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Meyouus, as for the exercising i also have severe knee injuries so i find on you tube exercises i can do while sitting or even exercises for the elderly will help. Something to get your body moving. I also lost my pops to a stroke he suffered for a year and i ate right along with him. When he passed i mourned by eating its around this time i hurt my knees. I was getting to where i could not walk thats when i said enough is enough i will not lose myself to self pity anymore time for change. All my excuses for this that or the other was just that excuses. Once i started figuring out well if i do this i can do that and if i stop buying that i can get this. So far i have quit the soda habit, the smoking habit , next thing im tackling is the eating habit. Enough is enough time for me to be happy. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Ugh sorry about that everyone trying to text and respond to this at the same time gets my little mind messed up sent the wrong message before i was ready and i cant seem to find a delete message option. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Meyouus, i had a friend who dod the gastric but for x amount of reason she quot loosing weight she only lost about 60 pounds after her doctor told her that she could try resetting her pouch. I asked what does that involve she said she would have to go back on her liquid diet like she did when She first had the surgery and try to start all over again. How is the therapist getting paid because if the above suggestio. Does not work maybe you could have a revision or the one where they scope you and just make your pouch smaller by stiching it up. Something to look into. As for eating healthy on a budget. I am with the rest ask for assistance. Not sure what you can eat on your surgery im sure if you google it or even call the doctors office where but start buying chicken Beans in bulk Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Okay folks i am still waiting on approval i have been feeling anxious. So that leads me to thinking lol. I have always been thick chunky over weight fat obese and morbidly obese. Im here thinking that i have never been average or thin or anything remotely close to that. Tell me what is it like? what does it feel like? What do you imagine its like? Help me visualize what my future can be! I know i should do it my self but just cant seem to wrap my head around the notion lmao. Be creative as much as you like lol or not.???? Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Well it sounds like your determined to make it work. You have done really well so far i can only hope to be here next year writing about all my weight loss. LOL

Ah poor doggy , its been a year since you originally posted this how are you doing. Did you find your cat lady. Plus how is your wl journey going. Mine is still in the waiting period for a date. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Sorry was texting and responding lol Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

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@@Daveo not sure if your still on here but did you know that cats and dogs can actually get along. Once they get to know each other of course. All i hear is that your an animal lover. Thats always a good thing. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

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Wow awesome so happy for you. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

@@chonchis i love your screen name so far one of my favorites lol Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

I would only use it at home im trying to keep the surgery under wraps this would only bring up i wonder questions. However i agree with the others the picture logo would be okay. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Does anyone else think wls folks would have an advantage as the survivors in the walking dead? Sorry i just had too so disappointed. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

I loved it too, but i ruined it for myself did so much reading about it and watching videos in between the weight loss videos that the surprise factor got lost. My fault not the show. Thanks for answering i was curious if there were any wls fans. Yeah i would be more bait myself but not for long.???? Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Outsidematchinside thank you Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Small town gal here our walmart is usually out of everything. Is there an online place where i can get some of the Protein shakes or powders. Or other bariatric products i know i can google just thought yall may know the better and cheaper one. I know there is one here but seems a bit expensive is this normal i see some mention amazon is that the best web site. Any suggestions? Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

I am with butterfly23 Shame is a good word for how i felt. Although i have not had surgery yet and this topic died down some i am going to revive it again. I have always been overweight as a kid we had so little that when we did have a little bit of something extra my mom would treat us with going to the store with her and letting us pick out something to keep all to our selves. I had a horrible childhood my father was an alcaholic and would come home every weekend and fight with my mom. When it was over and he was gone again my mom saw how terrified we were so she would give us a snack what ever we had at the time to take our minds off of it. Well those habbits grew stronger and they stayed with me all through out life. Growing up things happened that made the word horrible feel like heaven. Growing up and all through out school i had kids teenagers and adults pick on me. They would walk behind me and call me frankenstein i am tall too and buffalo butt. If i had to walk i would have the bigger kids drive by me several times yelling out the worst of the worst. As a teenager in highschool i finally learned that i could use my size to intimidate the bullies. Only so they could do it behind my back i would go out to the parking lot to find my car smeared with cupcakes and ugly names written all over it. So much for intimidation. I never made friends easily i lacked social skills from the way we were raised . My father finally let my older sister go to a dance he forced me to go chaperone her oh joy. She had grown into her looks and body the last thing she wanted was me hanging around so she left me sitting on chairs on the dance floor. A boy walked over and asked me to dance i got up amd smiled then he said NOT i dont dance with pigs. Well there went my self esteem lol and in went more food. So time went by i finally grew out of the awkward stage by this point i had thicker skin now but i was so tall that my extra weight did not look like i was obese. You can see i was chunky but i had actually had a pretty face or at least that is what people would say you know, oh you have such a pretty face to bad your heavy. Anyways i met my ex husband married him not sure if i really loved him but seemed like the right thing to do to get away from home. Needless to say i failed at marriage. In went more food since then ive had two failed relationships one i had gotten pregnant with first child out went the man. However pregnancy was something i wanted so bad. I had a miscarriage. I was told it was probably my weight. In went more food. So now im 41 it is probably to late to have kids you need a man for that, one that loves you granted. I am plagued with all kinds of health problems and i hurt my knees at work. Go see a doctor they say im so bad that in two years i will be in a wheel chair great. Another year later my pops gets sick and passes away now who am i going to blame? In goes more food. 42 years old i fall on my arse at home off the concrete stairs while changing Water outside at 2 in morning i work nights. i am 391 pounds 5feet 10in. I had to crawl back up the stairs after laying there for 10 min scariest thing that happened to me not because of the actual fall but because of what could of happened. Thats it i go see surgeon. I have meeting and he tells me granted mom is in room it is not your fault. Never had i had five words mean so much to me its like i could stop faking being happy and just be happy. I know i had as much to blame for everthing going wrong and how i would deal with it but after so many failed attempts to lose the gut it was nice to hear those words. Now i will see if i can live the rest of my life for me. So yes shame is a good word and regret not making a change sooner. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Pork chop express did you change your picture? Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Im with the others. Please try your best to clear your mind and do what you need to do what is best for you. If she decides not to go through with the surgery out of spite then she was originally doing it for the wrong reasons. Having surgery a month apart is like the best scenario you both could have asked for with a child in the home. High functioning fat man has a point if she is having trouble getting over this how will she react to you losing more weight if that should happen than her. Or slimming down period will she be jealous? Obviously you care about her or you would not have asked this question in that case lipstick lady is correct you guys need more help. I hear lots of couples break up over wls for various reasons. Try opening up again if not suggest more help if you truly want it. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

I am anxious too, for the approval to come in before the holidays kick in. Thats if i get approved. Im worried there going to want to do it next year which i have the same problem as you, insurance deductible and out of pocket doubling. ???? Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

I have not had one yet but my sister has and hers is still in tact. Granted a bit slimmer but still there. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Wow congrats on your weight loss already impressive! Happy for your surgery date you are doing awesome already! Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

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Anyone from nuevo Mexico? Just curious. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App