kimmiekay

All I can say is REALLY? You seriously need to see a mental health professional. The sooner you take responsibilty the sooner you can get the help you very much need.

The only one I have tried is unjury - it is not bad but you need to be careful mixing them with too hot of liquids they kinda glop up a bit after 130 - 140 degrees. I have mixed it in Soup and honestly a little goes a long way - even though it is called unflavored - it has a distinct taste. Unjury also has a chicken broth flavored Protein powder that is fairly good.

Wow you are so close after only 6 months, that is so great! You have lost 77% of your excess weight, that is quite an accomplishment in only 6 months. I have read this "Many swear by the fat/calorie shock as an effective weight loss stall or plateau buster. Having a day of higher fat and calorie eating followed by a returning to consistent low carb high Protein eating can sometimes "shock" your body back into weight loss mode." I have also read going back to the beginning helps. But I can only tell you what I have read. Good luck.

Can I ask how much weight you still have to lose?

Getting the proper amount of Protein may be your problem - protein is one of the most essential items in losing weight and not developing muscle wasting or protein deficiencies. But the amount of weight will vary from person to person and the percentage of weight loss is a better indicator of how you are progressing. Hang in ther you are doing great. Just really work on getting that protein intake to at least 60-80 grams a day.

I do agree some people feel actual hunger. I was never trying to say that is not real. (Sorry if it came out that way). I was just trying to explain the reasons why this surgery may help many people more than diet alone. Everyone of us are different and it will be a different journey somewhat for each of us. But at 2.5 weeks out - hunger is still a normal thing for many. Others are lucky and hunger goes away completely or greatly reduced. And because it does take time for the brain to catch up to the body, I was merely offering a possible cause for that particular time period. Head hunger is also a real thing, and takes some time to get used to, and some people don't know that it exists or how to tell the difference. I was merely trying to offer posibilities not make concrete statements saying that is the only thing possible. All of us here are here because we are trying to do the best we can for ourselves, I in no way wish to dismiss or diminish any of your experiences. I commend all of you for your courage and your journey. This site is here to compare notes and experiences so we know we are not alone in this.

You are quite the ass - to put it as nicely as I possibly can. You assume that everyone who is overweight eats like a horse. You have such a horrible perception of obesity. People gain weight for a variety of reasons, some are involved in accidents that cause them not be active, some have other diseases that the medications given actually cause weight gain, and many contrary to your simple minded beliefs actually have ruined their metabolisms with yo- yo dieting. Obesity is a disease, not a choice and for many a death sentence if not corrected. Do you honestly believe that people go through this hell just because they don't want to diet anymore? I honestly feel sorry for Rick he is probably raking leaves not to hear you run your mouth. You want a Protein suggestion for him - mini meatballs. Just don't put sugar in them. If you really want recipes - google them like everyone else does. Why do you expect a bunch of fat losers to help you when you clearly are to lazy to help yourself. Find somewhere else to bother people please - you are a plague upon this site. Sorry I am blunt and honest too!

Could be a urinary tract infection.

Back to the subject of Oprah.. Oprah has private chefs personal trainers the best of it all. If that is all it takes, why does she still have a weight problem. Sure she loses weight - but how many times with all those benefits has she gained it back. Her YO-YO diet life is proof that diets don't always work. So is she lazy or fat by choice too?

Being quite honest myself.... I did say that the surgery is only a tool and only as good as it is used correctly. The amount you can eat does change as time goes by- but you can stuff yourself little by little and force it to stretch also. And I said it takes time for your brain to catch up with your body, you can have "head hunger" you smell food you like you think you are hungry. But also you can cause some hunger by not eating proper amounts of protien and not following your diet plan correctly. And nothing is 100% effective with 100% of the people. You seem to be looking for examples to prove your point to him, not to find example that explain the surgery or the benefits of it. You seem to have a very distinct distain for "fat" people. Despite your inabillity to accept that obsesity is a real disease and can not be an easy fix for everyone is like saying well your diabetic so eat less sugar and it will go away, because it does for some people. Well yes it does help some people - but many many more are required to take medications thier whole life. Science doesn't know why diet alone will cure some people and not others, just like dieting alone will be effective in some cases but not all. If you took the time to do actual research on obesity you would find there are many reasons why dieting does not work for everyone. But I don't honestly believe you want to know this. Maybe you should see someone about your obvious problem dealing with your husbands surgery, whether it be he spent IRA money on something so frivolous as trying to save his life or whether you are so scared of how your life will change you can not or will not be supportive. The problem is yours - he did take a drastic step trying to do what is best to save his life, that takes a lot of courage. If my significant other treated me with that much distain I would have to seriously examine my relationship. If you love someone you support them completely- PERIOD. Just being honest.

Momto6ix, I just had my sleeve done on March 20th and believe me if there were any other way for me to successfully lose weight - I would have never put myself through this pain. (I am alergic to the majority of pain meds so pain management is not fun for me). There have been a few items pointed out to you in some other posts that I will repeat, that I hope may help you understand a bit better. This is a tool, and it is a tool only as good as it is used, and if used properly helps in these ways a conventional diet does not. 1.) The stomach size is reduced by aprox 85% depending on the surgeon and the size of stomach that is left. Leaving only 2 to 6 once of space for both food and drink. So overeating in the early stages in not an option - you can't choose to ignore this diet. 2.) The hormone ghrelin is what causes up to feel hunger - this surgery removes the part of the stomach that produces this hormone so hunger is elimanted. If you are not phyiscally hungry all the time - you don't feel like you need to eat all the time. Early on after this surgery there is still some actual hunger especially when you are still on the liquid phase of the diet, this is normal. Combining both 1 and 2 causes you not to be able to quit. Since you can only eat a few onces at a time, you are forced to make better food choices. If you make the wrong choices your body lets you know. Either you are sick to your stomach or worse, you can become protien deficiant and very ill. All of us who go through this surgery know we must eat a certain amount of Protein each day to avoid this, so we are forced to chose our foods more carefully. On a regular diet you can cheat, binge eat, or just stop if you like with no consequences other than not losing weigth. If you cheat on the surgery (and we will all be tempted or think ahhh just one bite of this won't hurt) you will pay for it in a real way. Because you are forced to comply you will lose weight, and will be more confident as you lose the weight that you will lose more. And as you lose weight you feel better, as you feel better you are more inclinded to exercise. It is that simple. Now as far as your husband being able to walk but not use an exercise bike - it is to soon for the bike, think of the motion your legs take as you bike how they press upon your stomach, this will cause pain for many this soon out. And my doctor personally told me not to use a bike for at least 6 weeks or until I was cleared for this type of exercise. To only walk as much as I can - not to overdoe, to much exercise to soon can cause injury to the insicions and the internal incisions and cause a tear or leak which will only send you packing back to the hospital. Slow but sure is best. As far as his "stall" this too is normal at this stage "A "stall" a few weeks out is inevitable, and here's why. Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet. As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored." from www.dcfacts.com. Also you may not get weight loss if you do not get enough protein (60g-80g) every day. If you do not eat at regular intervals every day or if you do not drink enough fluids (64oz) daily. And finally it takes time for your brain to catch up to your body. Those of us who have taken this extreem route of surgery know that it was our last choice and last chance, it is not taken lightly. Since eat is a very social event for many of us it will take each of us a different amount of time to adjust to being around large groups, resteraunts, or events. And Alcohol is not really reccomended for at least 6 months to a year after surgery and even then only in very small amounts and not on a regular basis. So there will be adjustment to make. Personally being very close to the same time out as your husband I can identify with his feelings. For me if you are not going to save positive things to me, then say nothing. This is an extreem strugle whether you believe it or understand it or not. And most of us here know 100% that without this tool we could never lose weight and keep it off. So it is not just one thing that makes this tool effective, it is many. And the choice to quit- has been taken away from us all, so this is why this is so much different from any diet you do by choice.