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5'2" Shortie, Size 18 To Size 2! (Pantie Pics For Those Faint At Heart)
Arts137 replied to Jenny12's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
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Also known as Orthostatic or Postural Hypotension: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/hypotension-orthostatic
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Hmmm, also look up "hydrostatic hypotension". Drink a lot of fluids, and if on BP meds your MD might want to cut it back a bit (but do not do without consulting with your MD)
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I'm So Excited And I Just Can't Hide It...
Arts137 replied to linda305's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Yep I did 2 weeks of OPTI. I never minded the taste (heck, I liked it). The first few days are HARD, but hold firm. After day 3/4 it does get better! Remember, this "fast" is important to shrink the liver and help your surgeon! -
you can have anything you can puree... but that might not be cool at a family dinner? Moist and chew is the good ^ advice. PS, try some before TGiving. You also don't want the slimies or the barfies at the TGiving dinner!
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We have learned a Great Deal from the Angles and Saxons And the Great Value of the present participle is clear as well... And we are now ALL "enabled" in a new and exciting way. Let's create a new "Schoolhouse Rock" "Just add ed"
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Excessive Perspiration Post Sleeve?
Arts137 replied to Branmuffin's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
still makes sense, LV! -
Drinking Water After Excercise
Arts137 replied to jaysleever's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Please tell us more. When were you sleeved. How active are you... -
Excessive Perspiration Post Sleeve?
Arts137 replied to Branmuffin's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
hmmm news to me. Thanks for the research sites Laura -
marianade portions cubed in an acid marianade (lemon juice or orange juice (cut with H2O and spices) for 25 or 48 hours and make a slow cooker stew. The marianage will cut the gaminess. These meats are very lean, so you CAN add some good fat.
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Oh yeah, right... As I said somewhere I ALWAYS gave the family two choices... Take it or leave it. If they left it then they had two more choices, encapsulated in the old contry saying "Root hog, or die".
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Zomg! Why didnt you guys tell me about thi?s?
Arts137 replied to gamergirl's topic in Food and Nutrition
My evil fat brain Skippy thinks this is a glorious wonderful post and will be glad to treat us all to this marvel. Which means that I won't touch it. Life is SOOOO unfair... :-) -
How Do You Pick And Choose? Resources
Arts137 replied to natalie_christin's topic in Food and Nutrition
Consider purchasing The Big Book of the Gastric Sleeve. Great resource! -
Surgery Tomorrow, Trying To Write Notes For Son And Hubby So Home Does Not Fall Apart!
Arts137 replied to Bronco0605's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My little friend. It will all work out in the end. If it hasn't worked out... it ain't the end. -
The ONE advantage of having the kids grown and out of the house. I cook a LOT, but am lucky that my darlin wife supports a lower sodium, fat (etc) approach. When raising kids I ALWAYS gave the family two choices: Take it or leave it.
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Fluffnomore... Great post. I 'specially like: "And most of us have at least one person in the back of our minds that we wonder about, somewhere..." or two or three. But at my age I know ONE thing. I am easy to love and hard to live with. My wife is amazing and STILL loves me AND wants to live with me. And that is so so so fine, fine, superfine. If she'll keep me, I'll sure keep her!
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game girl has got it right!!!
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Is It Possible That My Face Is Breaking Out From All The Protein?!
Arts137 replied to nomorecupcakes's topic in Protein, Vitamins, and Supplements
Also impact of hormonal changes... Check with the MD, there are approaches to address! -
Can You Really Just "get Back On The Wagon"?
Arts137 replied to JessicaAnn's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Amen to Madam Laura. You have let your fat brain use the stall to fall back to your fat behavior. But you can get on the wagon if you want to. Do you? Go back to day one and start over and stay on the program. Your fat brain will be watching, and want's you to fail. FIGHT! -
OK, I'll take a different tack. I do not care which man (or woman) you end up with. BUT now is NOT the time to make such decisions. Your emotions are completely kerfloowie at this point and you should NOT make these life decisions in the first year out after surgery. http://www.weightlosssurgeon.com/old/bariatric-surgery-guide/a-new-way-of-thinking/emotional-issues and http://www.obesityaction.org/educational-resources/resource-articles-2/weight-loss-surgery/relationship-challenges-before-and-after-weight-loss-surgery Please DO NOT make any decisions that you might regret! You got time...
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Controlling Your Weight Loss After You.have Been Sleeved Is It Possible?
Arts137 replied to sleevinIT's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Abby, worry not at THIS end. Follow your program and get to your target weight in a healthy way. Then there are MANY tricks to stabalize and maintain. -
Does The Thought Of Food Go Away ?
Arts137 replied to luv2plumb's topic in Protein, Vitamins, and Supplements
This is your Fat Brain thinking. I work to control MY fat brain every day. I cannot give "Skippy" (the name of my fat brain) an inch or he'll take a double Wendy's, milkshake and a couple handfuls of oreos... -
Does Anyone Else Feel Like This..?
Arts137 replied to meaganchuckran's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Jeepers, was that ^ my post??? and it was. Sigh, I'll try again... funky web page... We all have such hopes for this surgery. And for many of us this is a last ditch hope. Who on earth would choose MAJOR surgery if we could have lost weight and kept weight off with diet and exercise. Physically the sleeve works. It restricts the stomach size ... and we have a TINY stomach. Now, in the early post surgery days, cut yourself a break. HEAL, Get your Water in, then focus on Proteins. DO NOT BE CREATIVE... follow the program as strictly as you can. No smoking, reduce caffine, no carbonation, take your vitamines, and try to increase activity. That said, the sleeve does NOT fix the fat brain, and we each have a fat brain (I call mine "Skippy"). Skippy wants to eat, mostly junk. Skippy already knows how to eat 'around the sleeve', and each and every day I have to deal with Skippy's bad manners. I must plan, I must eat ONLY what I plan to eat. Maybe some can be lax, but I can't. Here's a good article that will help as well: http://www.weightlosssurgeon.com/old/bariatric-surgery-guide/a-new-way-of-thinking/emotional-issues Fluffnomore, You know how I react to the inevitable talls and the d*** scale in others. Well I am in a two week stall and despite my good brain understanding what is happening, Skippy keeps saying "see you have failed, have a couple tacos" It NEVER fails, Skippy is always watching... -
Does Anyone Else Feel Like This..?
Arts137 replied to meaganchuckran's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
We all have such great (and "last ditch") hopes for this surgery. None of us would have chosen major surgery if we could have lost (and maintained) weight loss with diet. Physically the sleeve is a fine tool. Follow your program and heal from surgery. Get your Water in, then focus on Protein... Emotionally, however, the sleeve does NOT 'fix' you. And we all have fat brains. You MUST commit to a forever lifetime/lifestyle change and change your relationship with food. THIS IS HARD for each and every one of us. But with control of your fat brain, the sleeve cannot fail. Without control of our fat brains, I do not believe that the sleeve can ever work. Here's something that might also help: http://www.weightlosssurgeon.com/old/bariatric-surgery-guide/a-new-way-of-thinking/emotional-issues -
Art be my first name and "s" starts my last name and 137 is the cosmological constant... Google it.