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I am also 5 years out. I cannot really exercise, as I have back and neck issues ( and a knee issue too!). My highest was 422, I went down to 276. Currently 306 ( gained weight in the past year and a half). I am not going to do the pouch test, I am simply going high protein and low calorie. I anticipate ( hope to…
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Great to hear bypassnewbie! I am 5 years out, 422 to 276, never got any lower, now in the past year and a half I have grown to 306 ( actually 315 last week). I have to get back to at lest the 276 because psychologically I was much better than I am now. I have gone back to fat girl mentality- telling myself that I don't…
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Wow! Great dedication and progress!!
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When I was a teenager, having a big butt was a disgrace ( of course I had a big butt). I was a constant butt of the joke ( no pun intended). I was chastised by my mother and teased relentlessly by my brothers and other family members. Thus started my issues with self body image. NOW, having a big butt is in style and…
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Tonya, you are definitely in the right mindset! I was totally against was until I knew that I rely was at my last option As you age your weight can stay the same, but feel different and cause problems that you didn't have years prior, even at the same weight. I knew it was my only decision after I had made a decision a…
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It is a combination of eating significantly less ( in the beginning it is about 2 oz) and the malabsorption part of the surgery, where the newly incisioned intestine does not absorb a majority of the calories from the food that you DO manage to eat. That little special component heals itself at about 12 months after…
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I can't say that it would make you poop more ( longterm), perhaps at the beginning when your digestive system is learning to metabolize different foods you would, but I can tell you for sure, that when you do poop- everyone in the near vicinity knows it ! Odorific! Poopouri spray, matches, mini febreeze spray are staples…
