I hope that gives you the results you want Joods, with minimal pain and speedy healing.
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Bariatric surgery
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(December 27, 2017 at 4:03 pm)Joods Wrote:(December 27, 2017 at 1:36 pm)alpha male Wrote: Give Weight Watchers a try before resorting to surgery. Wife and I each lost over 50 pounds in the past 6 months.I would like to, but my insurance won't cover the costs and I don't have extra funds to buy meals or a scale to weigh stuff and honestly, I'm not good with regimented stuff like that. I can handle things in small doses but they require so much and I don't have time for weekly meetings. But thank you for the suggestion. You need to ask a lot of questions about your post op diet then. Regimented is putting it lightly.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
(December 27, 2017 at 5:22 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(December 27, 2017 at 4:03 pm)Joods Wrote: I would like to, but my insurance won't cover the costs and I don't have extra funds to buy meals or a scale to weigh stuff and honestly, I'm not good with regimented stuff like that. I can handle things in small doses but they require so much and I don't have time for weekly meetings. But thank you for the suggestion. That's the reason for this thread. To find out what sorts of questions I need to be asking. Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
Hey listen it's great that you're so determent to lose weight and if you think that's the way to success then power to you.
But I would just like to touch what I think is something more serious underneath it. It's not about being thin, but being healthy. The sad thing is that most people think that to lose weight they need to go by some "regime" as if living in some totalitarian state, but the truth is it's just about not eating junk food - juices, cookies, chips, pancakes, candies. That's most of it: not eating junk. There is some food that sneaked in like bread, I mean bread is really fattening, unless it's whole grain. But let's go back to the dark side. If you have issues and problems in your life you're obviously eating junk food to get some sort of pleasure of sugar rush for few minutes or few seconds in order to fell better. Like you did previously with smoking and when you stopped smoking you substituted it with eating and now you'll cripple yourself to stop eating, but the issues and problems in your life are still left undealt and how do you think they will manifest themselves next? Or maybe I'm wrong, because after all I don't know you.
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(December 27, 2017 at 6:57 pm)Joods Wrote:(December 27, 2017 at 5:22 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: You need to ask a lot of questions about your post op diet then. Regimented is putting it lightly. Know that the diet will vary depending on the type of surgery you and the surgeon decide upon.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
Good job on the quitting smoking! I know firsthand how hard that is. I've done it twice.
I would give more time, like 2 years, before having the surgery. Look at things like WW and calorie trackers like My Fitness Pal first. I don't think there's anything wrong with bariatric surgery if you and your doctor agree on the terms, but it is an extreme measure and is not without significant risks.
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Thanks for the concerns. I've considered a lot of things. My insurance will not pay for WW. Nor will they pay for supplements or vitamins or other OTC things. They won't pay for a gym membership, which I currently have. What my insurance will pay for is surgery that I qualify for since my BMI is over 35, which puts me in the morbidly obese category. It's not a matter of being thin or wanting to be thin. I have other health conditions that will cause my death if I do not do something soon. So, for me, it is about my health.
A lot of my weight has come about through stress, shitty sleeping and leading a sedentary lifestyle. As I said earlier, I'm not a big junk food or sugar fan. I more or less gravitate towards fruits and veggies. Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
Did you know that there is a support website?: http://www.americanbariatrics.org/
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
I didn't know that. That's something worth looking at. Thank you!
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
(December 27, 2017 at 1:36 pm)alpha male Wrote: Give Weight Watchers a try before resorting to surgery. Wife and I each lost over 50 pounds in the past 6 months. What, join a group whose sole idea is to encourage their members to engage in unhealthy and dangerous eating habits? And whose members invariably end up gaining back the weight and more once they come off the unsustainable system?
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