Gastric bypass. Truck driver

bhicks1226
bhicks1226 Posts: 2 Member
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I need some help. I’m just starting the process for gastric bypass. I am a truck driver that is on the road weeks at a time. Getting to a grocery store is a challenge. Are there any other truck drivers out there that can give me some pointers and answer questions?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I'm not a truck driver, but have you asked yourself this: Is gastric bypass the solution? Will having the operation make getting to a grocery store any easier?
  • Lutielu
    Lutielu Posts: 188 Member
    I work in a trucking company. We have quite a few drivers who have decided to get healthier and are taking creative steps to do so. One brings a lightweight bike behind the cab so he can exercise and go to the store if needed.
  • bhicks1226
    bhicks1226 Posts: 2 Member
    Won’t make it easier to get to the store. Will help with quicker weight loss which will make excercise fun again because it will take weight and strain off my joints.
  • lantana411
    lantana411 Posts: 99 Member
    Everyone selects their solution - don't let anyone question your decisions. Seriously. A friend had the surgery and told me something that haunts me to this day. After the surgery she couldn't eat a lotta cookies at once - but she could eat a cookie every 20 minutes. The surgery changes plumbing, not the brain's wiring. If you're an emotional eater be sure to work to resolve your issues in whatever way you feel is best (support group, therapy, etc.) because a plumbing change won't stop people from using food as more than fuel.
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    edited June 2018
    The appetite control center is located in the brain and not the stomach. I'm not talking you out of it but 2 years down the road those old hunger hormones and trickery triggers are still there. Check out the % of those with WLS that do not rebound within 5 years. It is an eye opener. 7%. It is 5% for those without WLS.

    "5 percent of the population can keep their weight off after losing it
    "95 percent of the population thinks they are in this 5 percent"


    Here's an informative blog that I've read for years with many posts. I took by the bull by the horns and just started tracking my data points and stats.

    Think it over. That is all.
    http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2016/09/surgery-for-weight-loss.html

    http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2016/05/losing-and-regaining-weight.html

    http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2013/08/gastric-bypass-holy-grail-of-weight.html


    " What they are hoping you don't know about is for one, the Roslin study which found that 3 months after a gastric bypass, the appetite comes back worse than before surgery in many patients.

    This clinical study of 63 gastric bypass patients (that means the researcher, a gastric bypass surgeon himself, actually examined the patients), also found that many of these patients had "glucose abnormalities" which would, in part, explain their voracious appetites.

    Bottom line - to lose weight by getting sick after you eat? Life is just too short for that one, you may well find. 5% of people on non surgical diet nutritional programs can keep off the weight. 7% of weight loss surgery patients (all surgeries, several studies) can keep off the weight. But that extra 2% which isn't very much of a differential, is counting those with "glucose abnormalities" and other health problems after weight loss surgery."


    "Dr Terry Simpson tells us that success with Weight Loss surgery (any procedure) is 10% the surgery and 90% the patient.

    So after taking rather serious and sometimes life threatening risks to have one's digestive tract rearranged, you can see that it is not very much more effective in keeping off weight than is a non surgical program.

    Looking at things this way, the seeker should also be aware that merely embracing a healthy lifestyle of mostly wise food choices and exercise 5 days a week will keep you healthy at any weight.(Lee CD, Blair SN, Jackson AS. Cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1999 Mar;69(3):373-80)"
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    lantana411 wrote: »
    Everyone selects their solution - don't let anyone question your decisions. Seriously. A friend had the surgery and told me something that haunts me to this day. After the surgery she couldn't eat a lotta cookies at once - but she could eat a cookie every 20 minutes. The surgery changes plumbing, not the brain's wiring. If you're an emotional eater be sure to work to resolve your issues in whatever way you feel is best (support group, therapy, etc.) because a plumbing change won't stop people from using food as more than fuel.
    Don't let anyone question your decisions, (Goes on questioning decision.)
  • CowboySar
    CowboySar Posts: 404 Member
    I wont comment on the bypass surgery as that's your choice to make.

    I used to drive truck and it is tough to eat right and darn near impossible to exercise. I bought a 12 volt cooler and would pack it with food and try and keep it stocked. Walmarts are trucker friendly and have grocery sections to buy healthy food even the truck stops should carry wraps, turkey breast luncheon meat, and the like which will help keeping cals down, although not ideal. Eating in the restaurant order salads, or health proteins. Park at the far end of the truck stop and walk, don't hire swampers to load or unload do it yourself.

    Trucking is a tough lifestyle you will need to be very creative.

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