Did I get your attention???

Ok, curiosity... when I answer posts here, I am always coming from a perspective of a "food addict"

But many times I have people write back...

"But I don't have an addiction to food"

Which I always think to myself YEAH RIGHT!

Don't beat me up I'm being honest!!

What can I say I'm pessimistic, I also laugh when people say they don't eat TO MUCH so they don't understand how the are fat.. I AM FAT BECAUSE I EAT LIKE A PIG (alone mostly)

Today I thought about, "what if I'm wrong?"

I mean...I am me and I am addicted, how do I know how the next person is???

I'm curious as an addicted fat person how is it for those of you who are not addicted?

Oh and on a side note if I am wrong, then I'm also jealous because I would give anything not to have this problem (addiction)

There have been some studies that demonstrate the hormonal benefits to WLS. We all talk about the gherlin hormone but that's not the only hormone affected and hunger isn't the only thing affected by gherlin. I had a link to a great study where they basically did VSG on mice to study the hormonal effects and it was very interesting. Can't find it at the moment.

Suffice it to say that there is something to the theory of "metabolic reset" immediately after WLS, doctors just aren't 100% sure how it works, but observational data keeps demonstrating it. For example, look how many diabetics are able to give up insulin treatments almost immediately after surgery....before the massive weight is lost and the blood glucose systems have had time to correct themselves.

I agree with the idea of a metabolic reset. However, bypass surgery is the best option for diabetics because it seems the gut has a big role in insulin resistance, and bypassing a portion of it is what makes those patients able to stop taking insulin so shortly after surgery. People with diabetes who get the sleeve can get the same results, but it happens over time, with weight loss.

/rant on

This has nothing to do with this thread but I am posting in here because I think I have reached my limit of bullshit posts the last several days, and the denial comment was spot on!!! If I see one more post of "I ate what I want, it is okay if you do" and they have lost 90 pounds in 3 months, or the "I don't know why I am fat, I ate healthy", or the "I don't exercise and I lost 100 pounds in 2 months", I MAY JUST PUNCH A b***h!!!!

/rant off

phew that felt good..carry on..nothing to see here

I agree with the idea of a metabolic reset. However, bypass surgery is the best option for diabetics because it seems the gut has a big role in insulin resistance, and bypassing a portion of it is what makes those patients able to stop taking insulin so shortly after surgery. People with diabetes who get the sleeve can get the same results, but it happens over time, with weight loss.

From what I have researched and seen, people with diabetes are taken off their insulin rather quickly. Some studies have indicated that within 5 years, an individual may get diabetes. But not many, What I do know is that if we are gastric bypass, the sleeve, or lap band, we can still gain our weight back by reverting to old eating patterns of foods high in sugar, fat, and salt. And that is the main ingredients in restaurant foods that are served to us. This is a good reminder as to why I need to cook for myself and keep my foods clean. I need this reminder quite often just to stay focused. I love to be catered too..LOL

/rant on

This has nothing to do with this thread but I am posting in here because I think I have reached my limit of bullshit posts the last several days' date=' and the denial comment was spot on!!! If I see one more post of "I ate what I want, it is okay if you do" and they have lost 90 pounds in 3 months, or the "I don't know why I am fat, I ate healthy", or the "I don't exercise and I lost 100 pounds in 2 months", I MAY JUST PUNCH A b***h!!!!

/rant off

phew that felt good..carry on..nothing to see here [/quote']

Thank you I needed that.

The thing that makes me want to punch someone around here is when I hear someone say they ate a cupcake or drank a chocolate shake and it broke their stall. First of all....correlation does not equal causation. Secondly, many a cupcake has been eaten without weight being lost. In fact, it's usually gained. So you ate a cupcake and the next day you lost 2 pounds....doesn't mean it was the cupcake. Logic dictates it was not the cupcake. Hell I can lose 2 pounds doing my morning poop.

I ate a butter bean and it broke my stall.

Too bad I can't poop.

I ate a butter bean and it broke my stall.

Too bad I can't poop.

The ironic thing is I'm allergic to Beans. I wish I was allergic to cupcakes.

I seem to be allergic to pooping. :ph34r:

Eat some aspartame.....I mean fiber one.

Thank you I needed that.

The thing that makes me want to punch someone around here is when I hear someone say they ate a cupcake or drank a chocolate shake and it broke their stall. First of all....correlation does not equal causation. Secondly' date=' many a cupcake has been eaten without weight being lost. In fact, it's usually gained. So you ate a cupcake and the next day you lost 2 pounds....doesn't mean it was the cupcake. Logic dictates it was not the cupcake. Hell I can lose 2 pounds doing my morning poop.[/quote']

Yes I agree this is dangerous information to some of us around here it's the perfect example of an enabler for those of us hanging by a thread here in dealing with addictive personalities..

I must admit I've been swayed in the past!

There was a post a month ago about someone eating a package of m&ms then a cupcake during the day and that night licking the frosting off of 11 other donuts and LOST 4 pounds the next day

Haha I meant 11 other cupcakes! See butter now I have donuts on the brain!

Haha I meant 11 other cupcakes! See butter now I have donuts on the brain!

Ha.....my fault.

But your fault I have Captain Crunch on the brain. If only they would sprinkle some Captain Crunch on the donuts instead of those nasty little pastel colored plastic sprinkly things (which I believe are secretly colored rabbit turds).

Yes.. Many enablers here don't realize that just because something works (temporarily) doesn't mean it's the right thing to share. The wrong path is not the lifelong path anyone here needs to be guided to.

/rant on

"I don't exercise and I lost 100 pounds in 2 months",

/rant off

I read this thread...SMH...There's definitely something smelly in the litter box if this is the case.

Ha.....my fault.

But your fault I have Captain Crunch on the brain. If only they would sprinkle some Captain Crunch on the donuts instead of those nasty little pastel colored plastic sprinkly things (which I believe are secretly colored rabbit turds).

They do.. You're just not at the right donut place! Thank goodness, huh?

Ha.....my fault.

But your fault I have Captain Crunch on the brain. If only they would sprinkle some Captain Crunch on the donuts instead of those nasty little pastel colored plastic sprinkly things (which I believe are secretly colored rabbit turds).

Mua ha hah ha ha....

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNwBNynQWw

This place is close to my house!!