywho:) You're not alone.

Food Funerals. Lots of people have them:)

Any pharmacy:)

Maintenance really IS the issue. The surgery is not a magic bullet. You will be able to eat yourself fat again. To me...the biggest step was creating a forever diet I could live with forever....and this is one of the reasons I would not work with a program that does low carb, high protein. Took a while to find a program that worked with my preferred diet (Mayo Clinic Diet)...but I found one...and I'm enjoying compatible ideas with my team. I think it's really important. And I think it's important to build a forever diet.

My doctor said...use your discretion, wait until you're comfortable. We got kinda creative and sexlike activities happened fairly soon. But actual full on...bouncy sex...I think we waited a month or so?

Woot! Nice work!

My first appointment was June 6th of last year, and my surgery was December 5th. I think I did a quick one on one consult in May at the orientation seminar.

5 months out. Feel amazing. Off all my meds. Normal labs. (save thyroid) Had an extremely easy surgery. An extremely easy recovery. And have been feeling better than I have in 20 years. LOVE my sleeve:)

Ok...I once had a stalker who didn't think about me this much. I find it fascinating that I'm living rent free in your head. I'm flattered, Love, but I'm a taken woman 25 years this year to the man who thinks gibbons got a rough deal

I'm not implying you have lower intelligence. I'm implying you're not comprehending what I'm saying. Two very different things:) Your lack of ability to follow what I'm saying could easily be my fault. Absolutely! I intend to spend hours talking to my biologist daughter tonight:) LOL. She's not at masters level yet (though she has taken graduate level anthropology courses as electives), but she'll have her Bachelors in a premed Microbiology program at the University of Michigan next fall. She's taking the GRE and MCAT this summer, going to grad school in 2019, and will study medical Entomology for her PhD. This summer she's working on a biological station research campus attempting to seduce a lab for a post doc position:) She's also going to an arachnology conference this summer in Yipsilanti because she's a spider nut. If you'd like, I could also call my two biologist brothers. One is an MD, and one works in biochemical engineering. I really have no idea why you're defensive and angry, nor do I particularly care:) Good luck to ya! And best wishes on your weight loss journey!