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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
I have a BMI of 41. I have been heavy my whole life, but in the last 6
months that I have been getting weighed in, and monitored pre-surgery I have lost almost 50 lbs... but mind you, I have gained and lost that SAME 50 lbs 10 times in the last 15 years. I have already cut out alot of junk from diet... (from my lifestyle) - can't call it a diet (cause diets don't work)... lifestyle changes, and exercise and the surgery - will give me EXTRA push in the right direction. I am 5'3 and weigh in at 240 lbs... they told me with the surgery my high blood pressure and sleep apnea are almost guaranteed to go away. Then I am hopeful that my degenerative disc disease, my arthritis, and weak knees will be helped with the loss of weight that my bones can no longer handle. Been unable to work due to weight and DDD and arthritis for over 10 years... looking forward to possibly going back to work. I am only 41. Too young to retire, and for some reason they won't grant me SSD. I have tried all the way to appeals twice. Just about given up all hope, then found a doctor who recommended Gastric Bypass. Maybe there is a rainbow at the end of the rain. |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
LynnFromCT wrote:
I have a BMI of 41. I have been heavy my whole life, but in the last 6 months that I have been getting weighed in, and monitored pre-surgery I have lost almost 50 lbs... but mind you, I have gained and lost that SAME 50 lbs 10 times in the last 15 years. I have already cut out alot of junk from diet... (from my lifestyle) - can't call it a diet (cause diets don't work)... lifestyle changes, and exercise and the surgery - will give me EXTRA push in the right direction. I am 5'3 and weigh in at 240 lbs... they told me with the surgery my high blood pressure and sleep apnea are almost guaranteed to go away. Then I am hopeful that my degenerative disc disease, my arthritis, and weak knees will be helped with the loss of weight that my bones can no longer handle. Been unable to work due to weight and DDD and arthritis for over 10 years... looking forward to possibly going back to work. I am only 41. Too young to retire, and for some reason they won't grant me SSD. I have tried all the way to appeals twice. Just about given up all hope, then found a doctor who recommended Gastric Bypass. Maybe there is a rainbow at the end of the rain. Good luck with your surgery. If you want to try to keep off that weight with low carb and exercise, please be welcome to post here again when your operation is over. We'd be glad to help you. -- Newsoffice.de - Die Onlinesoftware zum Lesen und Schreiben im Usenet Die Signatur läßt sich nach Belieben anpassen ;-) |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:32:34 +0200, Hakan wrote:
LynnFromCT wrote: I have a BMI of 41. I have been heavy my whole life, but in the last 6 months that I have been getting weighed in, and monitored pre-surgery I have lost almost 50 lbs... but mind you, I have gained and lost that SAME 50 lbs 10 times in the last 15 years. I have already cut out alot of junk from diet... (from my lifestyle) - can't call it a diet (cause diets don't work)... lifestyle changes, and exercise and the surgery - will give me EXTRA push in the right direction. I am 5'3 and weigh in at 240 lbs... they told me with the surgery my high blood pressure and sleep apnea are almost guaranteed to go away. Then I am hopeful that my degenerative disc disease, my arthritis, and weak knees will be helped with the loss of weight that my bones can no longer handle. Been unable to work due to weight and DDD and arthritis for over 10 years... looking forward to possibly going back to work. I am only 41. Too young to retire, and for some reason they won't grant me SSD. I have tried all the way to appeals twice. Just about given up all hope, then found a doctor who recommended Gastric Bypass. Maybe there is a rainbow at the end of the rain. Good luck with your surgery. If you want to try to keep off that weight with low carb and exercise, please be welcome to post here again when your operation is over. We'd be glad to help you. Hi Lynn - Yeah, good luck & best wishes and all that stuff from me, too. Gastric Bypass isn't something to be taken without serious thought but your description makes it look like it's probably the best approach for you at this point. Also sounds like you've thought it through enough that you'll be focused as you go through the post surgical process of getting your body back. I'm about to start S. Beach after plateauing at about 70lbs over where I should be, and I have a decent treadmill at my place I can use anytime of the day or night. This time of year will be good for at least the both of us. Drop a few lines in here and let me/us know how you're progressing. Louie Boston, MA |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
a friend has a Ab Lounge Chair that I tried, and I liked it...
thinking of purchasing my own, the new 2008 model, comes with a bicycle add on, and new cushioning for a low impact on head and back, but tightens the abs... and stomach - that's my biggest problem... though becuase I have been heavy my whole life, I also have big thighs and calves. not too big on top, in fact, before I gained weight I virtually had no boobs at all... I was a 36 A - now I am a 50 B - big around, but boobs don't grow. when I got married, the dress had a c cup, they had to pad the padding. LOL unfortunately hubby left when I hit 250 lbs... guess I can't blame him, I don't find men with too big love handles either. anywho, I had been purchasing clothes from www.roamans.com and womanwithin.com but this last batch of clothes I bought, are falling off me... went from a size 3x plus - to a 1x already and the surgery isn't for a month. but I am looking forward to wearing a size 10 - never could even as a kid. I was 106 lbs in the 6th grade, wearing a 14-16 boys husky pants... and my mom used to dress me in those smock dresses, she thought they made me look slimmer, all they did was make me stand out even more... fat kids still aren't the norm, but woman & men are bigger than they were when I was a kid... you had to be 10-14 size even in your thirties when I was growing up... now I think more people are overweight than the size they should be... and it's acceptable now. that's where commercialism comes in - they show heavier models, so everyone things it's okay to weigh more... and while I will never be a 4 or 6 - those models even though we look okay at a size 20 - it isn't all that healthy. look at me, i have had all those problems listed above since I was out of high school, and when i hit 30 - suddenly it was okay to be bigger... but not necessarily healthier. i write poems, as if my email addy doesn't give that away... I wrote one on being born fat... check it out. They say I was a cute baby but I was born fat and nothing I did growing up ever changed that So ate to be happy And I ate when I was mad And by the time I was teen my self-esteem was real bad Now I’ve been addict for most of my life, first it was food... then I bought a knife. That wasn't any better so then I tried drugs and I went to prison like one of them thugs In prison I got clean But got addicted to men Who used and abused me Again and again I finally broke free from an abusive man I’d rather be lonely Than someone’s garbage can I tried all kinds of tricks Diet pills, and starvation But nothing ever worked Til my latest revelation I been to the doctor He’s been watching my weight Getting me ready For a life I won’t hate I’ve got bad arthritis And knees that don’t last But soon my surgery will make that a thing of the past I worked up the courage to seek out gastric bypass The date is now set to reduce this body mass I’m not doing it to be skinny Although that’s a nice perk I’m doing it to get healthy And maybe go back to work I can’t work at all now Can’t sit and can’t stand Filter in my high blood pressure And my under-active thyroid gland But the future’s looking up I’m gonna lose the weight Protein shakes aren’t appetizing But soon I’m gonna feel great I’m gonna be able to walk Or take stroll along the beach I’m going be able to work Gosh, nothing's gonna be out of my reach On Apr 28, 3:21*pm, wrote: On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:32:34 +0200, Hakan wrote: LynnFromCT wrote: I have a BMI of 41. I have been heavy my whole life, but in the last 6 months that I have been getting weighed in, and monitored pre-surgery I have lost almost 50 lbs... but mind you, I have gained and lost that SAME 50 lbs 10 times in the last 15 years. I have already cut out alot of junk from diet... (from my lifestyle) - can't call it a diet (cause diets don't work)... lifestyle changes, and exercise and the surgery - will give me EXTRA push in the right direction. I am 5'3 and weigh in at 240 lbs... they told me with the surgery my high blood pressure and sleep apnea are almost guaranteed to go away. Then I am hopeful that my degenerative disc disease, my arthritis, and weak knees will be helped with the loss of weight that my bones can no longer handle. Been unable to work due to weight and DDD and arthritis for over 10 years... looking forward to possibly going back to work. I am only 41. *Too young to retire, and for some reason they won't grant me SSD. *I have tried all the way to appeals twice. *Just about given up all hope, then found a doctor who recommended Gastric Bypass. Maybe there is a rainbow at the end of the rain. Good luck with your surgery. If you want to try to keep off that weight with low carb and exercise, please be welcome to post here again when your operation is over. We'd be glad to help you. Hi Lynn - Yeah, good luck & best wishes and all that stuff from me, too. Gastric Bypass isn't something to be taken without serious thought but your description makes it look like it's probably the best approach for you at this point. *Also sounds like you've thought it through enough that you'll be focused as you go through the post surgical process of getting your body back. *I'm about to start S. Beach after plateauing at about 70lbs over where I should be, and I have a decent treadmill at my place I can use anytime of the day or night. *This time of year will be good for at least the both of us. Drop a few lines in here and let me/us know how you're progressing. Louie Boston, MA *- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
On Apr 26, 11:42*am, LynnFromCT wrote:
I have a BMI of 41. I have been heavy my whole life, but in the last 6 months that I have been getting weighed in, and monitored pre-surgery I have lost almost 50 lbs... but mind you, I have gained and lost that SAME 50 lbs 10 times in the last 15 years. I have already cut out alot of junk from diet... (from my lifestyle) - can't call it a diet (cause diets don't work)... lifestyle changes, and exercise and the surgery - will give me EXTRA push in the right direction. I am 5'3 and weigh in at 240 lbs... they told me with the surgery my high blood pressure and sleep apnea are almost guaranteed to go away. Then I am hopeful that my degenerative disc disease, my arthritis, and weak knees will be helped with the loss of weight that my bones can no longer handle. Been unable to work due to weight and DDD and arthritis for over 10 years... looking forward to possibly going back to work. I am only 41. *Too young to retire, and for some reason they won't grant me SSD. *I have tried all the way to appeals twice. *Just about given up all hope, then found a doctor who recommended Gastric Bypass. Maybe there is a rainbow at the end of the rain. Hi there, Been in this group here for LC'ers since late 90's I think. Their are some oldbies in here who know my story. I wont bore you with the details except I am 45, was 410lb and now weight 158 160lbs and had a RNY gastric bypass procedure Jan 31 2005. You can Google me for this newsgroup and read to sordid details of low carbing before surgery. It was a last resort effort to get healthy. I actually started welcoming death as I laid down at night. I thought I was dying. During the day I felt I was dying a slow miserable death it was. I had sleep apnea, arthritis in my right knee ( yeah try hopping around at 410lbs), I had severe asthma, I was insulin resistant and diabetic, and I couldnt walk to my mailbox. Walmart, Costco and the grocery store was done in a 3 day one store a day trip. I never dared eat in public. I took a lot of negative **** from some very unhelpful supportive people in here, but I have been around now almost 10 years and there quite a few in here who have been supportive and my friends through thick and thin literally! You are welcome here but if you want to talk WLS only ( there are many other WLS support groups also), you must have thick skin. If you want to talk LC and WLS incorperated into it you are most welcome as most of us in here no how to LC and diet in general Low carbing and low fatting is a challenge post WLS but thats how the WLS works. I'm sure you have done all your homework and realize this is NOT the magic bullet. This a tool that will help you get yourself out of a situation you feel has no resolution other than a surgical intervention. People die from this procedure though not as often as in the early days. You do know that your body no longer will processe sugar, oils, and carbs like it used to because the part of the intestine that processes those things is no longer hooked up, right? Therefor if you eat the oil and sugars it drops into your digestive system unprocessed. ICK! There is hell to pay. You dump. Dumping manifests itself in many froms like, the trots, belly aches, sleepiness, headache, feeling ill like you have the flu etc. It's not fun. You'll invariably do it from time to time. IT IS AWFUL!!!!Some people keep doing it and pretty soon its not so bad and they can eat french fries etc and GET FAT AGAIN! I see it all the time. I'm not advocating WLS( it was right for ME) nor am I saying don't do it. I will say this as a WORD OF ADVISE (I'm assuming you want someone help and opinion or you wouldnt have posted here): Be proactive with your health, KNOW all your options, BUT follow the rules so that you're successful at overcoming a life of miserable obesity. This is not a freebie, ya know a free ride to normal weight. You have to WORK and WORK hard girlfriend. You can be fat again, this is not the free ticket to slimdom OK???????? You also know that losing massive amounts of weigh makes you spend more money like plastic surgery and cool clothes right? smiling I had a low body lift and went from a size 14/16 pant after my weight loss was finished to a 8/10 now. A 8.5 hour operation rendered my 30lb lighter as I had an abundant of left over junk in my trunk and front!!! Before WLS I was a 30/32 in plus size clothing and a 56D bra. Im now 8/10 on bottom (some 12 non stretchy jeans) and medium/large 12/14 tops and a 38/40 C/D depending on if cup is stretchy or not. The first thing I wanted to buy but a genuine pair of Levi's jeans and look good in them! I love my Levi's It's been a wild ride and I would do it ALL over in a heartbeat. I haven't had any complications except a low iron level which can happen to WLS patients but I add to the problem with heavy menstrual periods also. I eat carbonal iron everyday. Please be warned: There is much more to this than losing weight. Issues come up that have to be dealt with regarding how you got fat in the first place. It's fun to look in the mirror and see the new you but sometimes distressing when you really dont know who is staring back at you. I have had counselling and shed many tears letting go of the old Laureen and accepting the new Laureen. Also remember that Estrogen is stored in fat, when you experience rapid weight loss that estrogen has no where to go, thats when you grow 2 heads, scream and yell, love your family members one minute and hate them the next and cry at the drop of a hat. Its like PMS x10 but it passes. PHEW!!! My poor hubby didnt know what top think of the psycho bitch I temporalily became! The when you reach your desired weight, you now stress at a couple of pounds gained during period time and forget this too will pass and be gone as soon as you cycle through. You become ever mindful of what you put into your new healthy body. You exercise everyday to keep your new body and you become thankful for all the beautiful things in life you can now experience as a noraml weight person and not the one woman freak show you felt you were before My best wishes to you. If you would like to email me privately for some low fat low carb recipes feel free as it is tricky to do. One of my fav things to eat is and was 1/2 cup of cottage cheese with sugar free orange jello sprinkled on it and 3 cut up mandarin orange sections in it. Laureen (see my album of before and afters at): http://www.flickr.com/photos/22396623@N08 |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
On Apr 28, 6:24 pm, LynnFromCT wrote:
a friend has a Ab Lounge Chair that I tried, and I liked it... thinking of purchasing my own, the new 2008 model, comes with a bicycle add on, and new cushioning for a low impact on head and back, but tightens the abs... and stomach - that's my biggest problem... though becuase I have been heavy my whole life, I also have big thighs and calves. Save your money. It may in fact work your abdominal muscles. These are not large muscles and you will not see them without losing a good about of adipose tissue. Spot reduction is a myth. It is a nice myth created to sell all kinds of ab working products. http://www.exrx.net/WeightTraining/Myths.html "Contrary to what the infomercials suggest there is no such thing as spot reduction. Fat is lost throughout the body in a pattern dependent upon genetics, sex (hormones), and age. Overall body fat must be reduced to lose fat in any particular area. Although fat is lost or gained throughout the body it seems the first area to get fat, or the last area to become lean, is the midsection (in men and some women, especially after menopause) and hips and thighs (in women and few men). Sit-ups, crunches, leg-hip raises, leg raises, hip adduction, hip abduction, etc. will only exercise the muscles under the fat." I think that about sums up why you probably should not bother with an ab lounge. The bike would be worthwhile. Some dumbbells and something like Fred Hanh's Slow Burn DVD would be more worth the while. |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Date Set for June 3, 2008
Hollywood wrote:
Spot reduction is a myth. It is a nice myth created to sell all kinds of ab working products.http://www.exrx.net/WeightTraining/Myths.html "Contrary to what the infomercials suggest there is no such thing as spot reduction. Fat is lost throughout the body in a pattern dependent upon genetics, sex (hormones), and age. Overall body fat must be reduced to lose fat in any particular area. Although fat is lost or gained throughout the body it seems the first area to get fat, or the last area to become lean, is the midsection (in men and some women, especially after menopause) and hips and thighs (in women and few men). Sit-ups, crunches, leg-hip raises, leg raises, hip adduction, hip abduction, etc. will only exercise the muscles under the fat." I think that about sums up why you probably should not bother with an ab lounge. The bike would be worthwhile. Some dumbbells and something like Fred Hanh's Slow Burn DVD would be more worth the while. Doing lots of sit-ups, which is what the AbLounge helps you do - I started with a soft round belly and ended up with a hard round belly. There are two things I've done over the years that gave a lot of belly size reduction. 1) Navy boot camp which has at least several miles of fast marching per day plus plenty of other exercise. 2) Low carbing which reduced all of my body fat including the belly. |
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