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Thanks guys!

Wow! Just wow. So skin surgery, what did you have done? Just stomach or more?

This is great inspiration for me. I am an ex-runner, ex-cyclist and now even ex-walker due to my failing knees. I miss running so much. I look forward to being able to do these things again. You have shown me it may be possible! Thank you.

I am scheduled for RNY Distal on May 27. Feel free to add me as a friend.

This is a great place for support! Welcome.

That is the right attitude! Awesome job. I often wonder how the hydration plays into sports after surgery. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Looking Fantastic! Great Job. Keep up the hard work.

Fantastic feedback! @josie and Blair Very good insight, definitely learning and it all makes sense. The things you say about not feeling full, you try things but they just don't have the same appeal. No fullness. All very interesting, and it is bringing back thoughts of when I was younger, and would look at a chocolate…

@blairmundy: Very interesting. Your comment on your two insights of brain and stomach. HOW do we change our thinking? I had a small salad last night for dinner, but had also made some pork loin and fried cabbage for my other half. I originally planned to eat with him. However after eating the salad I was full. My brain…

@joysie1970: Congrats on loosing the meds! And yes, I look forward to that day as well.

I have struggled also during this pre-op time. I am scheduled for surgery May 27th. It seems a pattern that I follow each month, I do well for about 10 days and then bad for 3, then back to good. I have done this for the last five months. The good news is that I actually have lost some weight during this time. Not a lot…

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Oh yes I did read the entire post!!! THANK YOU for being there. You're insight is always very helpful. Loving yourself is important, and so often forgetting that it is what causes one to give up and not care. Slowly learning to push yourself is often not understood, and you did a beautiful job explaining that here. The…

Where you are in the WLS process? Do you have a surgery date yet? Started program in Jan/2015. Did Orientation/Group meetings/Surgeon meeting, etc. Met with Psych analysis and Nutrition. Next meeting for Surgery Education and pre-op orientation with Nutritionist. Personal stats? Heaviest 316 Current 300 What is your weight…

Love this! Thanks.

That show actually had a smaller series of each of these patients as they followed them for seven years. Seeing the changes in these individuals through the years is REALLY a eye opener. Not sure if you can find it on the net, but the young man who was in his 20s actually fell into a coma for months and barely survived.…

My sister works in medical field and a simple have you had Bariatric surgery usually works as a question. Could you just put that on the bracelet?

I am still pre-surgery also, so my uptake on the situation may be different from those post op. I spent a couple weeks last month going a very high protein and no carbs diet except for what was gleaned from vegetables and had the exact same symptoms. Very light headed and weak. I decided to eat carbs again and felt better…

Good news!

Not scheduled for surgery yet. I am in the COE program and at the point of coming in for a second visit with the Nutritionist. [She wants to see a perfect diary. (which makes the temptation to not log everything very difficult to combat!) I suppose to be eating 1500/day, I am shooting for 1200, which helps me keep it at…

Thank you for sharing. Great article.

Cool Beans Hildabeans!! Looking good.

This was pretty cool! Like the intro to Ms America! LOL

Among the farm fields of Wisconsin. the I LOVE CHEESE state more than the Dairy state these days. Grrr... to those Californians. :smile: It was nice today... only -3 with NO WIND Chill!!! Yeah. Guess I am getting too used to this weather.

That is a cool idea. Smells are very powerful. I am going to try this. I also love the hot drink idea. I love something warm when tired, although if at work, it may put me to sleep! Maybe mint extract in warm water.... too much like toothpaste water??? :smile:

Someone wrote this in the comments on that thread... "There is a change to metabolic chemistry after surgery that is not fully understood. Ghrelin is increased for instance. My blood sugar normalized almost immediately. You would not get these effects." I have recently tried to mimic the bariactric diet and it is very…

Thank you for sharing your story. It is another consideration for me upon having surgery. I could joke that I am from the State of Beer and Cheese, and there are more bars/per capita than another state, but the truth is alcohol consumption is a part of my social life now. From wine tasting to after dinner cocktail, having…

I have used the TDEE and found it to be very helpful. I went through each stage of weight loss to figure what my maintenance should be for each depending on my activity level. I am 5'7" and age 49 and extremely sedentary. Under 1500 steps aday. To maintain at a weight of: 291 eat 2760 cal/day no activity. 230 eat 2089…

I see articles about people trading one addiction for another.. food to alcohol. I do have drinks on the weekend or occasionally wine with a meal. I am certain that my tolerance will drop to the floor upon having surgery. I am already seeing the affects through a change in my diet. I suppose that is why this discussion…

I guess what im trying to understand is can you have a drink again? Without putting yourself in danger? Does anyone who has had the surgery now after a couple years down the road enjoy a glass of wine? Or cocktail? Or do you get ill when attempted??