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03-28-2019, 06:06 PM | #31 | |
Minion of Satan
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there are many aspects to one's relationship with food that can be addressed through therapy. |
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03-28-2019, 06:51 PM | #32 |
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best wishes...I'm excited for you, to think of the changes this might bring to your life. Medication side effects have robbed you of a lot in recent years but the meds are so necessary...this seems like a very practical solution. will be thinking of you, over the coming weeks!
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03-28-2019, 06:53 PM | #33 | |||
Consume my pants.
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A diet is a change of lifestyle. We can talk about how hard it is to make lifestyle changes or keep lifestyle changes but it is absolutely possible for more people than the internet would have one believe. Quote:
I personally feel that shrinking your stomach or any kind of physically interrupting changes like that still don't address the root of the issue which is overeating, whether it be because of emotional issues or boredom or what have you. Quote:
The US is super food-centric. We use food as an identity. Overeating is often seen as normal, down to the casual jokes made about it ("I want abs but I want a Double cheeseburger more yuk yuk yuk", as if u can't eat your double cheeseburger in moderation). Even a whiff of trying to get the population to eat to their own benefit is ridiculed as "muh freedumz". Last edited by D. : 03-28-2019 at 07:09 PM. |
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03-28-2019, 07:08 PM | #34 |
Consume my pants.
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Erica, I know you Reddit, and I would encourage you to subscribe to r/fatlogic and r/askfatlogic plus maybe even r/loseit.
Those three combined have really really helped me when I've been discouraged or questioning or just need some stress relief. They address a lot of common misconceptions about weight loss and the struggle/journey. A lot of fat positive stuff online encourages diet myths, defeatism, and pseudoscience. I don't want to see you get too discouraged!! |
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03-28-2019, 07:12 PM | #35 | |
Minion of Satan
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However, I think that genetics still play a role, just not in metabolism. Rather, I think it plays a role in appetite. Some people just feel the impulse to eat more than other people do, so resisting cravings is much harder for them. This is just my hypothesis, I haven't done a ton of research into it. But for some people I know, losing weight wasn't even difficult. They just snapped their fingers, said "I'll start eating less," and did it. Eating more than they should was more due to them not really making their diet a priority, or not paying attention, than feeling the compulsive need to eat. Other people, they try to eat less, and they just can't stop thinking about food 24/7. They start having dreams about food. I think these people are facing more of an uphill battle than the others. |
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03-28-2019, 07:20 PM | #36 | |
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I'm all for "fat acceptance" if we simply mean by that not discriminating against larger people, and treating them with dignity. A lot of research shows that there's rampant weightism in society. People often unconsciously associate negative behavioural traits with being larger. Larger people have more trouble getting jobs even when physicality is irrelevant to the performance of those jobs. One study even showed that larger women are often given less financial assistance than thinner women are from their parents (for some reason, this relationship wasn't found for larger men). But if by "fat acceptance," we mean the conspiracy theory that there is no link between size and health, and that the medical community is just lying about it having negative health effects because they are biased and mean, and even that intentional weight loss is bad because making the decision for yourself to lose weight somehow marginalizes other larger people, that stuff drives me crazy. |
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03-28-2019, 07:22 PM | #37 |
Consume my pants.
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Also, didn't want to seem.combative by quoting you haha. It just reminded me of a self righteous rant I wanted to go off on.
And upon reading what you're putting down, we definitely agree w each other. |
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03-28-2019, 10:03 PM | #38 |
Shut the fuck up!
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good luck, reprise! I have family members that have had the surgery and had great results.
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03-28-2019, 10:30 PM | #39 | ||
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03-28-2019, 11:46 PM | #40 |
Consume my pants.
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Do you think this procedure will mentally help you? Obv your brain is your brain and meds help but is your view of your body yet another tax on your mental state? Will this procedure be getting a hurdle out of your way?
I don't even think I worded what I wanted to say very well. For a reader I sure can be at a loss for articulation. |
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03-29-2019, 05:32 AM | #41 | |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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It's hard to explain how much being this big affects your brain. I am always aware of how big I am, I think about it all the time. I'm preoccupied with it. Not with food, but with how embarrassing and gross my body is. I've been overweight my whole life, but when I was 200lbs or so it wasn't like this at all. I'm not trying to r/gatekeeping (lol) but being fat and even morbidly obese vs being super duper morbidly obese is a big change and it's hard to explain or probably understand (as someone not super duper morbidly obese) how it can get that way and/or continue that way. sorry if that's not clear. it's 5:30am and i haven't eaten solid food in a while |
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03-29-2019, 06:46 AM | #42 |
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Sometimes even going from seeing yourself in the mirror and feeling “Bleh, I don’t like this,” to “Hey, an improvement!” can be the beginning of a better day. And it’s little steps like that which add up. We try to be body positive and feel comfortable with who we are, but nobody wants to look at themselves and feel bad, and our society makes us all feel ugly and unworthy all the time.
Sometimes it’s also just nice to have something off your plate (ha!) like “Okay, now I don’t have to stress out over trying to eat less.” As dumb as it sounds, even mentally it’s a lot of weight to carry around all the time. |
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03-29-2019, 03:56 PM | #43 |
Minion of Satan
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Any specific plans to document the progress?
Keeping statistics and maybe even photographs could be useful. |
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03-29-2019, 06:52 PM | #44 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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i've been thinking about that. i think i'll take photos the day before surgery. i know what my weight was on tuesday when i went there (which is the most i'll ever weight!) so yeah I'll keep stats from that. I'll be going to my regular doctor once a month for about 6 months so i'll keep track of that
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03-29-2019, 06:53 PM | #45 | |
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03-29-2019, 06:58 PM | #46 |
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today was day 3. i worked (at a grocery store). not really hungry but i do feel brain fog and if i move too quickly i get dizzy. i'm probably going to end up leaving early the next two days.
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03-31-2019, 02:47 PM | #47 |
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i did leave early both days. done with work until the 19th. i was sick today at work for real, the protein shake i drank didn't agree with me i think. went from fine to bad in about 5 minutes. i was also really hungry for the first time today, but it's passed now
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03-31-2019, 02:50 PM | #48 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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damn good job. it's no joke not to eat for days. you're almost there!
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04-02-2019, 08:41 PM | #49 |
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tomorrow morning i get to the hospital at 5:30am. shit is now real.
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04-02-2019, 09:04 PM | #50 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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who will drive you home from the hospital?
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04-02-2019, 10:55 PM | #51 |
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let us know how it goes!! excited for you!!
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04-03-2019, 11:20 PM | #52 | |
Minion of Satan
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I had lapband surgery back in 2010 and lost almost 100lbs but after two kiddos 40 has creeped up and the band unfortunately isn't as effective and I can't seem to get rid of it. I've been considering going through bariatric revision but tbh, the bypass kind of scares me with how permanent it is - at least with the band I can have it removed and no harm/foul. I have several friends who have gone through the bypass and had awesome results and are so happy with their choice. - Congrats on your decision and I wish you the best! |
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04-04-2019, 07:07 PM | #53 | |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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my mom drove me home to her place. i may stay here for a few days or go home tomorrow.
it went pretty well... i had a bad reaction to anesthesia and was very very nauseated, they kept me in recovery for a few hours because i wasn't stable enough to go to the floor, had some O2 saturation issues. nothing major but super uncomfortable and stressful. i'm ok now though. have a fair amount of pain and really having problems drinking like i'm supposed to be but that's pretty normal for this stage. Quote:
i had my preop appointment on 3/26 and between then and my weigh in on 4/3 i lost 26 lbs lol still on an all clear liquid diet for now, and then shakes + clear liquids until the 16th, and then i'll probably be cleared for full liquids my stomach now holds 2oz. it will stretch a bit in the upcoming weeks but not all that much. i need to drink 56+ oz of water/clears per day plus 18oz+ of protein shakes. seems impossible tbh but i'll figure it out. |
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04-04-2019, 07:40 PM | #54 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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were you nauseated come out of anesthesia? that shit always happens to me. and when i was younger i'd get disoriented and violent (lol).
sounds like you have some hardcore times ahead, but i am sure you will do well. and you've already lost so much weight!! |
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04-05-2019, 10:06 AM | #55 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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did you finish school or are you doing this on a break?
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04-06-2019, 10:46 AM | #56 | |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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yeah i finished quite a while ago now, dec 2017. i was trying to get into grad school but that didn't happen, then i tried to get a job in the field and that didn't happen, so i'm doing this now and waiting and then i'll figure out what i'm doing next. likely going back to school for social work. |
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04-06-2019, 01:00 PM | #57 |
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im supposed to drink 60oz a day plus 6 oz shake "meals" and i can't get anywhere close
still in pain but hydrocodone helps. took extra a couple times cuz addiction is a bitch (former addiction holla but still an addict) but honestly the dose they gave me helps enough so imma be a good girl and just take that i was planning on going home friday but lol that was very optimistic, so instead we got my cat and brought her here. she won't come out if my mom's in the room but she will for me. my mom went to work today so she's been chillin on the bed all day. i did an hour of work but that's enough for now |
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04-06-2019, 02:19 PM | #58 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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stay up, y0.
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04-10-2019, 10:19 PM | #59 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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i lost 35 lbs in two weeks lol. 27 in the fasting week before surgery (water weight? idk it's always the same scale) and 8 the second week
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04-15-2019, 10:32 PM | #60 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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im so hungry. i might get the ok to eat tomorrow. i bought some baby food meat in anticipation. i wish i was joking. im also gonna get some cottage cheese and some baby food sweet potatoes and some motherfuckin' scrambled egg substitute. also going to ask if i can have one of those little cans of v8 every day. and i bought some little 2.5oz plastic reusable containers on amazon. #ballin'
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