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If he stopped drinking did he pick up another habit that he hasn't fully realised is sabotaging his weight loss? If instead of holding the beer bottle has he moved to some pop or cheetos? Some people just need something to keep their hands busy while watching TV. Teach him to knit. Maybe that will work. Seriously. If it doesn't work, well then, he still learns a new skill!

I go through a lot of pants anyway as I tend to lose them to barbed wire at work. I already have a budget set to pants so there will be no big change there. By the time they get too big to look decent even with a belt I'll probably have ripped the ass out of them.

How did your grocery bill change post-surgery? Did you find you were spending a lot less on food than you did pre-surgery or was it about the same because you bought more expensive products? I ask the live alones because you only shop for you and maybe the cat, unlike the family bandsters who shop for a whole lot of mouths. I don't have a large income and I'm a self pay so I'm hoping that a good chunk of the money that formerly went to groceries can now be diverted into paying the bank back for the surgery. If that plan isn't going to work then I may have a potential problem :thumbup:.

The scale can be your worst enemy if you obsess over it. Plus, muscle weighs more than fat, so it's completely possible to gain weight over time as a GOOD thing. If you're working out and building muscle you may not see a loss in the scale department but you will see it in the butt of your jeans. Long-term trends are what's important, not the day to day fluctuations. Obsessing over the scale number just gives us a new obsession now that our obsession with food has taken a hit.

Coffee is very hard on the stomach, and it's not the caffeine that's the problem either. There are compounds in coffee which increase the hydrochloric acid levels in the stomach, which can lead to ulcers and other bad things. It is also known to have an impact on the esophogeal sphincter and can make food more likely to come back up on you. It has a tendency to slow down the digestive tract in general. Decaffeinating the coffee does not remove the culprit oils. This also explains why many people who cannot drink coffee can do other sources of caffeine with no problem. Depending on how iffy your stomach is to start out will probably depend on what your doctor has to say about drinking it after surgery. Coffee is a mild diuretic and the doc may want you to stay away from it for a bit if he's concerned about you getting enough fluids in general. I personally can't even swallow a sip of it without being doubled over in pain 10 minutes later, and this is before surgery.

Exhaustion is also one of the signs of vitamin B defficiency. That's easy enough to check with a trip to your GP.

I am in favour of chocolate. I think it is a good thing, and I think it could just possibly have justifiable grounds for being its own food group. I don't eat a whole lot of it since it does not return my love, but every once in a while chocolate just has to be a part of your life. And it is for this reason I'm posting this public service announcement about the nopudge products. I happened across them in my local grocery store during one of those moods when your brain says you really want to be good, but your stomach doesn't agree. The comprimise was the purchase of these non-fat brownies that actually taste like something I'd want to eat more than once! The mint ones are divine. Plus, if you are mixerless like me and rely on the strength of your wooden spoon, you're going to get one hell up an upper body workout making these bad boys. Don't skimp on the pan spray either, I learned that one the hard way. If you're out of PAM, parchment paper is your new best friend. Please cheat responsibly. I take no responsibility for you eating the whole pan at one go... the box even gives you the recipe for making a single serving rather than the whole pan so apparently they don't want to take responsibility for you eating the whole pan either. Welcome to No Pudge Fudge - Fat Free Brownie Mix

I am in favour of chocolate. I think it is a good thing, and I think it could just possibly have justifiable grounds for being its own food group. I don't eat a whole lot of it since it does not return my love, but every once in a while chocolate just has to be a part of your life. And it is for this reason I'm posting this public service announcement about the nopudge products. I happened across them in my local grocery store during one of those moods when your brain says you really want to be good, but your stomach doesn't agree. The comprimise was the purchase of these non-fat brownies that actually taste like something I'd want to eat more than once! The mint ones are divine. Plus, if you are mixerless like me and rely on the strength of your wooden spoon, you're going to get one hell up an upper body workout making these bad boys. Don't skimp on the pan spray either, I learned that one the hard way. If you're out of PAM, parchment paper is your new best friend. Please cheat responsibly. I take no responsibility for you eating the whole pan at one go... the box even gives you the recipe for making a single serving rather than the whole pan so apparently they don't want to take responsibility for you eating the whole pan either. Welcome to No Pudge Fudge - Fat Free Brownie Mix

Have you tried the nopudge brownies? The mint ones are to die for! Welcome to No Pudge Fudge - Fat Free Brownie Mix

If I'm out sampling groundwater, spray from sampling gets all over your clothes and your equipment. Dust from drilling contaminated sites also settles all over you and your stuff. Some days when I get home I look like I'm ready to be deep fried becuase I'm covered in dust batter. Potentially contaminated dust batter. Some days I pretty much strip in the driveway because I can't bring the clothes I wore to work into the house for washing without turning them inside out. Bringing food and drink into the situation is generally a company no no because of the potential for it to get contaminated dust and splashes all over it. In the short term that's not a big deal, but after a few years of constant intake of low levels of contamination, you can get quite sick. I'm thinking maybe it's time to patent the beer hard hat. I'd fill it with non-alcoholic beverages of course...

Carbonated beverages have been shown to suck potassium from the body. If you are going to be on a calorie restricted diet (as we all are before the surgery) make sure you're getting enough potassium to compensate for the cola.

If there were then there wouldn't be such a big flap about operating on people with cystic fibrosis, so I am inclined to think not.

As far as I know, no. There's more than one different type of inhaled anaethesia but I think that's the only actual variety. It's not like they can do it as a local or spinal tap. I have to discuss anaethesia with the surgeon as well. The standard one makes me puke my guts out every time. There is apparently a tummy friendly alternative.

Not all pills are built the same. Talk to your doctor and maybe you will get switched to something else that suits you better. Swelling does sound like Water retention. Even though it sounds opposite to what you would expect, drink more water. Less salt.

Kind of a related question... I work a fairly physical job where I'm outside for long periods of time in the sun. Not quite as hard core as road crew but it can be fairly draining. To boot, I can't always have my Water bottle with me because I might contaminate it with PCBs or whatever else I'm working with that day. Anybody in a similar situation where they just can't keep sipping all day? What do you do?

Man, you'd hate to be me. When I get sick I cough so hard I puke. I agree that nobody likes to vomit. Plus, it's very hard on the teeth.

I could handle this but I'm banned from fruit entirely as it contains sugar, and I'm allergic to milk. Bummer. I think I'm going to look like this ---> at the sight of a stick of gum fairly soon.

I don't own a scale. I've never owned a scale. Until now, I've been fine with this because, honestly, I really didn't want to know what it said. I got weighed four or five times a year at the doctor and that seemed enough for me. But now I need a scale and I'm discovering how hard it is to buy one that doesn't need batteries. All I want is something I can jump on and watch the dial go round and then bounce back and forth until it comes to a stop at my weight. Old school, I know. The problem is that all the scales in the stores are digital! I don't want my scale to speak to me and I don't want to worry about having to replace batteries. When did "no additional parts must be added periodically to make this work" go out of fashion? I love modernity. Computers rock and are a lot more user friendly than an abacus. Some things just don't need to be moderized because often, the old school version outlives the modern. So if you know where I can get a good non-digital scale in the Toronto area give me a shout. Otherwise it's off to do some internet shopping. Very modern. Yay! I found one! Why they were selling them at the grocery store of all places, I'll never know, but I care not.

I don't own a scale. I've never owned a scale. Until now, I've been fine with this because, honestly, I really didn't want to know what it said. I got weighed four or five times a year at the doctor and that seemed enough for me. But now I need a scale and I'm discovering how hard it is to buy one that doesn't need batteries. All I want is something I can jump on and watch the dial go round and then bounce back and forth until it comes to a stop at my weight. Old school, I know. The problem is that all the scales in the stores are digital! I don't want my scale to speak to me and I don't want to worry about having to replace batteries. When did "no additional parts must be added periodically to make this work" go out of fashion? I love modernity. Computers rock and are a lot more user friendly than an abacus. Some things just don't need to be moderized because often, the old school version outlives the modern. So if you know where I can get a good non-digital scale in the Toronto area give me a shout. Otherwise it's off to do some internet shopping. Very modern. Yay! I found one! Why they were selling them at the grocery store of all places, I'll never know, but I care not.

I don't own a scale. I've never owned a scale. Until now, I've been fine with this because, honestly, I really didn't want to know what it said. I got weighed four or five times a year at the doctor and that seemed enough for me. But now I need a scale and I'm discovering how hard it is to buy one that doesn't need batteries. All I want is something I can jump on and watch the dial go round and then bounce back and forth until it comes to a stop at my weight. Old school, I know. The problem is that all the scales in the stores are digital! I don't want my scale to speak to me and I don't want to worry about having to replace batteries. When did "no additional parts must be added periodically to make this work" go out of fashion? I love modernity. Computers rock and are a lot more user friendly than an abacus. Some things just don't need to be moderized because often, the old school version outlives the modern. So if you know where I can get a good non-digital scale in the Toronto area give me a shout. Otherwise it's off to do some internet shopping. Very modern.

I don't own a scale. I've never owned a scale. Until now, I've been fine with this because, honestly, I really didn't want to know what it said. I got weighed four or five times a year at the doctor and that seemed enough for me. But now I need a scale and I'm discovering how hard it is to buy one that doesn't need batteries. All I want is something I can jump on and watch the dial go round and then bounce back and forth until it comes to a stop at my weight. Old school, I know. The problem is that all the scales in the stores are digital! I don't want my scale to speak to me and I don't want to worry about having to replace batteries. When did "no additional parts must be added periodically to make this work" go out of fashion? I love modernity. Computers rock and are a lot more user friendly than an abacus. Some things just don't need to be moderized because often, the old school version outlives the modern. So if you know where I can get a good non-digital scale in the Toronto area give me a shout. Otherwise it's off to do some internet shopping. Very modern.

Ok, this is baaaad of me to say but there's a killer butter tart store at the south end of Barrie, just off of Mapleview (aka Molson Park) Drive. I could support driving to Barrie just to stop there!

My GP was the one to bring up PS rather than my surgeon. She was mostly pondering the possibility of me requiring it in the future rather than suggesting it. I don't know if it will be covered by OHIP or not because technically, it will be elective. They paid for my breast reduction because of their sheer size in relation to my body and maybe that will kick in again? Who knows? I will probably be wanting a tummy tuck eventually, and maybe to get my arms done. I definitely won't be doing my breasts again, even if they do get a wee bit deflated. I was also told to wait at least 2 years before getting PS. After all, the band and the year after it have pretty dramatic impacts to the body and you don't want to stress it out too much. Plus it does give you some time to gain a bit of perspective on your new body and what you need vs. want. I agree though, that if you're over 50, the chances of your skin bouncing back is pretty slim and I can understand wanting to get on with it.

I had a reduction done when I was 19 and went from a 36FF to a 36C. I was huuuge! Stripper huge. After the operation my friends kept commenting that they always thought I was fat but it turned out I was skin and bone and all boob. I was 140lbs and a good 20 of it was boob. Too bad that didn't stick 'cause now I'm just fat. I lost some sensation in the area under the nipple, about 2 inches on either side of the vertical incision. I can deal with that but the one thing I really hate is that my headlights are ALWAYS on to some degree. I want to lose weight so I can get myself a nice padded bra that covers the girls a little better and keeps them from showing the constant chills. My surgeon did an excellent job but it's just one of those things that cannot be controlled 100% when you rearrange anatomy.

Great West as in the Canadian benefits company? I have them through work and the approval rate is 0%.