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It is insertional. MD has started talking about surgery. However, my understanding is that the recovery is BRUTAL! I am wanting to lose weight for a number of reasons-one would be avoiding surgery!

WOW! I did not expect so many responses so quickly. Thanks! Doing a lot of walking ends up being very painful. I can live with some pain-even some 4 out of 10.. Yet, the pain from this gets to be an 8 out of 10. I use ice and anti-inflammatories I feel that I have spent a small fortune on shoes and orthotics. I don't think…

I have physical limitations as well. I want to participate as well. Bike sounds great!

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The only thing that has helped me with portion control has been an appetite suppressant.

Just remember that the surgery is only a tool. It is not a solution in and of itself!

I can totally understand your frustration! I had a three week plateau that really put a dent on my average weekly weight loss. The thing that got me off my plateau was to eat over my calorie limit of 1200 a day.

I believe that the emotional payoffs for staying fat can sabotage someone in their weight loss. Definitely! However, I do not believe that they are impossible to break. I believe that there is an emotional component In being overweight. However, I also feel that it is a physical issue as well. I do not believe that all…

Since logging, I have gotten up to 4000 one day. Before logging, 10,000 easy. I used to eat from fast food restaurants almost exclusively.

1. I want to be able to walk without being in a lot of pain 2. I am tired of being the fattest person in my family-immediate and extended 3. I am tired of being the fattest person in my department at work-and it is a large department 4. I am tired of taking a ton of medicine 5. I am tired of being tired all the time

None of us are going to be perfect In our weight loss journey!

Hi whitedove4! I am also 50+. My mother has COPD, so I can relate in that way to the challenges that you face. Also, I work in a hospital (social worker) so I have come in contact with several people living with COPD. I am also challenged in exercise with bad knees and chronic Achilles tendinitis. I don't know where that…

I need to buy something too! Thanks for the idea!