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07-16-2007, 11:17 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,556
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  Big Medicine/ Brookhaven (sorry guys i was on the phone talkin to that guy and missed the first run  )Let's talk Big Medicine: Marc: gets sick because when released because he doesnt drink the fluids or move. he doesnt take responsibility and do the work necessary to make his tool a success. Andrew: Teenager with magic bullet mentality? Is he a good candidate for lap band? How young is too young for WLS? Kim: Excess skin. Is it worth it? Brookhaven: Geraldine: diabetic/ binge eater, enabled by spouse. Is at Brookhaven to lose enough weight to have gastric bypass surgery. Kevin: Lymphadema. cant have surgery until he loses weight. cheats frequently. Annette: tumor. also cant have surgery until she loses weight. *should cheaters be allowed to stay when others need the bed?  WHY DO THEY KEEP REFERING TO GASTRIC BYPASS AS THE "QUICK FIX"???
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07-17-2007, 05:44 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 1,631
Weight Statistics 3-16-2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 284 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.676056338 % % Lost:
7-23-08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 44.4758298062 BMI Start:
27.7190911116 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  Saw the Big Medicine show, I just can't seem to make it but a few minutes into the Brookhaven one. I can't believe that the insurance company denied her request for a body lift. They can't really expect her to live that way, can they? I hope the kid does okay with his lap band. At least they didn't do a RNY on him. Way to young in my opinion. Mark did seem to have it together better when they showed him at home and he had lost over 100lbs. I do enjoy the Big Medicine show.
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07-17-2007, 06:03 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I knew there was something i wanted to watch but couldnt think what. oh well i missed yet another monday! 
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07-17-2007, 06:33 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 528
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 233 lb Start Weight:
144 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
89 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.1974248927 % % Lost:
Nov 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 39.9899902344 BMI Start:
24.71484375 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Sorry, I missed it (Hubby had romantic plans) but I will watch it tonight. |
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07-17-2007, 07:25 AM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida
Posts: 196
Weight Statistics June 5, 2007 Start Date:
July 31, 2007 Surgery Date:
3' 0" Height: 260 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.4615384615 % % Lost:
Dec 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 141.033950617 BMI Start:
86.7901234568 BMI Current:
81.3657407407 BMI Goal:
| Did you catch the run in with Big D and the therapist? She said that men don't have the issues that women do with obesity! I want to know where she got her degree! What a horrible statement to make. She said that men don't have the social stigma that women do so Big D asked her how many obese men she had dated. After hemming and hawing around the subject she admitted she hadn't dated any. I think he made his point. For me, obese is obese and gender shouldn't separate the emotional baggage that goes with it. About Marc, I was very disappointed in him at first but after he went home and actually started doing what he was supposed to, I was happy for him that he was trying to get moving. Kim broke my heart. You could see that she couldn't quite see where all she had been through was worth it if she was going to have to go through life looking the way she does now, not to mention the hygiene problems she is going to have. I don't understand insurance companies............ While Andrew may do well for awhile with the band, if they don't work on the issues that made this boy fat, he will still grow into an obese adult. I agree that this surgery is meant for more mature people. Also, at 17 his bones aren't even finished growing so I wonder if his added growth in the future will play any part in his weight loss? As far as Brookhaven, I have seen this episode before and it was one of the most disturbing ones I have ever watched. My take on that whole program is that it is a circus. I can't understand that these people are allowed to order take out food when they are in an institution fighting obesity and its co-morbidities. The patients are largely there by government subsidies and that means that the taxpayers are footing the bill. I just don't see how they can let someone stay there for two years who gains 70 pounds while they are there. There are certainly people out there who are willing to stick to the program and gain back their lives and health. Let those people have the beds! |
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07-17-2007, 08:22 AM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 127
Weight Statistics 3/23/07 Start Date:
not yet waiting for date Surgery Date:
Height: 353 lb Start Weight:
270 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
83 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
23.5127478754 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 62 BMI Start:
62 BMI Current:
35 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I was so glad to see Mark do well in the end you could see a different person in him on the home visit. He was standing and he was a proud man! I hope the continue to follow him. Poor Kim, I hope they find some way to help her. I think they will or maybe she will change insurance to get the help she needs. this scares me as I know I will need this kind of surgery later. I do not think Andrew has maturity to use the lapband properly. He is going to need additional help to loss weight in the future is my prodition. As for Brookhaven, I don't know why I keep watching that show, all it does is make me mad and I find myself yelling at the TV and those people on it. From the cheaters to the staff. That director makes me sick. Treats these people like cows.
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07-17-2007, 08:56 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,556
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | yes i was pleased to see that mark was doing well too. i was worried about him in the beginning. i really thought he'd be one of the ones that didnt make this work for him. but i was wrong and very happy to be! brookhaven kind of makes me angry everytime i watch it. of course i am no expert but i think they keep the people there just because they are getting paid for it. not really to treat them. i see that they are left at their own will which really makes no sense. how can you live in a "controlled environment" like that for the reasons that they have to be there and be allowed to order take out?? and ontop of that have the gaul to GAIN WEIGHT while there??? i dont get it. I wish they would show more in terms of the mental health side of their treatment as well. while i am glad that obesity issues are finally getting some airtime, i fear that this show in particular gives somewhat of a skewed perspective.
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07-17-2007, 09:05 AM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 127
Weight Statistics 3/23/07 Start Date:
not yet waiting for date Surgery Date:
Height: 353 lb Start Weight:
270 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
83 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
23.5127478754 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 62 BMI Start:
62 BMI Current:
35 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | yes I feel Brookhaven = money that is why he does not like the gastric bypass. He would lose half his clients. They made it seem like they care by showing the aids working the people but the staff looks very limited. Also have you seen the food it does not look very good I think I would cheat too. Just because you are on 1500 cal. a day does not mean you have to eat cabbage and baked fish every night.
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07-17-2007, 11:13 AM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland
Posts: 487
Weight Statistics 01/03/2007 Start Date:
12/04/2007 Surgery Date:
4' 10" Height: 246 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
74 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.081300813 % % Lost:
08/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51.4084423306 BMI Start:
35.9441141498 BMI Current:
27.1670630202 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I am lost....lol What are these shows or people you all are talking about? Sounds interesting.
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07-17-2007, 11:28 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,556
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Tyraine: lol! its a "new"thing on TLC. they have two shows, one is called big medicine where they show people undergoing WLS and sometimes the cosmetics afterwords, and the other is called Brookhaven hopsital or clinic or something like that. you gotta check them out at least once!
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