Pedro Valle-Inclan

I just found out that Herrell's Ice cream ships to you, you have to get a minimum of 4 pints. it comes in dry ice -they have several flavours. The peanut butter ice cream is fantastic, it doesn't seem like a no sugar product and it's 120 calories for three scoops. yum...

Hmmmm I still always think first: Calories in, calories out. Of course the newest research shows that that's not always the simple story for people who've been obese, but still I just go back to measuring and writing down every damn thing that crosses my lips. I hate it, it's a drag, but I make myself do it, something I was never able to do when I was really obese. But yeah, back to basics: minimum 80 oz of water or clear (ish) liquids a day, and then minimum 45 minutes a day of cardio that gets the heart rate up to around 120 beats per minute minimum. That's what I do. If our pasts show us anything, it's that there is NO easy fix

I'm at 3 months post-op today and unfortunately my appetite came back in the last few weeks, mainly wanting sweet things which I indulge with icecicles 15 calories, but luckily I keep losing weight. Today, my weigh in day, I was POSITIVE(once again,, like the last three weeks)that I had either stayed the same or gained but once again I was the same old TWO pounds down - it's been like clockwork. So it's psychological, because I'm up to a "whopping" 1500 calories occasionally, but still more often around 1300, and so I think "Oh God, now I'll gain weight...!!" Not stopping to realize that for a large man who walks regularly, eating anything less than 2000 calories a day probably means some weight loss or at the very least maintenance.... Definitely am dealing with some vestigial body dismorphia here ..... oh well

I'm at 3 months post-op today and unfortunately my appetite came back in the last few weeks, mainly wanting sweet things which I indulge with icecicles 15 calories, but luckily I keep losing weight. Today, my weigh in day, I was POSITIVE(once again,, like the last three weeks)that I had either stayed the same or gained but once again I was the same old TWO pounds down - it's been like clockwork. So it's psychological, because I'm up to a "whopping" 1500 calories occasionally, but still more often around 1300, and so I think "Oh God, now I'll gain weight...!!" Not stopping to realize that for a large man who walks regularly, eating anything less than 2000 calories a day probably means some weight loss or at the very least maintenance.... Definitely am dealing with some vestigial body dismorphia here ..... oh well

Folks, am the only person that can drink fairly quickly a GALLON of water or lemonade if I wanted to? I can drink as much as I want, it seems odd after what I hear from others. However not around eating time or I really pay a price

ouch...! yeah, my GB friends all say it's odd that I can drink like that... luckily I can't eat like crazy or eat and drink at same time

No, but then actually I'm John Wayne just goofy today. But very seriously: I've found myself getting frustrated and very angry suddenly, spoke to doc and they say it's very common and connected to enzymes/hormonal changes from stomach and that it usually evens out thasnk good ness

I wear them love them, make me look good in t-shirts etc

Not sure about pre-op but man, my sleeping patterns have changed now in my life, frankly it's a little bizarre. I get up at 5 now easily when that's something always very difficult for me in my life. So I'm grateful for that, but it's strange, plus I'm definitely not getting in as m,any hours of sound sleep now, I hope this doesn't affect me adversely

The northeast famous ice cream store Herrell's makes a peanut butter sugar free to die for, every time in Northampton I stop for some

Yeah I was going to ask, do those things actually work to help the appearance of stretch marks at all? My guess is no, unfortunately. I never for a second thought I'd have them because I never got huge (just real fat...), I was 6', 2" and 305 max, but I was wrong....oh well, part of it is probably being 60s

My doc said to adhere to that rule regardless of what phase you're in, he said you have to establish the habit anyway, so let's do it, no more cuttin corners anywhere

Don't know why it copied it four times, but maybe cuz I feel four THOUSAND times better than I've felt in decades.

Man, yeah, lookin good...!! So lemme jump on this little bandwagon: 1)No longer taking meds or treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, endless pain meds, and sleep apnea.... utterly life changing! 2) I can buy clothes off the damn rack now, yay! 3) It no longer sounds like someone is getting strangled in the next room when I tie my shoes.... 4) It's easy to get up early now 5) I can cross my legs comfortably when sitting 6) I can tuck in even a t-shirt without embarrassment 7) Might swim this summer in front of other people for the first time in decades 8) Might even dance at some point HELL, KEEP THIS UP I MIGHT EVEN ATTRACT A GIRLFRIEND.....!!!! Man, yeah, lookin good...!! So lemme jump on this little bandwagon: 1)No longer taking meds or treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, endless pain meds, and sleep apnea.... utterly life changing! 2) I can buy clothes off the damn rack now, yay! 3) It no longer sounds like someone is getting strangled in the next room when I tie my shoes.... 4) It's easy to get up early now 5) I can cross my legs comfortably when sitting 6) I can tuck in even a t-shirt without embarrassment 7) Might swim this summer in front of other people for the first time in decades 8) Might even dance at some point HELL, KEEP THIS UP I MIGHT EVEN ATTRACT A GIRLFRIEND.....!!!! Man, yeah, lookin good...!! So lemme jump on this little bandwagon: 1)No longer taking meds or treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, endless pain meds, and sleep apnea.... utterly life changing! 2) I can buy clothes off the damn rack now, yay! 3) It no longer sounds like someone is getting strangled in the next room when I tie my shoes.... 4) It's easy to get up early now 5) I can cross my legs comfortably when sitting 6) I can tuck in even a t-shirt without embarrassment 7) Might swim this summer in front of other people for the first time in decades 8) Might even dance at some point HELL, KEEP THIS UP I MIGHT EVEN ATTRACT A GIRLFRIEND.....!!!! Man, yeah, lookin good...!! So lemme jump on this little bandwagon: 1)No longer taking meds or treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, endless pain meds, and sleep apnea.... utterly life changing! 2) I can buy clothes off the damn rack now, yay! 3) It no longer sounds like someone is getting strangled in the next room when I tie my shoes.... 4) It's easy to get up early now 5) I can cross my legs comfortably when sitting 6) I can tuck in even a t-shirt without embarrassment 7) Might swim this summer in front of other people for the first time in decades 8) Might even dance at some point HELL, KEEP THIS UP I MIGHT EVEN ATTRACT A GIRLFRIEND.....!!!!

Hi Friends: the whole subject/decision of what is a good goal weight is so difficult when the patient trying to ascertain it has suffered from body dis-morphia to the extent that morbidly obese people do. Only now that I'm down near a goal weight I see that my original thoughts were a product of having been obese for so long that my judgement was totally skewed. My high was 305 lbs (at 6' 1") and so I thought that anything under 220 would be fine; of course that would be a BMI of 29. So when I got there I saw I still had an almost 40" waist, so I set a new "goal weight" of 205 lbs. Well I got there a few weeks ago and whaddya know.... I realized that it wasn't as thin as I'd like to be. Truth is I had lacked any real perspective so now I have set speak to more people and medical pros, etc and also perhaps most importantly see what people my height who weigh in the 180s LOOK LIKE...And guess what? They don't look in any way too thin. They look (good lord) normal... By the way, remember we're talking about a guy in his 60s who is not muscular (nor wants to be) so in my case the BMI chart makes sense. I'll keep you posted, but boy this is a fascinating journey, one of the best decisions I've ever made. God bless you all for the support I've received here

Well only knowing what Gastric Bypass RNY is like, being 10 weeks post-op I can tell you that so far it is the best thing I ever did. I wish I had done it 10/15 years ago, but it's wonderfully life-changing. It is a powerful behavior modification tool that with a strong exercise and careful eating program is the ticket to a new kind of life. You see with the sleeve you will still be able to eat anything you want and eventually as much as you want, whereas with RNY I simply cannot eat anything with very high fat content and almost NO sugar, which is fantastic because it MAKES me change. I wish I could show you before and after photos, it's unreal I've gone over 10 lbs lower than my original goal weight, and now have re-assessed and am headed for a new goal weight 20 lbs lower than I thought possible. The reason I had set my goal as I did was because after so many years quite overweight, I had lowered my expectations of what I thought was possible. Anyway, I would not be worried, this is great!!

at 10 weeks post-op I've just started to drink a coffee once in a while, though I mostly drink tea now. I started last week, felt fine, though of course at nearly 3 months I believe my new stomach is pretty much completely healed. My first good quality latte was absolutely DELICIOUS!!!! t

They gave me this liquid percocet (I think), that I took for one day but didn't really ever need it so tossed it ou . If anything comes up I have liquid tylenal, but truth is there has BEEN NO PAIN...!! This has just not been a big deal at all, but of course I'm sure it varies greatly from person to person, p

You probably could do it, but please listen: DON'T

Hi dear Friends, I would like to know if my situation is common or if it's something people have discussed here before. I'm a 6' 1" man with very wide shoulders whose heaviest was 305 lbs at various times over the years during the morbidly obese periods in between my losing 50 lbs at least 5 times in my life. Well enough of that crap!! So I went to my surgeon's public presentation a year and a half ago weighing about 285 lbs suffering from every co morbid element one can think of, and some one usually doesn't think of...! So when it was confirmed I went on Atkins Diet and started a strong daily walking program and ended up meeting the surgery half way; I went under the knife at around 247, and now 9 weeks later I'm at 195 lbs, which is ten under my original goal weight. I'm finding that as I get to each new weight, I see that I would like to weigh even less; now yes of course I've suffered from some extreme body dis-morphia as most of us have, but I'm making these new goals based on real, measurable things like body fat % and waist circumference, anyway so now I think I might actually go to 185 which will be in a month maybe max at the rate I've been losing. The reason I wrote this is because I hear about people losing weight for over a year, and then sometimes still not being at goal weight, etc. and here I am about to be at goal weight at three months post-op. Well I realize it all depends on so many factors from gender to starting weight and BMI to metabolic history, but was just wondering if you've heard of many people going into maintenance phase at THREE months out, thanks for listening and I'd appreciate any commentary, love, pedrito

Yes, this site and you guys have been HUGE for me both pre and post op, more than even i realize i had rny feb 10th so im 9 weeks post op, feel incredible, i mean incredible!!!I lost a ton of weight pre-op, really met the doc half way, had a very good exercise and meditation routine going though I was using Atkins which is certainly not something one would want to live on, but it worked to lose around 40 pre-op, now in only the 9 weeks I've lost quite a bit and will be at goal weight in another week or two. It's odd to hear people s[peak of losing phases lasting over a year but perhaps they had a lot more to lose. I'm 6' 2" and my high was 305, but decided to do this at 285, had the surgery at 248 and now I'm 197 as of this week. Good Lord...!!! I'm getting a lot of "stop right there" comments but I only listen to my team thanks again for the great support

Interesting thought. I don't believe I HAVE one. I told very few people and so perhaps one difficult part has been that I don't really have what you're calling a "support person." I use this site a lot for support and share things with my shrink and my sponsor but I've been fairly alone with this. ... I think

Hi folks, has anyone else had this experience? I consider myself some kinda poster boy for having very uneventful and easy surgery and recovery and weight loss, everything! My beef? I've never seen the man that operated on me since the operation. Well I hear of people on this site speaking about the doctors and conversations they've had, etc and I'm envious. I feel like, WTF? The guy's too important and busy that he can't pop in at any of the post -op follow ups? I guess I find that a little strange; "sure, I'll take that 40,000 dollars and never actually speak to you myself, that's for my underlings...." Anyway, I find it irritating and wonder if anyone else has had this experience, thanks antemano, Pedro

Well, I'd still like to punch out that arrogant B__________ who just changed my life in an incredible way for which I'll always be eternally grateful......

Yeah and remember there's a fair amount of us vegetarian bariatric folks too! So legumes of course HAVE to be part of the diet, I eat black bean soups, baba ganoush, chiles, (and I'm 9 weeks out) and lentils...