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Lee4love1

By Lee4love1, in Fitness & Exercise

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BuffettPhan    0

BuffettPhan
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I just bought a bike yesterday! A MASI, it’s a racing bike, I haven’t been in the saddle since 90, but have dropped enough weight to make the idea of a road bike appealing. I also didn’t want to buy two bikes.

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hoosierpoms    0

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welcome buffettphan

Where are you from and where did you have your surgery???

Did you take a picture of your new bike...we love pictures on here.

Hope everyone else is all doing well!!!!

I am doing homework, not loosing weight, but also not gaining it either.....ready for some warmer weather

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jcgrove29    0

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Hi all, I am home from the hospital and feeling much better. I walked 45 minutes this afternoon. No speed records were set but I was able to get a couple miles in before calling it quits.

Thank God this is my last day on Clear Liquids. Tomorrow I start full liquids for the next two weeks, maybe I will get a chance to move the ticker soon.

Thank you for all the well wishes. I am going to try to get comfortable and watch the Football game. Beer is a clear liquid right? (Kidding)

JC

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BuffettPhan    0

BuffettPhan
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welcome buffettphan

Where are you from and where did you have your surgery???

Did you take a picture of your new bike...we love pictures on here.

Hope everyone else is all doing well!!!!

I am doing homework, not loosing weight, but also not gaining it either.....ready for some warmer weather

Hoosierpoms, I am from Hammond, a little town just outside of New Orleans. I was banded at the Surgical Specialists of Louisiana, Dr. Thomas. As for the bike, I have pictures but have had no luck uploading them.

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hoosierpoms    0

hoosierpoms
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JC

glad you are back at home and feeling better......

Take it easy and dont over do it.......

Traci

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babygrl1234    6

babygrl1234
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If beer is a clear liquid I have had a full weekend of clear liquids. I am tired as hell but had a great time up north. I hope J had fun in Vegas.

Talk to you al tomorrow.

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babygrl1234    6

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YOu can drink beer?!?! I thought we shouldn't drink carbonation? Lol. I gave up diet coke and everything!

I can't shotgun it or bong it but I can drink it slowly. I had a lot of bombs and cherry vodka with sptire or cranberry juice. I am not exactly sure when I be fully recovered but I had an amazing time.

I cannot believe the huge difference 85 pounds makes. My friends and I were the hit of the bar (yeah we ARE kind of a big deal) and I actually felt like I fit in this year. I danced, got hit on, got drinks bought for me. I fucking loved it, I am not gonna lie. Dan was a happy man when I got home and worked out all my sexual frustrations of not getting any all weekend lol. But seriously I really felt so good. I still feel like I am so big but obviously I am not as bad as I think if I am getting the attention.

And welcome Buffett. Nice wheels.

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TexasFire    84

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Wow, BG! You rock! (But we knew this already!)

Glad to hear you had such a great time, both during and AFTER the girls night out! LOL

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OH Juli    15

OH Juli
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Hi Kids,

I'm back from Vegas. Viva and all that good stuff. It was a great time and considering I'm sick with a head cold, yet the fuck again, we had a blast.

The bike ride didn't go as well for me as it did Alison. It was 5 miles up, up and up some more. I made it to the top, I walked quite a bit but it was beautiful!!! However the next mile was down, down, down. And now comes the excuses... I was on some bike that fit my legs, my back and arms, but the handle bars were GIANT and the grip for the breaks was a stretch, I could only barely grasp them with my first two fingers. After the first mile of down hill, my hands were numb. And the dude who drove us out there was talking shit about the first hill being cool an easy 30mph, but the second hill he liked to hit 50mph....

So, there I was not feeling well, not realizing the breaks were a struggle and truley just ever so slightly terrified of that 2nd drop after having done the first one...so I chickened out and called the company to come and get me.

I sat on a rock in a beautiful spot for 2 hours Saturday morning while Alison went on to have a great ride. Apparently after the second drop it was pretty level. I'm sad and don't even want to confess I was a candy ass, but I have to be honest with you all.

But the rest of it was great. Paula who I met here on LBT should have picture posted someplace. I haven't looked because I came here first...But she was fantastic and very fun. If you go to Vegas and you want a local to give you the ins and outs she was amazing and fun. You should look her up.

Okay on to read more.

JC, Dude, I'm glad you're on the mend.

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Suzzzie.    3

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Glad you had a good time and made it back safely J! Don't worry about candy-assing your way out of the ride - You made the hills UP which had to be the hardest part, thats where I probably would have quit a long time ago! You'll make it the whole way next time!!

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

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

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