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First Dr's Appt.
Hello, Had my first bariatric doctor's appt on the 13th. There was a lot to process. The biggest thing is switching from the sleeve to the bypass. The doctor felt that with the amount of GERD/reflux I have it was unwise to consider doing the sleeve. So I'm working on wrapping my head around that. (It also costs $5,000…
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Food Scale for Newbies
I'm considering getting a food scale but I must admit I feel I'm at a loss as to understanding how to use it. LOL - not that it weighs and gives me a number but how that number translates into calories. Say I weigh potato chips and I get 2.2 oz or a steak and it's 8 oz. Then what? If I have to rely on any sort of…
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*kitten* - vent
Been cruising along from January to September - lost 70 lbs. For the past month I've been losing and gaining the same 3 pounds over and over again. If I use BMI as a point if reference I still have at least 50 lbs to lose so it's not like I'm in the vanity pound range by any means. I don't get it, it's not like I all the…
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Please check my work
Hi, I read the "sticky" about BMR and TDEE and used the suggested calculators to come up with numbers for myself. I came up with a TDEE of 2112 and a BMR of 1637. I have more than 20 lbs to lose so I used 20% and multiplied that by 2112 an came up with 422. I subtracted that from the 2112 and got 1690. All that to say I…
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Dreading my vacation
Next week I'll be going out of town with my family for a 4 day get-away. If all goes well I should have just cleared the 60 lb loss mark. We'll be eating out essentially every meal and the thought of all those calories is making my head spin and my stomach ache. I've worked so hard since January and I don't want to blow…
