Butterthebean

For those of y'all having hip pain....as an LMT I've dealt with this frequently. Bad sitting posture leads to tightness in the gluteus medius which of course leads to pain. But it's very easy to stretch out, increasing flexibility and relieving pain. Also, focus on not letting your knees splay out while sitting or lying. If tightness is causing the pain this will help. It can't hurt. Here's 2 good stretches. Start with the first and advance to the second when comfortable doing so.

I soooooo would have stopped.

LOL....yeah that thing is a car cover now. XL will fit me just fine thanks.

4.4 miles on a yet to be explored trail today. Miles to date....57.2. Get my full release to resume all exercise tomorrow. Looking forward to that. This is from my half marathon last weekend in San Antonio.

perhaps you can amend your goal to doing 10000 steps per day on non strength training days.

There are many cases of diabetes being able to quit taking medicine very soon after VSG. From what I've read doctors aren't completely sure the mechanism by which this works but it seems to be a combination in hormonal changes due to the removal of the fundus, along with a drastic change in diet. Again, it's part mystery still to the medical community, but they are studying it. But as you asked earlier, I don't think these changes also translate to a slow metabolism suddenly becoming normal.

Check out this website. http://www.gastricbypassfamily.com/pouchrules.html Specifically the "Fluid loading" and "ideal meal process" sections. The fluid loading section did wonders for preventing my hunger from coming back too soon. The article is written for gastric bypass but it works for the sleeve as well. Hers a cut and paste on the ideal meal process. It seems a little regimented but it did help me not only increase my Water intake, but not get hungry between meals. IDEAL MEAL PROCESS (rules of the pouch): 1. The patient must time meals five hours apart or the patient will get too hungry in between. 2. The patient needs to eat finely cut meat and raw or slightly cooked veggies with each meal. 3. The patient must eat the entire meal in 5-15 minutes. A 30-45 minute meal will cause failure. 4. No liquids for 1 ½ hours to 2 hours after each meal. 5. After 1 ½ to 2 hours, begin sipping water and over the next three hours slowly increase water intake. 6. 3 hours after last meal, begin drinking LOTS of water/fluids. 7. 15 minutes before the next meal, drink as much as possible as fast as possible. This is called “water loading.” IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN DRINKING OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS, THIS ‘WATER LOADING’ WILL NOT WORK. 8. You can water load at any time 2-3 hours before your next meal if you get hungry, which will cause a strong feeling of fullness.

Overall fitness would be my priority....not the steps.

"Dr. In my area no longer does lapband"

Hi Ellen. Another exercise lover here. It's true....exercise may indeed slow weight loss for several reason....chiefly increased lean muscle mass and increased appetite due to exercise. And it's been proven that exercise is not the biggest component to weight loss, diet is. However, to me health is the big goal, not just weight loss. There is a big difference between weight loss and fat loss. I'd rather have fat loss and increased health....which exercise will definitely do. So my point is if you love exercise, go for it. And don't worry about the scale as much as your overall health.

Why was that thread locked? Because we disagreed? I saw no rules being broken. Yes it's a tired debate already, but not against the rules. I would prefer a warning to clarify this....if we're not allowed to go to the lapband forum....why did he combine us all?

I dunno. I embrace my toadness.

I haven't heard that one nor has my anecdotal reading showed that trend.

Agreed and to that I shall unsubscribe from this thread and engage the beast no more.

I think they have their place, but so does real world experience. I also believe that not everything has been studied objectively, if at all, and therefore we must sometimes base decisions on other criteria. Of course I'm corrupted by living with a researcher.....who like nana....needs a scientific study to account for everything, but at the same time bemoans the lack of integrity and real world validity of most studies....due to the fact that often the studies are either lacking enough control or have too much, negating out real world variability. I could go on and on....like I said, I come home to it every night. My job is to listen to her frustrations without allowing my eyes to glaze over too much. My favorite story was how her colleague wrote a grant proposal asking for government funding to explore the correlation between drinking cow's milk and cancer. After all, over 90% of all cancer patients have drank cow's milk....therefore the milk must cause cancer. I'm not sure if his grant got funded.

One more day and then I get released to start running again. Bring it on. Already planning a 5K for turkey day.

She seems convinced her sister's complications are due to the staples, but not sure why. Perhaps a doctor told them so....but again how could he be certain. Still I doubt the staples used 30 years ago are the same staples used now....nor is the technique the same which makes a huge difference. But again, I have no scientific study backing that up so I'm probably wrong. I do have staples in my arm...and screws. But as if yet they have caused no dumping.

Quiet....I'm in my green zone.

You can't call me a liar unless you have a scientific study backing that up.

Careful. I tried mentioning this once and got accused of being an insensitive toad.

I see what your problem is now. You don't live in the real world. You are the type that believes there needs to be a scientific study to prove the earth is round and the Water is blue.....otherwise it just isn't true. Scientific studies are great, except they rarely have enough real world variability or significance due to lack of resources, time, money, controllability....so on. I married a doctor who does full time research so I hear about it all the time. You posted 3 links. 1 was a cartoon which said ALL sleevers get dumping. Haha...nice cartoon but from what orifice did they pull this information? The 2nd study has no results, therefore it has no value....none. The 3rd showed that 33% of 25 patients had dumping symptoms after 12 months. Not a much of a study. Certainly not enough to call it a golden fact, however even if it is the norm....dumping can easily be averted by compliance with post op eating protocols which is of course a requirement with all WLS. Lastly, I have no scientific study showing may lack of sutures. Nor do I I have one showing my weight loss or the results of my TT or my bald head. But they are real just the same. But bless your heart you seem to need studies or else everyone is wrong. Why don't you instead go to the sleeve forum and do some inquiries? Ask for some real world experience. Or better yet....just quit spreading misinformation about the sleeve.

I'm a member of this forum just like you. I did not come here to bash the band, only to correct all the misinformation nana keeps spreading about the sleeve. I do not need to be banded to post here or to share my experience. The day I make up phony information about the lapband please come to the sleeve forum and call BS on me.

Correct. My surgeon does not use staples. I also do not have "rapid emptying of the stomach." My stomach functions exactly like any normal stomach. It's simply smaller.

Great thread. I've been sleeved 18 months. Never vomited, never dumped, was hypoglycemic before being sleeved due to very poor diet but no more. Yes, somewhere in the 6-9 month period there is a noticeable increase in eating capacity. Perfectly normal and nothing to be alarmed about. The capacity is still no where near what it was. I'd say it's closer to the low side of a normal person....but without the option to go crazy and pig out like normal people can do. That's because our sleeves don't stretch like a normal stomach. They are much less elastic. As has been said, the sleeve is permanent....but I view that as a good thing. There is no reason I would want it reversed. Stomach cancer? I'm far more likely to die of obesity without the sleeve than stomach cancer with the sleeve. I'm glad it's forever. I can't back out and go back to being fat. I could eat around it...but any WLS can be eaten around. The reduction in ghrelin is highly touted with the sleeve...supposedly eliminating hunger. Don't believe it. It varies. It seems the typical sleever has hunger greatly reduced, but it gradually increases.....but to a much more manageable level than presurgery. But even if it does come back, it takes much less food to be satiated than before, so it's nothing to be feared.

Exactly......hey wait.....