The 56 Bypass
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This video is an excerpt from the same, larger video. In this video, I pull out only the Food Addiction portion. Its such an important revelation for me and it may help someone else, thus I think it warrants its own video. 🙂
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Your progress with weight loss is awesome and so is your garden! I think you should've became a horticulturist. We've really gotten into gardening this year and it's darn good exercise. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching.
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I've made sure my video is shorter....this is simply a status update and some NSVs. 🙂 I am going to save a lot of the ancillary talking for my "Can We Talk?" series. By splitting up what I talk about this way, it should keep my videos to about 10 minutes each. Thank you for watching! 🙂
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This is the first in a series of videos I hope to share regarding weight loss issues other than just the physical aspects. In this video, and I am sure in many more, I am discussing Food Addiction, what it can look like, and how you might be able to start recognizing the food addicted part of your brain.
My remake of Duke University Chart using the study's data points for those whose BMI was > or = 50 on day of Surgery: https://tinyurl.com/y4lhotqo
My remake of Duke University Chart using the study's data points for those whose BMI was < 50 on day of surgery: https://tinyurl.com/y2592kcv
Link to Duke University Study on Postoperative Success RNY: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633210/
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I have been using GENEPRO to break a weight loss stall that began about 8-9 weeks post-op and continued through to 11 weeks. I'd still be in it had I not changed what I was doing. I came up with the solution described below to break my stall/slowed down weight loss as I was thinking about the days right after my surgery. My surgeon has her patients on Clear Liquids for 14, yes, 14 days!!!!! following surgery. No protein, no vitamins.....ONLY CLEAR liquids and medications for 14 days. I lost a pound or two a day on the regimen. Since my weight loss had drastically slowed, I was significantly behind on the amount of weight I am expected to lose by my next surgeon appointment and decided I would go back to post-surgery basics, but with protein, meds and Vitamins added. I began this regimen on Thursday, March 14th, weighing 219lb. Today, I weighed in at 210 pounds.
Here is what I do: I take three 16 ounce bottles of water and to them I add 1 scoop Genepro, which is flavorless, 30g protein and only 60 calories. You can drink it plain or flavor it however you,d like, just don't add calories more than 20, perhaps, with whatever you choose. I add sugar free decaffeinated ice tea powder to mine. These three bottles become my "meals" for the day, Breakfast, lunch, supper, giving me 90g protein for the day and only 180 calories. In between these "meals" I drink another 16 ounce bottle of water, giving me a total 96 oz water for the day. Additionally, I take all my meds and vitamins as I am supposed to throughout the day.
Once I reach 209 pounds I will be at the bare minimum of where my surgeon expects her patients to be at 3 months post-op, which puts me at the 50th percentile. I plan on continuing this regimen for the entire 14 days in order to get as near to 201 by the end on March, early April, which will put me in the 75th percentile, which is a MUCH better place to be. Anything below the 50th percentile is considered to be a weight loss surgery patient failure. This info is taken from a Duke University study conducted to discover early weight loss predictors for success or failure among weight loss surgery patients. I explain this study and provide links in the video I've posted here in my status update on Bariatric Pal. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. 🙂
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I so hear your story so well, Continue to do what your doing.. I comprehend better this way than reading all the time. Thank you for all your readings.
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Well, I am still on schedule for a December 26th surgery, but no longer sleeve, but instead bypass. Here is a link to my latest YouTube video explaining why the change:
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Just weighed in at 274.5 on my home scale. Yesterday, fully dressed at surgeon's, was 277 and some change. I'll just go with my home scale. Today I start on a calorie restricted diet from now until surgery to shrink the liver. They sent me home with a bunch of protein shake samples to use. My upper GI endoscopy is today, at 1:30, so I'm not actually going to be able to even have a shake or drop of water until after then. Sleep study is tonight. That's a long story! I'm just glad I got it scheduled, or my surgery would have had to be postponed. Surgery scheduled for Dec. 26th.
