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Everything posted by WInston223322
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First steps excitement
Get a flush kit online and flush it out! Trust me it will be the best decision you made
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Taste buds changed?
Yes for sure as a trained chef my taste and smell has really changed. Some foods i loved just do nothing anymore however things i was no really found of I know like
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Never hit goal weight now I’m at pre weight
Keep it up - I have seen many kick habits. You got this and focus on anything else that keeps you from addiction, I am a guy and casual relationships, Tv, and my dog help me combat some of the demons. I would rather be with a friend fooling around then eat a Twinkie. My dog has me moving so he keeps me busy and off the junk food, Tv bores me so i fall asleep - while asleep no eating. There are ways to mind screw yourself from the demons.
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What are you BINGEING????
Ozark and the outer banks! Ozark is a great time killer but watch from Season one oh Heist also
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Cancer Weight Gain
The above post nailed it - and I am the same size as you and i agree dropping below 210 for me is to frail. Good luck on the other issues Congrads on beating the Cancer b***h
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7 weeks post op...
Common Stay on Course this is a Journey not a sprint! Stop weighing yourself or you will end up in a rubber room with a special jacket the buckles in the back! You are getting healthy and it is not consistent weight lose, Your body is going to decide not the scale. Follow the plan and focus on getting healthy - Not the numbers of pounds or Pounds per day - It will happen Trust me I and the counter on the bottom right of this page are the proof
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To sleeve or not to sleeve
You have two choices! 1. Live the way you are and you most likely will develope obsese related diseases, be unhappy and you may as well go on Amazon and order a Urn because you addiction to food will most likely kill you quicker! FYI you will miss out on a ton of life and will be unable to be happy! 2. Or you can buy the tool that will unable you to become healthy and Happy and offset Number 1 As for doing it alone i did alone. I met with my doctor Bass paid the 12k and 8 days later drove myself to the hospital and Get Er Done! Need i say it was the best decision i ever made!
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Low fat high protein diet
First of all stay safe - You are the same age as my two kids who are also doing college now from my office. Since you are young i would suggest you look at the High protein work out diets. My son is on one for building muscle now and he does not have a weight issue but has lost 20 pounds while building muscle
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Low Blood Pressure
You need to really up them I do not think bottled pre made is strong eneogh the tablets on Amazon for runners work great and easy to use
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Quarantine and Drinking
I agree and as a alcoholic i fully understand the disease, I will say i have never been able to kick the habit and most likely never will. I would add caution to the fact that the desire to drink after WLS is much more stronger post OP. I have been drinking since 16 years old and Done severe damage toll my body from it. I can function all day and get my company going but come 5 oclock its few drinks and off to bed. Post Op is even worse with the desire daily to drink, so the buyer beware is Dead On!
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Lower BMI - Skin/recovery
Im a male and Have found that using the skin tighting lotions and tools do help, I have very little loose skin currently and have reached where i want to be
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Holy cow... comparison pictures, 3 months
Nice job FYI i love Top gun movie!
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Diet questions
KETO NO GO = You are getting healthy not inducing fats - Plus you can not stay on that you need to get a well balanced diet of healthy foods/
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Low Blood Pressure
I currently have it also, Problem is I had high blood pressure and had heart surgery. So if i take my heart meds and jump up I am going down. One thing i have found that helps is electrolytes, I use the tablets that go in a bottle of water. If you keep them high it seems to minimize the dizzy. I have been told this will pass once you get healthy, but for me I move slow and get up slow.
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Vsg and diet pills???
I was told NO go on any diet pills, Guess the reason was you need to adjust your life style and eating addiction Not rely on a pill. My surgeon said NO
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Quarantine and Drinking
I am going the other way! I do drink and have drank since about 3 months out. I agree with all of you that the calories in Vodka or any alcohol are high, However during this journey I relied on it to end the days stress and go to sleep. Now the old days would be lots of drinks, Now its just a Vodka and Flavored Protein water for me and Night Night - I do feel for you with the stress it is really getting to me also, My company is shut down and hemorrhaging money daily. So my view is if one drink helps - Go for it - Just exercised it off the next day
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Never hit goal weight now I’m at pre weight
You did it once do it again! You have to kick this addiction to food and focus on other things. Eat to survive only. Keep your calories real low and follow a Meal plan EXACTLY how the plan was written. These pills and such are only tools and you have to control intake. You got this just take the journey and Get Er Done! AJ
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Sips/ loop day
We are same day almost, I do not eat much or follow any plan either, I think you hit it the same way i did. I rely on vitamans and supplements and I mean a ton of them daily. So what I am missing from food i get in liquid or pill form. My blood work is perfect also so that is the key to both of us and we both exercise. I am trying to eat more but just have a hard time eating AJ
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Pre-Surgery Advice: What do you wish you knew?
Wish i would have know hoiw much healthier and happier I would be after surgery! I should have done this years ago! My only advice is this is a journey, just like a trip plan for a journey. It is only a tool that enables you to get heathy. The rest is up to you in how you control the head games, Your addiction to food, You current way of life. Seems weird but you get used to no eating anymore and focus on more important things in life Aj
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Ate Pulled Pork
As a insane grilling machine, I Smoke shoulders and briskets all the time. Need more information. Did you inject it with a anything? What Rub did you use? Did you trim off the fat or most of it prior to pulling it? Or did you do the big NO NO .......... Did you buy a pan of it pre made from Sams or Cosco? If pre made read the label has so many chemicals and enhancers in it! You should be fine Cooking your own shoulder or but and the light season or very light sugar free Sauce
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Question for vets
10 Months and still full restricted eat very little
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Preparing for Surgery. Advice: What you wish you knew
I wish i would have know that it is a tool and you have to get the whole shop in order! Read this site the ups and downs but you will be so happy on this journey
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Am I eating too little? How not to ruin my metabolism?
She is correct - Eat healthy good portions and it will shred the weight. Just finished my journey and never used a app or counted calories!
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Trouble Sleeping
still to this day i have it - I believe its the major changes we are gong thru mentally and physically! One thing that did help me was a sleep sound machine off amazon. I sleep in the jungle now or by the ocean
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Done and Fun 9 Months
For all of you out there that are on the fence let me tell you this! You have two choices - Choice one is to stay the way you are and get sick from being fat and die young ............... Or you can make the decision and get a surgery which is tool to get you healthy! My story At the age of 51 i decided I had played hard eneogh, Hard core partying drinking girls and of course a miserable diet of garbage food and carbs! I had a issue with my heart and ended up at Naples Cardiac ward! Laying on the table not knowing if i would ever see my two kids again and who would get them thru college and such I made the decision that if i make it thru this Heart Issue I would get healthy. As you can see I am posting so i did make it thru it. I then had the sleeve which was a tool to begin the journey! With this site and getting your head in line, anyone can do it! If anyone needs any help I am paying forward what many here have helped me so PM and I will mentor and help any way I can! You have to realize being overweight limits you and will kill you - It is not going to be a easy journey but the reward is well worth it -