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Acronyms - Lets Make A List...

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LilMissDiva Irene    3,282

LilMissDiva Irene
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We need a complete list of acronyms used here. Please assist by placing out some suggestions. I will give it a weeks time and compile the list. I will also pin it so it's easy to find in THIS forum (most used)

Thanks in advance to all helping out!!

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LilMissDiva Irene    3,282

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Here's the obvious ones:

VSG = Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy

VST = Vertical Sleeve Talk

MFP = My Fitness Pal

GB = Gastric Bypass

DS = Doudenal Switch

LB = Lap Band

LBT = Lap Band Talk

NSV = Non scale Victory (Nice moments of weight loss not including the number on the scale)

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Bgirl    1

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We need a complete list of acronyms used here. Please assist by placing out some suggestions. I will give it a weeks time and compile the list. I will also pin it so it's easy to find in THIS forum (most used)

Thanks in advance to all helping out!!

What is onederland...?

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LilMissDiva Irene    3,282

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What is onederland...?

Onederland is when you reach a weight that starts with a 1 instead of a 2, or 3.. etc.

199 Lbs or less.

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mztialady    38

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mswl = medically supervised weight loss

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MzPecanBrown    86

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TOM - Time of the month. Lots of posts about bloating during menstrual cycles.

Sent from my iPhone using VST

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LilMissDiva Irene    3,282

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What is DH? Dear Husband???

Yes, or could be Damm Husband too... depends! :)

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Wheetsin    714

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For WLS

AGB = adjustable gastric band (like the lap-band, but not brand name)

RNY = Roux en Y

BMI = Body mass index

BMR = Basal metabolic rate

PPI = proton pump inhibitor

PB = productive burp (I know it's a band thing, and a horribly misleading name, but it has come up in the revisions forum)

NSAID = Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

Not an abbreviation (lots of these aren't) but sliming - excessive saliva production

Like above, foaming/foamies - saliva that has been "churned" in the esophagus and comes in looking like soap foam or Shampoo lather

NSV - non-scale victory, a general well being victory that does not involve your weight (clothing fitting looser, a nice compliment, walking X stairs without getting winded, etc.)

I'll think of more later, I know there's a bunch.

More just conversational...

The family ones - DD, DA, DH, MIL, FIL, SIL... where does it end? Second cousin twice removed? SCTR? Bah.

HTH = hope this helps

IIRC = if I remember correctly

AFAIK = as far as I know

IMO/IME = in my opinion/in my experience

IMHO/IMHE = in my humble opinion/in my humble experience

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Oregondaisy    2,021

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The one that stumped me that I see all the time here is SMH shaking my head.

There is a huge list if you google net lingo.

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LeaveItToSleever    80

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YANA = you are not alone

YOLO = you only live once

ITA = I totally agree

FWIW = for what it's worth

BTW = by the way

FTW = for the win

KWIM = know what I mean

WDYT = what do you think

WWYD = what would you do

SAHW = stay at home wife

SAHM = stay at home mom

RHO...= real housewives of...

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coexist23    82

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I know what a second cousin is. But but the heck does twice removed mean?

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newat52    1,613

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I know what a second cousin is. But but the heck does twice removed mean?

I'd like to know too!

Is there gonna be a test on all this stuff? :D

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Nut = Nutritionist

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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