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No game    14,436

No game
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I'm watching this on 20/20 right now :P

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=19840923&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtongue%2Bpatch%2Bdiet%26source%3Duniv%26tbm%3Dnws%26tbo%3Du%26sa%3DX%26ei%3D9Y_8UdXxFsS0iQLXw4AY%26ved%3D0CCgQqAI

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Fiddleman    4,376

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Oh my! This is so much more fringe than the tube connected out of the stomach approach you showed us last year, essentially emptying sludge yet of the body after it is digested. Remember that? This must be a fun hobby of yours: to find weird and interesting weight loss techniques! Thanks for the entertainment. :)

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Dawnyellow    80

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Eww. Lol. I can't imagine how your breath would smell wearing that. I thought that I'd tried every diet out there- but apparently not! Haha!

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Well, I don't understand the logic, but maybe 'pattern-interruptus' works. Also a LOT of commercials on the east coast for something you swallow that swells up in your stomach so "you literally can't eat". Imagine what THAT would do to our sleeve -- EEK!!!

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Fiddleman    4,376

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Well' date=' I don't understand the logic, but maybe 'pattern-interruptus' works. Also a LOT of commercials on the east coast for something you swallow that swells up in your stomach so "you literally can't eat". Imagine what THAT would do to our sleeve -- EEK!!![/quote']

Oh that sounds like the full bar they have been selling for a few years. The bar is designed to be eaten 20 minutes before a meal and swells up in the stomach to simulate a WLS. I did try these a number of years ago, but I did not find they worked that well. It was right when they were first coming out. Today you can find the full bar plus spin off products at costco, most grocery stores in weight management section and online at Amazon. As you said, I would not recommend eating these in tandem with WLS. Who knows what would happen and what kind of special pain you would endure...not recommended!

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Fiddleman    4,376

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By the way, how does putting a patch on your tongue inflict pain when eating solid food? Are there spikes on it or something?

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No game    14,436

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By the way' date=' how does putting a patch on your tongue inflict pain when eating solid food? Are there spikes on it or something?[/quote']

I think the premise of the diet, is that when you chew and swallow food, it inflicts excruciating pain.

Making it only possible to do a liquid diet...

Yeah, Can you say milkshake? :P

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Fiddleman    4,376

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Yeah, need to be careful then. The late night Oreo shake would only be one jack in the box drive through away. I hope that as part of sewing on a tongue torture device, that the program also provides solid nutritional and fitness consultation. If these folks truly have an issue with controlling what they put in their mouth, then a patch is not going to keep them from drinking milk shakes and blizzards. And it is only for a month. Of course, we have the same concerns with VSG. However, I think the structured nutritional and support programs that VSG WLS Centers provide over the long term make VSG a clear choice over short term tongue stamping. These tongue stampers will be back to eating whatever they want if they do not reprogram their relationship with food. I honestly do not think 1 month is enough time to make these changes. Maybe tongue stamping is cheap enough that it is sort of a vanity procedure that can be done whenever, like taking a diet pill. Just some thoughts...

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No game    14,436

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Jack in the box drive through :P

Ok that's the funny part...well all of it is funny.

But the doctor sews this on for a month because it takes a month to break a habit or learn a new behavior... I don't know about that because 9 months later? I'm still trying to learn new habits and kick old behaviors.

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Nicolanz    1,484

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That. Is. Craaaaazy!

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Nicolanz    1,484

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Jack in the box drive through :P

Ok that's the funny part...well all of it is funny.

But the doctor sews this on for a month because it takes a month to break a habit or learn a new behavior... I don't know about that because 9 months later? I'm still trying to learn new habits and kick old behaviors.

I think once that thing was removed, I'd eat everything in sight! I'd gain back everything I lost and then some in like 3 days!

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Beach Lover    1,084

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This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen!! Who in there right mind even those desperate to lose weight (and we know what that is like) would do something like this! To spend $2,000 on this is crazy! You know they lost Water weight and a few pounds and that's it. The weight and eating behaviors are going to come right back with a few more pounds to boot! They are going to hate themselves for doing this one!! I would never admit to this stupidity!!

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No game    14,436

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I think once that thing was removed' date=' I'd eat everything in sight! I'd gain back everything I lost and then some in like 3 days![/quote']

One of the girls that had it done? The first thing she did, was to eat all of her favorite Filipino dishes she had missed..

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