As @FluffyChix stated in the original thread:

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Let's share all our sophomore experiences, our angst, our struggles, our suggestions--let's talk about life! Let's become friends! You can be on any kind of food plan, do any kind of exercise or not, be gay or straight, engage in cardio or not--you just have to be in the "tweener" stage post WLS.

Not a Newbie but not yet a Vet - Sophomores have different challenges and are coping with an awkward middle stage, so please only post if you've passed the six month post-surgery mark!

16 hours ago, clsumrall said:

Dr V had this on Facebook he really hits the mark

Link isn't working hon.

Dr v Facebook page had the link

Go to Facebook and put in his name

Having already had a revision to bypass for reflux, this one scared the hell out of me! I do totally agree with his comment about fixing your brain, though!

32 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Having already had a revision to bypass for reflux, this one scared the hell out of me! I do totally agree with his comment about fixing your brain, though!

Just a sobering message right? I swear I've been working toward this since day 1. It's not magic bean surgery. And so many are going to unfortunately have a crazy aha moment.

(But hey, does he look like he's on something? He looks either slightly gassed or high?)

15 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Just a sobering message right? I swear I've been working toward this since day 1. It's not magic bean surgery. And so many are going to unfortunately have a crazy aha moment.

(But hey, does he look like he's on something? He looks either slightly gassed or high?)

Lots of times, I think he's gone off the rails, but some of this was really interesting.

24 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Lots of times, I think he's gone off the rails, but some of this was really interesting.

I honestly agree with him! I just don't feel very comfortable with his state of mind? Or that he appears to have washed out of the medical / surgical world? You know? But his stuff about head work is straight up truth.

1 hour ago, clsumrall said:

Go to Facebook and put in his name

Wow! Tough love. Love it. Straight up truth. I swear it. Thanks for sharing!

4 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I honestly agree with him! I just don't feel very comfortable with his state of mind? Or that he appears to have washed out of the medical / surgical world? You know? But his stuff about head work is straight up truth.

Agreed

He always looks slightly too tired or high or manic on his live chats to me ????

But...

His message is still valid. And these he's still giving away for free. So i don't automatically throw the baby out with the bath water.

And...

He's so funny and blunt. It's like amazing advice and stand-up ?

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3 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

He always looks slightly too tired or high or manic on his live chats to me ????

But...

His message is still valid. And these he's still giving away for free. So i don't automatically throw the baby out with the bath Water.

And...

He's so funny and blunt. It's like amazing advice and stand-up ?

Absolutely! He does look slightly "out there." But man. It's like, he's about the only one out there talking about the truth. The surgery isn't magic. It will only get us so far. And we can't wait until it quits working to start doing the work that got us the life time invitation to the Obesity Ball. We MUST be proactive and get to doing the hard work asap. Pre-op if at all humanly possible.

It is always that angle from which I view WLS. I want to stay obsessed with my journey of transformation. I want to never be cocky enough to where I can't own my own crap.

I love that he calls that forward and calls us on our ****. Cuz in my honest opinion, most of us have WAY too many enablers in our life., In fact, we're our own worst enabler. Self-enablers...

Y'all

Move date last night ( Us by Jordan Peele ... Sooooo good!) and at GNC lookie lookie what i discovered anf snuck in ???...

Did anyone else know about this?

1 bag is 100% of the RDA of fiber ! I shared and only ate about 1/2 or 1/3 of the bag, but... They are AMAZING

Do me a favor and try for yourself ?

What are they?

11 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

It is always that angle from which I view WLS. I want to stay obsessed with my journey of transformation. I want to never be cocky enough to where I can't own my own crap.

I agree. One thing he mentions (I'm not sure if it was this video) is that we have to get to the point where we don't identify as weight-loss patients. I'm not sure if I agree with that. I think we always have to be cognizant that what goes down can go back up if you're not diligent. Also, we can't forget the challenges we have to get enough nutrition when our intake is much less than other people's. We also need to ask, every d@mn time, if meds we are prescribed will work properly with our altered anatomy, etc.

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

What are they?

Omgosh, what a sheltered life you've led! ?