JanineVSG

I know...I know....we've all been there. And it's important to be patient with newer folks and to be empathetic to their frustration.
I'm so wrong for this....but I just want to smack the **** out of them. Which would not be helpful.
I'm sort of re-evaluating the value of habitually reading this board.
It's all starting to loop around and around in this anxious cycle of angsty mental health issue driven repetitive slurry.
I'm starting to identify these stereotypes of posters that repeat over and over....
The Bird....I will not eat over 500 calories because calories are bad.
The Protein Addict....Must never eat carbs again or the world will explode.
The Why Me Whiner....Where's my yellow brick road, Dr. Nowzaradin?
The Documentarian.... Ate one and three quarters blueberries this morning for a total of 4.37687calories.
The Rebel without a Clue.....I ate a whole pizza yesterday just to see if I could cram one in there. I could! I want my money back!
The Pain in the Ass angsty Know It All.....who writes offensive insensitive rants like this one.
The Research Junkie.....sort of like the pain in the ass angsty know it all...but with more links.
The Fat Shamer.....let me endlessly describe how much I hated my fat, and by extension how offputting I find other fat people
The Size Queen.....Can I slip my new pants size into casual conversation?
The Oblivious Question Asker.....Um, I'm two weeks out, can I have chicken McNuggets and a large coke and fries yet?
The Lonely Soul.....Hi, We should be besties. I'm going to write 9/10 posts about how cool I think you are.
The Stuck Veteran....I lost weight ages ago and kept it off, but I still obsess about weight loss daily.
The Message Board Christian.....Lets slip Christ in there, just for the hell of it. Pray for me!
Maybe I just have a shitty attitude today. I'm bored. I'm tired of thinking about weight.
I'm glad I had surgery. A few bumps in the road, but I'm doing really well all things considered. I'm committed to following through.
But I'm so freaking tired of thinking about this.....and having it consume so much of my life.
And equally scared of not being vigilant.
Just kinda....ornery. Sorry.

Most depressing and true thread ever!!! When you attend a job interview as an obese person, you can almost see their disappointment at your appearance. It’s terrible.

I've seen others use it. The decision is yours.
Just my two cents
10-to 20 is not a big drop to lose. As we get smaller we have less body fat. The weight loss is slow. It took me longer to lose the last pounds.
I use it when it first came out in my past diet attempts. It was like taking speed. Also back then it was pulled for heart attack risks.
I lean more anti medication...Side effects just are not worth it to me.
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Two goals are at work here; getting healhty & living a longer and healthier life. At 53 years old, I have come to terms with the fact that surgery is my remaining option, but I will not rule out the "flipping of the switch" and managing on my own. Either way, in 6-months I will more than likely have VSG surgery.

Screw him.
Get the surgery.
Lose the weight.
Divorce him.
Marry a male underwear model.

My nutritionist told me that spouses can often sabotage WLS patients unconsciously. Essentially, they see that their spouse is losing weight, and in a way, it's like they're losing the person they love. It can really take toll mentally.
I think a lot of WLS patients realize they were unhappy but had settled because of their size. If you and your spouse are good at communicating, I don't think it will be a big issue.
My husband is so supportive. He's my number one fan. He and I have been together since we were 17, and we're 26 now

My theory is
All the fat evaporates and floats thru the universe as fat globules looking for a likely body to attach to. And i have been the receiptant of lost fat for years and years. Its somebody else's fault, not mine.

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If you're asking about overall fat loss, like where does fat go when we lose weight? The super weird thing about fat loss is that you lose the majority of it through expiration - meaning you breathe it out. 84% ends up as CO2 and is exhaled. 16% is Water and you sweat or pee it out. It's so bizarre because we all have this image of fat "burning" or "melting." But nope... just breathe it out!

My nutritionist told me that spouses can often sabotage WLS patients unconsciously. Essentially, they see that their spouse is losing weight, and in a way, it's like they're losing the person they love. It can really take toll mentally.
I think a lot of WLS patients realize they were unhappy but had settled because of their size. If you and your spouse are good at communicating, I don't think it will be a big issue.
My husband is so supportive. He's my number one fan. He and I have been together since we were 17, and we're 26 now

The standard sleeve has a 1 meatball limit. You have to upgrade to the multiple meatball deluxe version.

Due to you being hyper focused on the scale and you are tying your feelings of success to the numbers on the scale, I completely agree with her. You are torturing yourself emotionally and mentally. Everytime you step on that scale you are kind of waterboarding yourself. Weighing 3 times a day?? Why? As you eat and drink Water through the day, put on clothes, go to the bathroom, your weight will fluctuate. It's a totally non-logical thing to weigh yourself and judge your success off of those numbers.
There are SO many more ways to measure your progress:
Measure your head, biceps, wrist, breasts, waist, hips, thighs, calves, ankles and the remeasure once a month.
Create a donation pile of all the clothes that no longer fit, watch it grow for 8 weeks and then donate. Then go out and try on some new cheap shirt and jeans at Walmart or something and revel in wearing a smaller size.
Run your hands over your body each day, feel the skin loosening up, feel the bones slowly reveal themselves to you.
When you go on one of your walks make sure to put on some really peppy music and enjoy the speed in which you can move now, the way there is less pressure on your joints and body, the joy that moving now brings you.
There are so many ways to measure and enjoy your progress, but you are sabotaging yourself and this process if you focus so intently on just the number on the scale. It sounds like you are obsessing. Let's get you obsessing about working out!! lol!

I've lost over 225 lbs so far, I've worked hard for a long time. It was funny when people told me "it's happening so fast!" and all I would think was "Yeah, only took 43 year, hundreds of diets, gallons of tears, mountains of self-loathing, years of sacrifice and hours, days, months of working out, working hard and working towards this goal. But yes...SOOO fast." lol!

What we perceive as "slow" is because of all the second of our lives we've wished to be skinny. All the minutes in front of the mirror in sadness. All the hours we ate and then hated ourselves. All the years we wished we were different. It will NEVER be fast enough for us, but if you are committed it's going to go by very quickly.

Fantastic! I really wish you luck and hope it actually takes off. Just sent you an email.

Hi everybody,
I'm scheduled for my VSG on January 15. I've been thinking about doing a podcast about my journey, maybe eventually bringing in other VSGers to interview as well.
It'd basically be a run down of how each week is going, frustrations that I have, victories to share, what I'm able to eat, things like that... basically just helping people understand what they might expect when they start their journey as well.
Would anyone be interested in this? Oh and anyone have any ideas as to what I should call the podcast? Haha