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Congrats on the crazy amounts of weight loss!!! Way to go GREAT Job!!!

Try the things you want in small amounts. That way you will know if they don't agree with you and may make you vomit. I've had an issue twice. Once was with the ground beef. I don't know what went wrong. It may have been too greasy, I may have eaten to fast or too much. I didn't puke until about 45 mins later when I went to have a drink of water. First sip was fine, second sip I couldn't even swallow. The feeling hit me right away and I had to b-line for the trash can. Second time was with pork ribs. This time it went down fine but after the 3rd bite my mouth started salivating like crazy and the nausea hit fast. Same b-line maneuver to the trash can. I've had dry meat and it's been rough going down but never an issue after that.

Congrats on your weight loss. Congrats on hitting goal so quickly. Congrats on working the hell out of that waist trainer. Can dudes use them or is it a lady thing? I've never heard of them but after I post this I will be referring to Google. You look great and should be very proud. Love the ink as well. Post a closer pic if you can.

I don't even remember when it became normal. I started pre surgery as well. I've even gotten used to looking at the clock as soon as I finish my meal so I know when the 30 is up.

Eggs are a go to for breakfast with a slice of cheese. I'll cook some beef usually in the slow cooker so it's super soft. Chicken on a hot grill or pan for a quick sear then slow cooked in some type of liquid. You can cube the chicken prior to cooking it, cut it up after or shred it. The beef or chicken will be dinner for the family one night of the week then I'll work on the leftovers for the rest of the week. Shakes are still big part of my diet, I'll have either one or two in a day. I do not eat any kind of seafood either and I tried ground beef a couple of weeks ago and it didn't work out well at all so I have stayed away from it. The chicken and beef work out just fine for me. Good Luck!!!!!

Am I wrong or are you trying to get this note from your PCP? It seems that way from what you typed. You should ask your surgeon for the note, I can't imagine they would have any issue giving you one. Also you should be able to get some type of medical note to restrict you to light duty. There is normally a maximum on how much you can lift for the first several weeks. You should also ask your surgeon for this note. Work out a way to get that water in and best of luck to you.

Start using the "My Fitness Pal" app on your phone PC or both. Or similar app. You just log what you ate throughout the day and it calculates your nutritional intake for the day. To make it easy I log each meal when it is consumed. They have a very large library of meals so you can do a search and pick which meal best fits what you had. There are other apps like it, one is "Baritastic" which is very good as well. That should be more than enough for your insurance.

Can your PCP some how be liable for any reason? I was not in any kind of weight loss program. We had discussed weight loss and she mentioned once WLS but I told her I was not interested. My brother had a band some years ago and it was a failure. A year or year and a half later and I was getting VSG. When I asked her for the letter she had no problem writing it. I don't get why a Dr would make you do a program under their supervision unless somehow they could get screwed for some reason.

Great info, Thank You.

Congrats on making your goal!!! Congrats on getting there by 1 year. The transformation is awesome. You've been through relearning how to eat and be healthy over the last year and you hit goal, you'll have no problem maintaining. This should be the easy part. Good luck to you brother!!!! Side note- Please share your knowledge/experience with band workouts if you don't mind.

oh wow

Love your thoughts on this. Although I do wish I had done it sooner when my PCP mentioned it to me 5-6 years ago I have no what if/what could have thoughts. Not until now anyway. LOL

Great tips, thanx!!!

Thanks @BigTink2LilTink ! My plan was to do body weight workouts for some time then to progress to weights. It's been so long since I've really done any kind of physical workout other than walking I for sure need to take it slow. I really want to put a lot of focus on my back being that I have disc issues. I'm hoping strengthening the muscles back there will help stabilize things.

I don't know how I hadn't seen this thread earlier. I LOVE IT. It's funny but the rants are SO real. The thing that has been stated and as of late really gets me is the repetitiveness of the same topic/question over and over. Every answer you could have hoped for has already been covered in "Maggie's" post from 5 minutes ago. As well as, I must be in a stall I've only lost 2lbs a day in the last month....... So many / To many.

We're human, we'll have bumps in the road. The fact that you have the will to get back on it says a lot about you. Good on you Sir!!! At my stage it's hard to think about those things. It's all about learning and dreaming about sunshine and rainbows later. To know that it is absolutely possible to recover from hard times is inspirational. Thanks for sharing!!!!

Good Luck to you. Keep a strong head. You got this!!!!

Good luck to you!! Wishing you a great surgery and speedy recovery!!!

I pictured that commercial where the surgeon left his phone in the guys belly are and you can hear Siri answer how to make bread or whatever it was. Hope your pain/discomfort does not last long. Congrats on your surgery.

Congrats on getting your approval and on getting a date. Good luck to you!!!

Late to the party but Congrats on your surgery and wish you the best in the healing process.

Can I make a suggestion and ask you to start a new thread (so you don't get lost in this one) and ask for help getting through this. Talk to your surgeon and NUT and ask for help. Start caring, you had this surgery for a reason. Start taking in more calories, go for walks where there are people around. Go with your friend so you have some interaction. You will get a lot of support here and although it's on the net it will hopefully help you out. We're all here to help the best we can. Good luck to you and feel better.

I was told no caffeine for 6 months post as well. I stopped drinking coffee in March when I started this journey and havn't had any since nor have I had any cravings. I'm not sure if I will go back to drinking it, but probably will. What is n/v ?

I wasn't targeting you with what I typed. I liked your comment a lot and agree with it. I'm that way in certain situations. It was just a general statement. Maybe I should have said, Don't take it as gospel?

Why take anything in a literal sense? You read an article like this and you adapt it to fit what works for you. If there is nothing that works for you and you "Completely" disagree disregard it all together. Obviously with so many variations from one persons program to the next there is no set method of success. You come to sites like this and read what works for others and what fails for some. Compare it to your situation and use what works and learn what to do if something is failing for you. Pass that information along so in the end we can all make better choices to help us succeed.