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Haven’t watched the video yet but I will. I love me some Dr. V.
I tried explaining to someone once, I have no idea what normal feels like. I wore a size 24 women’s in the 6th grade. I’ve already lost more weight now than I ever remember losing at one time. My surgeon has a goal for me but my own goal will still leave me obese and in my mind if I could reach 250# I would be a success!! Still obese but not giving a damn. I know that’s how I feel now and maybe I’ll feel different later.
I’m scared to get excited about anything I’ve lost so far because it is no where near enough. I also know it’s only been 3 months total and 4 weeks post op and that it’s going to take time.
This process is already weird to me - I don’t like my ankles touching because I can feel the bones, my wedding set is loose on my finger and I’m starting to see the veins beneath my skin more. Very weird but totally neat at the same time.

So I made pizza for dinner and sadly couldn’t eat much (yay!).
It is a turkey fest! 1 slice of turkey bacon, 6 slices of turkey pepperoni and 1.5 ounces of ground turkey. 1.5 ounces of cheese, 2 tablespoons of sauce, few mushrooms on a cauliflower crust. 4-5 servings.
Protein goals met! Yep!

Although I have made the crust from raw cauliflower before I found it too time consuming. I now keep these in the freezer:

https://www.califlourfoods.com/

They also make great chips for dipping in hummus.

So I made pizza for dinner and sadly couldn’t eat much (yay!).
It is a turkey fest! 1 slice of turkey bacon, 6 slices of turkey pepperoni and 1.5 ounces of ground turkey. 1.5 ounces of cheese, 2 tablespoons of sauce, few mushrooms on a cauliflower crust. 4-5 servings.
Protein goals met! Yep!

Great NSV!!

Saw my Endocrinologist today - A1C is 6.1!!!!

Down from 7.5!

Hot dang!!

So I made pizza for dinner and sadly couldn’t eat much (yay!).
It is a turkey fest! 1 slice of turkey bacon, 6 slices of turkey pepperoni and 1.5 ounces of ground turkey. 1.5 ounces of cheese, 2 tablespoons of sauce, few mushrooms on a cauliflower crust. 4-5 servings.
Protein goals met! Yep!

Great NSV!!

Saw my Endocrinologist today - A1C is 6.1!!!!

Down from 7.5!

Hot dang!!

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I don’t think saying that I will pray for someone assumes anything about them rather it says something about me. To use the chicken example if you choose to slaughter a chicken in my honor I don’t care. I’m not slaughtering it, you are.

The act of praying for someone doesn’t mean I think that person is religious it means that I am.

I wouldn’t be offended by that....

I started at 362 at my consult and lost 92 pounds before surgery. I’m down 10 pounds since then (2 weeks ago). I am 5 feet even. I agree with AshAsh, it has taken a long time for me to see a difference. And I worry that the honeymoon period will not be long enough for me to lose as much weight as I would like. The other piece for me has been psychological—there don’t seem to be many women my size or larger here (starting BMI was 70) and so I feel still like an outlier and there are fewer examples of people who have been successful at my size or larger. It would be great to support other women with higher weights.

hello, started in July of last year with the process to rny. In the middle of the 6 month program I went on vacation and when I returned weighed in at my highest , 378! Day of surgery I weighed 363 and am so close to the 200’s. I remember my surgeon(who no longer performs surgery bc of all of its complications, he told me after my surgery) told me the closer to a BMI of 60 the less likely of long term success. At my highest my BMI was 61. I’ve only been in the 300 for the past 2 years or so and prior was mid 200s. My BMI is now exactly 50 and I love watching it go down. I will succeed and am bettering myself and my body everyday. Since surgery I’ve lost a little over 50 pounds and can tell a huge difference but do not get many comments from other. I know once I’m down another 20 it will be more obvious bc my clothes are now pretty big and loose.


Hw-378
Sw- 363 (2/27/18)
CW-310.6

First - I’ll honestly say I didn’t read the article; so take this with a grain of salt.
Disney manages to make better rides that are much more accommodating with no problems. They are safe for a 45 pound child and a 450 pound adult.
I don’t expect cheaper places like 6 flags and pop up amusement parks at state fairs to spend the money to accommodate larger bodies but if Disney can do it so can Universal. It’s purely a choice albeit probably financial but it’s not a safety issue. It can be done.

I think I kinda get what she means?
Like when you're staring at a plate of something you know you LOVE (steak salad for instance...with nice rare sirloin and hard boiled eggs and swiss and balsamic and banana peppers and diced veggies and mushrooms)...and you've eaten several bites...enough that your stomach says you're done. Not one more bite....stop. And you do, because you have to, and you don't want to feel gross.
But your head looks at that full plate and says....Wait a minute! I LOVE this meal. Why I am leaving most of it? And you feel a little....unsure how to feel about that. And putting the leftovers away in the fridge feels weird and foreign.
OP...is that what you mean?
If so...it gets better. You learn to adjust your serving sizes eventually. You learn to put food into storage containers first, and just put a little on your plate at a time.
You come to accept that in the course of cooking a meal and tasting it and adjusting flavors....you might actually get too full to actually eat it. LOL
You learn that left overs are awesome and that it's ok to eat them later.
And you learn to do other stuff to fill that emotional need that food used to satisfy.
It's a process....but you get there.

I say that the feeling is different. I’m not stopping because I’m satisfied and ready to stop, I’m stopping to avoid feeling sick. I’m still getting use to portion size at 2 months. I tried to eat 4 grilled chicken wings for dinner.... nope couldn’t do it. Don’t feel satisfied but I am full. To me satisfaction came from eating the amount I “wanted” and saying “that’s enough” and that was usually after at least 10 chicken wings. Of course that’s why I weighed as much as I did/do

I accept my limits now because I have a different goal. At least I can still enjoy foods I liked before even if it’s just a taste or so.

That's sort of what I'm asking - is it the SAME sensation of "full" as before, or is it a NEW sensation of being full? I'm wondering if post-op commenters are using the terminology in a way that doesn't really relate to how pre-op commenters understand the term. Maybe what I'm getting at is that pre-op, "satisfied" seems to correlate with a food-emotion, whereas post-op "satisfied" is really talking about something more food-transactional and biological.
Another way I could ask this is: when the restriction eases, does that sensation of "I'm too full!" ease off too and get replaced by a more gradual sense similar to pre-op "satisfaction"? Or does the eased restriction just mean that "I'm too full!" comes later in the meal timeline?
Again, I'm not concerned about any of this on a personal level regarding my surgery - I'm just curious about terminology because it seems there's a full definition change happening for a very specific word, and that word is commonly used by post-ops to reassure pre-ops. I'd argue you aren't going to be "satisfied" in the same way you think of it now as an overeater - you're just going to totally change your definition of "time to stop eating food". It used to be emotional, and now it's restriction. And it's possible for some people facing surgery, they're expecting to be able to eat to a point of emotional satisfaction, which is a very different consideration than biological satisfaction.

A couple of basic points about diabetes and WLS that I have learned over the years.
1 - the VSG and RNY are, on average, about 85% effective in driving T2 diabetes into remission, (some practices will show somewhat better or poorer results with one procedure or the other, but the overall average is in that ballpark) so there will be an unlucky 15% or so that will still struggle with it. The DS does a better job overall, with remission rates in the 98-99% range, but it is not as widely performed.
That is the bad news; the better news is that
2 - the longer one has been diagnosed and under treatment for diabetes, the longer it often takes after WLS for remission to occur. Again, a generalization, as some will leave the hospital free of meds and insulin, but others will lag but catch up. My wife had been diabetic for about 20 years and just short of being on insulin, and it took her the better part of a year to be off all of the meds for it, and that was with the stronger DS on her side.
Patience is a virtue in this case; give it time and work with your docs on it, and it should work out for you - the odds are still on your side.

not too bad the only pain I feel is the co2 in the abdomen and chest, feel like I can't burp, but the initial walk around the recovery floor is alleviating that... honestly the worse part by far was the anticipation and fear. Thanks Dr. Mir Ali and the staff at Fountain Valley Regional... it's been a great experience this far
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The PA in my surgeons office explained stalls in a way I had never heard before and it really helps.
Our bodies rely on the fat and the sugars that we intake through our diet, and our muscles absorb a lot of the crap because it's a quick and easy fuel. When we diet, our bodies aren't getting all of the junk and we are able to drop pounds at a pretty steady weight. But as our bodies get used to the new amounts of fuel, it slows down the weight loss a little in order for it to properly adjust how much the body absorbs vs how much we expel when we use the bathroom.
Usually this shouldn't last for too long, maybe a few weeks. And while it can be very aggravating, one suggestion we were given in my support group is to buy a spool of yarn, and once a week, measure your waist line, cut the yarn and tape it to the wall. Over the next few weeks, while the scale might not be moving, the yarn should be still getting shorter every week.

Yes, slightly upping my calories helped too. I am 5 weeks post op and hit a stall for about three weeks even though I was walking daily. I remembered several years back I was very successful with Weight Watchers and lost a lot of weight and hit a stall. The WW rep told me to increase my calories slightly (100-200 cals) with nutrient rich food (not junk) and it worked. I applied this theory again and have been losing a pound a day since. Also, walking helps tremendously.