gmanbat

I sometimes miss the days from my early manhood when a heated debate turned into a fist fight outside. After punching, gouging, and strangling on the ground for a while the anger was dissipated. Arms on shoulders we came back in, better buddies than ever. Blunt force trauma apparently is a cure for ambiguity. I guess I've blocked out the bloody nose, abrasions, and loose teeth part.

I already out-shrank those clothes and the set after them as well. It's more fun than a basket of puppies no matter how much it costs!

When I read the title I thought you were saying, "How do you handle PMS?", (the woman thing). I had my smart aleck answer ready,... "Avoid her." I don't get very many PMs. The ones I do get are very nice, mostly thanks for some post I made. Like Dean I think some folks don't want to expose themselves to general comments so they pick someone whom they think will be sympathetic.

Good job, TommyD!!! If you look at my stats below you will find that they are quite similar to yours. I also work out,...at least 3 times a week. I do high intensity interval training, calisthenics, kettlebells, bodyblade and resistance cables. I have passed my goal and held that now for 1 month and plan on doing so for the rest of my life. I am 64.

As you can see by the looks of our wine rack which has no wine, just sugar free syrups, we are a big fan of them. Also note that we are out of Torinos. All we have is Starbucks, DaVinci, Artisan, and Jordan's. We love new recipes, all the best to this thread! We just dump them in coffee in combo with milks, creams, benefiber plain flavor, sugar free French vanilla creamer, etc..

I tried to catch up on all the ins and outs and nuances of this thread but my male brain started over-heating and tripped a breaker which started a movie about fishing reels.

Welcome! I am glad you found egg drop soup. That was a favorite of mine in early stages. Rice is iffy as previously stated at least until solid stage. Experiment with just a lttle then to be safe.

Debbie's big problem before her WLS was sweets of all kinds. Mine was inordinate amounts of just about anything but I was not so addicted to sweets. It is ironic that sweets is what fights her so hard now. Yet she knows it is a small price to pay for her new health and classy slimness.

My wife and myself to some extent are sugar detectors. If there is sugar in some supposed "sugar-free" food we will react. When something is overtly sugary and somehow it gets past our teeth and down into our tiny tum-tums it kicks us real good. She wanted me to poll my favorite forumites to see what goes on with you when sugar does a number on you. She is RNY but isn't much for forums, she is too busy looking in the mirror and buying new clothes. Her reactions: 1. Sweats, hot flashes 2. Pressure in ears 3. Heart palpitations 4. Shaky 5. Headaches My reactions: 1. Nausea 2. Weakness What are your reactions? She also wanted to know whether those of you who cheat, (fess up or I'll turn the lights on ya!), do so with sugary food and how you possibly get away with it. Thanks for your time!

There is a special place in the darkest recesses of Gman's mind where personified catheters are hung up with chains and tortured night and day.

I wish you well!!! My prayers are with you, too. Keep us posted!

Remember this face: Now get back on track!!! :angry:

Gman slowly backs out. Looks like a dangerous neighborhood.

Hi Saraboo, You will find that nearly everyone on this forum understands what you are going through. We've struggled with ourselves and influences upon us sometimes for many years. Many yo-yo dieters are represented here. I took the drastic step of surgery because it was virtually impossible to lose fat. It was technically possible but in practice really impossible. It was a losing game, I needed back up. I got it with the sleeve. There are a lot of compassionate people here. This is one of the kindest forums I have ever been on. I am not saying everyone is nice, but a vast majority are. Hang in there, we are with you.

Yay! Hurdle jumped! Good for you!

http://www.hormel.com/products/Variety.aspx?ID=15&RecipesOnly=False Hormel's Cook-off series. These are pretty good. My wife makes a mean chili. My mom did ,too. I have to be careful with chili, my overeat food.

Oh, no! I'm 517 pounds.......on Jupiter. http://www.explorato...du/ronh/weight/ < check your weight on other planets. That is, if I could stand the crushing gravity and stand on a gas planet that would be my weight. I'm only 36 pounds on the moon. So what's your point, Gman? The scale ony tells you how much gravity is pulling on you because you are on the Earth. Your weight does not mean as much as your composition...muscle, fat, bones, etc. Those are the things that determine your welfare. Don't let that little, flat buttinsky scale push you around. Let it talk and then tell it to shut up.

Not weird! We went quite a while on liquids and now that the variety is back our taste buds are dancing like Gollum when he got the ring back. Also before I was more concerned with filling up the abyss and not with savoring flavors. Reminds me of a dog I had. You could throw him a piece of T-bone steak, a lobster tail, or an old hot dog, his reaction was the same. Gobble, gobble, gobble and look at you as if to say, "Anything else? I'm still hungry."

I said goodbye to my family at home and in the prep room thanked my dear wife for all of the years of happiness. I told her I would see her in the hospital room or at the gates of heaven. There was no fear.

Welcome! I'll join with you in prayer. I had a sleep study and was diagnosed with apnea. It has since been defeated by the effects of getting the sleeve.

I read many, many threads about women who are sleeving and have to deal with jerk, non-supportive, insecure, namby-pamby, crybaby husbands. I am just curious.......... any of you men have non-supportive wives?

Deprivation. After 4 weeks at boot camp in the Navy I was dead sick of smelling sweat and after shave and being with men. I was sent to the dental office for extensive work on my mouth. The hygienist was a pretty gal with the best smelling perfume ever devised. To her amusement I made a fool of myself breathing in heavy lung fulls and trying to quench the screaming thirst of testosterone. I thought I loved women before that day but deprivation took me to school. You ladies don't realize how powerful you are just being ladies.

You will notice them noticing you more. I am flabbergasted at the young gals who flirt with a 64 year old man such as myself. Fortunately, I have enough in my head and heart to realize what a treasure waits for me at home. She has been with me through hell and back, she's the Audie Murphy of my life. No clear eyed, smooth skinned cutie pie has a chance against her depth of experience and affection. Besides, she looks mighty good to me anyway.

Please let us know what the doc said. I expected a more dramatic weight loss at first myself. Happily, I found this forum and realized that my body has it's own strict schedule, it just doesn't let me know what it is, ...secretive and illogical. I think my body works for the government sometimes. But eventually the forms were attended to, the check was in the mailbox, and the fat came off. So shall it be for you.